Quotes with lore.
The lines fans quote from films, TV, games, books, comics and anime, each with its scene, its speaker and the story behind it.
Today's line
Movies
Browse MoviesStaff pick
— Annie Hall Staff pick
Back to school, back to school, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool.
— Billy Madison Staff pick
— Marty McFly, Back to the Future Staff pick
— Margo Channing, All About Eve
TV
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— Daemon Targaryen, House of the Dragon Staff pick
— Colm, Father Ted Staff pick
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!
— Dwight Schrute, The Office (U.S.) Staff pick
— Ren Hoek, The Ren & Stimpy Show
Video Games
Browse Video GamesPress start
— Ulrich Leland, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Press start
— The announcer after a flawless round, Street Fighter II (1991) Press start
— Announcer, Quake III Arena Press start
— The StarCraft (1998) warning when a Ghost calls down a nuke
Books
Browse BooksShelf pick
Longbottom, if brains were gold you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.
— Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Shelf pick
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
— Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence Shelf pick
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
— The White Queen, Through the Looking-Glass Shelf pick
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
— Tyrion, A Game of Thrones
Comics
Browse ComicsFresh off the press
— Tharg the Mighty, 2000 AD Fresh off the press
— Lucy van Pelt, Peanuts Fresh off the press
— The alt text of xkcd #552, "Correlation" (2009) Fresh off the press
— The Thing, Fantastic Four
Anime
Browse AnimeFrom the anime corner
— Tetsuo Shima, Akira From the anime corner
— Jonathan Joestar, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure From the anime corner
— NERV motto (Robert Browning), Neon Genesis Evangelion From the anime corner
— Emporio Alnino, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
People
Browse PeopleFrom the signings board
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
— Ken Olsen From the signings board
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu).
— Linus Torvalds From the signings board
— Richard Feynman From the signings board
— Stephen Hawking
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Moods
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