TV, Movie, Book, & Other Literary Quotes

[Revoltingest]

I like one from the TV series, Foundation.
The galaxies ruler, Brother Day tells Brother
Dawn something like....
"Have someone brush your hair. For us it will
be just a detail, but for them it'll be the best
moment in their life."

They think highly of themselves, eh.

 

[ChristineM]

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport."

Douglas Adams. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

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Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

 

[mangalavara]

‘Remember Alf? He’s back… in pog form!’
—Milhouse, The Simpsons

 

[Twilight Hue]

I found lots of utility with this....

 

[Wu Wei]

Hitch hikers guide - I have used versions of this from time to time

"It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”

Monty Python _ I have labeled out of order printers with a modified version of this when people can't seem to understand what "Out of Order" means

"E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!"

 

[Revoltingest]

This is rather long to be called a quote.
But it's powerful because Day (aka Empire)
elaborates on how he will punish all people
who ever entered her life...thousands will die
with just a finger moved. But her punishment
is far far worse...Day describes something
insidious & horrendous like nothing I've
heard before.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

"A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day." - Lord of the Rings

 

[Revoltingest]

In STTOS, Friday's Child, Dr McCoy calls the Klingon a liar.
"What the Klingon has said is unimportant, and we do not hear his words."

 

[ChristineM]

Inside Every Living Person is a Dead Person Waiting to Get Out… : Terry Pratchett : Reaper Man

 

[Wu Wei]

Another one I have used a lot lately.... both on and off RF

"Please oh please don't throw me in the briar patch"

Interestingly enough.... Chinese folk don't get the reference