“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” – Albert Einstein
“No matter what you hear in there, no matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I may scream, do not open this door or you will undo everything I have worked for.” – Young Frankenstein
After very careful consideration, sir, I’ve come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks. General Beringer, WarGames.
If you wanna do something, some best thing, some best job, some best innovation, some creativity, and some stuff, here is something for you.
You need to learn quotations, proverbs, jargon, cliches, facts, figures, and learn from experience in implementing your judgement capabilities.
Urgh, I can’t beleive you for you forgot – “And so it begins.” Kosh, Babylon 5
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“Quickly, before somebody kills Guy!” -Gwen, Galaxy Quest
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“You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.” – Chancellor Gorkon, Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country
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“Let me pass on to you the one thing I’ve learned about this place. No one here is exactly what he appears. Not Mollari, not Delenn, not Sinclair .. and not me.”
– G’Kar to Sakai in Babylon 5:”Mind War”
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“No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by the force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power governments, and tyrants, and armies can not stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.”
– G’Kar in Babylon 5:”The Long, Twilight Struggle”
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“Don’t panic” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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“Then I will tell you a great secret, Captain. Perhaps the greatest of all time. The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make up this station and the nebula outside, that burn inside the stars themselves. We are starstuff, we are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out. As we have both learned, sometimes the universe requires a change of perspective.”
– Delenn to Sheridan in Babylon 5:”A Distant Star”
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*groans* “Romulan ale should be illegal” -Worf
“It is.” -Geordie
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“Back off, man! I’m a scientist.” – Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters
“I do not think that word means what you think it means.” – Inigo, The Princess Bride
“Must go faster.” – Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
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“You may not like him, Minister. But you can’t deny, Dumbledore’s got style.” Kingsley, Harry Potter and the thing always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.” – Ian Malcolm, The Lost World: Jurassic Park
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via 100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know | GeekDad | Wired.com.