#Metaphors

Nov

2017

I don't watch TV

From: Babylon 5

Episode: Between the Darkness and the Light (1997) (Season 4, Episode 19)

I don't watch TV. It's a cultural wasteland filled with inappropriate metaphors and an unrealistic portrayal of life created by the Liberal Media Elite.

James Laing (First Guard)

#Television

#Liberals

#Metaphors

#Culture

#Disgust

#Life

#Condescension

Apr

2016

The only thing you're going to learn about yourself on a plane is that you like the honey-roasted peanuts better than the plain-salted. If you're really hungry, the open road is a smorgasbord of life experience.

Joe Manganiello (Joe Manganiello)

Apr

2016

The nail that gets hammered down

From: Babylon 5

Episode: Comes the Inquisitor (1995) (Season 2, Episode 21)

Your only destiny is to be the nail that gets hammered down. Bang, bang, bang.

Wayne Alexander (Sebastian)

Apr

2016

Valley of the Dolls

From: Valley of the Dolls

You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls.

Barbara Parkins (Anne Welles)

#Metaphors

#Drugs

Feb

2016

Walking thesaurus

From: Guardians Of The Galaxy

Cease your yammering and relieve us from this urgent confinement. –Yeah, I'll have to agree with the walking thesaurus on that one. –Do not ever call me a thesaurus. –It's just a metaphor, dude. –His people are completely literal. Metaphors are going to go over his head. –Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it. –I'm going to die surrounded by the biggest idiots in the galaxy.

Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer) | Chris Pratt (Peter Quill / Star-Lord) | Bradley Cooper (Rocket) | Zoe Saldana (Gamora)

#Language

#Metaphors

Aug

2015

Mess with the bull

From: Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie

Mess wit the bull, you're going to get the horns, Private.

Tom McGrath (Skipper)

#Metaphors

#Warnings

#Military

Aug

2015

Most rare and beautiful

From: Mulan

The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.

Pat Morita (The Emperor)

Aug

2015

Know your shit

From: Kingsman: The Secret Service

Oh-ho! You know your shit. –I sometimes envy the blissful ignorance of those less-well-versed in their... shit.

Samuel L. Jackson (Richmond Valentine) | Colin Firth (Harry Hart / Galahad)

#Sarcasm

#Metaphors

#Poop

Jun

2012

The vultures are gathering

From: McMillan & Wife

Yes, well the-- the vultures are gathering. I hope you understand that.

Richard Dawson (Roger Stambler)

#Death

#Metaphors

Apr

2011

Downwards is the only way forwards

From: Inception

Downwards is the only way forwards.

Leonardo DiCaprio (Cobb)

#Philosophy

#Metaphors

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Top 20 Quotes - Today

Netflix "bong", from: Netflix
Views today: 21

7 years of college, from: Animal House
Views today: 5

Being fed "alternative facts", from: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Views today: 5

Instant Kill, from: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Views today: 4

They're on Double-Secret Probation, from: Animal House
Views today: 4

Buzz-kill, from: The Big Bang Theory
Views today: 4

You look like a smart boy, from: Thor: Ragnarok
Views today: 4

Never for attack, from: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Views today: 4

Decent people, from: Batman (1989)
Views today: 3

Do you take drugs?, from: Caddyshack
Views today: 3

Cooch chili, from: Archer
Views today: 3

Come out to the coast, from: Die Hard
Views today: 3

We're done here, from: Iron Man 3
Views today: 3

Not complicated, from: Dead Like Me
Views today: 3

A higher calling, from: Fantastic Four
Views today: 3

The 20th Century Fox theme, from: Miscellaneous
Views today: 3

Feather duster, from: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Views today: 3

You are being irrational, from: Colossus: The Forbin Project
Views today: 3

Aw, shit!, from: Blazing Saddles
Views today: 2

Most-dangerous place, from: Doctor Who (II)
Views today: 2

Top 20 Shows (since 2012)

Archer / Total views: 66,082

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Sound Effects / Total views: 25,750

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Up / Total views: 23,479

Looney Tunes / Total views: 23,082

Blazing Saddles / Total views: 17,998

Babylon 5 / Total views: 17,055

2001: A Space Odyssey / Total views: 16,386

South Park / Total views: 15,353

Star Trek: The Original Series / Total views: 15,086

The Jetsons / Total views: 14,863

The Venture Bros. / Total views: 14,587

Eight on the Lam / Total views: 12,863

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (vinyl) / Total views: 12,518

The 6 Million Dollar Man / Total views: 12,351

Battlestar Galactica: The Original Series / Total views: 12,050

3rd Rock From The Sun / Total views: 11,306

The Bullwinkle Show / Total views: 11,240

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