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
— Dr. Emmett Brown, Back to the Future Staff pick
— Joker, The Dark Knight Staff pick
— Buzz, Toy Story Staff pick
They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!
— William Wallace, Braveheart
TV
Browse TVStaff pick
— Frank Costanza, Seinfeld Staff pick
— Father Ted Staff pick
— Misattributed to Kirk, Star Trek: The Original Series Staff pick
— Bart, The Simpsons
Video Games
Browse Video GamesPress start
— Quick chat, Rocket League Press start
— Ryu, Street Fighter II Press start
— The shout from the 1993 "Mortal Monday" advert, sampled in The Immortals' "Techno Syndrome", Mortal Kombat Press start
— Minsc, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Books
Browse BooksShelf pick
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
— William Shakespeare, Macbeth Shelf pick
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
— Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Shelf pick
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: or There and Back Again Shelf pick
A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.
— The Guide on towels, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Comics
Browse ComicsFresh off the press
— Hulk, The Incredible Hulk Fresh off the press
— KC Green, Gunshow Fresh off the press
— Garfield Fresh off the press
— Little Orphan Annie
Anime
Browse AnimeFrom the anime corner
— Mikasa Ackerman, Attack on Titan From the anime corner
— Ichigo Kurosaki, Bleach From the anime corner
— Britannian loyalists, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion From the anime corner
I am a living, thinking entity who was created in the sea of information.
— The Puppet Master, Ghost in the Shell
People
Browse PeopleFrom the signings board
— Richard Feynman From the signings board
— Anonymous folk joke (earliest found: Usenet, 1993); often misattributed to Jack Handey From the signings board
— Alexander Graham Bell From the signings board
— Linus Torvalds
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