Film, TV, Game and Book Quotes with Lore — QuoteGeek

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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— The StarCraft (1998) cheat code for invincibility

Movies

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I am big! It's the pictures that got small.
— Norma Desmond, Sunset Blvd.
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I put the grrrr in swinger, baby!
— Austin Powers, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
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I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
— Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
— Kilgore, Apocalypse Now

TV

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There is one way out.
— Kino Loy, Andor
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I am a golden god!
— Dennis Reynolds, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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I want to believe.
— The UFO poster in Mulder's office, The X-Files
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The game is on!
— Sherlock Holmes

Video Games

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Winners don't use drugs.
— FBI arcade attract screen, Winners Don't Use Drugs
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Elf shot the food!
— Narrator, Gauntlet
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A Slime draws near!
— Battle message, Dragon Quest
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Yahaha! You found me!
— Korok, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Books

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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
— The pigs' last commandment, George Orwell's Animal Farm (1945)
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Second to the right, and straight on till morning.
— Peter, Peter Pan
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
— Salvor Hardin, Foundation
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Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place.
— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Comics

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Cow tools
— Gary Larson's most baffling caption, The Far Side (1982)
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There's treasure everywhere!
— Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
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Ack!
— Bill the Cat, Bloom County
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Oh, yes. Little Bobby Tables, we call him.
— Randall Munroe, xkcd

Anime

From the anime corner
Nothing happened.
— Roronoa Zoro, One Piece
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Who are you calling so short he can't be seen with the naked eye?
— Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
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My name is Giorno Giovanna, and I have a dream.
— Giorno Giovanna, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
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3, 2, 1, let it rip!
— Launch call, Beyblade

People

From the signings board
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
— Misattributed to Thomas J. Watson
From the signings board
When you finally understand the universe, it will not only be stranger than you imagine, it will be stranger than you can imagine.
— J. B. S. Haldane
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That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
— Neil Armstrong
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The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.
— J.K. Rowling

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