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Alcon
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A fluff thread for posting funny quotes or exchanges . The people quoted don't necesarily have to be famous, but they can be. So, I'll start us off with one of my personal favorites:

Lady Astor: "Mr. Churchill, you're drunk!"
Winston Churchill: "Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober."

[ December 06, 2004, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: Alcon ]

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Raia
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Here's another Churchill one:

Lady Astor: "Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your coffee."
Churchill: "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

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Alcon
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"If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing
neckties? How intelligent is it to start the
day by tying a little noose around your neck?"

- Linda Ellerbee

[ROFL]

I completely agree with her... which is why I never wear ties [Wink]

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Alcon
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I never let schooling interfere with my education

--Mark Twain

[Big Grin]

Ok, seriously other people besides me have to have favorite famous quotes [Razz]

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TMedina
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"Sometimes your grand purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others."

"Friends move; real friends help move bodies."

-Trevor

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"You can't make foot prints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave butt prints in the sands of time?"

"If you act crazy all your life, they'll never be able to commit you."

Rosemary Saucier

"You know how it is when you go to be the subject of a psychology experiment, and nobody else shows up, and you think maybe that's part of the experiment? I'm like that all the time."

Steven Wright

"Sleep is overrated. It's like practicing death."

T. Henry

"An optimist goes to the window every morning and says 'Good Morning, God'. A pessimist goes to the window and says 'Good God! Morning'. "

"Sleep is for wimps. Happy, healthy, well rested wimps, but wimps."

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Raia
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"I can resist everything except temptation." -Oscar Wilde

Ok, now I really am going to bed. I just had some pomelo, and now I'm going to bed. I promise.

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"Plan for the worst and anything else is a pleasant surprise."

-Trevor

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Nothing is ever a complete failure; it can always serve as a bad example.
Carlson's Consolation (from Murphy's Laws)

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'Kai, what did you do *now*!?'.
Dr. John Steed, correcting Isaac Asimov

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.
Henny Youngman

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
Georges Duhamel

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

I know God won't give me more than I can handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much.

You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

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Alcon
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"God made the idiot for practice, then He made the school board." -
Samuel L. Clemens

"'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

Sacred cows make the best hamburger. -- Mark Twain

"Heaven for climate; Hell for society."

--Mark Twain

I haven't a particle of confdence in a man who has no redeeming petty
vices.

--Mark Twain

Be careful about reading health books. You might die of a misprint.

- Mark Twain

"Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose
you were a member of Congress...But I repeat myself."

- Mark Twain

Man I love Mark Twain [Smile] He has the greatest quotes [Big Grin]

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Alcon
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"Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?" -Rita Rudner
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Corwin
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And one of my favorites ever:

"WARNING
If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned......"

Recognize it?

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Yep.
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Corwin
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Some computer related ones:

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
- Rich Cook

Technology is like fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes.
- Andrew Heller, IBM

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
- Dennis Ritchie

Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.
- Dave Olson

If you love something, write it in C; if it compiles, it is yours; if it doesn't, it never was.

When the code and the comments disagree, both are probably wrong.

If you were plowing a field, what would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?
- Seymour Cray (on massively parallel architectures)

Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.

My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.

>... File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)

The fundamental law of computer architecture: Good, fast, cheap: pick any two.

Every program has (at least) two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.

Computer Lie#1: You'll never use all the disk space.

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TMedina
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"Diplomacy - the art of telling someone to go to Hell in such a manner they look forward to the trip."

-Trevor

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[ROFL]
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TMedina
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"When people say, 'the last thing I want to do is hurt you,' be warned - that just means its on the list for later."

-Trevor

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Forgot I had these in my favorite quotes file:

BUMPER STICKERS

Out of my mind...Back in five minutes.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.
We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
You are depriving some poor village of its idiot!
Grow your own dope, plant a man.
All men are animals, some just make better pets.
Don't drink and drive...You might hit a bump and spill it.
Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
Be nice to your kids...They will pick out your nursing home.
Always remember you're unique... Just like everyone else.
Make yourself at home .....clean my kitchen.
Allow me to introduce my selves!
Chaos. Panic. Disorder. My work here is done.
Too many freaks not enough circuses.
Ambivalent? Well yes and no....
Is it time for your medication or mine?
Don't bother me. I'm living happily ever after.
I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.
Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
Whisper my favorite words: "I'll buy it for you."
Stress is when you wake up screaming & you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet.
Adults are just kids who owe money.
I pretend to work. They pretend to pay me.
You! Off my planet!
A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.
If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished.
I'm just driving this way to get you mad.
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
A penny saved is ridiculous.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
Any small object when dropped will hide under a larger object.
Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
Death is Nature's way of saying 'slow down'.
Going the speed of light is bad for your age.
It works better if you plug it in.
Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Reality is the only obstacle to happiness.
The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
You have the right to remain silent....Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Sometimes I wake up grumpy; other times I let her sleep.
Work is for people who don't know how to fish.
Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.
If you don't like the news, go out and make some.
Sorry, I don't date outside my species.
Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately it kills all it's students!
How can I miss you if you won't go away?
Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.
I'm out of bed and dressed, What more do you want?
I intend to live forever - so far, so good.
All I want is less to do, more time to do it, and higher pay for not getting it done.
Why be difficult when, with a bit of effort, you can be impossible?
Life is too complicated in the morning.

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Once there was a boy named Eustace Clarence Stubb, and he almost deserved it.
C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
George Eliot

Eagles may soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
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Suburbs are places where they cut down the trees and name the streets after them.
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A closed mouth gathers no foot.
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If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight.
George Gobel

Yes, yes, I lied. I'm a writer - I give the truth scope.
A Knight's Tale

Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once.
Isaac Asimov

We came here in peace, and we expect to go in one...piece.
Stargate SG-1

You know me, I'm a huge fan of subtlety, but that's downright encrypted.
Stargate SG-1

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TMedina
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Almost anything from "Murphy's Laws" but:

"Teamwork is essential; it gives them someone else to shoot at."

-Trevor

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"that's the beauty of it, it doesn't DO anything"
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*gets out the pitchforks and torches*
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quote:
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
I love this.

[ December 06, 2004, 06:45 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]

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Familiarity breeds attempt.
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“I am … a jelly doughnut.”
J.F.K.

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"They misunderestimate me." - W.
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"Barker," asked Auberon Quin suddenly, "where's your red cockatoo? Where's your red cockatoo?"
"What do you mean?" asked Barker desperately. "What cockatoo? You've never seen me with any cockatoo!"
"I know," said Auberon, vaguely mollified. "Where's it been all the time?"
--The Napoleon of Notting Hill

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QUOTATIONS that I like:

"Following the exorcism, all join in singing an appropriate song"
-Church Hymnal

1st debater: Can I object to y'all using the term vegetable? Because I think it's kind of offensive
2nd debater: Well, what do you want us to call them? The living impaired?
-Debate round about euthenasia

"I had thought very seriously about committing hara-kiri over this, but I overslept this morning."
-Former Japanese minister after being arrested

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"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." -Paul Dickson

True, so true.

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So, is there anyone here up on whom you might consider rolling?
-Abby Watson

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"A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon it starts to add up to some real money."
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Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. (Winston Churchill)

"there are lies, damned lies and statistics." Benjamin Disreali

"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter. (Benjamin Disreali)

An ounce of perception is worth a pound of obscure. (Rush)

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw

And my favorite...
There are three things that can never be hidden - love, a mountain, and one riding on a camel." -Arab Proverb

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I'd like to take this opportunity to shamefully admit that I always confuse Winston Churchill with W.C. Fields.

Of course, I also confuse H.G. Wells with Orson Wells. And Daniel Day Lewis with Lou Diamond Philips.

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He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Sir Winston Churchill

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Sir Winston Churchill

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Sir Winston Churchill

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

Dorothy Parker

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Dorothy Parker

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.

Jane Austen

Where any one body of educated men, of whatever denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there must be a deficiency of information, or...of something else.

Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Albert Einstein (yea, depressing, too)

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Albert Einstein

I think this is the most amazing quote, and I can't not post it, even though it's not funny at all.

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

Albert Einstein

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

Albert Einstein

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

Albert Einstein

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Albert Einstein
If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

Albert Einstein

Yes, I am madly in love with Einstein, however did you guess?

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quote:
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.

Jane Austen

[ROFL] I love Pride & Prejudice.
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Never underestimate the beauty and power of human stupidity....Jesse Blankenship.

Pappa, I want to put the cat on the bed.
No, Sasha. You do not put cats anywhere. They go where they want to. If you try to put a cat somewhere, it will bite and scratch you.
Oh, OK. Pappa, put the cat on the bed.
...Me and my Son

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"When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity."

Albert Einstein

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The cry "I could have thought of that" is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't. And a very significant and revealing fact it is, too.

Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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Oh you did it now. . . . .

quote:
"You know, with all this, I just hope you found what you were looking for out there."
"I don't know. I guess I found what I .. what I needed, not what I wanted."
"Which was?"
"Short sharp kick to the head."
"Oh hell, I could've done that for you, all you had to do was ask."
"Well, you would've enjoyed it too much."

quote:
"Temporary? Nice word, isn't it?"
quote:
"Ivanova sent me to find you. She said you haven't been sleeping, that you've barely been eating. She said that you have been, in her words, carrying on 'cranky'. I looked up the word cranky, it said 'grouchy'. I looked up grouchy, it said 'crotchety'. No wonder you have such an eccentric culture. None of your words have their own meanings, you have to look up one word to understand another. It never ends."
"Something here doesn't make sense."
"That's what I thought when I came across 'crotchety'. This can not be a real word, I said."
"The Shadows keep attacking random targets, very illogical. On the other hand, once engaged, their tactics are very successful, very logical. It's a contradiction."
"Unless the random attacks are logical in some way we haven't yet determined."
"Exactly."
"So, you have been sitting here trying to think illogically about logical possibilities or logically about illogical possibilities."
"Huh? Yes, yes."
"No wonder you are cranky. Grouchy. .. Never mind. Your face just broke the language barrier."
"I'm tired, I haven't had a good nights sleep since Kosh died. Having the kind of nightmares that make your hair stand on end."
"Well, that would explain the Centauri. You need food and rest. The humans, who you've been waiting for have arrived and would like to have dinner with us."
"No, no, I don't have time. If they want to come here.."
"So, I told them 'yes'."
"Delenn!"
"Since Minbari do not lie, except to save another, my reputation is now at stake. If you say 'no', I will be publically dishonored."
"You don't fight fair."
"True. Dinner is in two standard hours. I will see you there."
"Pain in the butt."
"Grouch."

quote:
"We got a report of something unusual in Grey Sector. Maintenance was called in on it."
"Did they fix it?"
"Yeah."
"You're right, that *is* unusual."

quote:
"Great move, how did you know they were coming?"
"I didn't. But right now would be the worst time to be discovered, so it was logical it happened now."

quote:
"Ready?"
"Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you are going to do something massively unwise?"
"Tradition."

quote:
"Anything I can do to help?"
"Hmm. Short of dying, no, can't think of a thing."

quote:
"My grandfather had a saying: 'Good news can wait. Bad news will refuse to leave.'"
quote:
"And how are things at the royal court?"
"You know, collusion, politicking, scheming, innuendo, gossip. The same old thing."

quote:
"I see they trained you well back home."
"Yeah, they always said I was carrying around a lot of repressed anger."
"And?"
"I'm not repressed anymore."

quote:
"You see, it's like I've always said: 'You can get more with a kind word and a two-by-four than you can with just a kind word.' Please, continue."
quote:
"There are three of them with guns against two of us with nothing. They'll gun us down before we get half across the room."
"All we need is one of them to leave the room. Then there will be only one man with the gun."
"Excuse me, where I come from, one man from three leaves two."
"Where I come from is a far more interesting place."

quote:
"I think you just hit a nerve. Vorlons must owe them money or something."
"This also tells they understand our language. They are just not willing to speak to us using that."
"Who knew they were French?"

quote:
"Zog? What do you mean zog? Zog what? Zog yes, zog no?"
"It's leaving. My guess is zog means no."
"Like hell. I am not letting them leave here without saying yes."
"Really? And how do you propose stopping them? Perhaps a big red and white sign with the word 'Stop' on it? I'll put a bucket on my head and pretend to be the ancient Vorlon god Booji."
"That's it!"
"Fine, I'll get a bucket."

quote:
"I can't leave without an explanation. She'll be all over me."
"Looks to me like she's already all over you. Good luck, Captain. I think you are about to go where everyone has gone before."[quote]
[quote]"It is a magnificent idea. A daring, and splendid idea. In doing so you will see things no human has seen before. It will be fun. Assuming you are not vaporised, dissected, or otherwise killed in an assortment of supremely horrible and painful ways. Exciting, isn't it?"

quote:
"I don't want to get killed because of a typo, it would be embarrassing."
quote:
"Always finding good in every situation, Captain?"
"Absolutely. If I didn't, I might end up like you."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? Did anybody else hear that? I swear, if we'll live through this, someone is going to find their automatic shower-preferences reprogrammed for ice-water."[quote]
[quote]"Captain, are you all right?"
"Nuts."
"What's wrong? I mean, we've survived."
"Right, which means that I have to go to that stupid transport association meeting. Oh, well."

quote:
"If I live through this job without completely losing my mind, it will be a miracle of biblical proportions."
"Well, there goes my faith in the Almighty."

quote:
"There, you see! I'm going to live."
"So it would seem. Well, it's an imperfect universe."
"Bastard."
"Monster."
"Fanatic."
"Murderer."
"You are insane!"
"And that is why we'll win."

quote:
"On my world, we have learned that an inauguration is simply a signal to assassins that a new target has been set up on the firing range."
quote:
"You couldn't sleep either."
"No. I heard about your .. situation."
"I heard about yours. As Mr. Garibaldi would say, it's been one hell of a day."
"Yes, a hell of a day."
"And a hell of a year."
"A hell of a 5 years."
"A hell of a life."
"You win."

quote:
"How am I doing so far?"
"Annoyingly logical."
"Thank you."
"It wasn't a compliment."

quote:
"But no one takes comedians seriously."
"Isn't that a contradiction?"

quote:
"It's bad luck to die on empty stomach."
quote:
"Good morning, G'Kar. Well, this is a delight, I didn't know you had children."
"Neither did I."
"Yes, most unsettling when that happens, or then in your case most amusing."

quote:
"He was dead before we got here."
"Yeah, they told me, but I never let the facts get into the way of a good grudge."

quote:
"Oh, come on, doctor, we have a history here. Tell the truth. You don't want me here a second more than I want to be here."
"Personally, no. But as a doctor I have to treat all my patients equally, even the annoying self-righteous arrogant ones with self-important delusions of godhood."
"Thank you, I feel far more at home now."

quote:
"Sometimes, I get so close and .. it seems I am shut off the important things."
"The useless feeling. The ambassador is definitely going through some changes, he even looks different."
"Indeed. And now with the military starting a stampede over everyone and everything .."
".. people coming and going, and secret meetings .."
".. you never know what it's all about, until later, when its too late."
"And they never listen to us."
[together]"It makes me nervous."
"Same time tomorrow?"
"Sure."

all right. . I'll stop. . . . All quote from "Babylon 5," various episodes.
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Forgot one of the best...

"Commander! Did you threaten to grab hold of this man by the collar and throw him out an airlock?"
"Yes I did."
"I'm shocked. Shocked and dismayed. I'd remind you that we are short on supplies here. We can't afford to take perfectly good clothing and throw it out into space. Always take the jacket off first, I've told you that before. Sorry, she meant to say: Stripped naked and thrown out an airlock. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused."

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Forgot one of the best...

"Commander! Did you threaten to grab hold of this man by the collar and throw him out an airlock?"
"Yes I did."
"I'm shocked. Shocked and dismayed. I'd remind you that we are short on supplies here. We can't afford to take perfectly good clothing and throw it out into space. Always take the jacket off first, I've told you that before. Sorry, she meant to say: Stripped naked and thrown out an airlock. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused."

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quote:
Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.
-John Barrymore


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Oh you did it now. . . . .

quote:
"You know, with all this, I just hope you found what you were looking for out there."
"I don't know. I guess I found what I .. what I needed, not what I wanted."
"Which was?"
"Short sharp kick to the head."
"Oh hell, I could've done that for you, all you had to do was ask."
"Well, you would've enjoyed it too much."

quote:
"Temporary? Nice word, isn't it?"
quote:
"Ivanova sent me to find you. She said you haven't been sleeping, that you've barely been eating. She said that you have been, in her words, carrying on 'cranky'. I looked up the word cranky, it said 'grouchy'. I looked up grouchy, it said 'crotchety'. No wonder you have such an eccentric culture. None of your words have their own meanings, you have to look up one word to understand another. It never ends."
"Something here doesn't make sense."
"That's what I thought when I came across 'crotchety'. This can not be a real word, I said."
"The Shadows keep attacking random targets, very illogical. On the other hand, once engaged, their tactics are very successful, very logical. It's a contradiction."
"Unless the random attacks are logical in some way we haven't yet determined."
"Exactly."
"So, you have been sitting here trying to think illogically about logical possibilities or logically about illogical possibilities."
"Huh? Yes, yes."
"No wonder you are cranky. Grouchy. .. Never mind. Your face just broke the language barrier."
"I'm tired, I haven't had a good nights sleep since Kosh died. Having the kind of nightmares that make your hair stand on end."
"Well, that would explain the Centauri. You need food and rest. The humans, who you've been waiting for have arrived and would like to have dinner with us."
"No, no, I don't have time. If they want to come here.."
"So, I told them 'yes'."
"Delenn!"
"Since Minbari do not lie, except to save another, my reputation is now at stake. If you say 'no', I will be publically dishonored."
"You don't fight fair."
"True. Dinner is in two standard hours. I will see you there."
"Pain in the butt."
"Grouch."

quote:
"We got a report of something unusual in Grey Sector. Maintenance was called in on it."
"Did they fix it?"
"Yeah."
"You're right, that *is* unusual."

quote:
"Great move, how did you know they were coming?"
"I didn't. But right now would be the worst time to be discovered, so it was logical it happened now."

quote:
"Ready?"
"Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you are going to do something massively unwise?"
"Tradition."

quote:
"Anything I can do to help?"
"Hmm. Short of dying, no, can't think of a thing."

quote:
"My grandfather had a saying: 'Good news can wait. Bad news will refuse to leave.'"
quote:
"And how are things at the royal court?"
"You know, collusion, politicking, scheming, innuendo, gossip. The same old thing."

quote:
"I see they trained you well back home."
"Yeah, they always said I was carrying around a lot of repressed anger."
"And?"
"I'm not repressed anymore."

quote:
"You see, it's like I've always said: 'You can get more with a kind word and a two-by-four than you can with just a kind word.' Please, continue."
quote:
"There are three of them with guns against two of us with nothing. They'll gun us down before we get half across the room."
"All we need is one of them to leave the room. Then there will be only one man with the gun."
"Excuse me, where I come from, one man from three leaves two."
"Where I come from is a far more interesting place."

quote:
"I think you just hit a nerve. Vorlons must owe them money or something."
"This also tells they understand our language. They are just not willing to speak to us using that."
"Who knew they were French?"

quote:
"Zog? What do you mean zog? Zog what? Zog yes, zog no?"
"It's leaving. My guess is zog means no."
"Like hell. I am not letting them leave here without saying yes."
"Really? And how do you propose stopping them? Perhaps a big red and white sign with the word 'Stop' on it? I'll put a bucket on my head and pretend to be the ancient Vorlon god Booji."
"That's it!"
"Fine, I'll get a bucket."

quote:
"I can't leave without an explanation. She'll be all over me."
"Looks to me like she's already all over you. Good luck, Captain. I think you are about to go where everyone has gone before."

quote:
"It is a magnificent idea. A daring, and splendid idea. In doing so you will see things no human has seen before. It will be fun. Assuming you are not vaporised, dissected, or otherwise killed in an assortment of supremely horrible and painful ways. Exciting, isn't it?"
quote:
"I don't want to get killed because of a typo, it would be embarrassing."
quote:
"Always finding good in every situation, Captain?"
"Absolutely. If I didn't, I might end up like you."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? Did anybody else hear that? I swear, if we'll live through this, someone is going to find their automatic shower-preferences reprogrammed for ice-water."

quote:
"Captain, are you all right?"
"Nuts."
"What's wrong? I mean, we've survived."
"Right, which means that I have to go to that stupid transport association meeting. Oh, well."

quote:
"If I live through this job without completely losing my mind, it will be a miracle of biblical proportions."
"Well, there goes my faith in the Almighty."

quote:
"There, you see! I'm going to live."
"So it would seem. Well, it's an imperfect universe."
"Bastard."
"Monster."
"Fanatic."
"Murderer."
"You are insane!"
"And that is why we'll win."

quote:
"On my world, we have learned that an inauguration is simply a signal to assassins that a new target has been set up on the firing range."
quote:
"You couldn't sleep either."
"No. I heard about your .. situation."
"I heard about yours. As Mr. Garibaldi would say, it's been one hell of a day."
"Yes, a hell of a day."
"And a hell of a year."
"A hell of a 5 years."
"A hell of a life."
"You win."

quote:
"How am I doing so far?"
"Annoyingly logical."
"Thank you."
"It wasn't a compliment."

quote:
"But no one takes comedians seriously."
"Isn't that a contradiction?"

quote:
"It's bad luck to die on empty stomach."
quote:
"Good morning, G'Kar. Well, this is a delight, I didn't know you had children."
"Neither did I."
"Yes, most unsettling when that happens, or then in your case most amusing."

quote:
"He was dead before we got here."
"Yeah, they told me, but I never let the facts get into the way of a good grudge."

quote:
"Oh, come on, doctor, we have a history here. Tell the truth. You don't want me here a second more than I want to be here."
"Personally, no. But as a doctor I have to treat all my patients equally, even the annoying self-righteous arrogant ones with self-important delusions of godhood."
"Thank you, I feel far more at home now."

quote:
"Sometimes, I get so close and .. it seems I am shut off the important things."
"The useless feeling. The ambassador is definitely going through some changes, he even looks different."
"Indeed. And now with the military starting a stampede over everyone and everything .."
".. people coming and going, and secret meetings .."
".. you never know what it's all about, until later, when its too late."
"And they never listen to us."
[together]"It makes me nervous."
"Same time tomorrow?"
"Sure."

All right. . I'll stop. . . . All quotes are from "Babylon 5," various episodes.

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Forgot one of the best...

"Commander! Did you threaten to grab hold of this man by the collar and throw him out an airlock?"
"Yes I did."
"I'm shocked. Shocked and dismayed. I'd remind you that we are short on supplies here. We can't afford to take perfectly good clothing and throw it out into space. Always take the jacket off first, I've told you that before. Sorry, she meant to say: Stripped naked and thrown out an airlock. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused."

Feyd Baron, DoC

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quote:
Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.
-John Barrymore


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"Falling in love is hard on the knees."

-Trevor

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"Love is a happy little elf dancing a merry jig, until it suddenly pulls out a machinegun and turns on you."

Feyd Baron, DoC

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quote:
If religion is the opiate of the people, sex is the crack cocaine.
me, on the way home tonight.
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I like both religion and sex. I'm a junkie.

Mae West said, "Sex is like bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good ha-"

Nevermind.

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Can't pass them up when you are actually part of it. During my four week exile to Marfa.

quote:
J: “We need to find a bar.”
T: “And how do you propose we do that?”
Me: “Simple, we walk down main street, look for neon signs, and listen for sounds or merriment.”
T: “Merriment? What the hell is this, the dark ages?”
Me: “Fine. Listen for sounds of raucous debauchery?”
T: “You’re up to the ‘30’s…”
Me: “Listen for loud shiznit?”
J: “That’s got it.”

'Twas a wonderful exchange. And it worked.

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