~k-ee-ran

In my dArtist quiz, I mentioned that I had many favorite quotes, and I might make a journal of them sometime... So here you go. A very long list of (some of) my favorite quotes. This list is still very much incomplete... but enough to give ya'll a general idea. Feel free to steal any that you really like. ^^



Songs

“I came, I saw, I kicked some ass.” –Boomkat

“But that grave will be nothing but an empty space…
Arise from the dead, O sleeper, prepare for the battle cry
For this is the hour when truth divides!" -Project 86

“Standing tall like a bird on a wire,
Growing in strength like flame into a fire,
To destroy the rule of a deceiver and a liar,
So begins the legend of a fighter…” –Definition of Sound

“So win, lose, or die – we ride!” – Pillar

“Nothing comes that easy, nothing comes for free,
But something comes from nothing if you’re willing to believe.” -Pillar

“In the warriors’ code, there’s no surrender
Though his body says stop, his spirit cries – NEVER!” -Survivor

“Fight to live, we live to fight, and tonight you’ll hear my battle cry!” – Pillar

“For what I’ve done, I start again,
And whatever pain may come, today this ends
I’m forgiving what I’ve done.” –Linkin Park

“So lost in your addiction, solemn comfort of your grave,
If you close your eyes, the light can take it away.” –Demon Hunter

“If I could believe, the dreams aside, I am capable of more than it seems.” -Kutless

“Scots wha’ hae with Wallace bled, Scots wham Bruce has aften led
Welcome tae thy gorie bed, Or tae victorie!” –Robert Burns

“GO NINJA, GO NINJA, GO!!” –Vanilla Ice

“Some men have died, and some are alive, and others sail on the sea -
With keys to the cage and the devil to pay,
We lay to Fiddler’s Green!
"Yo-ho, haul together, hoist the Colours high,
Heave-ho, thieves and beggars, never say we die!” –Hans Zimmer

“Don’t forget, before you start bringin’ me down,
What goes around always comes back around.” – Pillar

“Turn over the tables and watch them run,
You’ll be the weapon they can’t outgun.” –Demon Hunter

“I am a shadow on the wall… I’ll be the one to save us all.” –Breaking Benjamin

“Hiro garu yami no naka kawashiatta kakumei no chi gri,
Dare ni mo jama satseru wake ni wa ikanai kara.” -Nightmare
[Within the spreading darkness, we exchanged our vows of revolution,
since I must not let anyone stand in my way.]

“A paddle’s me son, and a boat’s me wife, and the open water is me life!” –Guosim shrews (Salamandastron)


Movies & TV

“Now for wrath! Now for ruin! And the red dawn!” –King Theoden, The Two Towers

“What the enemy will see is the flash of our cannons. They will hear the ring of our swords! And they will know what we can do, by the sweat of our brows, and the strength of our backs, and the courage of our hearts! Gentlemen... hoist the colors.” –Elizabeth Swann, AWE

“Riddles are not fun! The way it always goes is some poor bloke ends up dead, but just beforehand he realizes no, I wasn't supposed to listen to the sirens, I wasn't supposed to take the pot o' gold, but by then it's too late, and he dies in a horrible and ofttimes ironical manner, and in this case, you and I be the poor blokes!” – Pintel, AWE (script)

“Ha, afraid to get wet?” –Davy Jones, AWE

“…’ello, Beastie.” –Jack Sparrow, DMC

“Yippe-ki-yay, mother-f-er!” –John McClane, Die Hard

“Funny thing about anger: let it consume you and soon enough, you lose sight of everything.” –Leo, TMNT

“Come to daddy.” –Leo, TMNT

“Fine, Raito! ... I’ll be expecting apples for this.” –Ryuk, Death Note

"Let's see you talk your way out of this one." -Near, Death Note

[last words] “You want a piece of me? You want a piece?!” –Jazz, Transformers (2007)

“Maybe Ironhide is ready for a nice, cushy office job.” –Jazz, Transformers (G1) -- [okay, maybe not too inspirational, but that quote always makes me laugh... especially Ironhide's reaction to it.]

“You’re either lying, or you’re stupid.”
“I’m stupid! I’m stupid!” –Megatron & Starscream, Transformers (G1) -- [a valuable lesson in honesty, kids!]

“You realize this is crazy.”
“Sometimes crazy works.” –Blackarachnia & Optimus Primal, Transformers (Beast Wars)

“No power in the ‘verse can stop me.” –River, Firefly

“You were given the short end of the stick. But you took that stick, and… well, you took it. And that’s something.” –Jayne, Firefly

“I am a leaf on the wind… watch how I soar.” –Wash, Serenity

“To hell with this, I’m gonna live!” –Kaylee Frye, Serenity

“Are you willing to die for your beliefs?”
“I am… ‘course, that ain’t always plan A.” –The Operative & Mal, Serenity

“If you’re feeling a little technically inadequate, try flipping the switch to ON.” –Eddie Carr, The Lost World

“I am accustomed to pain…”
”Let’s you know you’re alive!” –Frankenstein & Van Helsing, Van Helsing

“We all have our little problems.” –Mr. Hyde, Van Helsing

“If you can’t do it with one bullet, don’t do it at all.” –Allan Quartermain, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen


Books

“Never forget in the darkness what you have learned in the light.” –Enoch, Eye of the Oracle

“Never alone!” –King Eliam, The Door Within

“Run and hide. We’re on our way.” –Tally Youngblood, Extras

“Free is free, right?” –Alice Cullen, Eclipse

“You can’t look dignified when you’re having fun!” –Wes Janson, Wraith Squadron

“If we could bottle your luck, we’d have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands.” –Edward Cullen, New Moon


Famous People

“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.” –Mark Twain

“He who kneels most, stands best.” –DL Moody

“I will not be labeled as average!” –Rachel Scott

“If we weren’t crazy, we’d all go insane.” –Jimmy Buffet

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” –Aesop

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” –the Mythbusters

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.” –Mark Twain

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” –Tom Clancy

“ Pain may be an evil, but it provides the opportunity for redemption – and heroism.” –CS Lewis


Other / Misc.

“Everything I need to know, I learned from pirates and ninjas.”

“It’s amazing what you can do when you absolutely have to.”

“I aim to entertain!”

“…so which is more mad then, Sparta or politics?”

“It’s kick pompis time!”

“Real heroes give it all.”

“Here I stand; here I fall.”

[famous last words] “Bring it, punk!”

"Oh no, karate doesn't make you violent. Y'see, I'm just a violent person naturally, and karate lets me do it without hurting myself!"

“If you risk nothing, you risk everything.”

”NOT ON MY WATCH!!” -Ghostwolf

“Come to the dark side. We have cookies.”

“Gentlemen… unleash hell!” –Tim

“Tranquilo, guys. Tranquilo.” –Morse

“Nothing says ‘shut up, nature’ like listening to your iPod.” –Captain JB

“If you’re slinging mud, you’re losing ground fast.”

“Think. It’s not illegal yet.”

“You can’t build a reputation on anything you’re going to do tomorrow.”

“ Pain is fear leaving the body!”

“Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.”

“If you want what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done.”

“You can’t change what you did yesterday; you can’t decide what you’ll do tomorrow. The only thing you can control is here and now. So don’t just sit there, do something!”


Hope you all feel at least a little bit inspired now...
Anybody, feel free to share some of your favorite quotes! I'd love to hear them. And if they're good, I just might want to use them in a banner sometime. ^^
-Keeran

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