Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Before I saw a topic to Video game quotes. Now I wanna know, what is your qoute you ever heard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Archaeolagent Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 You left out a key word in your last sentence. What kind of quotes do you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Based on the subject, I'm guessing that he's looking for favorite quotes of any kind. If so, mine change frequently. Currently, they are: Serious category Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. --Sartre Humorous category Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Saint Bernard of Clarivaux - "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Walter Williams - "A thief is more moral than a congressman; when a thief steals your money, he doesn't demand you thank him." Thomas Jefferson - "Most bad government has grown out of too much government." James Madison - "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations." George Washington - "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." Thomas Jefferson - "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." Also, the one in my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Emiliano Zapata - "I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Oscar Wilde: "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast." (from An Ideal Husband) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 “I am perplexed by my own data and my conclusion is a direct contradiction of the original idea with which I start. Starting from unlimited freedom, I arrive at unlimited despotism. I will add, however, that there can be no solution of the social problem but mine.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Possessed, also translated as Demons "Ambition is never in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with my circumstances and with my general way of thinking" -Napoleon Bonaparte "If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that they can be solved" -Isaac Asimov "In the first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive delight than he has already attained to, or that he cannot be content with a moderate power, but because he cannot assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without the acquisition of more." -Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Upon Mars. Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 I've got many quotes i like, but i have to put them in bold and some of them into context so as you may understand them: "She hated him. That was the terrible truth of the matter. However tenderly phrased her refusal, he could read between the lines of her letter. She thought he was an ugly, scarred, nightmare-ridden grotesque, and she hated him with all her heart. That was the beginning, the middle and the end of the matter." Clive Barker -The Abarat. "After a battle lasting many ages, The Devil won, And he said to God (who had been his Maker): "Lord, We are about to witness the unmaking of Creation By my hand. I would not wish you to think me cruel, So I beg you, take three things From this world before I destroy it. Three things, and then the rest will be wiped away." God thought for a little time. And at last He said: "No, there is nothing." The Devil was surprised. "Not even you, Lord?" he said. And God said: "No. Not even me."" Clive Barker -the Abarat II : days of magic, nights of war. "`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' `Well, then,' the Cat went on, `you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.'" Lewis Carrol -Alice in Wonderland. "Imagine their city was standing, absolutely straight. New York is a city that stands." Céline -Voyage au bout de la Nuit/Journey to the End of the Night (1932) "A stone has weight wether you think it has or not." -Geneforge. "He talked with his attendants, as I suppose, upon the strange superficiality and unreasonableness of (man) who lives on the mere surface of a world, a creature of waves and winds, and all the chances of space, who cannot even unite to overcome the beasts that prey upon his kind, and yet who dares to invade another planet." H.G.Wells -The First Men on the moon "Ohhhhh, pédérastres incompréhensibles, ce n'est pas moi qui lancerai des injures à votre grande dégradation, ce n'est pas moi qui viendrait jeter le mépris sur votre anus infundibuliforme." "Voilà que les animaux de la terre se réunissent aux hommes, font entendre leurs bizarres clameurs. Plus de haine réciproque ; les deux haines sont tournées contre l’ennemi commun, moi..." Isisdore du Caste -Chants de Maldoror "But they must be very, very old, and the old are often insanely jealous of the young." Arthur.C.Clarke -The Sentinel "For a few seconds Moon-Watcher stood uncertainly above his new victim, trying to grasp the new and wonderful fact that the dead leopard could kill again! Now he was master of the world, and he was not quite sure what to do next but he would think of something." "Then he [The Star Child] waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something." 2001: A space odyssey -Arthur.C.Clarke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Quote: Kuzco: D'oh! You threw off my groove! Guard: I'm sorry, but you've thrown off the Emperor's groove. [the old man is thrown out of the palace window] Old Man: Sooooorry! Quote: Yzma: A llama? He's supposed to be *dead*. Kronk: Yeah, weird. Quote: Kronk's Shoulder Angel: You're not just gonna let him die like that, are you? Kronk: My shoulder angel. Kronk's Shoulder Devil: Don't listen to that guy. He's trying to lead you down the path of righteousness. I'm gonna lead you down the path that *rocks*. Quote: Yzma: That's it, Kronk! Break the door down! Kronk: Break it down? Are ya kidding me? This is hand-carved mahogany . Quote: Kuzco: No touchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Shaper Tristan Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 there is nothing impossible to him who will try. - Alexander The Great the invisible and nonexistent look very much alike. -Delos McKown They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin i am unconvinced that faith can move mountains, but i HAVE seen what it can do to skyscrapers. -Bill Maher Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. -Mark Twain Reg: All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Attendee: Brought peace? Reg: Oh, peace - shut up! -Monty Python And The Life Of Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hampster, and your father smelt of elderberries" There are so many more, if only I could think of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA, I've got some good news ans some bad news. The bad news is we're postponing those tests indefinitely. The good news is we've got a much better test for you: fighting an army of mantis men. —Portal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I'm only halfway through Portal 2, so if anybody else is going to quote it, can I respectfully ask you use the tags? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: Impudent Strumpet! I'm only halfway through Portal 2, so if anybody else is going to quote it, can I respectfully ask you use the spoiler tags? Thanks! What's that? Portal 2 quotes? Okay, threadjacking commenced! Click to reveal.. Originally Posted By: GLaDOS Okay. Look. We both said a lot of things that you're going to regret. But I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster. Did you know that people with a guilty conscience startle easi- *HONK* Oh. Hi. So, how are you holding up? BECAUSE I'M A POTATO! Well done. Here come the test results: "You are a horrible person." That's what it says: a horrible person. We weren't even testing for that. That jumpsuit you're wearing looks stupid. That's not me talking, it's right here in your file. On other people it looks fine, but right here a scientist has noted that on you it looks "stupid". Well, what does a neck-bearded old engineer know about fashion? He probably— Oh, wait. It's a she. Still, what does she know? Oh wait, it says she has a medical degree. In fashion! From France! I'll just mark that down in the Commendations section of your file. Ooh, lots of space here. Look at you, soaring majestically through the air. Like an eagle. Piloting a blimp Originally Posted By: Wheatley You two are going to love this big surprise. In fact, you might say that you're both going to love it to death. Love it... until it kills you. Until you're dead. Alright? I don't know whether you're picking up on what I'm saying there, but... Now you've been under for... quite a lot longer, and it's not out of the question that you might have a very minor case of serious brain damage. But don't be alarmed, alright? Although, if you do feel alarm, try to hold onto that feeling because that is the proper reaction to being told you have brain damage. Well, no matter. Because I'm still holding all the cards, and guess what: they're all full houses! Never played cards; meaning to learn. Holmes versus Moriarty... Aristotle versus mashy spike plate! Originally Posted By: Cave Johnson Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down! If you've cut yourself at all in the course of these tests you might have noticed that your blood is pure gasoline. That's normal. We've been shooting you with an invisible laser that's supposed to turn blood into gasoline. So all that means is, it's working Originally Posted By: Fact Core Marie Curie invented the theory of radioactivity, the treatment of radioactivity, and dying of radioactivity. Cell phones will not give you cancer. Only hepatitis. 89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery. Avacadoes have the highest fiber and calories of any fruit. They are found inside Australians. In Victorian England, a commoner was not allowed to look directly at the queen, due to a belief at the time that the poor had the ability to steal thoughts. Science now knows that less than 4% of poor people can do this. Originally Posted By: Chell [jump] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Metatron Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "We have met the enemy and he is us" - Pogo "All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." - Chesty Puller "Great. Now we can shoot at those bastards from every direction." - Chesty Puller "We’re surrounded. That simplifies our problem of getting to these people and killing them." - Chesty Puller "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." - Thomas Jefferson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "If you stare into the Abyss long enough, the Abyss stares back at you." - Friedrich Nietzsche "To love another person is to see the face of God" - Jean Valjean, Les Miserables "My happiest memories have no place in the past; they are those I have yet to create." - Vanessa, Impulse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 "Osama bin Laden is dead" - There's a quote I love." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: It's a trap "Osama bin Laden is dead" After telling someone this today, they responding with the following: Quote: So the rebels won? After a few moments of confusion, the difference between Osama bin Laden and Muammar al-Gaddafi was cleared up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 This is why we suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Shaper Tristan Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 i think most americans reactions are/will be--- -osama's dead -....who....oh, bin laden....cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I would just like to say my college had a crowd full of people singing the national anthem outside of one of the dorms, and within 30 minutes of the word getting out someone had arranged a red, white, and blue themed party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 every time i post here or anywhere else, my post gets deleted 5 minutes later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: loyal servile of sasuke uchiha every time i post here or anywhere else, my post gets deleted 5 minutes later... The some basic pattern recognition skills, combined with elementary logic, would lead you to the conclusion that it would be far more efficient to simply no post in the first place, as it would save moderators the trouble of having to delete your posts and the end result would be identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 ...No but something completely in the rules i was talking about in The avernum 6 was once gone 5 minutes later. it freaked me out, i was just talking about three spells i found useful, i think it might have been a glitch or something though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: Loyal Servile every time i post here or anywhere else, my post gets deleted 5 minutes later... Are you sure you're actually hitting the post reply button and that your posts are actually getting through? Because your posts are not getting deleted. And Dantius, be nice. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 Yes im hitting submit every time ((and what about you dikiyoba? You're the one who told me to leave a topic...)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 loyal servile, you don't have to respond to every topic, and I think that's what Dikiyoba meant before. Sometimes, there are going to be threads where you don't understand or know about the topic that's being discussed - for example, this happens a lot to me with the more science-related threads - and I choose not to disrupt the conversations happening there and go to post in another thread instead. As a general tip, if you can't add something new to a thread, you shouldn't post in it. Asking questions is fine, and encouraged, but more often than not, reading the entire thread will answer your question, meaning that there is no real reason to post it. If you've read a thread and still think your question or point is valid, go ahead and post! We're a pretty friendly place, and any input is great, as long as you're not asking us to repeat what we said three posts ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Venom Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Veni, vidi, vici. - Julius Caesar If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? -William Shakespeare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 "thats the thing see, everyone wants our rocks" those two guys from the abc news that i cant remember the names of "beep, beep, beep" sputnick "we are young ones! we do what we want, when we want, where ever we want! *bus then falls of cliff*" "i have devised a cunning plan" Baldrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Of wine, I saw, I conquered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Originally Posted By: FnordCola Of wine, I saw, I conquered? Sounds good to me [raises glass] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Originally Posted By: FnordCola Of wine, I saw, I conquered? Please tell me that you're kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Does sarcastically correcting a typo (it should be "veni," not "vini") qualify as kidding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Yes, it does. Forgive me for not having good Latin spelling skills, I take French. I can't spell well in that, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 Originally Posted By: Impudent Strumpet! loyal servile, you don't have to respond to every topic, and I think that's what Dikiyoba meant before. Sometimes, there are going to be threads where you don't understand or know about the topic that's being discussed - for example, this happens a lot to me with the more science-related threads - and I choose not to disrupt the conversations happening there and go to post in another thread instead. Im sorry. It's just so addicting on here. the fact that the more you post the more levels you get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/986/986323p1.html (Jeff Vogel on addiction-based game design.) One wonders if Jeff is trying to get people addicted to his forums. Maybe if he had achievements, as well as just levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Jeff rarely reads the forums except at new game/version releases. The few times that he posts outside of these times is usually followed by shocked comments from the members. The infamous Jeff answered a Census topic comes to mind because he was bored baby sitting his kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 Whats jeffs Forum name when he does post here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 He is member number 2, "spidweb" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Originally Posted By: FnordCola Maybe if he had achievements, as well as just levels. Hey, a set of achievements for these boards here would be cool. It would give newbies something to shoot for, rather than gazing helplessly at the staggering postcounts of oldbies, and dreaming of Maybe Someday. We could base them on the Avadon medals, for instance. "Start a thread." "Start a thread that lasts three pages." "Start a thread that lasts ten pages." "Make posts in three different forums." "Start a thread in three different forums." "Post something really funny." Hmm, on second thought, I can see this flooding the boards with many inane posts. Maybe the achievements need to be made more obscure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Get Arancaytar to return and post the posting statistics. That gave a sense of accomplishment each month. Jumpin' Salmon having over 400 posts in two separate accounts in one month. That taught Aran not to complain about not enough postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Hmm, on second thought, I can see this flooding the boards with many inane posts. Anyway, back to the original topic. This isn't my favorite quote (I actually don't have a favorite), but I thought it interesting. Quote: True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I like this one by Andy Warhol: "You've got to do things that most people don't understand, because those are the only good things." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 otoh andy warhol was a pretty bad artist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 You just don't understand. —Alorael, who wants board achievements that only oldbies can understand. It would be much more welcoming that way. Also vindicating for certain people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Originally Posted By: Blink and a miss —Alorael, who wants board achievements that only oldbies can understand. It would be much more welcoming that way. Also vindicating for certain people. A good one would be posting in a thread multiple times before going back and editing out all of your posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Originally Posted By: Blink and a miss You just don't understand. valerie solanas maybe went a bit over the top but you gotta admit the dude had it coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I'm aware, but that's no reason not to get people addicted to his forums. Indeed, it would be even more of an ego boost to get people addicted to something he doesn't even deign to use. I'm on to you, Vogel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith otoh andy warhol was a pretty bad artist I agree with this statement. I've never understood how people were willing to pay millions of dollars for, say, a superimposed silkscreen of Elvis, or the same silkscreen over and over with color changes. It just doesn't make any sense! And it's not that the concept of spending massive sums of money on art is bad- If I were a billionaire, or even just a multimillionaire, I'd totally drop ten or twenty million on an original Rembrandt or Vermeer or David. But paint thrown haphazard on a canvas? You'd have to be brain damaged to spend $100,000,000 on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 the point of spending millions on art is to distinguish oneself. good art is all alike; all bad art is bad in its own way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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