Best Quote lately

[Entsuropi]

"What is a master writer?

I read Tolkien now and notice the gaps, the evasions, all the 'bad' things... but few books have had the effect on me that TLOTR had when I was thirteen. Is he better or worse, for example, than Anita Brookner, widely regarded as a 'fine writer' although terribly dull to read? What is a writer supposed to achieve?

Before I rank Tolkien, I'd like to know how the scoring is being done."

Terry Pratchett - on the quality of Tolkien's writing.

[Nessa]

A conversation I had this week with my 3-year-old son:

Nessa: You're a boy.
Carter: No, I'm Carter.
Nessa: But you're a boy, too.
Carter: I'm a truck.

[Tage]

From House of Mustard, describing his baby son:
"Sam is everything I want to be in life: fat, sleeping, and always in the arms of a woman."

[Shrain]

Awww, that's so cute (if a bit Oedipal...)

Aaanyway, here's a fun quote:

"He makes everyone cry.  He's like a monster."  
--Kaylee in "Firefly"

[Entsuropi]

[00:14] ‹J0ssari› Uh oh, Israel shoud not bomb Iran before the USA does. Its bad mojo
[00:14] <Ent|Narnia> usa is the tank
[00:14] <Ent|Narnia> tank should pull
[00:14] <Ent|Narnia> britain is the rogue
[00:14] <Ent|Narnia> israel is the mage
[00:15] <Ent|Narnia> UN is the healer

Yes, i am a hopeless nerd.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Warrior needs food badly.

[fuzzyoctopus]

"Can you believe I started this whole noisy mess with just two kids??"  -  My grandma, at the family reunion.

[Chimera]

From Mahjong the Endless Journey:

"Own a clever goat by all means, but make sure you can outwit it."
"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
"It's good to be on the right track, but you'll get run over if you just sit there."

And probably the most profound:
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

My time-wasting game gives me deep insights. What does yours do?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

The knowledge that at least two of those quotes were not originally from "Mahjong the whatever." Which makes me think that possibly none of them are.

[MPlease]

"The keywords tonight are 'caution' and 'flammable'" - A bad movie marathon night.

[Chimera]

The knowledge that at least two of those quotes were not originally from "Mahjong the whatever." Which makes me think that possibly none of them are.

Doesn't change the fact that they're cool.

[stacer]

"defend to the death" quote is Voltaire.

[Nessa]

Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute, but set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

[Chimera]

Villain: Minions, report for free bagels.
Lackey: Free bagels?
Villain: Well, whenever I tell them to report for deadly combat no one shows up.

--The X's

[fuzzyoctopus]

"Morality in a nutshell.  Don't hurt people if you can avoid it.  Don't steal stuff unless you're starving or it's really important. Word hard. Pay your bills. Try to help others.  Always double-check your math if there are explosives involved.  If you screw it up, you need to see it gets fixed. And don't eat anything that talks.  If it doesn't fall under one of those categories, just do the best you can. "

- Digger, by Ursula Vernon.