Quotes with lore.
The lines fans quote from films, TV, games, books, comics and anime, each with its scene, its speaker and the story behind it.
Today's line
Movies
Browse MoviesStaff pick
— Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes Staff pick
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action.
— Auric Goldfinger Staff pick
— Dr. Emmett Brown, Back to the Future Staff pick
— Dennis, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
TV
Browse TVStaff pick
— Janice, Friends Staff pick
— Maxwell Smart, Get Smart Staff pick
— Disputed attribution: Walt, Breaking Bad Staff pick
— Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory
Video Games
Browse Video GamesPress start
— Paimon, Genshin Impact Press start
— Solaire of Astora, Dark Souls Press start
— Cave Johnson, Portal 2 Press start
— Skyrim Guard, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Books
Browse BooksShelf pick
If I'm to choose between one evil and another, I'd rather not choose at all.
— Geralt of Rivia, The Last Wish Shelf pick
— The dolphins' farewell to humanity, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Shelf pick
Longbottom, if brains were gold you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.
— Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Shelf pick
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
— Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence
Comics
Browse ComicsFresh off the press
— Dream, The Sandman Fresh off the press
With great power there must also come — great responsibility!
— Closing caption, Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) Fresh off the press
— Monkey D. Luffy, One Piece Fresh off the press
— Joker, Batman: The Killing Joke
Anime
Browse AnimeFrom the anime corner
— Kyojuro Rengoku, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train From the anime corner
— Dio Brando, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure From the anime corner
— Tetsuo Shima, Akira From the anime corner
— Goku, Dragon Ball Z
People
Browse PeopleFrom the signings board
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
— Misattributed to Albert Einstein From the signings board
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
— Donald Knuth From the signings board
— Stan Lee From the signings board
It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.
— Disputed attribution: Terry Pratchett
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