__"QUOTES" worth hearing__//

"In spite of everything that has happened, I still believe that people are really good at heart."
--Anne Frank

"Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
"We cannot solve the problems that we have created with the same thinking that created them."
--Albert Einstein

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead." --Benjamin Franklin

"The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves."
"Researchers don't want to admit that the animals they are working with have feelings. They don't want to admit that they might have minds and personalities because that would make it quite difficult for them to do what they do."
--Jane Goodall

"The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot."
--Mark Twain

"A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes." --James Feibleman

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"Help, Police, Murder..."
"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker."
"There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be."
"Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he'd ever wished for... He lived happily ever after."
--Willy Wonka

"Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy."
"Have an issue, here's a tissue."
--Nigel Powers

"I want a bloody costume." --Bullseye

"If I had a life, I'd hate it." --Rizzo the Rat, from Muppet Treasure Island

--> "Goonies never say die!"
--> "Don't you realize? The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what's right for them. Because it's their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket.
--Mikey from The Goonies

"Don't you people realize you're just being brainwashed by coporate propaganda?"
--Lisa Simpson

"The question isn't 'what are we going to do,' the question is 'what aren't we going to do?' "
--Ferris Bueller

"Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?" --Morpheus from The Matrix

"I am a hunter of peace and a chaser of the mayfly known as love." --Vash the Stampede

"The universe is a dangerous place, but in our future, my crew and I fight to make it safe. I am Dylan Hunt, captain of the Andromeda Ascendant. And these... are our adventures. "
-- opening from Andromeda

"Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers, Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning, Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live. . . forever." --from The 13th Warrior

Once, long ago, before there was such a thing as time, the world was shrouded in darkness. Then came the splendor of light, bringing life and love into the universe, and the Lord of Darkness retreated deep into the shadows of the earth, plotting his return to power by banishing light forever.
But precious light is protected, harbored into the souls of Unicorns, the most mythical of all creatures. Unicorns are safe from the Lord of Darkness, they can only been seen by the purest of mortals... Such a mortal is Jack, who lives in solitude with the animals in the forest.
A beautiful girl named Lily loves Jack with all of her heart. In their innocence, they believe only goodness exists in the world. Together they will learn there can be no good without evil.
No love without hate
No Heaven without Hell
No light without darkness
The harmony of the Universe depends upon an eternal balance. Out of the struggle to maintain this balance comes the birth of... Legends.
-- intro to Legend

Cowboy Bebop
"You know what they say, cowboy. Easy come, easy go." --Faye Valentine
"Whatever happens, happens." --Spike Spiegal
"If you see a stranger, follow him." --Edward

Pirates of the Caribbean
---> "If you were waiting for the opportune moment, that was it."
---> "I can let you drown, but I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all be me onesies, savvy? So, can you sail under the command of a pirate, or can you not?"
---> "When you marooned me on that god forsaken piece of land, you forgot one very important thing mate. I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."
---> "If you spring me from this cell, I swear on pain of death, I shall take you to the Black Pearl and your bonnie lass. Do we have an accord?"
---> "Commandeer! We're going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term."
---> "Do us a favor...I know it's hard...but stay here, and try not to do anything...stupid."
---> "I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can trust to be dishonest... Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid."
---> "Sticks and stones love. I saved your life you saved mine, we're square."
--Captain Jack Sparrow--

Jack Sparrow: "You need to find yourself a girl mate, or maybe the reason you practice three hours a day is you found one, but you are incapable of wooing such person. You're not a eunuch are you?"
Will Turner: "I practice three hours a day, so when I meet a pirate, I can kill him!"

Norrington: "You are without a doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard off."
Jack Sparrow: "Ah, but you have heard of me."

"This is either brilliant or crazy." --Will Turner
"Remarkable how often those two traits coincide." --Jack Sparrow

"You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight, I would kill you."
--Will Turner
"That's hardly incentive for me to fight fair then, is it? " --Jack Sparrow

Shanghai Knights
"Hey you lost one war this way don't make the same mistake twice."
"I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. My back was hurting, like there was a knife there."
--Roy O'Bannon

Chon Wang: "I look like a fool."
Roy O'Bannon: "What? You're a Maharajah! That's Indian royalty!"
Chon Wang: "But I'm Chinese."
Roy O'Bannon: "It's the same thing."

Spaceballs
"Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs the T-shirt. Spaceballs the lunchbox. Spaceballs the coloring book. Spaceballs... the flame thrower! Kids love this one. And my favorite, Spaceballs the Doll - me! [doll] 'May the schwartz be with you!' "
--Yogurt

"I'm a mog: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!" --Barf

Dark Helmet: "That's much too early. Prepare to fast-forward!"
Video Operator: "Preparing to fast-forward!"
Colonel Sandurz: "Fast-forward!"
Video Operator: "Fast-forwarding, sir!"

"Yogurt! Yogurt! I hate Yogurt! Even with Strawberries." --Dark Helmet

Monty Python
---> "Brave Sir Robin ran away, bravely ran away away. When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about, and valiantly, he chickened out. Bravely taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat. A brave retreat by Sir Robin."
---> "This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who."
---> "Oh, king eh? Very nice! And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers! By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society."
---> "Come see the violence inherit in the system! Help, help, I'm being repressed!"
---> "Yes, shrubberies are my trade. I am a shrubber. My name is Roger the Shrubber. I arrange, design, and sell shrubberies."
---> "And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.' "

Star Wars
"I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee."
"Why, you stuck up,... half-witted... scruffy-looking ...nerf-herder!"
--Princess Leia

"Oh, you make it so difficult sometimes."
"I do, I really do. "
--Leia and Han

"No! Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." --Yoda
"Never tell me the odds." --Han Solo
"Why do I get the feeling you'll be the death of me?" --Obi-wan Kenobi

Harry Potter -- JK Rowling
"I think I'm felling a bit. . . rebellious."
--Hermione

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
--Dumbledore

"Ah yes, Harry Potter. Our new. . . celebrity." --Snape

"Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does, remember that."
"Allow me to introduce you to your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher; me. Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary member of the Dark Force Defense League, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's most charming smile award. But I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her!"
--Lockhart

"I can teach you how to bewitch the mind, and ensnare the senses. I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper on death." --Snape

"George, I think we've outgrown full-time education."
"Yeah, I've been feeling that way myself."
"Time to test our talents in the real world, d'you reckon?"
"Definitely."
"Accio brooms!"
"We won't be seeing you." "Yeah, don't bother to keep in touch."
--Fred and George, their "Great Escape"

Lord of the Rings --JRR Tolkien

---> "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J.R.R. Tolkien
---> "Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends."
---> "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
---> "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."
---> "It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. Because they were holding on to something." Frodo: "What are we holding on to Sam?" "That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo and it's worth fighting for."
--Master Samwise Gamgee
---> "This is the hour when we draw swords together!" Together Eomer and Aragorn sprang through the door, their men close behind. The two swords flashed from the sheath as one. "Guthwine! Guthwine for the Mark!" "Anduril! Anduril for the Dunedain!"
(Eomer and Aragorn)
---> "Fell deeds await...Now for Wrath...Now for Ruin...and the Red Dawn... Forth Eorlingas!
--King Theoden
---> "I do not desire healing. I wish to ride to war like my brother Eomer, or better like Theoden the king, for he died and has both honour and peace." ~Éowyn
---> "Farewell, my brave hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the Sea...comes the end of our fellowship. I will not say, do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. . . .It is time, Frodo.
What does he mean?
We set out to save the Shire, Sam... and it has been saved, but not for me.
You don't mean that. You can't leave!" --Gandalf, Frodo, Sam
--->"My body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed."
"Arise. Arise, Riders of Théoden. Spears shall be shaken! Shields shall be splintered! A sword day! A red day! Ere the sun rises! Ride for ruin, and the world's ending! FORTH EORLINGAS!"
(King Théoden)
---> "My dear Sam, you cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy, and to be, and to do...Your part in this story will go on."
--Frodo
---> "Well...I'm back." --Samwise
--->"Éowyn, White Lady of Rohan, in this hour I do not believe that any darkness will endure!"
--Faramir
--->"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." --Gandalf
--->"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand there is no going back. There are some things that time can not mend. Some hurts that go too deep...that have taken hold." --Frodo
--->"I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs." --Faramir

The X-Files
"That is essentially exactly how it happened." --Mulder

"No matter how paranoid you are, you're not paranoid enough." --Byers
"The truth is out there." --Mulder

Scully: "Well its obviously not vampires."
Mulder: "Well why not?"
Scully: "Because they don't. . . exist."

"You've seen it 42 times? Doesn't that make you sad? It makes me sad."
--Scully about Mulder's favorite movie, Night of the Living Dead