“He who fights monsters might take care, lest he thereby become a monster.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche
“History is written by those who’ve hanged heroes.”
~ Braveheart
TEACHER seeks pupil.
Must have honest desire to save the world.
Apply in person.
~ Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn
“Memo to me: maim you after my meeting.”
~ Hades, Disney’s Hercules
“I can’t figure it out. Are we with the pirates, or are we with the frog captain?”
“Hey, man, just play the gig. Don’t get involved in politics.”
~ The band members, Muppet’s Treasure Island
“The devil has no inner child. It’s sad, really.”
~ Lewis, The Drew Carey Show
“Did you see those Huns? They popped out of the snow—like daisies!!”
~ Mushu, Disney’s Mulan
The law of the world is a winter law,
and casual. I too can be grim:
snatch my daylight by violent will
and be glorified for the deed, like him;
~ Grendel by John Gardner
The wayfarer,
Perceiving the pathway to truth,
Was struck with astonishment.
It was thickly grown with weeds.
“Ha,” he said,
“I see that no one has passed here
In a long time.”
Later he saw that each weed
Was a singular knife.
“Well,” he mumbled at last,
“Doubtless there are other roads.”
~ “The Wayfarer” by Stephen Crane
“Is it a bad sign if you spend the day wondering why there are no laws against what you do for a living?”
~ Dilbert, Dilbert by: Scott Adams
“I am the end of time!”
“You’re history.”
~ Kronos and Duncan MacLeod, Highlander: The Series
“Who are you?”
“Your worst nightmare.”
“You have no idea what my nightmares are like.”
~ Bruce Wayne and the bad guy, Batman Beyond
“This could be the greatest evil plan I’ve ever come up with… If the freak show known as my staff could DO ANYTHING RIGHT!”
~ Evil Emperor Zerg
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