Random quotes

By Orodum Posted January 1, 2009 21:50:55

This 'ere thread be for random quotes, ya see? If you post, you must include a quote somewhere. like this

Jack: Mr. Gibbs, you may throw my hat if you like. [hands Gibbs his hat]

Gibbs: Aye aye, Captain! [throws hat] Hooray!!

Jack: Now go and get it.

or this:

Elizabeth: Captain Barbossa, I am here to negotiate the cessation of hostilities against Port Royal.

Barbossa: There be a lot of long words in there, miss. We're naught but humble pirates. What is it that you want?

Elizabeth: I want you to leave and never come back.

Barbossa: I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request.

[Elizabeth gives him a blank look

Barbossa: Means "no."

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I love the whole world, and all its sights and sounds.

boom de yada, boom de yada, boom de yada, boom de yada

-discovery channel

"It rains on the just and unjust alike" watchmen

When aspirations became ambitions,

From this the angels fell.

A very Sinful quote I think.[e digicons][/e]

"I'm the one who survived!" Niko Belic, GTA IV

(Zim walks into a bank in a hobo-like disguse)

Cop: Hey! That's the guy! And he's back for moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorrre! (pauses) Get 'im!

-Invader Zim

"Those who would give up their liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither secerity nor liberty."

-Benjamin Franklin

"Give me liberty, or give me Vodka!!!"

- The words of a random ruskie NPC from DAH 2

Hadras: [his head has come off and he is now shouting directions to the blind body] Anido. Anido! Follow my voice, follow my voice! To the left. No! Other left. Go
[the body rams against a tree]
Hadras: ... No, that's a tree.

eoncommander

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Hadras: [his head has come off and he is now shouting directions to the blind body] Anido. Anido! Follow my voice, follow my voice! To the left. No! Other left. Go
[the body rams against a tree]
Hadras: ... No, that's a tree.

oh yeah that part of pirates 3, that was funny

'the second empire after the fashion of Termin will be a militaristic empire, established by strife, maintained by strife and ultimately destroyed by strife.'

foundation's edge, asimov

'free market is like nuclear energy - it can be the source of great benefit, but there is always a chance something goes horribly wrong. especially if the people responsible don't quite know what they are doing.'

myself

"WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!"

-Basically every Ork in 40k

"War makes fascists of us all."

-Paul Verhoeven in the Director Commentary for Starship Troopers.

"Liberty breeds responsibility"

"Stay out of my business, Mustafa!"

"God is dead"'

- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882

"Neitzsche is dead"

- God, 1900

"Remember that the brave do not live forever, but the cautious do not really live at all. Life is a series of journeys and you decide which ones, how often you experience them and how much you get out of those experiences. "

- My father

"If your values can fit on a bumber sticker, you haven't thought them through enough."

-Myself

"Decisiveness is a sign of great character. Or maybe not"

"People say I have a Messiah complex, but I forgive them."

"People say I am ignorant, but I don't know what that means."

"People say I am paranoid, but they are out to get me."

"People say I am arrogant, but I know better."

- Anonymous

"There is no strong beer, only weak men."

-A sign outside a bar

"Sometimes, even the wisest of men and machines can be in error."

-Optimus Prime

"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."

- Mark Twain

Here's a good one to use on the next "know it all" that you encounter.

Between the two of us, we must know everything there is to know. You seem to know everything there is to know except that you're an asshole, and I know that.

Here's a good one to use on the next "know it all" that you encounter.

Between the two of us, we must know everything there is to know. You seem to know everything there is to know except that you're an asshole, and I know that.

[e digicons]k1[/e] karma for that [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]

"If god is your co-pilot, you may want to change seats"

-Sign infront of a church

"Suicide, a permanent solution to a temporary problem."

-Can't remember where.

eoncommander

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Quoting Sole Soul, reply 14

(Edit-Google returns The Amulet of Samarkand, albeit in a roundabout way. Sound familiar?)

yes! it is nathaniel and bartimaeus. you were much smarter than me. i spent 15 minutes searching through my book collection, trying to remember.

now i need a quote... ummm... hold on... got it! found a treasure trove in fact. i will post them slowly. 1000 (imaginary) points if you figure out where they are from

"Aim towards the enemy."
Instructions printed on US Rocket Launcher

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
Abraham Lincoln

Are those quotes from Civilisation IV?

here's another nice one, not sure if has been mentioned aready:

'the earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not enough for every man's greed.'

Ghandi