Quotes from fictional characters that made you stop and think or have stuck with you.

[Rawne1980]

Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that? - Ash, Army of Darkness (or Evil Dead 3 whichever you prefer).

Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things, right now: Jack and shit... and Jack left town. - Ash again.

Walk softly .... and carry a big gun.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Terry Prachett's Lord's and Ladies

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.


Terry Prachett's Thud! In the mind-scape of character.

"who are you?"
"I am the Summoning Dark" It was not a sound, if it had been it would have been a hiss. "Who are you?"
"I am The Watchman"
"They would have killed his family!" The darkness lunged and met resistance. "Think of the deaths they have caused! Who are you to stop me?"
"He created me 'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?' Who watches the watchmen? Me. I watch him. Always. You will not force him to murder for you."
"What kind of human creates his own policeman?"
"One who fears the dark"
"And so he should" said the entity with some satisfaction.
"Indeed, but I think you misunderstand. I'm not here to keep the darkness out. I'm here to keep it in. Call me the Guarding Dark. imagine how strong I must be."


Andrew Ryan, Bioshock.

"I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'it belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'it belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'it belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture. A city where the artist would not fear the censor; where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality; where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well."


General Sturnn, Dawn of War: Winter Assult.

"To each of us falls a task. And all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand in line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best: we die standing."

 

[Carbonyl]

It's not actually a quote, it's just an item description from Fallen London (formerly Echo Bazaar):

A Searing Enigma
Mysteries are fire. Truth burns.

It was not the item or the adventure I was expecting to get, and the words of the mouse-over text just hit me like a brick. Not sure why.


And let's not forget Dune's Litany of Fear:

I must not fear
Fear is the Mind-killer
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

That has gotten me through so many public speeches, tests, fire dancing performances, large heights, and dealings with spiders. I cannot tell you.

 

[Arakasi]

"I am Andrew Ryan, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

'No,' says the man in Washington, 'it belongs to the poor.'
'No,' says the man in the Vatican, 'it belongs to God.'
'No,' says the man in Moscow, 'it belongs to everyone.'

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose...

Rapture.

A city where the artist would not fear the censor,
where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality,
where the great would not be constrained by the small.

And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city, as well."
―Andrew Ryan

Love the idea in theory.
And a very passionate speech.

 

[wooty]

"Tell me what you cherish most, give me the pleasure of taking it away" - Sephiroth.

I'va always liked that one, it screams of coldness and just sheer cruelty.

 

[Thaliur]

I am at least wise enough to know how ignorant I am. I have realized that the Universe does not have to abide by my preconceptions.
--Dominar Rygel XVI, Farscape

And that's even more impressing when you consider his attitude when we first meet him.
Farscape deserves special attention anyway. It's the only Science Fiction show I know that references other Science Fiction shows:

John Crichton: Pilot, get a tractor beam on that shuttle.
Pilot: Tractor beam? What's that?
John Crichton: Graviton field, attracto ray, superglue. Whatever it is you yanked me aboard with.
Pilot: You mean the docking web.

Crichton: [stepping out onto the planet for the first time] Kinda like Louisiana. Or Dagobah.
[Aeryn looks at him]
Crichton: Dagobah. Where Yoda lives.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

And I shall leave you fellows with that wall of text.

American Gods!

/hug

You know in that respectable hey bro kind of way...

/Equally manly hug back

That book is nowhere near read enough

No its not. Its definitely one of the best books I've ever read. You should read Anansi Boys. It has a nice backstory of Mr Wednesday and his family. (which may sound dull, but it really isn't) It is very much written in the same style as American Gods.

I have yet to find something of Neil's which I haven't read, and it's Anasai not Mr Wednesday

Is it? Its been a while since I've read it.

It is indeed, I strongly suggest you try fragile things. Some of the stories are just amazing.

I have and I love it. Also read Stardust... slightly different than the movie.

 

[GmonXyZ]

Bob Page:
A bunch of pretentious old men playing at running the world.
But the world left them behind long ago. We are the future.

We've had to endure much, you and I, but soon there will be order again, a new age.
Aquinas spoke of the mythical City on the Hill.
Soon that city will be a reality, and we will be crowned its kings.
Or better than kings.
Gods.




JC Denton:
When due process fails us, we really do live in a world of terror.

Bravery is not a function of firepower.

What good's an honest soldier if he can be ordered to behave like a terrorist?




Paul Denton:
Somehow the notion of unalienable liberty got lost.
It's really become a question of what liberties will the state assign to individuals or rather,
what liberties we will have the strength to cling to.




Sam Carter:
Being a soldier isn't just following orders,
it's following those orders in the service of a higher cause.
When that cause is betrayed, we're not soldiers anymore,
just pieces on a chess board dying for the wrong reason.




Morpheus:
God was a dream of good government.

The basic human need to be watched was once satisfied by God.
Now, the same functionality can be replicated with data-mining algorithms.

The unplanned organism is a question asked by nature and answered by death.
You are a different kind of question, with a different kind of answer.




Yes, i love the original Deus Ex 8)

P.S. Hiya, imma newbie user, tho longtime lurker.

 

[bkrockwell]

"Have you ever faced an Asari commando unit before? Few humans have."

Matriarch Benezia says this in Mass Effect 1 when you're at Peak 15 on Noveria. Not really a deep, existential quote, but it has always stuck with me ever since I fell in love with Mass Effect in '07.

I liked that they reference it in the sequel, by having you walk in on Liara saying it to someone in ME 2, and she gets a bit embarrassed that she's been caught being so threatening.

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

"Might controls everything, and without might, you cannot protect anyone, let alone yourself"
-Vergil, Devil May Cry 3

"Where is your motivation?"
-Again, Vergil

"A lot of people want my help these days, what makes you so special?"
-Commander Shepard

"Embrace the Darkness, Jackie"
-The Darkness (I just love that evil voice)

"I never asked for this ... but I'm glad I got it"
-Adam Jensen

"Bene"
-Ezio

 

[Thistlehart]

I just remembered a couple more.

Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. This may offer you a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate--and quickly.

--Lazarus Long, from The Notebooks of Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlein

All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany?s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!

--Tiffany Aching, The Wee Free Men by Sir Terry Pratchett

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

"Have you ever faced an Asari commando unit before? Few humans have."

Matriarch Benezia says this in Mass Effect 1 when you're at Peak 15 on Noveria. Not really a deep, existential quote, but it has always stuck with me ever since I fell in love with Mass Effect in '07.

I liked that they reference it in the sequel, by having you walk in on Liara saying it to someone in ME 2, and she gets a bit embarrassed that she's been caught being so threatening.

Also, she threatens to flay her customer with her mind. And that's referenced again in ME3. Man I love the little things ^^

 

[ozium]

"The whole world runs of fossil fuels. I mean how stupid is that?"-Dr Jenner The walking Dead

It only occurred to me when he said this. It is extremely stupid.

 

[PatrickXD]

"You think fate has anything to do with this? Fate is merely a war cry of those too scared to think for themselves.''
Clarence in Penumbra: Black Plague is fantastic when it comes to serious and comedic quotes.

And the replacement Captcha in these forums, 'Step Back'. Pretty good quote there too.

 

[uhddh]

There are two ways of doing this. My way, or the he's a dead motherf#$%*@ way. You pick. - The Boss, Conker's Bad Fur Day. This works a bit too well as a pep talk.

and: "Time is like a drug. Too much of it kills you." - Terry Prachett's Small Gods. It's perfect.

 

[Gravy Boat Gary]

Their would be so many, and most have already been mentioned, but I'm going to throw in some quotes from xxxHOLIC here, cause that anime is awesome.

"Living things are restrained by Chains: The laws of nature, the flow of time, the vessel known as your ?body?, and the existence called your mind. The one chain that people can wield: WORDS.?
Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHOLiC)

"Instead of regretting what we cannot do, it is better to do what one can. Even for example, what you do has nothing to do with results, you must forge forward."
Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHOLiC)

oh and of course
"Hold the line" Captain Kirrahe (Mass Effect); God speed you magnificent son of a *****!!!

 

[BabyRaptor]

Faith doesn't require you to be willingly blind or dogmatically stupid...Faith does require that you take risks. Sometimes, you have to risk everything.

~Littlepip, Fallout:Equestria

 

[Richardplex]

Oh my god...HOW DID I (or anyone of you for that matter) FORGET THIS:

"Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! For Gilgamesh, it's morphing time!"

- Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V

"If I shied away from all the curses in the world, what sort of Hero would I be? "Suffer all the worlds evil"? Ha, they think they can ruin all me with a mere curse? They should have tripled it's strength! An epic hero is someone who bears the burden of every human in his sight. I've been carrying that weight on my shoulders since the beginning of time!." - Fate/Stay Night Gilgamesh > FF Gilgamesh

OT: Fate/Stay Night has a lot of memorable quotes, off the top of my head...
"...Yes, the desire to protect something... is, at the same time, none other than the wish for something to violate it." -Emiya Shirou

"But that's enough. If there is overwhelming power and speed, there is no room for technique. Techniques are something humans invented to compensate for their weaknesses." -Emiya Shirou

"Saving someone means not saving someone else." -Emiya Kiritsugu

"The only people a superhero can save are the people he sides with." -Archer

And of course...
"People die when they are killed" -Emiya Shirou
"Look, Emiya-kun. People normally die when they are killed." -Tohsaka Rin

 

[FangShadow]

"What is better? To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
Paarthurnax, Skyrim

I was 50/50 on whether or not to kill him till I heard that....he lived....