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Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Spec Fic (Back to top)
RUINED? MY HARVEST? BUGGER THAT!
Death
from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
Suggested by Nebhead
If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Thorin Oakenshield
from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Suggested by Fantasy
Remember this, boy. All dwarves may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarves.
Tyrion Lannister to Jon Snow
from A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin.
Suggested by Napoleon62
If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.
Lord Eddard Stark after executing a deserter
from A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin.
Suggested by Napoleon62
The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.
from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Suggested by Bergioyn
I'm Mad Al, he's Sane Alex, and that's Adrian, who says he's not mad but can't prove it.
Mad Al, to Moist Von Lipwig
from Going Postal by Terry Pratchett.
Suggested by LordPerrin
These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Imperial Stormtroopers
from A New Hope by George Lucas.
Suggested by Blaine
Everyone else, they work, they ask for recompense, and they are respected for it. Not Mercenaries. We get a bad name just for doing our jobs.
Denth, to Vivenna
from Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson.
Suggested by LightsongTheBold
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Darth Vader, to Admiral Mottin
from A New Hope by George Lucas.
Suggested by Blaine
If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.
Kelsier
from Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.
Suggested by LightsongTheBold
No. I am your Father.
Darth Vader, to Luke Skywalker
from The Empire Strikes Back by George Lucas.
Suggested by Blaine
But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
Kelsier, to the Lord Ruler
from Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.
Suggested by LightsongTheBold
My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God through the use of your cleavage?
from Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson.
Suggested by LightsongTheBold
I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.
Lightsong the Bold
from Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson.
Suggested by LightsongTheBold
In the beginning, there was the Word. Then came the...word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the end of literature. And so it goes.
Martin Silenus
from Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
Suggested by Ghavrel
By the use of the language of sorrow I had for the time being obliterated my sorrow - so powerful is the charm of words, which for us reduces to mangaeable entities all the passions that would otherwise madden and destroy us.
Severian
from The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe.
Suggested by Ghavrel
It is said that it is the peculiar quality of time to conserve fact, and that it does so by rendering our past falsehoods true.
Severian
from The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe.
Suggested by Ghavrel
My pen halts, though I do not. Reader, you will walk no more with me. It is time we both take up our lives.
Severian
from Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe.
Suggested by Ghavrel
If a man is no more than such a colony [of cells], a man is nothing; but we know instinctively that a man is more. What happens, then, to that part that is more?
Severian
from The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe.
Suggested by Ghavrel
I'd put a curse of stupidity on you if I could improve on nature.
Goblin
from The Black Company.
Suggested by Ghavrel
Umm... Sometimes I forget what I was going to say. Sometimes I remember things everyone else has forgotten for ever and ever. Does that ever happen to you?
Delirium, to Dream
from Sandman: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman.
Suggested by Ghavrel
I think you're very nice. I think twinkle's a nice word. So's viridian. I met a lady once who had an imaginary fish.
Delirium
from Sandman by Neil Gaiman.
Suggested by Ghavrel
I like the way colors taste. Except I don't like crimsons...or turquoises...especially when they put their heads into their shells and won't play and when you break their shells to let them out they die...
Delirium
from Sandman by Neil Gaiman.
Suggested by Ghavrel
History comforts the dull-witted.
Kellanved
from Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson.
Suggested by Ghavrel
Death! Ride to ruin and the world's ending!
Eomer
from The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Suggested by Ghavrel
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.
Gandalf, to Frodo
from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Suggested by Ghavrel
You cannot pass!
Gandalf, to the Balrog
from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Suggested by Ghavrel
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them. Inscription on the One Ring
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them. Inscription on the One Ring
from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Suggested by Ghavrel
It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door... You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
Bilbo Baggins, to Frodo
from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Suggested by Ghavrel
"Difficult" and "impossible" are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common.
Locke Lamora to Requin
from Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch.
Suggested by Tavi
I take some of it back. You might still be a lying, cheating, low-down, greedy, grasping, conniving, pocket-picking son of a bitch.
Jean Tannen, to Locke Lamora
from Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch.
Suggested by Tavi
You have an amazing lack of good sense for one so young.
Belgarath the Sorcerer, to Garion
from Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings.
Suggested by Mat Girl
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
Bilbo Baggins
from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Suggested by Kahlee
Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?
The final words in The Book of the Dead
from Sabriel by Garth Nix.
Suggested by Yunalesca
Allow me to begin again. Greetings, Akar Kessell. I am Drizzt Do'Urden, ranger of Gwaeron Windstrom, guardian of Icewind Dale. I have come to kill you.
from The Crystal Shard by R.A. Salvatore.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me!
Gandalf the Grey, to Bilbo Baggins
from The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien.
Suggested by Ryan
Garroting Deep has sent Caer-Caveral to Morrinmoss. But he cannot claim you.
Turiya Raver
from The Power That Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson.
Suggested by Nebhead
Less Lust through Less Protein, Eggs, Meat, Beans, Cheese, and Sitting.
a billboard sign
from Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
Suggested by Nebhead
He is the Shield Anvil. Fener knows grief, so much grief that it is beyond his capacity to withstand it. And so he chooses a human heart. Armoured. A mortal soul, to assume the sorrow of the world. The Shield Anvil.
a captain, speaking of Itkovian to Anaster
from Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson.
Suggested by Nebhead
How many miles to Babylon?
Three score miles and ten.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again.
Yes, if your feet are nimble and light,
You can get there by candlelight. a childrens' rhyme
Three score miles and ten.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again.
Yes, if your feet are nimble and light,
You can get there by candlelight. a childrens' rhyme
from Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
Suggested by Nebhead
Nice Monkey!
a guard's last words, to the Librarian
from Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.
Suggested by Nebhead
The Filthy And Dangerous Vice of Smoking, which Offends the Nose, Deadens the Palate, Causes Ageing of the Skin, and Enforces a Progressive Decrepitude of the Body Entire. Tobacco will Slowly and Surely Kill You.
a poster
from The Etched City by K. J. Bishop.
Suggested by Nebhead
Long Live The Changing Things To A More Equitable State While Retaining Due Respect For The Traditions Of Our Forebears And Of Course Not Harming The August Personage Of The Emperor Endeavor.
a revolutionary
from Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett.
Suggested by Nebhead
What disguise? This is my lucky shirt.
a ship captain, to Kalam
from Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson.
Suggested by Nebhead
The vastness of its mad-made architecture disobeyed not only rules of style but, it was said, of physics.
about Perdido Street Station
from Iron Council by China Mieville.
Suggested by Nebhead
- Do all Imass think about futility?
- No. Few think at all.
- Why is that?
- Because, Adjunct, it is futile. Adjunct Lorn and Onos T'oolan
- No. Few think at all.
- Why is that?
- Because, Adjunct, it is futile. Adjunct Lorn and Onos T'oolan
from Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson.
Suggested by Nebhead
When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.
advanced weapon training, Detritus style
from Night Watch by Terry Pratchett.
Suggested by Nebhead
The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as ever, created enormous casualties on both sides.
from Excession by Iain M Banks.
Suggested by snoopcester
I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!
Iain Banks's view of awards
from An interview by Iain Banks .
Suggested by snoopcester
The two of you are distinct failures as criminals but good fellows nonetheless. I wish you all the turds and snowflakes you require. Good day!
Wolfe
from The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford.
Suggested by Ouranid
Always store beer in a dark place.
from the Notebooks of Lazarus Long
from Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein.
Suggested by imlad
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from House of Leaves.
Suggested by Burr
The doom lies in yourself, not in your name.
Gwindor, to Túrin
from The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Suggested by Corwin
You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.
Breeze, to Yeden
from Mistborn - The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.
Suggested by ColossalShadow
I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.
from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling.
Suggested by Milla
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Inigo Montoya, to Count Rugen
from The Princess Bride by William Goldman/S Morganstern.
Suggested by Comet Sedai
Always call a jack a jack. Always call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and a little respect never hurt anyone.
Kvothe's father
from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
Suggested by Tavi
Come... dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly.
Jon, to Laurie
from Watchmen by Alan Moore.
Suggested by Tim
Touched by her fingers, the two surviving chocolate people copulate desperately, losing themselves in a melting frenzy of lust, spending the last of their brief borrowed lives in a spasm of raspberry cream and fear.
Narrator
from Sandman, Brief Lives (vol. VII) by Neil Gaiman.
Suggested by Tim
Water is for drinking when there is no wine.
Malak, to Conan
from Conan the Destroyer by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
Wheel of Time (Back to top)
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.
So begins every first chapter of the Wheel of Time
So begins every first chapter of the Wheel of Time
from every Wheel of Time novel by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
Blood and bloody ashes!
A lot of people, but mostly Mat
from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by ursidae
Beware the fox that makes the ravens fly, for he will marry you and carry you away.
Beware the man who remembers Hawkwing's face, for he will marry you and set you free.
Beware the man of the red hand, for him you will marry and none other. Foretelling made by damane Lidya to Tuon
Beware the man who remembers Hawkwing's face, for he will marry you and set you free.
Beware the man of the red hand, for him you will marry and none other. Foretelling made by damane Lidya to Tuon
from Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by ursidae
What is already woven cannot be undone.
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Fantasy
We rode on the winds of the rising storm, we ran to the sounds of the thunder.
We danced among the lightening bolts,
And tore the world asunder. Poem sometimes attributed to the Dragon Reborn.
We danced among the lightening bolts,
And tore the world asunder. Poem sometimes attributed to the Dragon Reborn.
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Fantasy
You? No!
Asmodean's famous last words
from The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by BlackAdder
He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you’re dead.
Lan
from New Spring by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by BlackAdder
One man holding fifty at a narrow passage. Not a bad way to die. Songs have been made about less.
Ingtar
from The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by BlackAdder
Asha'man, kill.
Mazrim Taim, at Dumai's Wells
from Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by BlackAdder
Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.
Mazrim Taim, to Aes Sedai after Dumai's Wells
from Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by BlackAdder
Play 'March of Death'. Play it, unless you know a sadder song. Play something to make your soul weep. If you have one still.
Rand al'Thor, to Asmodean
Rand al'Thor, to Asmodean
from The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man's life turn alike without pity or mercy.
Lews Therin Telamon, to Rand
Lews Therin Telamon, to Rand
from Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
A man who trusts everyone is a fool, and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
Lews Therin Telamon, to Rand
Lews Therin Telamon, to Rand
from Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
What you have is not what you want; what you want is what you cannot have
Lews Therin Telamon. to Rand
Lews Therin Telamon. to Rand
from Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
I would not mind you in my head, if you were not so clearly mad.
Lews Therin Telamon, to Rand
Lews Therin Telamon, to Rand
from The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
You cannot escape so easily, Dragon. It is not done between us. It will not be done until the end of time.
Ishamael, to Lews Therin Telamon
from The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
Till shade is gone, till water is gone,
into the Shadow with teeth bared,
screaming defiance with the last breath,
to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.
Aiel Oath
into the Shadow with teeth bared,
screaming defiance with the last breath,
to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.
Aiel Oath
from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
We ran to the sounds of the thunder,
We danced among the lightning bolts,
And tore the world asunder.
Attributed to the Dragon Reborn
We ran to the sounds of the thunder,
We danced among the lightning bolts,
And tore the world asunder.
Attributed to the Dragon Reborn
from Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
Egwene
Egwene
from The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
Sooner or later there's always trouble when there's two humans together.
Elyas Machera
from The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
I hope you're not Darkfriends. I don't like killing people after I've fed them.
Elyas Machera
from The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
I will find the song, or another will find the song, but the song will be sung this year or in a year to come. As it once was, so shall it be again, world without end.
Tuatha'an Farewell
from The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!
Gitara Moroso
from The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
Snoop elsewhere.
Pevara
from The Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by damookster
Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.
Mat Cauthon
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Bergioyn
I have not had anyone to talk to in days, except good Master Gill, and he is busy most of the time. The cook seems to run him unmercifully. Perhaps she really owns the inn?
Loial
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Bergioyn
Halt here! Now! By the order of the Lord Dragon! Else he channel your head into your belly and feed you your own feet for breakfast!
Mat Cauthon
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Bergioyn
I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool.
Mat Cauthon
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Bergioyn
I came to bloody rescue you. Burn me if I expected to be greeted as if I had come to steal a pie.
Mat Cauthon
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Bergioyn
Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.
Mazrim Taim
Mazrim Taim
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Bergioyn
Narg no hurt.
Narg
Narg
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Bergioyn
I do read sometimes.
Mat Cauthon
from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
Suggested by Ryan
All other literature (Back to top)
Known. Some. Call. Is. Air. Am?
Johnny Truant
from House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski.
Suggested by heartbreak
This is not for you.
dedication by Johnny Truant
from House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski.
Suggested by heartbreak
You were there.
dedication
from Only Revolutions by Mark Z Danielewski.
Suggested by heartbreak
'Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
from The Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll.
Suggested by Rebekah
Elementary, my dear Watson.
Sherlock Holmes
from Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Suggested by Blaine
Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay.
Lord Darlington, to Lady Windermere
from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde.
Suggested by Camilla
I can resist everything except temptation.
Lord Darlington, to Lady Windermere
from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde.
Suggested by Camilla
I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.
Lady Bracknell
from Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
Suggested by Camilla
Surrender now, and we'll spare your goddesses' lives so they can be our slaves and courtesans.
Achilles, to the Gods
from Iliad by Homer.
Suggested by Nebhead
If you correlate tool discovery with the species of creature most often found nearby, you would have to conclude that early hand tools were mostly made by antelopes.
from A Short History of Nearly E... by Bill Bryson.
Suggested by Dreaded Anomaly
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
Sherlock Holmes
from A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Suggested by snoopcester
All children, except one, grow up.
from Peter Pan by J M Barrie.
Suggested by Tavi
Movies/TV (Back to top)
Do or do not, there is no try.
Yoda
Yoda
from Star Wars by George Lucas.
Suggested by Bergioyn
They call me Mr Pig! Aaaarrgh!
Pumbaa
from The Lion King.
Suggested by Rebekah
Well, what you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar.
Jayne Cobb to Captain Malcolm Reynolds
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Deadsy
They want us alive when they eat us.
River Tam
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Deadsy
Who's flying this thing?
Hoban Washburne
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Deadsy
It's not the tea I object to, it's the water!
Pucci
Pucci
from Casanova.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
EXTERMINATE!
Daleks
from Doctor Who.
Suggested by Kronin al'Sulc
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Hannibal Lecter
from Silence of the Lambs.
Suggested by Kronin al'Sulc
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old, just gimme a frickin' beer!
Anya, to a bartender at the Bronze
from Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Yunalesca
Oh my god, they killed Kenny!
from South Park.
Suggested by Blaine
The name's Bond. James Bond.
Bond, to various scantily-clad women
from James Bond by Ian Fleming.
Suggested by Blaine
It's a trap!
Admiral Ackbar, at the Battle of Endor
from Return of the Jedi by George Lucas.
Suggested by Blaine
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
Dorothy Gale
from The Wizard of Oz.
Suggested by Blaine
May the Force be with you
from Star Wars by George Lucas.
Suggested by Blaine
There is no spoon.
Neo
from The Matrix.
Suggested by MightyYT
Go ahead, make my day.
Harry Callahan
from Suddden Impact by Joseph C. Stinson.
Suggested by Blaine
E.T. phone home.
from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Speilberg.
Suggested by Blaine
Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump, on life
from Forrest Gump by Winston Groom.
Suggested by Blaine
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
Gordon Gekko, concerning his business practices
from Wall Street by Oliver Stone.
Suggested by Blaine
If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing. And if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order.
Zoe, about Reavers
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Master Radishes
We got outflanked by the Independent squad, and we're never gonna make it back to our platoon. We need to resort to cannibalism.
River Tam, as a child
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Master Radishes
They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger!
River Tam, about Book
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Master Radishes
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
River Tam, to Jayne
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Master Radishes
I have misplaced my pants.
Homer
from The Simpsons.
Suggested by Colonel Logain
I'm pretty sure I can struggle my way out. First I'll just reach in and pull my legs out, now I'll pull my arms out with my face.
Homer
Homer
from The Simpsons.
Suggested by Colonel Logain
Get away from her, you bitch!
Ellen Ripley, to the Alien queen
from Aliens by James Cameron.
Suggested by ironclad
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
Andy Dufresne, in a letter to Red
from The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont.
Suggested by ironclad
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Verbal Kint
from The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer.
Suggested by ironclad
I'm American, honey. Our names don't mean shit.
Butch, to female taxi driver
from Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino.
Suggested by ironclad
You have to admire its simplicity. It's one billionth our size and it's beating us.
Sam Daniels, about viruses
from Outbreak by Wolfgang Petersen.
Suggested by ironclad
My wife deserves revenge, whether I know about it or not.
Leonard
from Memento by Christopher Nolan.
Suggested by ironclad
I am Jack's smirking revenge.
Narrator
from Fight Club.
Suggested by ironclad
If John Doe's head splits open and a UFO should fly out, I want you to have expected it.
Somerset to Mills
from Se7en.
Suggested by ironclad
I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off.
Ltd. Aldo Raine
from Inglourious basterds by Quentin Tarantino.
Suggested by ironclad
He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting light bulb.
Captain Miller
from Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg (director).
Suggested by ironclad
He has urgent business. [Pause] He has gone to London, to have his hair cut.
Emma to Mr Knightley, explaining Frank's absence
Emma to Mr Knightley, explaining Frank's absence
from BBC's Emma (2009) by based on Jane Austen's novel.
Suggested by Camilla
I do not like Santiago. I've always thought that a leader should have a strong chin. He has no chin. And his vice president has several. This to me is not a good combination.
Ivanova, to Sinclair
from Babylon 5 by J. Michael Straczynski.
Suggested by Camilla
The Council can go to Hell! And the emergency session can go to Hell! And you, Vir, you can go to Hell, too: I wouldn't want you to feel left out.
Londo, to Vir
from Babylon 5 by J. Michael Straczynski.
Suggested by Camilla
Mr. Garibaldi, you're sitting at my station, using my equipment. Is there a reason for this, or to save time should I just snap your hand off at the wrist?
Ivanova, to Garibaldi
from Babylon 5 by J. Michael Straczynski.
Suggested by Camilla
I've got a bad feeling about this...
Han Solo
from Star Wars by George Lucas.
Suggested by Bergioyn
Looks dead, smells dead, yet it's moving around. That's interesting.
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
When I'm around you, Buffy, I find myself needing to know the plural of apocalypse.
Riley Finn
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
For a thousand years I wielded the power of the wish. I brought ruin upon the heads of unfaithful men; I offered destruction and chaos for the pleasure of the lower beings. I was feared and worshipped across the mortal globe and now I'm stuck at Sunnydale High. A mortal! A child! And I'm flunking math!
Anya
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that factually that's true.
Mayor Wilkins
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
I knew it! I knew it! Well, not in the sense of having the slightest idea, but I knew there was something I didn't know.
Willow
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
Yes, and you were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'Let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles
from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
What do you want, you moon faced assassin of joy?
Londo to Vir, on being called out of bed for a conference
Londo to Vir, on being called out of bed for a conference
from Babylon 5 by J. Michael Straczynski.
Suggested by Camilla
Don't. You're too young to experience that much pain.
Ivanova, blocking the way of an obnoxious reporter
from Babylon 5 by J. Michael Straczynski.
Suggested by Camilla
If your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Kronin al'Sulc
It's going to be Legen - Wait for it. And I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the last word of this sentence is DARY!
Barney Stinson, to Ted Mosby
from How I Met Your Mother.
Suggested by MightyYT
Bite my shiny metal ass!
Bender
from Futurama.
Suggested by MightyYT
- Lister, last time I only failed by the narrowest of narrow margins.
- You what? You went in there, wrote "I AM A FISH" four hundred times, did a funny little dance and fainted! Lister and Rimmer discuss Rimmer's failed exam
- You what? You went in there, wrote "I AM A FISH" four hundred times, did a funny little dance and fainted! Lister and Rimmer discuss Rimmer's failed exam
from Red Dwarf by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor..
Suggested by snoopcester
- Jean-Paul Sartre said Hell was being locked forever in a room with your friends.
- Holly, all his mates were French! Holly and Lister discuss Satre
- Holly, all his mates were French! Holly and Lister discuss Satre
from Red Dwarf by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor..
Suggested by snoopcester
You'd never get a cat to be a servant. You ever see a cat return a stick? "Hey, man! You threw the stick, you go get it yourself! I'm busy! If you wanted the stick so bad, why'd you throw it away in the first place?"
Cat
from Red Dwarf by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor..
Suggested by snoopcester
6? Do me a lemon! That's a poor IQ for a glass of water!
Holly after being insulted about his temporarily reduced IQ
from Red Dwarf by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor..
Suggested by snoopcester
Oh, spin my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska!
Kryten
from Red Dwarf by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor..
Suggested by snoopcester
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
Ace Rimmer
from Red Dwarf by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor..
Suggested by snoopcester
Just a wild stab in the dark, which incidentally is what you'll be getting if you don't start being a bit more helpful.
Blackadder, to a young crone
from Blackadder II by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.
Suggested by snoopcester
- Have you got a plan, my lord?
- Yes I have, and it's so cunning you can brush your teeth with it.
Blackadder, plotting
- Yes I have, and it's so cunning you can brush your teeth with it.
Blackadder, plotting
from Blackadder II by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.
Suggested by snoopcester
- Baldrick, I have a very, very, very cunning plan.
- Is it as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on, and is now working for the UN at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning? Blackadder, plotting
- Is it as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on, and is now working for the UN at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning? Blackadder, plotting
from Blackadder Back & Forth by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.
Suggested by snoopcester
Oh, I'm sorry sir. I'm inuspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericumbobulations.
Blackadder, to Dr Samuel Johnson
from Blackadder by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.
Suggested by snoopcester
I'm as happy as a Frenchman who has just invented a pair of self-removing trousers.
Prince George
from Blackadder by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.
Suggested by snoopcester
Edmund. A Butler's Tale. A huge, roller coaster of a novel in four hundred sizzling chapters. A searing indictment of domestic servitude in the eighteenth century, with some hot gypsies thrown in.
Blackadder's Novel
from Blackadder by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.
Suggested by snoopcester
This is my Timey-wimey-detector. Goes ding when there's stuff. And it can fry an egg at twenty paces. Whether you want it to or not, actually. It's... I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow...
The Doctor, explaining a contraption
from Doctor Who by Stephen Moffat.
Suggested by Camilla
Crossing into established events is strictly forbidden. Except for cheap tricks.
The Doctor, to Martha, after proving timetravel
from Doctor Who by Russell T. Davies.
Suggested by Camilla
I've been accused of a great many things in my time, but paranoid has never been one of them. Unless people have been saying it behind my back...
Wesley
from Angel by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Dreaded Anomaly
Yes! Well, I'm polymerized tree sap and you're an inorganic adhesive, so whatever verbal projectile you launch in my direction is reflected off of me, returns on its original trajectory and adheres to you.
Dr Sheldon Cooper
from The Big Bang Theory.
Suggested by KaitLynn
That's no moon. It's a space station.
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
from Star Wars by George Lucas.
Suggested by Colonel Logain
No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What? Look, somebody has got to have some damn perspective around here. Boom. Sooner or later. BOOM!
Ivanova, displaying Russian attitude
from Babylon 5 by J. Michael Straczynski.
Suggested by Camilla
Some people juggle geese!
Hoban Washburne
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Corwin
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Ellen Ripley, in refrence to the colony on LV 426
from Aliens by James Cameron.
Suggested by The Secret Lurker
If you are going to kill me, then do so. Otherwise I have considerable work to do.
Lennier
from Babylon 5.
Suggested by Camilla
If the primates that we came from had known that some day politicians would come out of the gene pool, they'd have stayed up in the trees and written evolution off as a bad idea.
Sheridan
from Babylon 5.
Suggested by Camilla
I swallowed a fly.
River Tam
from Firefly by Joss Whedon.
Suggested by Mat Girl
Games (Back to top)
Impossible is just a word to let people feel good about themselves when they quit.
Vyse, to crew
Vyse, to crew
from Skies of Arcadia by Rieko Kodama.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
Women are like sunsets. They are beautiful, but there will be a different one tomorrow.
Gilder, to Vyse
Gilder, to Vyse
from Skies of Arcadia by Rieko Kodama.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum,
and I'm all out of gum. Duke Nukem
and I'm all out of gum. Duke Nukem
from Duke Nukem 3D.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
I am Error.
Person, to Link
from Zelda 2 by Shigeru Miyamoto.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
All your base are belong to us.
Cats
from Zero Wing.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!
from Super Mario Bros. by Nintendo.
Suggested by Bergioyn
Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It’s our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us.
Squall
Squall
from Final Fantasy VIII.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
You stand before the final dimension,
and I am the darkness of eternity.
Necron
and I am the darkness of eternity.
Necron
from Final Fantasy IX.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
Hey, where are you four brats off to now? What...? You're going to go save the world...? Did you get hit on the head or something!?
Woman in Ur
from Final Fantasy III.
Suggested by KaitLynn
Sometimes, when I got a lot on my mind, it just helps to go, "AAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Rikku
from Final Fantasy X.
Suggested by KaitLynn
When I grow up, I wanna be a blitzball!
Kilika Kid
from Final Fantasy X.
Suggested by KaitLynn
You. It's what's for dinner.
Paine, said when casting Flare
from Final Fantasy X-2.
Suggested by KaitLynn
Disasterrific!!!
Rikku
from Final Fantasy X-2.
Suggested by KaitLynn
...Driver! Faster, if you please. I would be loath to expend any of the violence of my present mood on my companions.
Ffamran "Balthier" Mid Bunansa
from Final Fantasy XII.
Suggested by KaitLynn
Hmph. I daresay I've soiled my cuffs. If a dungeon's waiting for us at the end of the night, it had best have a change of wardrobe.
Ffamran "Balthier" Mid Bunansa
from Final Fantasy XII.
Suggested by KaitLynn
Remember what curiosity killed. Just a friendly word of advice.
Ffamran "Balthier" Mid Bunansa
from Final Fantasy XII.
Suggested by KaitLynn
The gods are toying with us.
Fran
from Final Fantasy XII.
Suggested by KaitLynn
First you will be baked, and then there will be cake.
GLaDOS, to Chell
from Portal by Valve.
Suggested by louiemma
Even though I smell of excrement, I deserve your respect.
Secret Agent, to a passing air molecule
from Psychonauts.
Suggested by louiemma
Why do you rebuild, knowing destruction is inevitable? Why do you yearn to live, knowing all things must die?
Kefka, to party
from Final Fantasy VI by Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Suggested by General Cyan
Stop poking me!
Orc Peon
from Warcraft II by Blizzard Games.
Suggested by Blaine
War. War never changes.
Fallout Introduction
from Fallout Series by Black Isle.
Suggested by Blaine
Grenade! Get it off! Get it off!
Grunt, when hit with a plasma grenade.
from Halo by Bungie.
Suggested by Blaine
Human, monster, sea, sky...
A scene on the lid of a sleeper's eye...
Awake the dreamer and Koholint will vanish, much like a bubble on a needle. Inscription in the Southern Face Shrine
A scene on the lid of a sleeper's eye...
Awake the dreamer and Koholint will vanish, much like a bubble on a needle. Inscription in the Southern Face Shrine
from Zelda: Link's Awakening.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
Do a barrel roll!
Peppy Hare, on Corneria
from Star Fox 64.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
Son of a submariner!
Kefka, after the protagonists escape Figaro Castle
from Final Fantasy VI.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
The cake is a lie!
Disturbing graffiti scrawled on the wall
from Portal.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
You can't hide from the Grim Reaper. Especially when he's got a gun.
Manny Calavera
from Grim Fandango.
Suggested by Nate
You fool! You gave cheese to a lactose intolerant volcano god!
Lemonhead
from The Curse of Monkey Island.
Suggested by Nate
When I said "deadly neurotoxin," the "deadly" was in massive sarcasm quotes. I could take a bath in this stuff. Put it on cereal, rub it right into my eyes ... honestly, it's not deadly at all... to ME. You, on the other hand, are going to find its deadliness ... a lot less funny.
GlaDOS
from Portal.
Suggested by Nate
Am I butterfly dreaming I'm a man? Or a bowling ball dreaming I'm a plate of sashimi? Never assume what you see and feel is real!
Doreen, in the surreal city of Enhasa
from Chrono Trigger.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
Conrad, I haven't been shot in the head nearly enough times to make that sound like a good idea.
Commander Shepherd, when Conrad asks for a promotion.
from Mass Effect.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
I'll be going now. I'll come back when it's all over.
Aerith's last words
from Final Fantasy VII.
Suggested by Nate
Every person is a book with thousands of pages and on each lies an irreparable truth.
Al Mualim, the Hashshashin leader
from Assassin's Creed.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
I've spent my entire surgical career creating the same tired shapes, over and over again: the upturned nose, the cleft chin, the ample bosom. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could do with a knife what that old Spaniard did with a brush?
Dr. Steinman, referring to Picasso's cubism
from Bioshock.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.
The G-man, to Gordon Freeman
from Half-Life 2.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
Blacker than a moonless night. Hotter and more bitter than hell itself... That is coffee.
Godot.
from Trials and Tribulations.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
Did you know you can donate one or all of your vital organs to the Aperture Science Self Esteem Fund for Girls? It's true!
GLaDOS
from Portal.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
- You fight like a Dairy Farmer!
- How appropriate, you fight like a Cow! Guybrush, dueling a pirate
- How appropriate, you fight like a Cow! Guybrush, dueling a pirate
from The Secret of Monkey Island.
Suggested by lord-of-shadow
Sit your ass down in that chair and drink your goddam TEA!
Cid, to Shera
from Final Fantasy VII.
Suggested by Monkey
Advisement: Evisceration works well. Electrocution, blunt trauma, and decapitation are also effective, I understand.
HK-47
from Knights of the Old Republic.
Suggested by AliasRY
There is no cow level.
from World of Warcraft.
Suggested by Wibble
Look out! It's a monster!
Jill, to Barry
from Resident Evil.
Suggested by Wibble
You look like a bear wearing a marshmallow.
Cloud Strife
from FFVII.
Suggested by Deadsy
Why is it whenever someone says "with all due respect", they really mean "kiss my ass"?
Ashley Williams
from Mass Effect.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
I can't die... Momma said I can't die...
Augustus Cole
from Gears of War.
Suggested by Mats Gambling Buddy
Men are like fish. Easy to catch, briefly satisfying and then nothing more than a bag of bones that stinks up the tent.
Buki, to Elco and Tal
from Sudeki.
Suggested by Dragonsworn
I hope one of us dies. I hope that one is you, Skrotee.
Brote, a gnome slave in Venomspite, to the other gnome slave
from World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment.
Suggested by Jedi Wolf Sister
ReadAndFindOut/Community (Back to top)
I was young and needed the money.
from the Community Message Board by Ironclad (Jens).
Suggested by Floffe
Quality procrastination should always be given the time it needs.
©amilla
from her signature.
Suggested by Floffe