#Literature

Apr

28

2021

What the Shakespeare?

From: Doctor Who (II)

Episode: The Unquiet Dead (2005) (Season 1, Episode 3)

What the Shakespeare is going on?

Simon Callow (Charles Dickens)

Oct

28

2019

Quench the candle

From: Bell Book And Candle

Ring the bell. Close the book. Quench the candle.

Ernie Kovacs (Sidney Redlitch)

Nov

10

2018

To quote Cicero

From: The Black Hole

To quote Cicero, "A rashness is the characteristic of youth, prudence that of mellowed-age, and discretion the better part of valor."

Roddy McDowall (V.I.N.CENT.)

Sep

08

2018

Whatever book they quote from

The Venture Bros.

From: The Venture Bros.

Episode: The Inamorata Consequence (2018) (Season 7, Episode 5)

Oh, this was a bad idea. I can't do this. These woods could be crawling with religious fundamentalists ready to stone me to death because I'm not mentioned in whatever book they quote from!

Rhys Darby (H.E.L.P.eR. MOD-2)

May

25

2016

What rough beast?

Babylon 5

From: Babylon 5

Episode: Revelations (1994) (Season 2, Episode 2)

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned. And what rough beast, its hour come 'round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?

Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar)

Oct

01

2015

Old-fashioned heroes

From: Doctor Who (II)

Episode: Robot of Sherwood (2014) (Season 8, Episode 3)

Old-fashioned heroes only exist in old-fashioned storybooks, Clara.

Peter Capaldi (The Doctor)

Aug

24

2015

True nobility

Kingsman: The Secret Service

From: Kingsman: The Secret Service

Being a gentleman has nothing to do with one's accent. It's about being at ease in one's own skin. As Hemingway said 'There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.'

Colin Firth (Harry Hart / Galahad)

Aug

12

2014

One true sentence

World's Greatest Dad

From: World's Greatest Dad

Ernest Hemingway once said all he wanted to do is write one true sentence. He also tried to scratch an itch in the back of his head with a shotgun.

Robin Williams (Lance)

May

11

2014

Books and maps

From: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The world is not in your books and maps... It's out there.

Ian McKellen (Gandalf)

Apr

04

2014

Burn everything but Shakespeare

From: Rango

Now remember, son: stay in school, eat your veggies, burn everything but Shakespeare.

Johnny Depp (Rango)

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Top 20 Quotes - Today

One good friend, from: The House With A Clock In Its Walls
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Old wives' tales, from: The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Views today: 6

Worrisome teen conspiracy, from: Daria
Views today: 3

What if there is no God?, from: Love And Death
Views today: 2

Subjective objectivity, from: Love And Death
Views today: 2

That was awesome!, from: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Views today: 1

First time insult, from: The Princess Bride
Views today: 1

Remedial reporting, from: Broadcast News
Views today: 1

Do it for Scooby snacks, from: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
Views today: 1

Never be taken prisoner again, from: Farscape
Views today: 1

Mighty warrior inside, from: Onward
Views today: 1

The Language of the Unheard, from: King Jr., Martin Luther
Views today: 1

Never exactly been friends, from: Babylon 5
Views today: 1

That makes 112, from: Keeping Up Appearances
Views today: 1

How dare you laugh at me, from: Lost In Space
Views today: 1

The underbelly of ping-pong, from: Balls Of Fury
Views today: 1

Prepare to die, from: The Princess Bride
Views today: 1

Muppets standing by to take your calls, from: The Muppets (2011)
Views today: 1

One job, from: Thor: Ragnarok
Views today: 1

Not cleaning that up, from: Duckman: Private Dick / Family Man
Views today: 1

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