Dahak Posted May 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, Zath said: "Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are, the bird is going to poop on the board and strut around like it won anyway." -Hoid (Actually from... I have no idea. Anonymous, I suppose?) Snopes says: As far as we know, its earliest recorded expression came in a March 2005 user-submitted review of the book Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction on Amazon.com, which applied the imagery to a debate between the two camps referenced in the book’s title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zath Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Here's a few more...(I can't stop! AAAAUUGH!!!) "Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult." -Jasnah (Actually from...) Spoiler Charlotte Whitton "Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back" -Wayne (Actually from...) Spoiler Oscar Wilde "Any man who can ride safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." -Adolin (Actually from...) Spoiler Albert Einstein "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." -Raoden (Actually from...) Spoiler Oscar Wilde "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." -Zahel (Actually from...) Spoiler Albert Einstein "The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for." -Kelsier to Vin (Actually from...) Spoiler Bob Marley "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I'm saying." -The King's Wit / Hoid (Actually from...) Spoiler Oscar Wilde (again) "Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think." -Jasnah (Actually from...) Spoiler Albert Einstein (again! I keep coming back to Einstein and Oscar Wilde quotes. They're just so perfect.) "I never make the same mistake twice. I make it five or six times, just to be sure." -Lift (Actually from... I dunno. I'm too lazy to look it up. ) "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." -MeLaan (Actually from...) Spoiler Lucille Ball "If you can dream it, you can do it." -The Almighty to Dalinar, during Dalinar's visions (Actually from...) Spoiler Walt Disney "What in the name of sanity have you got on your head?" -Marasi talking about Wayne's new hat (Actually from...) Spoiler Doctor Who (Riversong talking about the Doctor's fez) "There's something here that doesn't make sense. Let's go poke it with a stick." -Shallan (Actually from...) Spoiler Doctor Who (again). Series 5, Episode 7: "Amy's Choice" 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 @Zath, you have a gift for this. Love all your misattributed quotes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtafa Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Spoiler Elend after burning his bead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zath Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 15 hours ago, Sunbird said: @Zath, you have a gift for this. Love all your misattributed quotes!! Aww, shucks. Thank you! OK, seriously, I've gotta stop. After these. I promise. Maybe. (Yeah, probably not). All of the following quotes are from the same person. (The Way of Kings minor spoilers) Spoiler "But see, there are certain things a good man could do that might look bad in a certain light, if one didn't consider all the mitigating circumstances." -Amaram Marasi: "So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they're already met?" Wayne: "Right. We should take pride in our mediocrity." "The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life." -Wit <Kaladin is arguing with Syl. Adolin walks by> Adolin: "I don't know what's weirder -- that you're arguing with yourself, or that you seem to be losing." Kaladin: "I'M NOT LOSING! SYL CHEATS!" "I'm interested in things that are none of my business, and I'm bored by things that are important to know." -Highprince Sebarial "How can something seem so plausible at the time and so idiotic in retrospect?" -Shallan, after one of her many misadventures "Not having my emotions manipulated is such a weird experience." -Anyone after spending a long enough time around Breeze "People don't realize what a burden it is being a genius like me." -The Lopen "There would be more civility in this world if people didn't take it as an invitation to walk on you." -Dalinar "I can't imagine mastering the skills involved here without a clearer understanding of who's going to be impressed." -Adolin, about anything other than dueling, riding, warfare, or fashion. "If heaven is for good people, and if I like to be bad, how am I supposed to be happy there?" -Sadeas "I think grown-ups just act like they know what they're doing." -Lift "You just go about your business and one day you realize you're not the same person you used to be. People change whether they decide to or not!" -Nohadon (basic Stormlight Archive overall plot-line spoilers) Spoiler "I reflect on how their puny lives mean nothing to me except as the brute labor necessary to execute my mad designs! My lunatic whims are their laws! Ha ha ha!" -Odium "In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks." -Shallan Navani: "Someday, I hope you have a kid that puts you through what I've gone through." Jasnah: "Yeah, Grandma said that's what she used to tell you." "Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?" -Hammond Kaladin: "Sometimes, I wish I was an honorspren." Syl: "A common lament." Kelsier: "Bad news, Dox. I promised my soul to the devil this afternoon." Dockson: "Oh? That recently?" "Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, I think I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em! ?" -Shallan, upon finding out about Shinovar cows' milk (not sure if Shinovar cows are canon...) "Nobody recognizes my hints to smother me with affection." -Kaladin ...The Way of Kings minor spoilers: Spoiler Nobody except Tien... <Zath sobs quietly in a corner> "HAVEN'T I SUFFERED ENOUGH?? WHERE WILL IT ALL END?!?" -Every major protagonist from Brandon Sanderson's novels. Young Jasnah: "Mom, can I set fire to my bed mattress?" Navani: "No, Jasnah." Young Jasnah: (muttering to herself) "Moms and reason are like oil and water..." And, lastly (The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance spoilers), Spoiler here's Taravangian on one of his hyper-intelligent, zero-compassion days: If that last one didn't give it away already, all of the above quotes are actually from... Spoiler Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahak Posted May 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 "Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself." -- Jasnah Kholin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathrangking Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 To infinity and not the beyond- Kelsier You'll never have a kandra like me- tensoon as OreSeor To be a ghostblood or not to be a ghostblood that is the question- "Veil" How do you solve a problem like Sadeas?- Adolin 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zath Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Nathrangking said: How do you solve a problem like Sadeas?- Adolin (Words of Radiance spoilers) Spoiler Murder, apparently. And yes, from now on, every time I watch The Sound of Music I will switch out "Maria" for "Sadeas" in my head. What have you done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahak Posted May 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 "Power is better than revenge. Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you." -- Sadeas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahak Posted May 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 “So,” Jasnah went on, “when you think of how to respond to my question this time, it is very, very important that you bear that context in mind when I tell you that this has been an incredibly long day. I am, as they say, not in the mood. Now, for what will be the last time you will ever hear me speak these words in this order while you are still capable of coherent thought: Where am I?” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahak Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 "Why is it that people like you always think you're more ruthless than people like me?" -- Shallan Davar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ith Ideal Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 "I bought an antidote against logic from a traveling fortune teller, so now I can add two 'n two and get a pickle." --Your guess! (reply if you know who it is!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harlem Worldhoppers Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 30 minutes ago, 5ith Ideal said: "I bought an antidote against logic from a traveling fortune teller, so now I can add two 'n two and get a pickle." --Your guess! (reply if you know who it is!) Wayne! 'When I'm in command, son,every mission's a suicide mission'-Torol Sadeas You see, Parshendi have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of bridge men until they reached their limit and shut down-Torol Sadeas First rule of the Ghostbloods; you don't talk about the Ghostbloods-Mraize You're gonna need a bigger oath-Sylphrena I'll be back-Unnamed Herald following a desolation Taln, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore-Shallash upon arriving on Braize Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue-Teft 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ith Ideal Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Correct! But I feel like that one was a bit easy... I'm going to have to go dive back in, and find some fun quotes for this chain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathrangking Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 If at first you don't succeed become more awesome- Lift damnation the Koloss full speed ahead- Vin Let your spren be your guide- Syl, Pattern, or Wyndle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahak Posted October 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 "I don't think of you as an enemy, Renarin. I see you as a... future friend." -- Odium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wookiee Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Do or do not, there is no try - Kelsier training Vin There's always room for pancakes - Lift Edited October 16, 2018 by Undead Wookiee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahak Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 "Now, then a keyhole is always a bit more delicate and temperamental than even the finest lady." -- Kelsier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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