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Rome: Total War

The PC game Rome: Total War was created by The Creative Assembly and was published by Activision in its first version (2004) then by SEGA in its expansion packs Barbarian Invasions and Alexander (2005-2006).

Roman

 * One of you is worth more than any number of them!
 * Skill and valour still count for something in war!
 * They are worth less than the dirt beneath a toenail!
 * Today is a good day to die! Today is a great day to meet the gods! So let us send the enemy screaming to meet their gods today!
 * Victory is near at hand! If all do their duty, it will be OUR victory! Bend your backs to your tasks, and all will be well!
 * We go now to our bloody business.
 * And remember this above all: our Roman gods are watching! Make sure they are not ashamed!
 * Today the carrion birds feast! But they shall feast on the flesh of our enemies; not on good, Roman flesh!"
 * I want to see blood! I want to BATHE in their blood! I want to bathe in their blood for a week! Now, KILL THEM ALL! (from "bloody" or "bloodthirsty" Roman generals)
 * And any man who comes through this fight mostly unharmed will be my sister! It'll be free frocks and jollies forever, you'll see! (from a "dangerously mad" Roman general)
 * I do not fight with a cool head today, I admit it. My eyes see only a red mist. I do not want them to run from battle, I want their heads on our pikes by evening! (from a Roman general with "angry")
 * They have been led here by mewling infants instead of leaders, now they will pay the price! (if the enemy general has poor skills)
 * How terrible it must be to face us; the sons of the wolf and the bear! Even now fear works in the bowels of our foes!(From Barbaric Generals, especially Germanic)
 * We are gathered here today to do battle. Regrettable isn't it? I didn't want to be here myself, but my grandmother told me that I better make a good show out of it. So here it goes. (from a Roman general with "tedious speaker" trait)
 * The enemy war god must have a sense of humour, I mean look at them (from a roman general when the enemy force is heavily damaged and vastly outnumbered)
 * My brave men! Victory shall be ours, by grace of my inspired leadership. But this means I can not risk myself in the front line. I must remain safe, guarded by you my loyal warriors! This is not cowardice, oh no. It is prudence, the handmaiden of victory!(from a roman general with "doubtful courage")
 * Men! We face adversity, a band of brothers, dedicated to the warrior's code of strength and victory. But we will never know defeat while we stand together! This day we add another triumph to the history of our people! We will be honoured as men!
 * I carry on my body many great scars, honourably earned in battle! I have fought many a foe in open combat! I come to fight today! Who stands with me?
 * The gods have surely smiled upon us! The omens are so numerous and so in our favour that I cannot describe them all and still have time for a battle today!
 * What we do today, we do as servants of the gods. Ask them for courage and strength! Honour them in your hearts, and they will aid us all! Look to your weapons, but also look to the heavens and raise a mighty shout in praise of the gods! Now, to battle!
 * Now you're probably wondering about this evening's entertainment. There's enough wine in camp to float a boat. It's all yours when they're dead. Oh yes, and the camp women will be suitably appreciative too.
 * Now, you know I have a reputation for cunning in battle. I do not intend this to be a fair fight. I am going to fall upon them without warning! I will strike at their weakest points! This won't be a battle - it'll be a kick up the toga!
 * Let us offer prayers to the gods for victory. And then let us arm ourselves to the teeth, just in case the gods aren't listening
 * Battle is an easy thing, what is hard is the look on your woman's face when you are a weakling! But I do not see anyone here who needs to worry about that!
 * So harden your hearts, sharpen your swords and when the enemy is here, gut him like a fish.
 * Bravery is in every warriors heart, bravery and more! Every warrior knows bravery, and those who run will not only answer to me but to the Gods!
 * Is that the best they can do. Kill them all!
 * My grandmother could take on this lot, so we should be fine!
 * By tomorrow our sword arms will ache from over-use!
 * Brave Romans to a man!
 * There is no shame in fear, only letting fear rule you. Try not to look scared and you'll find bravery in your heart!
 * You may be wondering why I've called you here today. I was wondering myself. Oh yes!
 * The enemy may have the Moon People on their side, but we have lovely hats! And those hats will protect us from their fearsome gaze! (If your general has the “mad” trait)

Greek

 * Day has dawned. This will be bloody, come what may, but we are free men, and we do not fear the sight of a little blood. Now, sound the horns!
 * Free men, proud children of Greece! Prepare to fight or your honour!
 * A battle is never an easy thing, especially before breakfast. Never mind, time enough to feast when we have driven these dogs back to their kennel!
 * And remember this above all: the Gods watch us from Olympus, make sure they are not ashamed!

Campaign voiceovers

 * Julii: Gods...I hate Gauls. My grandfather hated them too, even before they put out his eyes. Did you think I'd be out here on the frontier without good reason? Yes, Rome needs a strong frontier. No, Rome doesn't need unwashed barbarians at its gates! So, that's why I'm here, the leader of the Julii: to bring Roman order to stinking Gauls. Revenge? That'd be good too. This war against the Gauls won't last long, and when it's done, I've got plans. This is all about power, power in Rome. Going down that road means dealing with all my rivals: the Senate, the Greeks, those Carthaginian elephant-riders, the Scipii and the Brutii families too. After all, the man who controls Rome rules the world...and one day, I will be Emperor.
 * Brutii: We Brutii are the only true Romans. We saved Rome, we drove out the kings, we made the Republic. The family deserve respect; respect, and obedience. We know what is best for Rome: new lands, living space, territories, slaves! I know what must be done. The Greeks look down their perfumed noses at all Romans, and they hate us. I'm going to give them a reason for hate...when I've crushed them! Roman steel, that's the answer; Roman steel in the Brutii fist. And the other great Roman families...the Scipii; trash! They have no respect for proper Roman ways, for us! The Julii prostitute themselves. As if the people matter! Bah! We Brutii must lead Rome.
 * Scipii: My family, the House of Scipii, are beloved of the gods. A proud boast, but true all the same. In return we have served Rome, ruled well, led irs armies to glory; it has cost us dearly, despite the love of the gods. Sometimes the hatred of men is stronger. Our dead lie in many graves, put there by Carthaginian swords...and a few Greek ones. Even Roman blades have taken Scipii lives; that, we do not forget, or forgive. So, now our time has come. The spirits of the dead cry out for blood. I will lead our family in this undertaking. The gods will grant us vengeance. When Sicily is Roman, when Carthage is crushed, when the other Roman families are gone, when the world is mine...then I will stand before the gods and be worthy of their love. And worthy to rule Rome!
 * Greek factions: Greeks could rule the world. Alexander did. He took a Greek army to the far Indus. There was nothing left to conquer; the world was his. But Alexander is dead. His empire is gone. And so we live in evil days; the free men of Greece have turned on each other, instead of their proper enemies: those who envy all the Greeks have done. Alexander must weep, if the dead weep. I will weep in his place, but I will also hope. The world turns; what was may come again. The Fates still spin the web of men's lives. So now, perhaps the gods wish Greeks to be great again. Perhaps a new Alexander will take up the sword, bring order where there is chaos, remake the world of men into a better place...perhaps.
 * Egypt: I have been in the service of Pharaoh for many, many years. It is my task to write down all that is decided. My father did this before me, and his father before him. We have faithfully recorded and seen much. Pharaoh is our lord and master; he is Horus reborn, and will be Osiris in the afterlife. All of Egypt lives and dies by his divine wish, and this is as it should be. We are his children; Pharaoh loves us all. We would conquer the world, so that all can know his wise rule. Even if Pharaoh did not ask this, we would do it. His enemies will be struck down; night and darkness will take them. The sands will be stained red. All this will come to pass, for Pharaoh has decreed it. So it is written. So it shall be.
 * Barbarian factions: Before my grandfather's grandfather was born, this was our land. These are our good places; our gods live here, in the trees and the rivers. They watch over us. We are happy: we hunt, we love, we have families, homes, a good life. But sometimes we must fight! The Romans disturb the gods; they burn the forests; they take what is ours, wives, children, land! And the Romans talk of how they will 'help us and protect us'. They put us to sleep with golden promises: when we wake, all that we had is gone-stolen! They take our sons and turn them into little Romans. Gah! So we fight to keep what is ours, what must stay ours! There can be no peace, no peace with Romans, men of stone, and iron, and lies! There can be only war!
 * Carthage: Last night, the crying of the children kept me awake...and I had a terrible vision. I saw the fall of our city: bleached bones under a harsh sun; Carthage, gone! Why would Baal send such a vision? He is not cruel; he has watched over us. We have had victories aplenty in war. Our merchants sail to all corners of the world. Yet even now, I fear. I cannot help it. We are the envy of lesser people. They tell terrible lies about us. They do not understand, so they lie. But the Romans, they are the masters of falsehood. War will come, I am sure of it. So. I will have no more false visions...and I think the children will be quiet tonight.
 * Eastern factions: The desert is ours. It is my home. Invaders come here, but they do not leave. They do not understand the desert; they do not understand how it gives life, and how it kills. So they die, and we grow stronger. The dead, now, the dead cannot pass on their newfound wisdom...so invaders keep coming, keep trying to take our lands and our wealth. But then, wealth flows through this land. And if our people have one thing, it is the love of wealth. It is sweeter than water, it is more powerful than the sword, for any sword can be turned aside with a gold coin. Gold will buy a thousand warriors...and a thousand warriors, why, they are the start of an empire!

Aeschylus

 * I think the slain care little if they sleep or rise again.
 * A people's voice is dangerous when charged with wrath.
 * In war, truth is the first casualty.

Aristotle

 * War, as the saying goes, is full of false alarms
 * We make war so that we may live in peace
 * The wise man speaks because he has something to say, the fool because he has to say something

Cicero

 * The sinews of war are infinite money.
 * Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home.
 * Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).

Euripides

 * Courage may be taught as a child is taught to speak.
 * Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
 * The god of war hates those who hesitate.
 * A large army is always disorderly.

Julius Caesar

 * War gives the right of the conquerors to impose any conditions they please upon the vanquished.
 * Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered).
 * In war important events result from trivial causes.
 * Alea iacta est (The die is cast).

Hermocrates

 * The true contempt of an invader is shown by deeds of valour in the field.
 * When there is mutual fear, men think twice before they make aggression upon one another.
 * They have an abundance of gold and silver, and these make war, like other things, go smoothly.
 * Nobody is driven in to war by ignorance, and no one who thinks he will gain anything from it is deterred by fear.

Herodotus

 * In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons.
 * Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.

Hippocrates

 * War is the only proper school of the surgeon.

Homer

 * Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his strength.
 * Ye gods, what dastards would our host command? Swept to the war, the lumber of the land.
 * Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.
 * He serves me most, who serves his country best.
 * To those that flee comes neither power nor glory.
 * Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than war.
 * The blade itself incites to violence.
 * So ends the bloody business of the day.
 * A glorious death is his who for his country falls.

Horace

 * Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.
 * A wise man in times of peace prepares for war.
 * Bella detesta matribus (Wars are the dread of mothers).
 * Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country).
 * Quae caret ora cruore nostro? (What coast knows not our blood?)

Livy

 * To a good general luck is important.
 * The outcome corresponds less to expectations in war than in any other case whatsoever.
 * Vae victis (Woe to the vanquished).

Ovid

 * The gods favour the bold.
 * Fas est et ab hoste doceri (It is right to learn, even from the enemy).

Pericles

 * I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.
 * Men of Athens, I do not have much time for exhortation, but to the brave a few words are as good as many...

Plato

 * The rulers of the State are the only ones who should have the privilege of lying.
 * Every care must be taken that our auxiliaries, being stronger than our citizens, may not grow too much for them and become savage beasts.
 * Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Plautus

 * Ah, yes, mere infantry - poor beggars...
 * The valiant profit more their country than the finest, cleverest speakers.
 * Victi vincimus (Conquered, we conquer).

Polybius

 * A good general not only sees the way to victory, he also knows when victory is impossible.
 * In war we must always leave room for strokes of fortune, and accidents that cannot be foreseen.

Publilius Syrus

 * The cruelty of war makes for peace.
 * Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.
 * We should provide in peace what we need in war.
 * Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
 * It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.
 * He is best secure from dangers who is on his guard even when he seems safe.

Seneca the Younger

 * If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favourable.
 * The fortunes of war are always doubtful.
 * Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Sophocles

 * Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
 * It is the brave man's part to live with glory, or with glory die.

Sun Tzu

 * All warfare is based on deception.
 * He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.
 * Generally management of the many is the same as management of the few. It is a matter of organization.
 * In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.

Tacitus

 * Even the bravest are frightened by sudden terrors.
 * The proper arts of a general are judgement and prudence.
 * A bad peace is even worse than war.
 * The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
 * Valour is the contempt of death and pain.
 * Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
 * They make a solitude and call it peace.

Thucydides

 * War is not so much a matter of weapons as of money.
 * A collision at sea can ruin your entire day.
 * Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
 * The strong did what they could, and the weak suffered what they must.

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

 * Few men are born brave; many become so through training and force of discipline.
 * A general is not easily overcome who can form a true judgement of his own and the enemy's forces.
 * What can a soldier do who charges when out of breath?
 * Valour is superior to numbers.
 * Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum (Let him who desires peace prepare for war).
 * An ambush, if discovered and promptly surrounded, will repay the intended mischief with interest.
 * An adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter.
 * We die today not only for our friends and family but for our gods and for our forefathers and men before them so pray to them to make us victorious

Virgil

 * Bella, horida bella (Wars, horrid wars!)
 * Let all be present and expect the palm, the prize of victory.

Xenophon

 * When one side goes against the enemy with the gods' gift of stronger morale, then their adversaries, as a rule, cannot withstand them.
 * Willing obedience always beats forced obedience.

Miscellaneous

 * Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence
 * Alcaeus

 * Against danger it pays to be prepared
 * Aesop

 * The Spartans do not ask how many but where they are
 * Agis II of Sparta

 * A dead enemy always smells good
 * Alus Vitellus

 * War spares not the brave but the cowardly
 * Anacreon

 * It is the noblest and safest thing for a great army to be visibly animated by one spirit
 * Archidamus of Sparta

 * Ah! The generals! They are numerous but not good for much!
 * Aristophanes

 * If a man does not strike first, he will be the first struck
 * Athenagoras of Syracuse

 * Come home with this shield or upon it
 * A Spartan woman equips her son

 * Varus, give me back my legions
 * Augustus Caesar: After the defeat and annihilation of Varus's column in Teutoberg Forest

 * Let them hate us as long as they fear us
 * Caligula

 * To lead untrained people to war is to throw them away
 * Confucius

 * Only the brave enjoy noble and glorious deaths
 * Dionysius

 * To an imperial city nothing is inconsistent which is expedient
 * Euphemus of Athens

 * The walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots
 * Ezekiel, XXVI, 10

 * Alta sedent civilis vulnera dextrae (Deep are the wounds that civil strife inflicts)
 * Lucan

 * It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another
 * Lucretius

 * To brave men, the prizes that war offers are liberty and fame
 * Lycurgus of Sparta

 * Hannibal knew how to gain a victory, but not how to use it
 * Maharbal

 * The man who runs away will fight again
 * Menander

 * A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong
 * Mencius

 * Soldiers do not like being under the command of one who is not of noble birth
 * Onosander

 * He conquers who endures
 * Persius

 * An alliance with the powerful is never to be trusted
 * Phaedrus

 * In the moment of action remember the value of silence and order
 * Phormio of Athens

 * War is sweet to those who have never experienced it
 * Pindar

 * Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles
 * Plutarch

 * How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle!
 * II Samuel, I, 25

 * Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war
 * Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, III, 1

 * In war we must be speedy
 * Silius Italicus

 * A disorderly mob is no more an army than a heap of building materials is a house
 * Socrates

 * Learn to obey before you command
 * Solon of Athens

 * Fortes fortuna adiuvat (Fortune favours the brave)
 * Terence

 * Who was the first that forged the deadly blade? Of rugged steel his savage soul was made
 * Tibullus

Proverbs and maxims

 * March divided and fight concentrated.
 * Military maxim

 * Divide and conquer.
 * Military maxim

 * After the war is over, make alliances
 * Greek proverb

 * Flet victus, victor interiit (The conquered mourns, the conqueror is undone)
 * Latin proverb

 * Timidi mater non flet (A coward's mother does not weep)
 * Latin proverb

 * Arms keep peace
 * Latin proverb

 * Fortis cadere, cedere non potest (A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield)
 * Latin proverb

 * To blunder twice is not allowed in war
 * Latin proverb

 * Victory loves prudence
 * Latin proverb

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Crazy for You (musical)

Crazy For You is a two act tap dancing musical comedy for stage written by Ken Ludwig, featuring music by Ira and George Gershwin.

Bobby

 * [Sung]
 * Bad news go 'way!
 * Call 'round some day
 * In March or May -
 * I can't be bothered now.

Polly

 * [Sung]
 * I got rhythm,
 * I got music,
 * I got my man --
 * Who could ask for anything more?

Dialogue

 * Bobby: I'm here to audition.
 * Zangler: Not now!
 * Bobby: Mr. Zangler! You don't understand. When I go to your office, they throw me out.
 * Zangler: Good. I give them a raise.

 * Irene: We have been engaged for five years. Now when are we getting married?!
 * Bobby: We're not.
 * Irene: Of course we are.
 * Bobby: Oh no we're not.
 * Irene: Don't be ridiculous. I have the wedding all planned. The guest list is up to nine hundred.
 * Bobby: Great. Big crowd. You won't even miss me.

 * Lank: Mister. Do you see this gun?
 * Bobby: Ya?
 * '''Lank: It tends to have a mind of its own.
 * Bobby: [Looks at the gun, then at Lank] Vun out of two ain't bad.

 * Eugene: In our part of the world we have a few sayings for this sort of thing.Stiff Upper Lip.
 * Patricia!: Chin Up!

 * Bobby: [As Zangler, upon arriving in Deadrock to put on a show] So. Who vould like to audition?
 * [No response]
 * Bobby: To be in show.
 * [No response]
 * Bobby: To vork with girls.
 * Cowboys: [Erupting immediately] Yes sir! O-kay! Now you're talkin'!

 * Lank: You are close to an idiot!
 * [Bobby looks at him, then takes a giant step away]
 * Lank: That isn't funny.

 * Everett: Invest in something. Start a --- casino.
 * Lank: Don't be stupid! Who would come to Nevada to gamble?!

 * Zangler: Tessie! I have come three thousand miles just to be vith you! [He starts kissing her arm and works his way to her neck.]
 * Tess: Stop it, stop it. Would you - Oooooh. [She's momentarily turned on; then gets a hold of herself] Bela, how many times do I have to tell you?! I don't enjoy your company, I'm bored when I'm with you, and I don't find you even remotely attractive.
 * Zangler: You see? Ve could be married already.

 * Everett: You know, I just love seeing you kids perform. That's how I got started. I tap danced for ten years.
 * Patsy: Wow! I get tired after ten minutes!

 * Bobby: Thanks.
 * Polly: What for?
 * Bobby: A lot of fun. A few broken teeth.
 * [Sung]
 * The way you wear your hat,
 * The way you sip your tea,
 * The memory of all that --
 * No, no! They can't take that away from me!

 * Mrs. Child: Where's your head?!
 * Bobby: Deadrock.
 * Mrs. Child: I didn't ask what's in it.

 * The Girls: [Sung] The man who only lives for making money
 * Lives a life that isn't necessarily sunny;
 * Likewise the man who works for fame --
 * There's no guarantee that time won't erase his name
 * The fact is
 * The only work that really brings enjoyment
 * Is the kind that is for girl and boy meant.
 * Fall in love -- you won't regret it.
 * That's the best work of all -- if you can get it.

 * Polly: You wanna dance, Bobby?
 * Bobby: Who could ask for anything more?

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Eastern Thought on Human Origins

Quotes regarding Eastern Thought on Human Origins.

Hindu scriptures
Synopsis: God exists, hence s/he can not precede existence or be the creator of the universe.

Passage from the Creation Hymn in the Rig Veda (exact date of writing debated; around 3100-1500 BC).

 * "The non-existent was not; the existent was not at that time. The atmosphere was not nor the heavens which are beyond. What was concealed? Where? In whose protection? Was it water? An unfathomable abyss?

 * There was neither death nor immortality then. There was not distinction of day or night. That alone breathed windless by its own power. Other than that there was not anything else.

 * Darkness was hidden by darkness in the beginning. All this was an indistinguishable sea. That which becomes, that which was enveloped by the void, that alone was born through the power of heat.

 * Upon that desire arose in the beginning. This was the first discharge of thought. Sages discovered this link of the existent to the nonexistent, having searched in the heart with wisdom.

 * Their line [of vision] was extended across; what was below, what was above? There were impregnators, there were powers: inherent power below, impulses above.

 * Who knows truly? Who here will declare whence it arose, whence this creation? The gods are subsequent to the creation of this. Who, then, knows whence it has come into being?

 * Whence this creation has come into being; whether it was made or not; he in the highest heaven is its surveyor. Surely he knows, or perhaps he knows not."

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Absence and death
One often attributed to Teddy Roosevelt is "Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering." Anything in it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.51.104.128 (talk • contribs) 11:30, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

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News item
This is in regard to the article section "I have always been fond of the West African proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."". An Associated Press article indicates that the letter in which this appears is now up for sale; the article includes details about the letter that includes the quote and its history. One place the news item can be found → http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070403/NEWS/70403041/-1/NLETTER02. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 02:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced quotes

 * If you can provide proper sources for any of these, please do so.

 * A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

 * A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

 * From Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography. --Hughh (talk) 16:37, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

 * Absence and death are the same — only that in death there is no suffering.

 * Better a thousand times err on the side of over-readiness to fight, than to err on the side of tame submission to injury, or cold-blooded indifference to the misery of the oppressed.

 * Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

 * Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

 * Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

 * Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

 * For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

 * Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

 * Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

 * Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

 * I am a part of everything that I have read.
 * Quoted by Admiral James Stavridis in Naval War College Review (2013), p. 151 --Hughh (talk) 20:48, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

 * I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

 * I believe in corporations. They are indispensable instruments of our modern civilization; but I believe that they should be so supervised and so regulated that they shall act for the interest of the community as a whole.

 * I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

 * I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

 * I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

 * I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

 * I never would have become president if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota.

 * I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

 * I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

 * If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

 * If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

 * In advocating any measure we must consider not only its justice but its practicability.

 * In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.

 * It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

 * It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

 * It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. [Cannot find the original but as early as 1908, the quote was attributed to TR by Boston publisher, M. T. Sheahan in a commercial postcard, "The Law of Worthy Life", an image of which can be found in the Theodore Roosevelt Center archives, see: http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o292585 ]

 * Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

 * Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.

 * Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

 * Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

 * Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

 * No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

 * No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

 * Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

 * Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

 * Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

 * One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words." When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a "weasel word" after another there is nothing left of the other.

 * Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

 * Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country.

 * Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.

 * People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

 * Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.

 * Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

 * Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

 * The American people abhor a vacuum.

 * The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame. [Teddy Roosevelt, 3 December 1901, First Annual Address to Congress]

 * The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
 * Earliest attribution I could find was to Thaddeus Hammond (not Roosevelt), as quoted in J. R. Sprague's "Big Business-itis", The Rotarian, Vol XXVII, No 3, Sepember 1925, p. 6: The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it! [Italics added to show the difference between the quotes attributed to Hammond and Roosevelt below.] --Hughh (talk) 22:25, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The earliest attribution to Roosevelt I could find was in Good Housekeeping, Vol 134, 1952, p. 4: The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good men to do the work he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. [Italics added to show the difference between the quotes attributed to Hammond above and this one.] --Hughh (talk) 22:25, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

 * The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

 * The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

 * The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

 * The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.

 * The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

From "The Monroe Doctrine", chapter 3 of American Ideals, originally published in The Bachelor of Arts, Vol 2, Mar 1896. --Hughh (talk) 16:10, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * "The man who loves other countries as much as he does his own is quite as noxious a member of society as the man who loves other women as much as he loves his wife."

 * The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

 * The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice.

 * The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

 * The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

 * The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

 * The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

 * The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

 * The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

 * There are good men and bad men of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man's heart and soul, the man's worth and actions, determine his standing.

 * There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 percent. Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else.

 * There is but one answer to be made to the dynamite bomb, and that can best be made with the Winchester rifle.

 * There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.

 * There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us; he who has never failed has never been tempted; but the man who does in the end conquer, who does painfully retrace the steps of his slipping, why he shows that he has been tried in the fire and not found wanting. It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts.
 * From a 1916 letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Arlington Robinson in Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914. See also James M. Strock's Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Bully Pulpit  --Hughh (talk) 16:29, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

 * To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

 * We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.

 * "When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished": this quote is frequently attributed to Roosevelt, but it is not listed in this article, and I couldn't find sources for it. --Deselliers (talk) 16:13, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

 * When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

 * When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

 * When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

 * With self-discipline most anything is possible.

 * The canal was by far the most important action I took in foreign affairs during the time I was President. When nobody could or would exercise efficient authority, I exercised it.

 * When compared with the suppression of anarchy every other question sinks into insignificance. The anarchist is the enemy of humanity, the enemy of all mankind, and his is a deeper degree of criminality than any other. No immigrant is allowed to come to our shores if he is an anarchist; and no paper published here or abroad should be permitted circulation in this country if it propagates anarchist opinions.
 * 1908

 * Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.

 * No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

 * Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. -- In: Michael Erbschloe [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=pd_WT2z2wQcC&pg=PA29 Socially Responsible IT Management], Digital Press, 2003, p. 29
 * The given source for this quote is a book by someone else, who gives no source for it, and it does not sound at all like the way Roosevelt wrote or spoke. It "feels" almost post-war British.  Furthermore, several of the idioms seem anachronistic.  Google Ngrams (an imperfect tool, to be sure, but it's better than nothing) shows "Get together," "potential" used as a noun, and "appraisal" were all very uncommon during the period from 1890-1910 that forms the bulk of Roosevelt's public life.  In particular, the use of the word "potential" as a noun basically didn't exist until after WWII.  I'm putting the quote here and not deleting it altogether because, hey, I may be wrong.  I doubt it, but it's possible.  Johnny Wishbone (talk) 17:19, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I found a source for "Patriotism means to stand by the country[...]"https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teddy-roosevelt-patriotic-quote/ or the direct source of where he wrote it https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x030708290&view=2up&seq=4&size=125 XCBRO172 (talk) 18:59, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

picture
i believe that's a picture of Alice's mother, tr's first wife (also named Alice); but he is referring to his daughter in the quote. if there is a picture available of his daughter it should be put in place of the current one. 76.168.169.86 04:25, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The disputed image referred to in this comment was changed, after these objections were raised. ~ ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 16:58, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

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The following does not comply with WQ:SOURCE and -to avoid damage to the reputation of WQ- should be removed from the article:

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. As quoted in Stepping Stones : The Complete Bible Narratives (1941) A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. As quoted in Art of Communicating Ideas (1952) by William Joseph Grace, p. 389 In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. As quoted by [John M. Kost] (25 July 1995) in S. 946, the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1995: hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs (1996) --Vsop.de 09:45, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * deleted --Vsop.de 11:48, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I have just restored these into a "Disputed" section, such as exist for such disputes as arise as to authenticity. IF better sourcing or evidence for misattribution can be found they should be moved back into the main sections, or into a "Misattributed" section, such as exist where much strong evidence has been found to indicate that the quote is most likely a misattribution of some sort. ~ ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 16:54, 11 February 2012 (UTC) + tweaks
 * When no source can be found, but only untrustworthy quotations, that should be enough reason for deletion: no more "evidence for misattribution" is needed.
 * We read in a publication: "Theodore Roosevelt once said: 'A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education'. Stepping Stones : The Complete Bible Narratives (1941) http://books.google.de/books?id=NM81JsPjLZoC&pg=PR10.
 * You wouldn't call that a source, one can take seriously, Kalki? Or As quoted in Art of Communicating Ideas (1952) by William Joseph Grace, p. 389? Or As quoted by John M. Kost (25 July 1995) in S. 946, the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1995: hearing ...  --Vsop.de 18:43, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Despite my general joviality in life and my increasingly evident willingness to seem "silly" and Absurd, I seriously tend to disagree. I do tend to assert that things without clear evidence of plausible sourcing should probably be retained at MOST in the "Disputed" sections, or preferably in the "Misattributed" if they seem strongly out of character, I tend to believe remarks that are LIKELY Misattributed remarks be removed entirely ONLY if there is very little indication they have been publicized anywhere of much significance, and NOT merely because the earliest sources yet found do not seem reliable. There was a recent occasion where Wikiquote was instrumental in dampening the widespread distributions of statements inadvertently interpreted as those of Martin Luther King which origninated in relatively obscure twitter and Facebook postings. Generally, I believe we should seek to provide a balance of reliable information against misattributions, and NOT simply remove them. ~ ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 19:52, 13 February 2012 (UTC) + tweaks
 * As of present, one of the references to support the sourcing of this "thorough knowledge" quote is given as "The Letters and Speeches of Theodore Roosevelt" by James Austin Wills (Billington and Sons, New York, 1937) on page 86. This work is cited by a few others, and presumably existed at one time, but does not show up in WorldCat or several other sources -- including the US Library of Congress Catalog. This seems to increase the degree of doubt to be associated. Abb3w (talk) 19:49, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

 * In fact, there is no evidence Roosevelt ever said or wrote this. As Abb3w alluded to, there is no evidence the Wills book even exists. I do have in my hand, "Letters and speeches," by Theodore Roosevelt, New York: Library of America, 2004. I find no mention of The Bible in that volume. It doesn't even appear in the index. I also have the 8-volume "Letters of Theodore Roosevelt," Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1951-54. The quote does not appear in any of those volumes. The Bible is hardly mentioned at all. He does say, however, “I BELIEVE IN ABSOLUTELY NON-SECTARIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT IS NOT OUR BUSINESS TO HAVE THE PROTESTANT BIBLE OR THE CATHOLIC VULGATE OR THE TALMUD READ IN THOSE SCHOOLS” (Vol. 8 pg. 893, Letter to Michael Schaap, New York, 22 February 1915). --Gerntrash (talk) 16:32, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Add quote on "game preserve for squalid savages"
Not sure how adding quotes usually works but it seems like quite a lacuna that this rather nasty, absolutely attributable, quote by Roosevelt does not appear on this page:

Theodore Roosevelt, The Winning of the West, Vol. I. 1889

“The settler and pioneer have at bottom had justice on their side; this great continent could not have been kept as nothing but a game preserve for squalid savages. Moreover, to the most oppressed Indian nations the whites often acted as a protection, or, at least, they deferred instead of hastening their fate.”

https://books.google.com/books?id=xYYTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA119&dq=%22game+preserve+for+squalid+savages%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOvPqKgt7TAhVCjpQKHVV1ChYQ6AEIIjAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Can anyone source these?
It's given here without context. One book said 1903.
 * "Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance."

And another
 * When Theodore Roosevelt took office in 1901, he already had a long legacy of animosity toward American Indians. “I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indians are the dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every 10 are,” Roosevelt said during a January 1886 speech in New York. “And I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth.”

 * I can for #2. And to think, Wikipedia mentions "He is generally ranked in polls of historians and political scientists as one of the greatest presidents in American history" - the guy won a Nobel Peace Prize even. Anyway, my source is Smithsonian Magazine ... I believe it is a very credible / trusted source.  The author of the article I'm linking is Gilbert King, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013.  This is where it gets sort of funny.  According to biographer Brands, Roosevelt, near the end of his term, demanded that the Justice Department bring charges of criminal libel against Joseph Pulitzer, for publishing in New York World that Teddy had made "deliberate misstatements of fact" regarding the Panama Canal. It took 115 years for this "9 out of 10 chicken" to come home to roost.

 * I'm sort of shocked that there are > 50,000 words in Teddy's article, and this particular 36 word sentence isn't included. I suppose the mentioning the context isn't in scope given the nature of this site, but Wikipedia mentions that roughly 100 million Native Americans were killed by the American colonists / settlers while they were manifesting their destiny.  That's the backstory.   (Apparently that isn't enough to be mentioned on the list of genocides though- then again, neither was the ~28 million Communist civilians killed by the Axis during WW2.)
 * Sorry about the editorializing (first post), here is the link:
 * Geronimo’s Appeal to Theodore Roosevelt.
 * --Noah Edelson (talk) 13:53, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

What is the purpose of this wiki?
I see oodles and oodles of unsourced quotes listed. Is the primary purpose of Wikiquote to propagate inaccurate and/or out of context quotes? It seems like a disservice to the internet community. At least 90% of the quotes listed are disputed, and less than that are presented in their proper context. It would be better to simply not list disputed or unsourced quotes, and to provide full context for verified quotes. Either that, or do away with the whole wiki. 47.185.39.179 22:10, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Quote about "whining"
This one has made the rounds, but I never see a legitimate source for it:

"Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining."

Anyone have any insight? 67.4.86.65 04:41, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

looking for full quotes of these three

 * Roosevelt told Ambassador to France William C. Bullittthat “we must await an incident” and that he was “confident that the Germans would give us an incident,”
 * and he told Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau that he was “waiting to be pushed into this situation”
 * (Hearden 1987, 196).

I noticed this at the bottom of page 53 of the 2014 thesis by Ron Moti Gurantz Crisis Bargaining and War Initiation Before a Domestic Audience

Page 182 explains this as:
 * Hearden, Patrick J. 1987.
 * Roosevelt Confronts Hitler: America’s Entry into World War II.
 * DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press

https://books.google.ca/books?id=455ZAQAACAAJ has "no preview", I am wondering if anyone can confirm those quotes are found on page 196 and if they are quoted more extensively there. 64.231.171.12 01:37, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Missing quotes from The Works of Teddy Roosevelt
I guess liberals don't like those. Also, interesting that PBS Documentary "The Roosevelts" claims Teddy never wrote about the Brownsville raid in his biography implying he omitted it, but he wrote extensively about it in his Works. Communists trying to scrub this one from history (Yes, he mentions communism in 1918 negatively). 71.123.34.146 02:00, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

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Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on gospel accounts of the last week of Jesus' life, and highlights political and interpersonal struggles of Judas Iscariot and Jesus.

Jesus

 * Think while you still have me. Move, while you still see me 'cause you'll be lost, you'll be sorry when I'm gone!

 * Sing me your songs, but not for me alone. Sing out for yourselves, for you are blessed. There is not one of you who cannot win the kingdom: the slow, the suffering, the quick, the dead.

 * Neither you, Simon, nor the fifty thousand, nor the Romans, nor the Jews, nor Judas, nor the twelve, nor the priests, nor the scribes, nor doomed Jerusalem itself understand what power is, understand what glory is, understand at all.

 * To conquer death you only have to die.

 * The end is just a little harder, when brought about by friends.

 * This is my blood you drink. This is my body you eat.

 * One of you denies me, one of you betrays me.

 * Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die. You're far too keen on where and how, but not so hot on why. Alright, I'll die! Just watch me die! See how I die!

 * God, thy will is hard but you hold every card. I will drink your cup of poison. Nail me to your cross and break me. Bleed me, beat me, kill me. Take me now before I change my mind.

 * Judas, must you betray me with a kiss?

 * You have nothing in your hands. Any power you have comes to you from far beyond. Everything is fixed, and you can't change it.

 * It is finished. Father, into your hands I commend my spirit!

Judas

 * Jesus! You started to believe the things they say of you. You really do believe this talk of god is true! And all the good you've done will soon get swept away. You've begun to matter more than the things you say.

 * You have set them all on fire. They think they've found the new Messiah. And they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong.

 * All your followers are blind. Too much heaven on their minds.

 * People who are hungry, people who are starving, they matter more than your feet and hair!

 * I have no thought at all about my own reward. I really didn't come here of my own accord. Just don't say I'm damned for all time!

 * Jesus: And that's not all I see. One of you here dining, one of my twelve chosen will leave to betray me!
 * Judas: Cut out the dramatics. You know very well who!
 * Jesus: Why don't you go do it?
 * Judas: You want me to do it?
 * Jesus: Hurry, they're waiting.
 * Judas: If you knew why I do it—
 * Jesus: I don't care why you do it.
 * Judas: To think I admired you, for now I despise you!
 * Jesus: You liar... You Judas...
 * Judas: You wanted me to do it! What if I just stayed here and ruined your ambition? Christ, you deserve it!
 * Jesus: Hurry you fool. Hurry and go. Save me your speeches. I don't want to know. Go!

 * You sad, pathetic man. See where you've brought us to. Our ideals die around us, and all because of you! But now the saddest part of all, is someone has to turn you in like a common criminal, like a wounded animal. A jaded mandarin.

 * Christ, I know you can't hear me, but I only did what you wanted me to. Christ, I'd sell out the nation, for I have been saddled with the murder of you. I have been spattered with innocent blood. I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud.

 * I don't know how to love him. I don't know why he moves me. He's a man. He's just a man. He is not a king, he is just the same as anyone I know. He scares me so! When he's cold and dead, will he let me be? Does he love...does he love me too? Does he care for me?

 * My mind is darkness now. My God, I'm sick. I've been used, and you knew, all the time. God, I'll never ever know why you chose me for your crime, your foul, bloody crime. You have murdered me!

 * Every time I look at you I don't understand why you let the things you did get so out of hand. You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned. Now why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land? If you'd come today, you would have reached the whole nation. Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication.

 * Tell me what you think about your friends at the top. Who'd you think besides yourself was the pick of the crop?  Buddha, was he where it's at? Is he where you are?  Could Mohammed move a mountain or was that just PR? Did you mean to die like that? Was that a mistake or did you know your messy death would be a record-breaker?

Peter

 * You've got the wrong man lady, I don't know him. And I wasn't where he was tonight, never near the place.

 * I had to do it, don't you see? Or else they'd go for me.

Simon Zealotes

 * There must be over fifty thousand screaming love and more for you. Everyone of fifty thousand would do whatever you ask him to do. Keep them yelling their devotion, but add a touch of hate at Rome. You will rise to a greater power. We will win ourselves a home! You'll get the power and the glory, for ever and ever and ever!

Mary Magdalene

 * Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you, oh. Don't you know everything's alright, yes, everything's fine.

 * Should I bring him down? Should I scream and shout? Should I speak of love, let my feelings out? I never thought I'd come to this. What's it all about?

 * I don't know how to love him, I don't see why he moves me, he's just a man, just any man.

 * It's what he told us you would do. I wonder how he knew?

Caiaphas

 * One thing I'll say for him, Jesus is cool.

 * I see bad things arising: the crowd crown him king which the Romans would ban. I see blood and destruction, our elimination because of one man.

 * Fools, you have no perception! The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high. We must crush him completely, so like John before him this Jesus must die.

 * Think of the things you could do with that money: choose any charity, give to the poor. We've noted your motives. We've noted your feelings. This isn't blood money. It's a fee, nothing more.

Annas

 * A trick or two with the lepers and the whole town's on its feet.

 * Cut the protesting. Forget the excuses. We want information. Get up off the floor.

Pontius Pilate

 * Then I saw thousands of millions crying for this man. And then I heard them mentioning my name, and leaving me the blame.

 * Who is this broken man cluttering up my hallway? Who is this unfortunate?

 * Ah, so this is Jesus Christ. I am really quite surprised. You look so small...not a king at all.

 * Well this is new: respect for Caesar? 'Til now this has been noticeably lacking. Who is this Jesus? Why is he different? You Jews produce messiahs by the sackful!

 * You hypocrites! You hate us more than him!

 * Where are you from, Jesus? What do you want, Jesus? Tell me. You've got to be careful. You could be dead soon, could well be. Why do you not speak when I hold your life in my hands? How can you stay quiet? I don't believe you understand!

 * Don't let me stop your great self-destruction! Die if you want to, you misguided martyr! I wash my hands of your demolition. Die if you want to, you innocent puppet!

title: Jesus Christ Superstar