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.
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Movies
Browse MoviesStaff pick
— Mr. Keating, Dead Poets Society Staff pick
— Scott Pilgrim, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Staff pick
— Tyler Durden, Fight Club Staff pick
— Rosa Moline, Beyond the Forest
TV
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— Jaqen H'ghar, Game of Thrones Staff pick
— Saul Goodman, Breaking Bad Staff pick
— Laura Palmer, Twin Peaks Staff pick
As appealing as that sounds, I'm a doctor, not a dragonslayer.
— The Doctor, Star Trek: Voyager
Video Games
Browse Video GamesPress start
— Warp Zone message, Super Mario Bros. Press start
— Rucks, Bastion Press start
— Dante, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Press start
— Narrator, Zork
Books
Browse BooksShelf pick
— Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Shelf pick
— Richard III Shelf pick
— Valentine Michael Smith, Stranger in a Strange Land Shelf pick
— Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Comics
Browse ComicsFresh off the press
All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy.
— Joker, Batman: The Killing Joke Fresh off the press
— The alien-visitor catchphrase, from Alex Graham's 1953 New Yorker cartoon, whose caption was "Kindly take us to your President!", Take Me to Your Leader (The New Yorker cartoon) Fresh off the press
— Captain Haddock, The Adventures of Tintin Fresh off the press
— Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half
Anime
Browse AnimeFrom the anime corner
— Theme song, Speed Racer From the anime corner
I, Lelouch vi Britannia, command you! Now, all of you... Die!
— Lelouch vi Britannia, Code Geass From the anime corner
— Naruto Uzumaki From the anime corner
— Senku Ishigami, Dr. Stone
People
Browse PeopleFrom the signings board
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
— Misattributed to Stephen Hawking From the signings board
It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
— Disputed attribution: Grace Hopper From the signings board
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
— Disputed attribution: Stephen King From the signings board
— Albert Einstein
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