Here are a selection of my quotes that I personally chose for my likeness in them. If you have a personal favorite quote of mine that you don't see up here and you would like to see up here. Please, drop me a line.
"I am Grand Admiral Thrawn, Warlord of the Empire, servant of the Emperor. I seek the Guardian of the mountain."
"The only [puzzle] worth solving. The complete, total and utter destruction of the Rebellion."
"These creatures you see on our backs are called ysalamiri. They're sessile,tree-dwelling creatures from a distant, third-rate planet, and they have an interesting and possibly unique ability- they push back the Force. A single ysalamiri can occasionally creaze a bubble as large as ten meters across; a whole group of them reinforcing one another can create much larger ones."
"The conquering of worlds, of course. The final defeat of the Rebellion. The reestablishment of the glory that was once the Empire's New Order."
"Would you rather we have brought back a full fledged Dark Jedi? A second Darth Vader, perhaps with the sort of ambitions and power that might easily lead him to take over your ship. Count your blessing, Captain. C'Baoth is predictable enough, and for those times when he isn't, thats what the ysalamiri are for."
"But risk has always been an inescapable part of warfare."
"How very thoughtful of the Emperor to have left such fine equipment for us to rebuild his Empire with."
"You served too long under Lord Vader, Captain. I Have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own. My position and ego are not at stake here."
"With Mount Tantiss and Sluis Van both, the long path to victory over the Rebellion will have begun."
"Do you know the difference between an error and a mistake, Ensign? Anyone can make an error, Ensign. But that error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it."
"The Empire is at war, Captain. We cannot afford the luxery of men whose minds are so limited they cannot adapt to unexpected situations."
"Our entire victory campaign against the Rebellion begins here."
I'm quite aware that stormtroopers have infinite confidence in themselves, but that sort of deep-space combat is not what spacetrooper suits were designed for. Have cloak leader detail a TIE fighter to bring him out."
"As long as we have Mount Tantiss, our ultimate victory is still assured."
Dark Force Rising
"Never forget, Captain, that our goal is no longer merely the pitiful rear-guard harassment of the past five years. With Mount Tantiss and our late Emperor's collection of Spaarti cylinders in our hands, the initiative is once again ours. Very soon now we`ll begin the process of taking planets back from the Rebellion; and for that we'll need an army every bit as well trained as the officers and crew of the Fleet."
"Ackbar himself is replacable, Captain. The delicate political balance the Rebellion has created for itself is not."
"We need to utilize every weapon at our disposal if we're to defeat the Rebellion. C'Baoth's ability to enhance co-ordination and battle efficiency between our forces is one of those weapons; and if he can't andle porper military discipline and protocol, then we bend the rules for him."
"Concentration, focus, long-term thinking--those are the qualities that seperate a warrior from a mere flailing fighter."
"This is the calm before the storm, Captain; and until the storm is ready to unleash, we might as well spend our time and energy making sure our illustrious Jedi Master will be willing to assists us when we want him."
"Do you require a reminder of what it means to defy the Empire?"
"I am the law on Honoghr now, Maitrakh. If I choose to follow the ancient laws, I will follow them. If I choose to ignore them, they will be ignored. Is that clear?"
"Do not presume to dictate to me, Mara Jade. Not even in private."
"I rule the Empire now. Not some longdead Emperor; certainly not you. the only treason is defiance of my orders."
"Mixed loyalities are a luxery no officer of the Imperial Fleet can afford."
"It may be time to reconsider our arrangment with Master C'Baoth. To reconsider it very carefully."
"Thanks to your insistence on delaying me, we've lost the Peremptory. I trust you are satisfied."
The Last Command
"If you kill me, you'll lose the war."
"On no fewer than four occasions I told the Emperor that I would not waste his troops ans ships attacking an enemy which I was not yet prepared to defeat. The first time I refused he called me a traitor and gave my attack forces someone else. After its destruction, he knew better than to ignore my commendations."
"I am not the Lord Darth Vader--I do not spend my men recklessly. Nor do I take their deaths lightly."
"Your devotion to duty is commendable Captain."
"An uncertainty faced by all warriors."
"History is on the move. Those who cannot keep up will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all."
"We'll remind the Rebellion what war is all about."
"The insanity of men and aliens who have learned the hard way that they can't match me face-to-face. And so they attempt to use my own tactical skill and insight against me. They pretend to walk into my trap, gambling that I'll notice the subtletly of their movements and interpret that as genuine intent. And while I then congratulate myself on my perception they prepare their actual attack."
Specter of the Past
Coming Soon!
Vision of the Future
"Who dares disturb the sleep of the Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo?"
"His use to the Empire is rapidly nearing an end. However, he still has one last role to play in our long-term consolidatian of power."
"But it was so, artistically done."
- The Grand Admiral's final words...or are they?
The Rebels did indeed fight better, but not because of any special ability or training. They fought better than the Fleet because the Emperor was dead. The loss of the Executor - the sudden, lastminute TIE fighter incompetence that brought about the destruction of the Death Star itself - the loss of six Star Destroyers in engagements that none of them shoul have had trouble with? All of that nothing but normal battle stress? The Imperials have to give up their blindfold and face the truth, no matter how bitter they find it. They had no real fighting spirit of their own anymore - none of them in the Imperial Fleet did. It was the Emperor's will that drove them; the Emperor's mind that provided them with strength and resolve and efficiency. They were dependent on that presence as if they were all borg-implanted into a computer. They fought on like cadets. My analogy with combat borg implants was a carefully considered one. The Emperor's fatal error was in seeking to control the entire Imperial Fleet personally, as completely and constantly as possible. That, over the long run, is what did the damage. My wish is merely to have enhance the coordination between ships and task forces - and then only at critical times and in carefully selected combat situations.
Favored Quotes of the Real World
"When you sell a man a book, you just don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life." - Christopher Morely
"A good artist copies, a great artist steals." - Picasso
"A man does not die for something he himself does not believe in." - Adolf Hitler
"When hunting with one bullet, wait for a clean shot." - Anonymous
"Fight, win, prevail." - Anonymous
"There was a typo in the Book of Nostraedamus... they forgot the extra '0.'" -Saint Peter
"I wish I believed like you do... In the myth of a Merciful God... in the myth of a Heaven and Hell...."
- Lyrics by Everclear
"Let us reign true justice upon our sidious opposition, the bearers of darkness, seeders of true Evil, violators of our sanctity, and strike with the unrelenting force of our Ethereal Fury!" -Saint George
"The war is already upon us... All we can do now is wait and collect the pure souls of the world to plenish the factions of our Holy Army." -David's Goliath
"Come on, you apes! You wanta live forever?" - Unknown platoon sergeant, 1918
"He shall rule them with a rod of iron." - Revelations II:25
"And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many . . . Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return . . . And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there . . . so he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tounge, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise everyone that boweth down upon his knees to drink. And the number of them that drank, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hunded men . . . And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred . . . will I save you . . . let all the other people go . . . " - Judges VII:2-7
"He's bound to be guilty 'r he wouldn't be here! Starboard gun . . . FIRE! Shooting' too good for 'im, kick the louse out! Port gun . . . FIRE!" - Ancient chanty used to time saluting guns
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly . . . it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated." - Thomas Paine
"The young recruit is silly - 'e thinks o' suicide. 'E's lost 'is gutter-devil; 'e 'asin't got 'is pride; But day they kicks 'im, which 'elps 'im on a bit, Till 'e finds 'isself one mornin' with a full an' proper kit. Gettin' clear o' dirtiness, gettin' done with mess, Gettin' shut o' doin' things rather - more-or-less" - Rudyard Kipling
"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it." - Proverbs XXII:6
"We've got no place in this outfit for good losers. We want tough hombres who will go in there and win!" - Admiral Jonas Ingram, 1926
"The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots . . . " - Thomas Jefferson, 1787
"I have nothing to fear but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." - W. Churchill, XXth century, soldier-statesman
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." - Winston Churchill
"It is by no means enough that an officer should be capable. . . . He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor . . .No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not bet blind to a single fault in any subordinate. True as may be the political principles for which we are now contending . . . the ships themselves must be ruled under a system of absolute despotism. I trust that I have now made clear to you the tremendous responsibilities. . . . We must do the best we can with what we have." - John Paul Jones, September 14, 1775; excerpts from a letter to the naval committee of the N.A. insurrectionists
"Youse guys think this deleted outfit is a blankety-blank nursery. Well, it ain't! See?" - Remark attributed to a Hellenic corporal before the walls of Troy, 1194 B.C.
"Am I my brother's keeper?" - Genesis IV:9
"How think ye? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which has gone astray?" - Matthew XII:12
"How much then is a man better than a sheep?" Matthew - XVIII:12
"In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful . . . whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind." - The Koran, Surah V, 32
"Each year we gain a little. You have to keep a sense of porportion." - Robert A. Heinlein, author
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