Quotations Page
Serious, funny, real people, and media, all sorts of different quotes that I heard, and liked. I hope you enjoy them too!
"The future bears a great resemblance to the past, only more so." Real People
-Faith Popcorn"What people really need is a good listening to."
-Mary Lou Casey"When your dad is mad and asks you, "Do I look stupid?" don't answer him."
-"Heather, age 16"Never use while sleeping.
-Instructions on Conair Hair Dryer"I finally managed to get some powdered water, but I do not know what to add."
-Steven Wright"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides."
-Margaret Thatcher"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing."
-Harriet Braiker"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
-John F. Kennedy"Do you have it in any flavour besides small?"
-Random customer on a bottle of orange juice. I'm pretty sure she meant size."Do you have anything else to do in the mall, sir? Your watch-strap is fighting back..."
Later...
"Did you win the battle?" -Me and Customer about a resizing.^_^"What do I always tell students that come to my office [for help]?"
"'Be afraid'?"
-Grammar prof and smart aleck student."The introduction to the course is pretty boring. I try to swear as much as possible."
-Another English prof."If I'm not home, assume I'm at his place."
"If I'm not home, assume I'm dead in a ditch."
-My mom and me, trying to tell her she was being foolish."May 24th weekend not only proves that God exists, but that He has a sense of humour."
-Chemistry teacher, re: NFLD weather."Is that really what my hair looks like from the back?" Media
-Hermione, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Movie)"You'll find no small cups in this house, Headmaster!"
-Hagrid, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Movie)"But the plans were on display..."
"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."
"That's the display department."
"With a flashlight."
"Ah, well, the lights had probably gone."
"So had the stairs."
"But look, you found the notice, didn't you?"
"Yes, yes I did. 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.'"
-Mr. Prosser and Arthur Dent, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."Time is an illusion; lunchtime doubly so."
-Ford Prefect, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"So you, too, are a believer."
"I understand belief."
"No--you desire belief."
"I desire it enough to act as if I believed. Maybe that's what faith is."
"Or deliberate insanity."
-Hive Queen and Human, Xenocide"Our mates are always, hopelessly, our intellectual inferiors. Humans mate with beings who challenge their supremacy. They have conflict between mates, not because their communication is inferior to ours, but because they commune with each other at all."
-Human, Xenocide...Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves, who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier, and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, 'It unscrews the other way.'
-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, p. 598We ask only this: that you remember us, not as enemies, but as tragic sisters, changed into a foul shape by fate or God or evolution. If we had kissed, it would have been the miracle to make us human in each other's eyes.
-"The Hive Queen", Ender's Game"On my planet, to rest is to rest, to cease using energy. To me it is quite illogical to run up and down on green grass, using energy instead of saving it."
-Spock, Star Trek, 'Shore Leave'"There is a loneliness inherent in that whisper from the darkness."
-Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, 'Pen Pals'"Speak softly, Governor. Those who cannot hear an angry shout...may strain to hear a whisper."
-Riker/Odan, ST:TNG, 'The Host'"You're trying to be a hero...terrorists don't get to be heroes."
-Kira, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 'Defiant'
Anonymous
People never say "It's only a game," when they're winning.
How do they get that deer to cross at the yellow road sign?
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Eagles may soar, but weasels are never sucked into jet engines.
If you're going to be original, you're going to be wrong a lot.
Suburbs are places where they cut down trees and name the streets after them.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
Never argue with a fool; he may be doing the same thing.
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
All generalizations are false.
If quitters never win, and winners never quit, who came up with 'Quit while you're ahead'?
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
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