Favorite Quotes

[The Skarzs]

"The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not."
George Bernard Shaw

[Thanquol]

"I want to take from them what they took from me, from my family. In this life. I want them to suffer. I want all of them to die in fear and pain.

I want to have my revenge. Against him. Against Caesar. I want to call it my own, to make my anger God's anger. To justify the things I've done.

Sometimes I tell myself that these wild fires never stop burning. But I'm the one who starts them. Not God. Not them.
I can always see it in my mind. The warmth and the heat. It will always be a part of me. But not today."

-Joshua Graham/The Burned Man

[Maudie]

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." Henry David Thoreau

[Hickory]

"The Commonwealth of Man must and always has rejected the use of Planet Killer weapons in their totality. Yesterday's core shattering of The United Nations of Earth's Centaurus Prime colony and the murder of so many incalculably rich human lives, commits us inexorably to the second clause of that interstellar ban.
No longer will isolationism allow us disengagement when the cost has proven so savage.
We will annihilate the alien government responsible for the wanton slaughter of our sister civilisation and strike its very name from history itself. It will be burned from the stars; the ashes that flow from the rotten edifice of that former 'civilisation' cast into the great void.
We solemnly swear, to devote our lives and abilities in memory of the United Nations of Earth and we too swear to further the universal right to life of all sentients. From the depths of Hyperion, to the countless warships strung like jewels across the galactic rim's night sky at Unity, we will be Humanity's avenging Angels and the final guarantor against all planetary destruction. For as long as we shall live: never again.
The Commonwealth of Man guards now our fellow Humans' shattered remains, we grant their orphans and refugees sanctuary and hearth and shall strike back at the planet killers a thousandfold for the contempt they display against life itself. You shall know no peace now but in defeat xeno and we have no further words for you until your entire government falls forever silent."

—Formal response from the Commonwealth of Man following the xeno-led destruction of a Human colony

[Ashleg]

[Søren]

Star Trek DS9: In the Pale Moonlight:

Spoiler

On the deceptive plot to draw the Romulan Empire into war with the Dominion:

Elim Garak: That's why you came to me, isn't it, Captain? Because you knew I could do those things that you weren't capable of doing? Well, it worked. And you'll get what you want: a war between the Romulans and the Dominion. And if your conscience is bothering you, you should soothe it with the knowledge that you may have just saved the entire Alpha Quadrant. And all it cost was the life of one Romulan senator, one criminal, and the self-respect of one Starfleet officer. I don't know about you, but I'd call that a bargain.

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Star Trek DS9: For the Uniform

Spoiler

Sisko is confronted by Eddington:

EDDINGTON: Tell me, Captain. What is it that bothers you more? The fact that I left Starfleet to fight for a higher cause, or the fact that it happened on your watch?
SISKO: You didn't leave Starfleet. If you had, I wouldn't be here. You betrayed Starfleet. You used your position as security chief to feed the Maquis information about us. And at the same time, you misled us with false information about them. There is a word for that. Treason.

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Star Trek DS9: Sacrifice of Angels

Spoiler

A manic, grieving and defeated Gul Dukat, holding the baseball Sisko left at DS9 to indicate he'd be back; now after the Federation has retaken Deep Space Nine.

DUKAT: We'll go back to Cardassia, Ziyal. We'll be safe there. You'll live with me. Everything will be fine. We'll both be very happy together. I know you forgive me. After all, I am your father and I forgive you. My precious girl.
(Dukat gives Sisko his baseball back.)
I forgive you, too.

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[Hickory]

"Attention all SHIELD agents. This is Steve Rogers. You've heard a lot about me over the past few days. Some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. And I think it's time you know the truth. SHIELD is not what we thought it was. It's been taken over by HYDRA. Alexander Pierce is their leader. The STRIKE and INSIGHT crew are Hydra as well. I don't know how many more. But I know they're in the building. They could be standing next to you. They almost have what they want: absolute control. They shot Nick Fury. And it won't end there. If you launch those helicarriers today, HYDRA will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way. Unless we stop them. I know I'm asking a lot. But the price of freedom is high, and always has been. And it's a price I'm willing to pay. And if I'm the only one, then so be it. But I'm willing to bet I'm not."

-Captain America

[Hickory]

"Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. You have fought bravely and proudly for your country. You are a special group who found in one another a bond that exists only in combat. Among brothers, we've shared foxholes, held each other in dire moments, have seen death and suffered together. I am proud to have served with each and every one of you. You deserve long and happy lives in peace."

-German general, Band of Brothers

[The Witessss]

Et tu, Brute?

-Julius Ceaser

[The Shadow of Korriban]

"I have an army. We have a Hulk."

[Jetthebinturong]

"Rose is a human wizard. Notably male."
"I've always thought that a role-playing game should serve as a good opportunity to explore identities which are otherwise alien to oneself."
"Is that why you chose chaotic evil as your alignment?"
"No."
~ Terezi Pyrope and Rose Lalonde, Paradox Space: Soul-Fraying Games

[Tungro]

"Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things; for you can do no more, and you should never wish to do less." - Robert E. Lee

"We could not permanently help someone by doing for them what they could and should be doing for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln

"To be prepared for war is the best way preserve peace." - George Washington

"You have to take the stairway to success, the elevator is broken." - Hillary Ziglar

"History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time." - anon

"Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend." - Methuselah, Elder of Redwall

[Jetthebinturong]

"There's no arguing with unearned authority."
~ Steve Hofstetter.

[The Shadow of Korriban]

"So this is how liberty dies. With thunders applause." ~ Senator Amidala ~

[The Witessss]

--Senator Whats-her-name