This 'ere thread be for random quotes, ya see? If you post, you must include a quote somewhere. like this
or this:
"Friendly fire - isn't." Unknown
"You can't climb fool hill for others."
My mother speaking to my Father in regards to my brother.
"A death mark is not an easy thing to live with". General to Han Solo on Hoth.
"Open the pod bay door HAL."
2001: a space oddyssey.
Samurye.
relating to Samurye's quote: http://xkcd.com/375/
"Five second fuses only last three seconds."Infantry Journal
In the spirit of Stargate quotes:
Teal'c: Things will not calm down. They will, in fact, calm up.
In the spirit of randomness:
Blade: You're human.
Kounen: Barely - I'm a lawyer.
--
Sheriff of Nottingham: Yes, you put it quite succinctly.
Don Giovani: Suck what?
<Don Giovani's henchmen grab their weapons>
Sheriff of Nottingham: ..cinctly. It means 'perfectly'.
Don Giovani: Oh, yeah. Well, I knew that.
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Sheriff of Nottingham: King illegal forest to pig kill in it a is!
Everyone: What?
Sheriff of Nottingham: I mean, don't you know it is illegal to kill a pig in the king's forest??
One last Robin Hood quote for good measure..
Rabbi: A rabbi is a very important person! He does circumcisions!
Will: What, pray tell, sir, is a circumcision?
Rabbi: Oh, it's the latest rage! The ladies love it.
<Rabbi takes out a mini-guillotine>
Rabbi: I take my machine. You put your little thing here <motions to the hole between the blades> and <blade snaps> nip the tip! Now, who wants to go first?
<everyone grimaces>
Teal'c: In my culture, I would be well within my rights to dismember you.
"'tis just a flesh wound!"Monty Python's Spamalot (also not from aforementioned source)
this one is however:"Five second fuses only last three seconds."Infantry Journal
Delenn: "This is Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari. Babylon 5 is under our protection. Withdraw... or be destroyed."Drake: "Negative. We have authority here. Do not force us to engage your ships."Delenn: "WHY NOT? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."*Earthforce ships turn and run - FAST*
Ambassador Delenn and Captain Drake. Babylon 5, Severed Dreams (Season 3)(Watching this scene is absolutely fantastic. Best F-YOU line EVER!)
"Beer the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems"
Homer Simpson
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hardpart is doing it." -Norman Schwarzkopf
"you ask for miracles, Theo, i give you the FBI."Hans Gruber; Die Hard
Heh, looks like my kind of thread. Let's go diving into the quote bag and see what gets caught!
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison
"I have not failed. I've just found ten thousand ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison again
"Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"- General George Patton, about reconnaissance troops
no ones put up one in a while. looks like i must
"Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share."Ned Dolan
or two"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend."U.S. Army Training Notice
"HEY EVERYBODY, WATCH THIS!!!!!"
Last words of many people.
In the spirit of last words, here is one that I often hear:
"Hey are you a ninj-ACK!!!!!!"
Most people, when they are getting assasinated.
This is a transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian aurthorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995.
Canadians: "Please divert your course by 15 degrees south to avoid a collision."
Americans: "Recommend that you divert your course by 15 degress north to avoid a collision."
Canadians: "Negative. You have to divert your cour course by 15 degrees south to avoid a collision."
Americans: "This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course."
Canadians: "No. I say again, divert YOUR course."
Americans: "THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN. THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE BY 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP."
Canadians: "This is a lighthouse. Your call."
(this is from when planes had round dials, captains and navigators)
The crusty old-timer captain is breaking in a brand new navigator.
the captain opens his briefcase, pulls out a .38 and rests it on the glare panel. He asks the navigator, "Know what this is for?"
"No, sir," Replied the newbie.
"I use it on navigaotrs who get us lost," explains the captain, winking at his first officer.
The navigaator then opens his flight bag, pulls out a .45 and sets it on his chart table.
"What's THAT for?" queries the surprised captain.
"Well, sir," replies the navigator, "I'll know we're lost before you will."
where the hell did u find that? its amazing!
"War does not determine who is right - only who is left" -Burtrand Russell
"He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way, and that's how you get Capone." Jimmy Malone to Elliot Ness; The Untouchables
"Sweep the leg"
"Put him in a body bag! Ye-aw-aw-ha-ha-ha..."
-The Karate Kid
Bring a knife to a fist fight. Bring a sword to a knife fight. Bring a gun to a sword fight. Run from a gun fight.
"The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong,unless proved otherwise." -Colin Powell
"I didn't kill my wife.""I don't care!"Dr. Richard Kimble and Dep. Sam Gerard; The Fugitive
"It is good that war is so horrible, otherwise we would grow to enjoy it."
-Robert E. Lee
"A society that ignores its history has no past and no future."
-Robert A. Heinlien
"I only have one rule: everyone fights, no one quits. If you quit, I'll shoot you."
-Michial Ironside, Starship Troopers
"To peace! I hope to God on high that we won't go to war with Serbia. What would we lose? Thousands of young men, money that could have been used for more noble purposes, and our navy's great ships. And what would we gain, for God's sake? A few wilted plumb tress, farmland littered with goat droppings, and hoards of rebellious Serbian teenagers."
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand, prior to his assassination in 1914.
My old psychology teacher had an opposite quote:
Charge a gun, but always run from a knife.
"One of us, two of them"
"Eye for an eye and two for a tooth!"
"Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."
-R. Feynman
"You can lead a horse to prune juice, but you can't make him drink it. Nor would you want to."
--Spaceghost
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