Random quotes

"Do, or do not.  There is no try."

^this is literally in my school planner as a quote

"Humor is like a frog. They both die if you dissect them."

"A child laughs when it feels joy and cries when it feels pain. Both things, laughing and crying it does with its whole heart. We all became so tall and so clever. We know so much and we have read so much. But one thing we forgot: to laugh and cry like the children do."

"To be modern only means to fill new forms with eternal truths."

"It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination."

I couldn't believe it when i saw it.  I burst out laughing in the middle of class, which got me a bit in trouble.

A strange thing is happening to us...

-last entry in the captain's log of the Mary Celeste

mine too! perhaps we have the same one

"but why the secret, people are smart, they can handle it."
"a person is smart. people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it. 2000 years ago everybody knew the earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago everybody knew the earth was flat, and 5 minutes ago you knew that we were alone on this planet. imagine what you'll know tomorrow."
Jay and Kay, MIB

"have patience."
"you need to have time to have patience. we have no time."
don't remember what thats from, i will try and find it

"i dont like things, i like money."
Parker, Leverage

small, plastic spiral binding, the name of my school on the 2nd page(cover is first page)?

Come, visit the woods! (drags Bowen through the trees)

-Draco, Dragonheart

also, would it be possible to stay away from pirates of the carribean? i am sick and tired of that series already (as great as it is).

no, thats not it

"lead, follow, or get out of the way!" - General George S. Patton

thats also in mine

quotes, quotes! you need quotes for each post

Young Einon: The peasants are revolting!

Brok: They've always been revolting, prince. Now they're rebellin'.

"So how do we justify what we are doing now? Breeding men without choice, and without freedom, to fight and die for us? When do the means cease to justify the ends? Where is our society heading? Where are our ideals, and what are we without them? If we give in to expedience, where do we draw the line between us and those we find unacceptably evil? I have no answer, Masters. Do you?"
Jedi Padawan Bardan Jusik, addressing the Jedi Council; Republic Commando: Hard Contact

"there is nothing wrong with fear. you need never be ashamed of it, as olong as it doesnt stop you functioning. fear is your natural warning system; it keeps you alive so that you can fight. show me a man who isnt afraid, and i will show you a fool who is a danger to his entire ship. and i do not tolerate fools in my navy."
Admiral Adar Tallon, addressing the new intake at a Republic academy; Republic Commando: Hard Contact

"its the old Potomac two-step, Jack"
"sorry, Mr. President, i dont dance"
The President and Jack Ryan; Clear and Present Danger

[Upon coming across the Kraken's corpse]

Barbossa: Still thinking about running, Jack? Think you can outrun the world? ...You know, the problem with being the last of anything, is that by and by, there be none left at all.

Jack: Sometimes things come back, mate. We're living proof, you and me.

Barbossa: Aye, but that's a gamble of long odds, ain't it? There's never a guarantee of coming back. But passing on, that's dead certain.

Jack: Summoning the Brethren Court then, is it?

Barbossa: It's our only hope, lad.

Jack: That's a sad commentary in and of itself.

Barbossa: The world used to be a bigger place.

Jack Sparrow: The world's still the same. There's just... less in it.

If you can find it, I'd love to know where it's from.

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

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"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

-Gandhi

(Alternate version included-not certain which is the original.)

(Perhaps my favorite quote of all time; even of his.)

Gilbert: I've decided to compose the Ballad of Bowen! How do you prefer I should write it?

Bowen: Far away!

A knight is sworn to valour. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His might upholds the weak. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked

We have not crippled them, we have awakened a giant.

-Admiral Yamamoto, after learning the American carriers were not at Pearl Harbor during the raid, and that they had attacked before the declaration of war was translated.

Apophis: May your reign last days, and your death years!

Baal: That's actually rather good.

*pulls out sword*

Did you plan to say that as you walked into the room?

*slices off the tip of his head killing him*

Or was it just off the top of your head?

From Stargate Continuum

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

its probably a good idea to post what the quotes are from, in case some of us dont recognize it.

"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush."
Infantry Journal

t'was from Stargate SG-1

So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause. 

-Padme Amidala, Star Wars

[after killing Grievous using a blaster] So uncivilized...

Not to worry, we're still flying half a ship.

-Obi-Wan Kenobi

t'was not from SG-1, unless you were talking about gr3mlin60's quote. which i now see you were. never mind.

"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very accurate. the bombs are guaranteed to hit the ground."
Anonymous

those are two of my favorite star wars quotes

Cameron Mitchell: What the hell did you just say?

Daniel Jackson: We're Americans. Please shoot the people chasing us!

Col. O'Neill: Listen, I gotta ask you something. It's not easy for me.

Maj. Kawalsky: We're friends.

Col. O'Neill: If you don't make it... can I have your stereo? 

 Dr. McKay: You'll only have 30 seconds to release it before it explodes, you need to get as far away as you can.

Maj. Sheppard: Get as far away from the nuclear explosion as possible. That's good advice, Rodney. Thanks.

Dr. Beckett: What shall I say?

Lt. Ford: Uh…uh…"I miss you"? "I wish you were here"?

Dr. Beckett: I wish who was here?

Lt. Ford: I don't know. Who do you wish was here?

Dr. Beckett: Nobody! I wish I wasn't bloody here!

Col. Caldwell: Can we submerge the city again?

Dr. McKay: It's a city, not a yo-yo.

Maj. Lorne: Wow, you must really be some kind of genius.

Dr McKay: Well, as a matter of fact I ...eh, wait a minute, why would you say that now?

Maj. Lorne: Something has to have kept Col. Sheppard from shooting you all this time.

You can't fight in here, this is the war room!

love that quote!!

"Incoming fire has the right of way."
Unknown

"Doctor, would you care to assist me in performing surgery on a torpedo?"
"Sounds fascinating."
Spock and McCoy, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (obviously not from the aforementioned source)

"Head for the right way! Which is to say, the left way!"