The Second Quote Page of the Mighty Magus Noctis
The generous take office so that they may beter serve; the petty take office so that they may be better served. —{+S+}
It’s like flogging glue. Not a dead horse, glue. —Michael Holmes-Lauder
Red Green: To many people, animal infestations present a problem. To us here at Possum Lodge, however, it presents an oppertunity.
Harrold: What, an oppertunity to go hunting out of season?
Red Green: No, Harrold. Does the term “Petting Zoo” ring a bell?
Harrold: No, but it does sound an alarm,
—The New Red Green Show
I take life with a pinch of salt, a slice of lemon and a bottle of tequila. —Andrew Ryan
I love you. And not, not in a friendly way, although I think we’re great friends. And not in a misplaced affection, puppy-dog way, although I’m sure that's what you’ll call it. I love you. Very, very simple, very truly. You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being. And I know that you think of me as just a friend, and crossing that line is the furthest thing from an option you would ever consider. But I had to say it. I just, I can’t take this anymore. I can’t stand next to you without wanting to hold you. I can’t, I can’t look into your eyes without feeling that, that longing you only read about in trashy romance novels. I can’t talk to you without wanting to express my love for everything you are. And I know this will probably queer our friendship — no pun intended — but I had to say it, because I’ve never felt this way before, and I don’t care. I like who I am because of it. And if bringing this to light means we can't hang out anymore, then that hurts me. But God, I just, I couldn’t allow another day to go by without just getting it out there, regardless of the outcome, which by the look on your face is to be the inevitable shoot-down. And, you know, I’ll accept that. But I know... I know that some part of you is hesitating for a moment, and if there is a moment of hesitation, then that means you feel something too. All I ask, please, is that you just, you just not dismiss that — and try to dwell in it for just ten seconds. Alyssa, there isn’t another soul on this fucking planet who has ever made me half the person I am when I’m with you, and I would risk this friendship for the chance to take it to the next plateau. Because it is there between you and me. You can’t deny that. Even if, you know, even if we never talk again after tonight, please know that I’m forever changed because of who you are and what you’ve meant to me, which — while I do appreciate it — I’d never need a painting of birds bought at a diner to remind me of. —Holden McNeil, Chasing Amy
Memory is a device for forgetting as well as for remembering. To that extent, every autobiography is a work of fiction, and every work of fiction is an autobiography. —P.D. James, Time to Be in Earnest
Listen. I’s a tough universe. There’s all sorts of people and things trying to do you, kill you, rip you off, everything. If you’re going to survive out there, you’ve really got to know where you towel is. —Ford Prefect, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Pardon me for breathing which I never do anyway so I don’t know why I bother to say it. —Marvin the Robot, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty. —Vroomfondle, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
This is the story of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, perhaps the most remarkable, certainly the most successful book ever to come out of the great publishing corporation of Ursa Minor. More popular than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus, better selling than 53 More Things to Do in Zero Gravity, and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid’s trilogy of philosophical blockbusters: Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes, and Who Is This God Person, Anyway? —The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
What do you mean, why has it got to be built? It’s a bypass. Got to build bypasses. —Prosser, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The slightest thought hadn’t even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. —Prosser, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. —Ford Prefect, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
They hung in the air exactly the same way that bricks don’t. —The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small, unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly 92 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a really neat idea. —The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Probability factor of one to one. We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own lookout. —Trillian, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Okay. So, ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, huh? —Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Men were real men. Women were real women. And small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. —The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Zaphod, old mate, I trust you about as far as I could comfortably spit out a rat. —Ford Prefect, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Science has achieved some wonderful things, I know, but I’d far rather be happy than right any day. —Slartibartfast, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Hey, I thought you said you didn’t want to shoot us! —Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I don’t go around gratuitously shooting people and then brag about it in seedy space rangers’ bars. I go around gratuitously shooting people, and I agonize about it afterwards to my girlfriend. —Shooty, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Either you all give yourselves up and let us beat you up a little though not too much, because we are firmly opposed to needless violence or we blow up this entire planet... and one or two others that we noticed on the way over. —Shooty, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Ford! There’s an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about the script for Hamlet they just worked out. —Arthur Dent, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I like the cover. Don’t panic. It’s the first helpful or intelligible thing anyone has said to me all day. —Arthur Dent, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much the wheel, New York, wars, and so on whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins believed that they were more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons. —The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
If you’ve done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the restaurant at the end of the universe? —Millways’ slogan, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Good evening, madame and gentlemen. I am the main dish of the day. May I interest you in parts of my body? —Dish of the Day, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
You mean they want to arrest me over the phone? Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered. —Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Listen, you semi-evolved simian, go climb a tree, will you? —Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
You guys are so unhip it’s a wonder your bums don’t fall off. —Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Ah, this is futile. Five hundred and seventy-three committee meetings, you haven’t even discovered fire yet! —Ford Prefect, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I’m trying to teach the cavemen to play Scrabble. It’s uphill work. The only word they know is unh, and they don’t know how to spell it. —Arthur Dent, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
If there’s anything more important than my ego around here, I want it caught and shot now! —Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Even though you are a taxpayer, you know, we don’t actually work for you personally. —Det. Lennie Briscoe, Law & Order
My life is in the hands of any fool that makes me lose my temper. —Dr. John Hunter
*to himself* If I jumped every time the light came on around here, I’d end up talking to myself. —Dr. McCoy, Star Trek
Commander, set a new course. There’s coffe in that nebula. —Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I killed because they pissed me off. —Anonymous
Do not cross the field unless you can do it in 9.5 seconds. The bull can do it in 10. —Sign on a fencepost of a farm
Don’t worry, I’m calm. I pride myself on being in control of situations. HahahHAhaHAHAhahAhAHHAHhahAH! —Katsuhiko Jinai, El Hazard
P.S. Your ass is finally mine, Makoto Misuhara! HahahHAhaHAHAhahAhAHHAHhahAH! —Katsuhiko Jinai, El Hazard
Fujisawa Monster Kick! —Masamichi Fujisawa, El Hazard
A government employee? Income! You are a hero! —High Priestess Miz Mischal, El Hazard
Oh, don’t ever fall in love with a mountain man,
Your heart’s left in the valley as he climbs again. —Masamichi Fujisawa, El Hazard
Red hair! —Alielle, El Hazard
[while doing silly poses] In the name of the Moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil. That means you. —Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon
If I’m not back in five minutes... just wait longer! —Ace Ventura, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
I’m in a hostile environment. I’m totally unprepared. And I’m surrounded by a bunch of guys who probably want to kick my ass. I feel like I’m back in high school. —Johnny Cage, Mortal Kombat
[while doing silly poses] I am Sailor Moon; I fight for my friends, and you’re not one of them. In the name of the Moon, I will punish you! —Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon
I’m back, I’m bold, and maybe even beautiful! —Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon
God, I’m really good. Those “Charlie’s Angels” reruns are starting to pay off. —Patti Randall, That Darn Cat
One house, three children, so many windows. —Morticia Addams, The Addams Family Values
Style, sophistication, the ability to launch napalm into oncoming trafic. —Commercial for Twisted Metal 2
And remember: go ninja, go ninja, go! I made another funny! Ha ha ha! —Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
I’ll get you! And your little hand to! —Debbie Jellinsky, Addams Family Values
The only thing you always say, Hunk, is “What’s to eat and can I have seconds?” —Lance, Voltron
This will be George’s biggest swing ever. Hurt very much. *whimpers* —George, George of the Jungle
Mind control? Huh... please! —Operator on a Telus commercial
And you thought insanity was crazy. —Donkey Kong 64 commercial
It is not a problem, it is a cleverly disguised opportunity. —Arzon, Visionaries
A minor setback. —Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim
We’re on a mission from God. —Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers
Elwood Blues: It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.
Jake Blues: Hit it!
—The Blues Brothers
Use of unnecssary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved. —Police Dispatcher, The Blues Brothers
I ran out of gas! I got a flat tire! I didn’t have change for cab fare! I lost my tux at the cleaners! I locked my keys in the car! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD! —Jake Blues, The Blues Brothers
I looked at my family tree the other day and I found out I was the sap! —Rodney Dangerfield
I’m sitting on top of the world and I got hemroids! —Rodney Dangerfield
If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn’t thinking. —General George S. Patton Jr., Patton
A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances. —General George S. Patton Jr., Patton
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t. —General George S. Patton Jr., Patton
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. —General George S. Patton Jr., Patton
Now I want you to remember, that no bastard ever won a war by giving his life for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. —General George S. Patton Jr., Patton
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. —General George S. Patton Jr., Patton
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week. —General George S. Patton Jr., Patton
People will believe any lie, if it is fantastic enough. —Petronius, Quo Vadis
You wanna be worshipped? Go to India and moo. —Herb Stempel, Quiz Show
If you look around the table and you can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you. —Mark Van Doren, Quiz Show
Everybody needs a hug, even Saddam Hussein. —†GiltGloves†’s mun
I’m always on duty. —Inspector Gadget, Inspector Gadget
Akane: *about her cooking* Are you saying it’s UNIMAGINABLY bad?
Ranma: You DO understand!
—Ranma ½
Tsubasa: You don’t love me? Why didn’t you tell me before?
Ukyou: I DID tell you before! —Ranma ½
Kuno: I despise you.
Nabiki: I’m so glad.
—Ranma ½
Ranma: Violent uncute tomboy!
Akane: RAAANNNNMMMAAAAA!!! [POW]
Ranma: AAAaaaaaa.... [SPLASH]
—Ranma ½
Hey where did you come from P-Chan? —Akane, Ranma ½
A priestess with man trouble is allowed to get tanked if she wants to! —Shayla-Shayla, El Hazard
Keith: Activate interlock, dinotherms connected, infracells up, megathrusters are go!
All: Let’s go Voltron Force! —Voltron: Defender of the Universe
“Expect the unexpected,” I always say, “and the unexpected never happens.” —The Wether Man, The Phantom Tollbooth
Simpson, Homer Simpson,
He’s the greatest guy in history!
From the town of Springfield,
He’s about to hit a chestnut tree! Aah!
—Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
*while tapping fingers together* Excellent... —Mr. Burns, The Simpsons
I’ll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. —Duke Leto Atreides, Dune
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. —Paul Atreides, Dune
I must not let my passion interfere with my reason. That is not good. That is bad. —Piter De Vries, Dune
My name is a killing word. —Paul Muad’Dib, Dune
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of saefuet thoughts aquire speed, lips aquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. —Piter De Vries, Dune
It’s assumed that ultimate conditioning cannot be removed without killing the subject. However, as someone once observed, given the right lever you can move a planet. —Piter DeVries, Dune
***Lawful good never dies!!!! (But it usually has problems getting the girls) —Jim Mangiameli
What’s this? You dare taste Fujisawa’s Fist of Justice again? —Masamichi Fujisawa, El Hazard
That hurt, you know. —Kuno, Ranma ½
Never trust an idiot with a big hammer and a watermellon. —Ghalleger
I’m not going to smash this watermellon, people... I want you to respect me for my mind. Now do you know how stupid that sounds, ladies? —Ghalleger
Makoto & Alielle: Water...
Fujisawa: Tall cold one... —El Hazard
His father, now there was a puffball! —Fizban the Fabulous, Dragons of Winter Night
We so happy we do the Meposian Dance of Joy! —Balki, Perfect Strangers
It’s them or us, Isuma; I’d rather it’s them. —Kanuka, Patlabor
I’m going slower than a turtle on Vallium. —Jeff Alcorn
Guy in the Washroom: What’re you doing?
Fletcher: I’m kicking my ass! Do you mind?!
—Liar Lair
This guy’s a restraining order waiting to happen. —Alice Sutton, Conspiracy Theory
To be normal, to drink Coca-Cola and eat Kentucky Fried Chicken is to be in a conspiracy against yourself. —Jerry Fletcher, Conspiracy Theory
If a cannibal used a knife and fork, would you call that progress? —Sen. Lillian DeHaven, G. I. Jane
Do not call up what ye cannot put down. —H. P. Lovecraft, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Understanding is a three-edged sword. —Ambasador Kosh Naranek, Babylon 5
A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles. —Ambasador Kosh Naranek, Babylon 5
The avalanche has already started; it is too late for the pebbles to vote. —Ambasador Kosh Naranek, Babylon 5
*after blowing up a village to save it from a dragon* Ya make an omelette, ya gotta break a few eggs... —Lina Inverse, Slayers
Lina: How does a guy with the brains of a JELLYFISH know ALL about “that time of the month?!?!”
GourryWell a fortune teller used to live on the edge of our villiage and every now and then she’d close up shop... when I asked why she’d just say it was that time of the month.
Slayers
Ah — I think I know why you did that..you must’ve fallen for your lovely captive, that’s it, isn’t it? *giggle* —Lina Inverse, Slayers
Oh wait. This is the part where the heroine’s s’posed to be all scared & shrieky so I gotta play the part right. EEK! Save me, please! Help me PLEASE!! —Lina Inverse, Slayers
Lina: You eat fish guts? Yuck!
Gourry: But Lina the guts contain the stomach and the fish eat these so if you eat the stomach that means your eating these too!
—Slayers
Yeah keep eating like that and you’ll bust everywhere but... your bust. —Gourry Gabriev, Slayers
Oh its a kid... I was expecting some bodacious babe... not some flat chested little girl. —Gourry Gabriev, Slayers
Gourry: And you were just going to sell that to him! thats dangerous!
Lina:Yes Gourry, that was my plan!!
—Slayers
Lina: Food, Gourry! REAL FOOD!
Gourry: Oh yes, Lina... REAL food..!
Amelia: These guys are scaring me..
—Slayers
Lina: I’m tired, I’m hungry, and I wanna take a bath!
Zelgadis: Can you walk without talking?
—Slayers
Amelia: AAAAAAAH! Villains who hold no mercy for the weak! Heaven will hold none for YEEEEEEEEWWWW!!
Bandits: It won’t?
Amelia: The judgement of Justice is now upon YEEEEEEEWWW!!
—Slayers
Shabranigdo: Death, or slavery to a devil..
Zelgadis & Gourry: Slave works for me.
—Slayers
Crichek: You’re getting soft Mulder. I beat you with one hand.
Mulder: Gee, I thought that’s how you like to beat yourself.
—The X-Files
Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova’s reccomendations. Ivanova is God. And, if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out! —Commander Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5
Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova’s reccomendations. Ivanova is God. —The Ivanova Mantra
Angela: Paul reviere from Boston, Mass...
Mona: One more rhyme, I kick your—
Tony: Mona!
—Who’s the Boss
Captain, I protest. I am not a merry man! —Worf, Star Trek: The Next Generation
That’s so sweet I’m getting cavities! —Queen Beryl, Sailor Moon
Moon Prism Power! ...And make it fast! —Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon
To do good, you actually have to go against the system. —Frank Serpeko
It’s all fun and games until someone looses their pride. —Nabiki Tendo, Ranma ½
It came, it saw, and it flew the proverbial coop. —Genma Saotome, Ranma ½
That’s why I don’t have an ulcer; I know when to say “I don’t give a fuck.” —Captain Ed Murray, Lethal Weapon II
Takahashi’s first law of plots: any beautiful day inevitably ends in disaster. —Tsubasa the God! or Every dog has his day
I have here an accident policy that’ll absolutely protect you, no matter what happens. If you lose a leg, we’ll help you look for it. And all this’ll cost you is...eh...what’ve you got there? A dollar? One dollar. Here you are. —Otis B. Driftwood {Groucho Marx} A Night at the Opera
We now find ourselves among the Alps. The Alps are a very simple people, living on a diet of rice and old shoes. Beyond the Alps lie more Alps. And the Lord Alps those that Alps themselves. —Prof Wagstaff {Groucho Marx}, Horse Feathers
Tsubasa: Ranma Saotome, prepare to die!
Akane: Ranma, what on earth did you do to that mailbox?!
Ranma: I don’t know! Forget a postage stamp or something?
Tsubasa: Charge! Charge, I say!
—Ranma ½
Riggs: Hey, trust me!
Roger: That’s usually my first mistake. —Lethal Weapon III
Mario: I thought you said that Koopa was a slimy egg-sucking son of a snake.
Koopa: Did I lie?
—Super Mario Bros.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. —Anonymous
Challenger Saotome blocks with a pig. The pig looks angry, but that’s to be expected. —Announcer, Ranma ½
Kuno Tatewaki was irked.
He was back on his noble feet after nearly a week of recuperation and hobbling about. He had lovingly crafted a new Sword of Honour out of the finest and most sturdy polycarbon wood substitute. He had gathered his vassals, the mighty Furinkan Kendo Club, in case Saotome brought an army. He had ordered Mishima Heavy Industries Anti-Elephant Sonic Emitters in case the fiend tried to use his hell-spawned power over pachyderms again. He had watched “The Seven Samurai” 23 times last night.
He was ready to Smite.
—Ill Met by Starlight (part 5)
Ryo: Kuno, The Kuno-man, Kuno-rama, The Kendo-meister.
Ryoko: The Kendo King, Kuno-Tate-wacky, The Bokken-Wielding One.
Megs: Tate-man, The Tater-totter, Tate-ness
Kyoko: Tatewaki, lookin’for Ranma, The Blue Thunderrr, lookin’ to smiiiiite.
—The More Things Read on “Ill Met by Starlight”
Oh my. I think I’m about to do something evil again. —Oni Kasumi, Ranma ½
Consider a goldfish.
Most goldfish spend their short lives in a bowl. This bowl is their world, their universe. Some bowls have pretty rocks at the bottom, others have artificial plants, a few have both, and lots have neither.
Sometimes people keep more than one goldfish in a bowl. Usually the fish just swim around together, but sometimes they eat each other.
Not many people dump blue food colouring in their goldfish bowl, cover the top, and shake it around like a fake-snow-filled paperweight. But if you told this story to Ryo Saotome, he'd know exactly how the fish would feel.
—Converging Series, Act1
She shook her head. Life had been odd of late, but this... her grasp of reality was hanging over the cliff of insanity by the fingernails of instinct, scrabbling desperately for the protruding tree root of normality and wishing the writer wouldn’t use such bad metaphors. —Converging Series (Act 7)
Contrary to the image that the authors have thus far painted, crossing dimensional realities is not as easy as crossing the street. A far more accurate analogy would be that crossing dimensional realities is like crossing a busy interstate highway at rush hour, where the majority of traffic is taken up by enormous eighteen wheelers transporting who knows how many crates of nitroglycerin and unstable plutonium, and there’s one rabid lunatic postal worker on the opposite side with a bazooka looking to have a bit of fun. —Converging Series (Act 7)
In order to be truly an effective warrior, one must tap both the Light and Good sense of Justice, The Neutral and Law sense of Logic, and the Dark and Passionate sense of Pride and Revenge. — Twilight Tales of the Gods, Author Uknown
If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for who we realy are. —Captain Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation
The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn. —Anonymous
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. —Thomas Jones
Trees were blasted, windows shattered, lamp posts destroyed, and a park bench was flung twenty feet before crashing into a wall, where it sprouted arms, legs, and the head of a blond girl and ran off. —The More Things Change... (part 7)
Considering the circumstances, the dinner went alarmingly well. There was no property damage, no bruises, and no-one yelled the name of a rather silly-sounding special attack. —The Pursuit of Happiness (Act I, part 7)
There’s an old Sicillian saying: “Let Fate take you by the hand and guide you. If not, she’ll drag you by the heels.” —Lt. Al Giardello , Homocide: Life on the Street
There’s an old Sicillian saying: “Make friends of your enemies or kill them.” —Lt. Al Giardello , Homocide: Life on the Street
He who loses control, loses. —Det. Pembleton, Homocide: Life on the Street
Ah! I LOVE the smell of coconuts in the morning! —Principal Kuno, The Pursuit of Happiness (Act I, part 10)
Happosai: You’ve got to mend your evil ways.
Young Happosai: But I like my evil ways!
—Ranma ½
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