The Worlds Most Misconstrued snd Defiled Quotes

[lenin_117]

One small step for A man, one giant leap for mankind.

There was a error in the transmission back to earth, saying it without the A makes no sense, it would be like saying 2 is 4, 3 is 4.

He fucked up. He actually said it without the A.

 

[ioxles]

To all our friends on the other side of the pond who haven't heard of the Now Show - This song will blow your minds:
Now, if that doesn't cover misconstruing and defiling quotes in the worst traditions I don't know what does. BTW go listen to all the Now Show right now.

 

[Bloodeye]

Um, I know one! Wait...
*Hurries off to fetch quote that hasn't been used*

"'Tis better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all"
The original quote, edited after a firestorm of controversy, was
"'Tis better to have loved and lost then listen to an album by Olivia Newton-John. Because anything is better than that."

Cookie for reference.

All those years of wasting my life in front of the TV have finally paid off. Its said by Holly on Red Dwarf.

Which episode?

Er Stasis Leak I think.

 

[AdhesiveTape]

Anything from Machiavelli. People judge him only for The Prince, and disregard all of his other works. 'S not fair.

 

[wildonion]

I didn't think this thread originally started out as movie "misquoting" but as misused or misconstrued common phrases. But, all the above mentioned are good, here's the one that burns my ass....

"taking names"

as in Player A says, "alright guys I'm taking names"

WTF is that supposed to mean, jackass?

How about, "kill em now and take their names later."

very analagous to "kill em all and let God sort em out."

if you catch my drift.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

In The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner you'll read
"water water everywhere,
and all the boys boards did shrink.
water water everywhere,
nor any drop to drink."

Which is pretty far from "water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink."

Well a few things there, you wrote one word wrong, and it was translated from Latin I believe so...nor and not might have similar enough to be translated the same way...

 

[wildonion]

Cred to ioxles for the Now Show link, that's freaking hilarious.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Take the entire song of This Land is Your Land

Well, actually the 4 verses everybody knows and thinks is the whole song. Everyone thinks it's a nationalistic song because of these 4 verses, but really it's quite rebellious.

http://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/This_Land.htm

 

[wildonion]

Haven't read any Machiavelli Adhesive Tape (don't ask me how I got away with that one) but, there's serious academic consideration that 'The Prince' was written kind of tongue in cheek anyway. The Italians loved to poke fun at their princes.

 

[Clashero]

"I could care less." Incorrect, you Couldn't care less.

This, a million times. I could care less means "I care to some extent."

 

[Clashero]

I didn't think this thread originally started out as movie "misquoting" but as misused or misconstrued common phrases. But, all the above mentioned are good, here's the one that burns my ass....

"taking names"

as in Player A says, "alright guys I'm taking names"

WTF is that supposed to mean, jackass?

How about, "kill em now and take their names later."

very analagous to "kill em all and let God sort em out."

if you catch my drift.

I think it's a reference to how police, and authority in general, take the names of the people whose asses they've kicked - sorry, I mean, apprehended.

 

[theultimateend]

Has anyone mentioned the whole beatles thing?

John lennon said more people (worldwide) had heard of the beatles than jesus, and was saying that it was crazy.

People took his statement as "we are a much bigger deal than jesus"

I don't see Jesus with a Rock Band game.

John Lennon: 1
Jesus: 0

Pretty much the entire contents of the Old Testament.

I win.

I am somewhat amazed that wasn't said on the first page.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Has anyone mentioned the whole beatles thing?

John lennon said more people (worldwide) had heard of the beatles than jesus, and was saying that it was crazy.

People took his statement as "we are a much bigger deal than jesus"

I don't see Jesus with a Rock Band game.

John Lennon: 1
Jesus: 0

Little do you know, jesus DOES havea rock band game, and we are all the cumstom characters he made.

 

[theultimateend]

Has anyone mentioned the whole beatles thing?

John lennon said more people (worldwide) had heard of the beatles than jesus, and was saying that it was crazy.

People took his statement as "we are a much bigger deal than jesus"

I don't see Jesus with a Rock Band game.

John Lennon: 1
Jesus: 0

Little do you know, jesus DOES havea rock band game, and we are all the cumstom characters he made.

Well I've tried to play a guitar and if I'm one of his characters he is absolutely terrible at this game.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Has anyone mentioned the whole beatles thing?

John lennon said more people (worldwide) had heard of the beatles than jesus, and was saying that it was crazy.

People took his statement as "we are a much bigger deal than jesus"

I don't see Jesus with a Rock Band game.

John Lennon: 1
Jesus: 0

Little do you know, jesus DOES havea rock band game, and we are all the cumstom characters he made.

Well I've tried to play a guitar and if I'm one of his characters he is absolutely terrible at this game.

the man has a blood-alchohol content of WINE. Can you expect him to play all that well?

 

[theultimateend]

Has anyone mentioned the whole beatles thing?

John lennon said more people (worldwide) had heard of the beatles than jesus, and was saying that it was crazy.

People took his statement as "we are a much bigger deal than jesus"

I don't see Jesus with a Rock Band game.

John Lennon: 1
Jesus: 0

Little do you know, jesus DOES havea rock band game, and we are all the cumstom characters he made.

Well I've tried to play a guitar and if I'm one of his characters he is absolutely terrible at this game.

the man has a blood-alchohol content of WINE. Can you expect him to play all that well?

Explains so many of his actions I must say. I imagine his father was a drunk too.

 

[Acaroid]

The saying "off his own back"

it should be "off his own BAT"

the same with "you have another thing coming"

it is meant as "you have another THINK coming"

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

"I think therefore I am."

That's only half the quote, not surprisingly, people don't like the whole quote.

"I doubt therefore I think, I think therefore I am." -Rene Descartes

Could you explain that one to me? By my thinking, the first clause establishes the second, it does not modify it.

 

[Starke]

"I think therefore I am."

That's only half the quote, not surprisingly, people don't like the whole quote.

"I doubt therefore I think, I think therefore I am." -Rene Descartes

This doesn't really scratch the surface of Descartes. His entire philosophy is about systematically doubting everything away, including that you actually exist, then once you doubt that there is any reality, clearly god must exist because that's the only thing you cannot doubt.

(Yes, there are clearer ways of saying that.)
(No, they don't make any more sense.)

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Has anyone mentioned the whole beatles thing?

John lennon said more people (worldwide) had heard of the beatles than jesus, and was saying that it was crazy.

People took his statement as "we are a much bigger deal than jesus"

I don't see Jesus with a Rock Band game.

John Lennon: 1
Jesus: 0

Little do you know, jesus DOES havea rock band game, and we are all the cumstom characters he made.

Well I've tried to play a guitar and if I'm one of his characters he is absolutely terrible at this game.

the man has a blood-alchohol content of WINE. Can you expect him to play all that well?

Explains so many of his actions I must say. I imagine his father was a drunk too.

alchoholism does tend to run in families...