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Grim Fandango

The following quotes are from Grim Fandango, an adventure game by LucasArts, designed and written by Tim Schafer.

General

 * Manny: My scythe--I like to keep it next to where my heart used to be.

 * Manny: This <*object*> looks like it's about to fall apart.

 * Glottis: I am an elemental spirit summoned from the Land of the Dead itself, given one purpose, one skill, one desire... to DRIVE!!

 * Manny: I can't go strolling through the halls now...I'm on the lam!

 * Salvador: Viva la Revolución!

 * Copal: MANNY! YOU COULDN'T FIND A SALE AT A YACHT CLUB!!!

Year 1

 * Manny: Sorry for the wait Mr. Flores, I am ready to take you now.
 * Mr Flores:: Take me? Take me where?
 * Manny: Now, now. There's no need to be nervous.
 * Mr Flores: Nervous? No, it's not that. It's just your appearance, it's... well, a little intimidating.
 * Manny: Intimidating? Me? But I'm your friend. My name is Manny Calavera. I'm your new travel agent.
 * Mr Flores:: I don't want a new travel agent; I want to go home.
 * Manny: You can't go home Celso, you're dead! But you're not alone! Everybody here is just as dead as you! That's why we call it the Land of the Dead. Are you ready for your big journey?
 * Mr Flores: No! ...What journey?
 * Manny: The four year Journey of the Soul. It's quite a trip. And I'm not gonna lie to you, Celso. It could be very, very dangerous. Unless you were to take that money you were buried with and buy a better quality travel package from us! I mean, wouldn't you rather cross the Land of the Dead in your own personal sports car? Maybe try a luxury ocean cruise? Or, if you led a very good life, you may even qualify for the Number Nine itself.
 * Mr Flores: The Number Nine?
 * Manny: That's our top-of-the line express train. It shoots straight to the ninth underworld, the land of eternal rest, in 4 minutes instead of four years. But very few people qualify, so let's take a look at your records. (Types) Hmmm... Well, the bad news is the train appears to be just out of your reach. (Types) But I've still got a few tricks up my sleeve here... Mmm-hmmm... Yah-ha. Yes... That's the ticket; the Excelsior Line!
 * Manny: (Outside) Yes, she's a beauty. That compass in the handle will sure come in handy, too. Oh you're going to be having a great trip. Wish I was going!
 * Mr Flores: Why not? You could give me a lift.
 * Manny: Oh, I can't leave here until I've worked off a little debt to the powers that be.
 * Mr Flores: Community service huh? Well, I guess there are some folks worse off than me.
 * Manny: Oh I'll be leaving here soon enough! (Whispers) No thanks to dead-end, no commission, low life cases like yours, menso. (Inside) Where do they get these guys? They don't qualify for anything good, so I can't sell anything good, can't work off my time and I'm stuck. Stuck selling walking sticks to a bunch of burros for eternity. I need better clients. I need a real saint. I need a lead on a rich, dead saint.

 * Copal: All right you boneheads, thank your lucky stars and get to your freakin' cars! We have a mass poisoning on our hands! Too many dead to assign specific cases, so all clients are FIRST COME FIRST SERVE! So, let's see some hustle out there!
 * Manny: Whatever you say, jefe.

 * Manny: Better take these cards-- it looks like a long day of solitaire for me.
 * Manny: This deck of cards is a little frayed around the edges. Then again, so am I, and I've got fewer suits.

 * Manny: My boss is always giving me these motivational sales books... "They Bought the Farm, Now Sell Them the Cows," stuff like that.
 * Manny: Read 'em already. Didn't help.

 * Manny: Ah the old files, the old clients, the glory days...
 * When people died with dignity, and Domino Hurley didn't exist.

 * Manny: {when looking at the door to Manny's office} Wasn't too long ago that the name on the door was, "Supply Closet."

 * Manny: {when using Domino's door} Domino's door is locked. Probably scared I'll steal one of his files. Not a bad idea, actually.

 * Manny: {when looking at Copal's door} Ah, the big, golden door to mediocre management.
 * Eva: A little respect for our fearless leader, please.
 * Manny: Why? I've worked here longer than he has, you know.
 * Eva: And you're proud of that?
 * Manny: Hmmm. Good point.

 * Manny: It's my boss' secretary, Eva.
 * Eva: It's my boss' whipping boy, Manny.

 * Manny: {to Eva} I forget... am I supposed to be somewhere right now?
 * Eva: Manny, do I have to explain your job to you again?
 * Manny: No, but I'd like to hear your description of it, just for kicks.
 * Eva: Well, the Manuel Calavera that I know picks up people in the Land of the Living...
 * Manny: Dead people.
 * Eva: Preferably. And he brings them here and tries valiantly to sell them the best travel package they qualify for. If he sells enough premium packages, our hero will be free to leave the Land of the Dead. Until then, he and I are stuck here...
 * ...having the same conversation...
 * ...over and over again for eternity.

 * Manny: {to Eva} What if we just skipped town tonight? You and me, baby!
 * Eva: Thanks for the offer, but we'd never make it out of the city alive.
 * Manny: But...
 * Eva: In one piece, I mean.

 * Manny: {to Eva} Well, enough about me. What's your job like?
 * Eva: Like babysitting, except I don't get to watch TV.

 * Manny: Why do some clients qualify for better travel packages?
 * Eva: They led good lives.
 * Manny: Que traes! How do you define a "good" life?
 * Eva: Better than yours and mine.

 * Manny: {to Eva} Any messages for me?
 * Eva: Besides the one about the poisoning?
 * Manny: Yeah.
 * Eva: I only have one other message for you, Manny... I'm not your secretary! I don't take your messages! So get it through your thick skull, and stop forwarding your phone to me!
 * Manny: Alright, but that sounded more like FOUR messages to me. In my heart, though, you're still my secretary.

 * Manny: {to Eva} Where is everybody?
 * Eva: Oh, Manny, did you forget what day it is today?
 * Manny: Oh, man. Did I come in on a Saturday again?

 * Manny: {to Eva} So... you going to the Christmas party?
 * Eva: After the spectacle you made of yourself last year? I wouldn't miss it for the world!

 * Manny: {when trying to pick up the hole punch} Could I take your hole punch?
 * Eva: Ha! I doubt you could take my HALF punch.

 * Manny: Mind if I use your hole punch?
 * Eva: Knock yourself out.
 * Manny: {after hitting the hole punch twice} Thanks.
 * Eva: Gets the aggressions out, doesn't it?

 * Manny: {when looking at the big sign in front of the D.O.D.} I remember the year they built that... Mostly because it cost so much we didn't get bonuses that year.

 * Manny: It looks like a rope...
 * ...but it's really just a bunch of cheap ties tied together.

 * Manny: It's the festival of the Day of the Dead. Really more of a living person's holiday, but we play along.

 * Manny: The Bread of the Dead.

 * Manny: I'll just take a little more bread, to honor the dead.

 * Balloon twister: I can do anything. I can do birds, amphibians, famous poets--Go ahead. Name one.
 * Manny: A dingo.
 * Balloon twister: That's my specialty!
 * Balloon twister: Ta-da.
 * Manny: {when looking at the balloon dingo} It's just a regular-old balloon dog. I don't see what's so "dingo" about it.

 * Manny: {to the balloon twister} Could you teach me how to do that?
 * Balloon twister: Well, um, since your're a beginner why don't you practise the first step?
 * Manny: Which is?
 * Balloon twister: Blow!

 * Manny: {to the balloon twister} Practicing what?
 * Balloon twister: Wringing your neck, what does it look like?

 * Manny: {to the balloon twister} Some festival, eh?
 * Balloon twister: Yeah, yeah. Pretty busy. my carpal tunnel syndrome is really acting up.
 * Manny: But you don't have any... tendons...
 * Balloon twister: Yeah, well you don't have a tongue but that doesn't seem to shut you up, now does it?

 * Manny: Bound only by the paper-thin wrappings of mortality, a soul here lies, struggling to be free. And so it shall, thanks to a bowl of bad gazpacho, and a man named...Calavera.

 * Bruno: {upon meeting Manny for the first time} Nice bath-robe

 * Manny: {to Glottis} Hey, you a driver?
 * Glottis: Me? Ha! No. No no no. I don't ride 'em. Just wrench 'em.

 * Manny: Glottis... Glottis... Is that a German name?
 * Glottis: Oh, no. My roots lie not in any Earthly nation's soil. I am an elemental spirit summoned up from the Land of the Dead itself and given one purpose, one skill, one desire: To DRIVE. Or, to change oil or adjust timing belts if no driving jobs are open.

 * Manny: {to Glottis} You're not too big. The cars are just too small.

 * Manny: Those pictures come with the frames?
 * Domino: That suit come with those holes?

 * Manny: {to Domino} I wanna punch you in the mouth.
 * Domino: Oh, no. Not the Christmas party all over again.

 * Manny: {to Domino} What happened at the Christmas party?
 * Domino: Blacked out on the whole thing, huh? Maybe you should switch to lemonade, kid.

 * Manny: {to Domino} I wanna tell you something.
 * Domino: Good, go on and let it all out. There's no reason for you to be afraid of me.
 * Manny: You know, this used to be my office.
 * Domino: Yeah, I know. I found your name on some comic books in the desk.
 * Manny: I want my office back.
 * Domino: Don't worry, you'll have years and years to enjoy it after I get promoted out and you're still here.

 * Manny: Can I have one of your clients?
 * Domino: Sure, Cal. Just as soon as I get one I think you could handle...
 * Manny: I can handle anything you got. Especially if that's your best right jab. Is it hard to kiss up to the boss so much with no lips?
 * Domino: Hey, I got all the lip I need. I get it from you.

 * Manny: Why do you get all the good clients?
 * Domino: You're asking the wrong guy. You should be taking a good long look at the man in the mirror.
 * Manny: No thanks. I don't enjoy that the same way you do.

 * Manny: Look at all the diplomas!
 * Domino: You have to have the proper attitude to get diplomas like those, Manny!
 * Manny: Really? I thought you just had to have the proper postage.

 * Manny: I think Dom would call the company shrink if I left through the window.

 * Tube-switcher guy: Grmmmble, grrr... You and your fancy suits and your nose holes way up in the air... Sticking your empty beer bottles down the message tubes, how fancy is that? Huh? Don't you boys upstairs realize the tube switcher is a sophisticated and delicate piece of machinery?
 * Manny: Uh...
 * Tube-switcher guy: You think you're better than me??
 * Manny: No.
 * Tube-switcher guy: Good.

 * Manny: What's so special about you?
 * Tube-switcher guy: I, sir, am an elemental spirit, summoned from the Land of the Dead itself...
 * Manny: Yeah, yeah, let me guess...you were given one purpose, one skill, one desire: fixing pneumatic tube switchers?
 * Tube-switcher guy: No, I was created to run the elevators, but they put in those dang motion detectors... ...and put me outta work!

 * Manny: Just curious--How'd you get in there?
 * Tube-switcher guy: I squeezed down one of these tubes, like a pixie! How d'ya think I got in here? Through the door, just like you!

 * Manny: Hey, I'm still not getting any messages.
 * Tube-switcher guy: I'm giving you one right now, but you can't see my hand.

 * Manny: As a rule, I never touch anything more sophisticated and delicate than myself.

 * Manny: Buenos dias.
 * Meche: You're not the nurse...
 * Manny: No.
 * Meche: You're not here to give me my medication?
 * Manny: No, but I am here to ease your pain.
 * Meche: Guess they couldn't save me, eh?
 * Manny: No, but there's still a chance you could save me.

 * Manny: Are you SURE you're Mercedes Colomar?
 * Meche: Yes, would you like to see my birthmark?
 * Manny: Sure. Where is it?
 * Meche: It's wherever you guys put my skin!

 * Manny: Did you kill much when you were alive?
 * Meche: Very little.
 * Manny: Never killed anybody.
 * Meche: I have to confess... I never killed anybody.
 * Manny: Not even a teensy bit of killing?
 * Meche: MAYBE I JUST WASN'T TRYING HARD ENOUGH.

 * Manny: Anything about your past you haven't told me?
 * Meche: Quite a bit, considering I've told you nothing.

 * Manny: {when trying to pick up Meche} I don't like to get involved with the customers that way.

 * Manny: Who's out there?
 * Salvador: I'm you. Or rather, I was you years ago.
 * Manny: Yeah, well I'm me now, so get lost.

 * Manny: What are they going to do to me?
 * Salvador: I don't want to alarm you, Agent Calavera... But have you ever seen a man SPROUTED?
 * Manny: No, I don't go to those parties anymore.
 * Salvador: Then you don't know......there's nothing more horrible than the bite of the sprouter. Its deadly stinger spreads a green disease through every calcified pore on your body......leaving you veined with roots and flocked with grass......steadily growing thicker and thicker until you crash and bloom out......in a horrifying bouquet of pain and fragrant suffering......screaming until your mouth fills with petals and your nostrils shoot out thorny stems......and the bulbs sprout in your eyes......leaving you nothing but a patch of wildflowers on the ground, swarming with butterflies.
 * Manny: Are you done?
 * Salvador: Yes.

 * Salvador: {to Manny} Young man, you are an enemy of the Department of Death! Welcome to the club!

 * Manny: You're keeping me here because you need the eggs?
 * Salvador: Why are you still here, Calavera? Go get me an air force before it hatches Now, that's all the briefing you need, soldier! Viva la Revolución!

 * Manny: {to Eva} Any messages for me?
 * Eva: Yes: "Join or Die!"
 * Manny: But I'm already--
 * Eva: Again!

 * Manny: It's my boss' secretary's evil twin!
 * Eva: Just me, honey.

 * Manny: Have you thought about using messages tied to balloons? I can get you plenty of balloons.
 * Salvador: PIGEONS, Manuel, bring me their EGGS!
 * Manny: Pues, okay.
 * Salvador: Viva la Revolución!

 * Salvador: {to Manny, about Meche} Manuel? Are you... in love with her?
 * Manny: Love? Love is for the living, Sal. I'm only after her for one reason - she's my ticket out of here.

 * Manny: I don't have a net, or a desire to have a pet pigeon.

 * Manny: I just locked an open door. Strange, yet symbolically compelling.

 * Manny: He doesn't even HIDE his booze in a file cabinet. What kind of salesman is he?

 * Manny: I'm going to try to guess his password...
 * Nope. It's not "GOLDEN BOY."
 * And it's not "MR. D" either.
 * So much for "DOMMY."
 * "ARROGANT FRAUD" doesn't work...
 * Whew. I was scared it might be "EVA."
 * Well, he likes "BOXING" too, but that ain't it.
 * Not "GREED."
 * Not "VANITY."
 * Not "SLEAZE."
 * I give up.

 * Manny: I prefer to eat out of clean dishes that aren't nailed to the roof.

 * Manny: You must come with me, young ones, for I am the Grim Reaper.
 * Manny: I think I should get out of here with these eggs before those vent-vultures come back.

 * Manny: {after seeing the "improvements" Glottis made to his car} Glottis! Are you loco? What got into you? That was a company car!
 * Glottis: Oh yeah! And it's even better company now! Hop in! Yeeeeaha! Woo!

 * Manny: {trying to scare off a flock of pigeons with a balloon shaped like Robert Frost's head} Run you pigeons, it's Robert Frost!

 * Glottis: Uh-oh! Crazy road! Too crazy for the Bone Wagon!
 * Manny: You know, if I had had a car like this when I was alive, things would have been different.

 * Glottis: Manny, I don't know if I like driving over people.
 * Manny: They can't feel it. They're dead.
 * Glottis: You're dead, and I wouldn't wanna drive over you.
 * Manny: That's because you and I, Glottis... Are friends.
 * Glottis: Oh, Manny...

 * Manny: {when looking at pile of bones} It's an ugly pile of bones, like me.

 * Manny: These spiders have Glottis' heart in their web!
 * And a bone, but that's my fault.

 * Manny: Oh, poor spiders. No more demon heart to eat.

 * Glottis:
 * (Gasp) AH HEART! HEART IS GOOD!
 * BE GOOD TO HEART!
 * DON'T TEAR OUT HEART!
 * HEART IS GOOD!
 * STRONG BEATING GOOD HEART.
 * Hey, is that my car?

 * Manny: Wanna go for a ride?
 * Glottis: I thought you'd never ask!

 * Glottis: Manny, until now we scraped along the ground like rats, but from now on, we soar! Like eagles! Yeah! LIKE EAGLES...ON...POGO STICKS!!!

 * Manny: {while Glottis is showing off the Bone Wagon's new shocks} What a relief. I was getting concerned that our transportation wasn't ostentatious enough.

 * Manny: {when falling into the Sea of Lament} Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
 * Velasco: Ohhh, tourists! You gotta watch your step around here, stranger. Rubacava ain't the quaint little port town she used to be. Wwwweeell-hell-hell. Looks like there's a new vessel in town. Pardon me whilst I go check her out!

 * Glottis: {Glottis and Velasco about the Bone Wagon} Well, actually, it's mostly stock, with a few mods here and there...
 * Velasco: So would those be glass packs I'm hearing, or turbos?
 * Glottis: There was this one high-pitched whine it was making--really grating noise, you know?
 * Glottis: And I searched and searched, but I couldn't find the source of the noise, until we pulled in here.
 * Velasco: Was it the blowers?
 * Glottis: No, it was Manny screaming in the back like a cat tied to a cruise missile!
 * Velasco: Ah-ha ha! That's a good'n.

 * Velasco: You folks gonna stay in Rubacava for a spell?
 * Manny: We're here looking for a woman named Mercedes Colomar.
 * Velasco: I'm not too good with names...Did she have any distinguishing marks or a tattoo?
 * Manny: Not that she showed me.
 * Velasco: Well, like I said, I'm as good with names as you are with the fog...
 * Heh heh.

 * Manny: How do you get around here with all the mist?
 * Velasco: Ah-uh, when you've strolled these docks as long as I have, pilgrim...

You know where you are by smell of the sea, by the sound of the lonely fog horn......by the icy touch of the cold, salty air.
 * Glottis: Wow... Manny? Could I have an eyepatch?
 * Manny: Can I just ask--what IS under the eyepatch?...because I KNOW it's not an eye.
 * Velasco: Oh, well, when I was alive I had an eye patch like this......this one's just for the phantom pain... And that one eye socket used to scream like a banshee when the trade winds blew, so I plugged her.

 * Manny: {to Celso} What are you doing here?
 * Celso: Well, if you must know, it's about my wife... I got word that she passed away not long after I, and that she, too, was crossing the Land of the Dead on foot. It is said that all lost souls come to Rubacava, so I came here to wait for her.
 * Manny: You must love her very much, Celso.
 * Celso: Yes, this is true... Of course, she also has all of my money...

 * Manny: I'll help you find your wife. What did she look like?
 * Celso: Oh, here. I got this from the DOD, and made copies to hand out. Isn't she something?
 * Manny: She must have been beautiful with skin.
 * Celso: Weren't we all?

 * Manny: {when looking at the photo of Celso's wife} It's Celso's wife--Actually I don't think skin would help.

 * Manny: So, know a good place to stay in town?
 * Celso: What's your price range?
 * Manny: Somewhere around the high-end of nothing.
 * Celso: Then maybe, young man, it's time you started thinking about a job.

 * Velasco: Look, I know how you feel son. Once I lost a very special lady myself. I waved to her from the docks as she sailed out of port and I never saw her again.
 * Manny: What was her name?
 * Velasco: The "SS Lamancha" was her name... But don't make me talk about her 'cuz I...I just can't do it.

 * Celso: Oh, Manny. Is there a greater constant in nature than the treachery of women?

Year 2

 * Manny: Think she'll come in tonight?
 * Lupe: Manny, you ask me that every night...
 * ...what am I supposed to say?
 * Manny: You're supposed to say, "Yes, I think tonight's the night."
 * Lupe: Yes, I think tonight's the night...
 * That you finally go nuts from waiting for the grand entrance of Ms. Mercedes Colomar!
 * Manny: Let's try that again, shall we? Think she'll come in tonight?
 * Lupe: YES! I THINK TONIGHT'S DEFINITELY THE NIGHT!
 * Manny: Thank you. It's my fault she's out in the woods alone, you know.
 * Lupe: (sigh) If you say so, Manny.

 * Manny: How's the flow tonight?
 * Lupe: We're dead tonight, Manny. Everybody's back home for the Day of the Dead, I guess...
 * ...except for the casino. The casino's hopping.
 * Why is it that all the people who don't go home are the same people who just love to gamble?
 * Manny: Well, I guess when you've got nothing to go home to, you've got nothing to lose.
 * Lupe: Hey, we should put that over the door!

 * Manny: {looks at Velasco} That Dockmaster Velasco is one salty old bag of rope.
 * Velasco: We-uh-uh-uh, you should see his wife!

 * Manny: {when looking at the croupier at Manny's casino} An honest roulette croupier is hard to find...
 * And guys like this are even harder.

 * Manny: {when looking at the gamblers in the casino} Ah, my bread and butter...
 * Thrill-seeking rich folk with a poor grasp of statistics and probability.

 * Manny: Why aren't you over at the roulette tables?
 * Charlie: Ah, roulette is for lonely widows and Frenchmen.
 * Why don't you get some slot machines, Manny?
 * Everybody--old women, little children--they all love slot machines!
 * And I have a system, an infallible system, for beating them!
 * Manny: All my friends are lonely widows and Frenchmen.
 * Charlie: Except me, Manny. I'm here to keep you sane.

 * Manny: Tell me your system, Charlie.
 * Charlie: I can't tell you my secrets, uh, just this: You have to become one with the bandit Manny. You...you have to get inside the machine, and... and make it WANT to pay!
 * Manny: On second thought, stay away from my roulette tables.

 * Manny: I think slot machines attract an undesirable element.
 * Charlie: Oh, we're all undesirable, Manny...
 * Manny: Yeah, but your credit's no good to boot.

 * Manny: I had no idea you liked gambling so much, Glottis.
 * Glottis: Well, the doctors made me promise I wouldn't do it anymore... BUT THEY CAN'T GET IN THE HIGH ROLLER'S LOUNGE, NOW CAN THEY???

 * Manny: {when trying to pick up the moon} Don't have that kind of equipment.

 * Manny: {looks at the moon} It shone, pale as bone / as I stood there alone. / And I thought to myself how the moon...
 * Manny and Velasco: {together} ...that night, cast its light / on my heart's true delight / and the reef where her body was strewn.

 * Manny: {looks at the locked gate near SS Limbo} It's locked.
 * Velasco: I know, I locked it!

 * Manny: {when the player attempts to use a pile of dirty dishes} Not to sound like a capitalist oppressor, but I have people who do that for me now.

 * Olivia Ofrenda: [reading a poem] With bony hands I hold my partner/ On soulless feet we cross the floor/ The music stops as if to answer/ An empty knocking at the door/ It seems his skin was sweet as mango/ When last I held him to my breast/ But now we dance this grim fandango/ And will four years before we rest.

 * Manny: [at open mic night] Testing...check one...check two....Alright! WHO'S READY TO ROCK AND ROLL?!
 * Crowd: *Dead Silence*
 * Manny: ...Maybe later, okay?

 * Manny: Anyone know where I can find some tools?
 * Alexi: The only tool in here is you!

 * Carla: {to Manny} Why is it all men are after the same thing - except you?!

 * Manny: Don't you ever worry that your job is getting to you, Membrillo?
 * Membrillo: Well, foresnic Botany is a trying job, Manny, but have you ever spent much time here with a florist? In life, they became florists because they love flowers, but here, a flower is a symbol of pain, of death within death. Their conflicting feelings build and build, and they become quite mad.
 * Manny: Thanks for the tip, I guess I'll send Balloon Bouquets from now on.

 * Slisko: You smell like bacon and oppression, man.

 * Glottis: {after getting thrown out of the cat track} Hey, come on! You gotta let me back in! I'M A VIP!
 * Manny: Does that stand for Very Inebriated Pianist?

Year 3

 * Manny: {when trying to pick up Glottis} We're underwater--we're not on the moon.

 * Manny: Glottis! Do something!
 * Glottis: Okay. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

 * Manny: {to Chepito} Amigo!
 * Chepito: Huh? Who?
 * Ah, geez, another shipwreck!
 * You see?
 * THAT'S why I never travel by boat!
 * Manny: We've had a little accident. Think you could help us out?
 * Chepito: Depends on what kind of help you're looking for...
 * Manny: Could we borrow that light for a second?
 * Chepito: Sorry! I'm kind of attached to it!
 * Wah-ha-ha!
 * Manny: Could we tag along with you?
 * Chepito: Well, it's a long walk you're talkin' about...
 * Manny: We don't have any other choice.
 * Chepito: Oh, all right then, lift those knees, stick close to my light, and try to sing in key!
 * This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
 * This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
 * This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!
 * Hide it under some seaweed, NO!
 * I'm gonna let it shine...
 * Hide it under some seaweed, NO!
 * I'm gonna let it shine...
 * Hide it under some seaweed, NO!
 * I'm gonna let it shine...
 * Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
 * Scare away sea monsters, yeah!
 * Glottis: Scare away sea monsters, yeah!
 * Chepito: I'm gonna let it shine!
 * Glottis: I'm gonna let it shine!
 * Chepito: Scare away sea monsters, yeah! I'm gonna let it shine...
 * Glottis: Scare away sea monsters, yeah! I'm gonna let it shine!
 * Chepito: Scare away sea monsters, yeah!
 * Glottis: Scare away sea monsters, yeah!
 * Chepito: I'm gonna let it shine!
 * Glottis: I'm gonna let it shine!
 * Glottis: Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine... Wee-ah-ha!
 * Chepito: Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
 * Chepito: I'm not gonna let you touch it, NO! I'm gonna let it shine...
 * I'm not gonna let you touch it, NO!
 * I'm gonna let it shine...
 * Not gonna let you touch it, NO! I'm gonna let it shine...
 * Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
 * Manny: I thought that looked like our ship!
 * Chepito: That's just a trick the ocean plays on your mind, kid. Makes everything look the same after a while, like you was going in circles.
 * Manny: {after returning to where they started} Well, this isn't the kind of progress I was hoping for.
 * Chepito: Ah, well, the wet march of the soul ain't for everybody!

 * Manny: {to Chepito} Could you send for help?
 * Chepito: Oh, sure!
 * I promise to call for help at the next phone booth I walk by.

 * Manny: {to Chepito} Is everything okay with your eyebrows?
 * Chepito: Them is barnacles, genius!
 * I don't move fast enough to shake 'em, so they tend to pile up.
 * I don't mind though--they're the only company I got!
 * Hee hee, ain't ya boys?

 * Manny: {to Chepito} How long have you been down here?
 * Chepito: Well, let me put it to you this way--
 * I wasn't always this color!

 * Manny: Why are you walking instead of taking a ship?
 * Chepito: Got sick of waiting around Rubacava for a boat!
 * Figured I'd make better time this way.
 * Manny: Why didn't I think of that?

 * Manny: How do you know where you're going?
 * Chepito: See the moon over there?
 * I just keep it on my right, that way I know I'm headed in a straight line!
 * Manny: But...
 * Chepito: Oldest trick in the book!

 * Manny: Hey kiddles, check out my BONE SAW!

 * {Manny opens the cage door}
 * Manny: {to the Angelitos} Fly! Be free! Go bite Domino!
 * Pugsy: Leave us alone!
 * Bibi: If we get out of here, he'll hurt Meche!
 * Manny: {closes the cage door} Fine then, stay in there.
 * Bibi: He IS mean.

 * Manny: {to the Angelitos} I'm the one who's going to take Meche out of here.
 * Bibi: What?!
 * Pugsy: You can't do that!
 * Bibi: Who's gonna take care of us? {sob} We'll be all alone!
 * {the Angelitos start crying}
 * Manny: Hey, hey. Don't cry, children... Please... stop crying... Why am I so bad at this?

 * Manny: {after closing the vault door} Oh, Raoul... I'm so, so sorry!

 * Domino: I don't believe you Calavera, you're losing a fight so you pick on one of my pets?! Why aren't you more like me Manny? I've been trying to show you how but you don't listen! If you'd just adopt the proper attitude, just look what could happen to you! (is dragged into coral grinder) AAAAAAAAAGHH!!!!

Year 4

 * Manny: (Examining the booby-trapped Bone Wagon) About to be known as the 'Blown Wagon'.
 * Glottis: HEY! THAT'S NOT FUNNY!

 * Glottis: LUMBAAAGOOO LEMONAAADE!

 * Hector: Listen to me once and for all, Bowlsley: You are not a florist! You are a manufacturer of weapons!

 * Manny: Listen, Bowlsley, I'm not here to hurt you...
 * Bowlsley: {to himself} Listen, Bowlsley, I'm here to hurt you...
 * Manny: It's not Hector, it's Manny Calavera.
 * Bowlsley: {to himself} It's not Hector, it's Manny Calavera come to sprout ya!

 * {Manny tries to pick up the boxes at Bowlsley's hideout}
 * Bowlsley: What's that? {pulls out a gun and points it at Manny} What are you doing? Are you crazy? Get back! {crawls under the desk} Put your hands over your head, put your head in your hands, put your head in your lap!

 * Manny: I'm not touching any of these human remains.
 * Bowlsley: I'm not touched! This human remains... sane!

 * Manny: {upon riding the Neon cat sign, also while being attacked by a skull raven not long before} Ayyyyyyyy chihuhahuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

 * Manny: You have a really bad taste for men.
 * Olivia: No I have taste for really bad men. There's a difference.

 * Hector: She loves me, she loves me not...
 * Manny: Well you're half-right.

 * Hector: Oh Manny... so cynical... What happened to you, Manny, that caused you to lose your sense of hope, your love of life?
 * Manny: I died.

 * Hector: I guess Domino was right - you don't have a shred of optimism
 * Manny: Well when it comes to shreds, Dom's the expert.
 * Hector: And by that same logic, Manuel, you're about to become an expert in botany.

 * {Manny shoots at the greenhouse window}
 * Hector: {approaches the window} Olivia? Who's out there?
 * Manny: I'm the Grim Reaper, lard-ass! And you're my next customer!

 * Manny: Hmmm... Hector supplies water to keep the flowers alive? Does he see them as a memorial, or as trophies?

 * Meche: Manny, when we get to the other side, will we still be together?
 * Manny: You know, sweetheart, if there's one thing I've learned, it's this: nobody knows what's gonna happen at the end of the line, so you might as well enjoy the trip.

Quotes about Grim Fandango

 * Tim [Schafer] leads more by inspiring than by directing. (Grim Fandango music composer Peter McConnell talking about the leadership style during the development of the game)

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Physics

Physics is the science of the natural world, which deals with the fundamental particles the universe is made of, the interactions between them, and the interactions of objects composed of them (nuclei, atoms, molecules, etc).

Quotes

 * At present, physicists are enamoured of symmetry and search only for continuous pictures of fundamental physics. Maybe, one day, they will be motivated to look at possible structures of a fundamentally discrete world.
 * John D. Barrow, Theories of Everything: The Quest for Ultimate Explanation (1991) p. 37.

 * Theoretical physicists live in a classical world, looking out into a quantum-mechanical world. The latter we describe only subjectively, in terms of procedures and results in our classical domain.
 * John Stewart Bell "Introduction to the hidden-variable question" (1971), included in Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics (1987), p. 29

 * Physics is to be regarded not so much as the study of something a priori given, but rather as the development of methods of ordering and surveying human experience. In this respect our task must be to account for such experience in a manner independent of individual subjective judgement and therefor objective in the sense that it can be unambiguously communicated in ordinary human language.
 * Niels Bohr, "The Unity of Human Knowledge" (October 1960)

 * Physicists use the wave theory on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and the particle theory on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
 * William Henry Bragg; quoted in Dictionary of Scientific Quotations by Alan L. Mackay, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 1994, p. 37
 * Variant: On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays we teach the wave theory and on Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays the corpuscular theory.
 * Quoted in Physically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy by C.C. Gaither, 1997, ISBN 0750304707.
 * unsourced variant: God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

 * Its utility is to allow us to forsee and to fortell physical phenomena. ...it suggests definite experiments which might never have been thought of, and permits us to anticipate new relationships and new laws and to discover new facts. ...by establishing a rational connection between seemingly unconnected phenomena, it enables us to detect the harmony and unity of nature which lie concealed under an outward appearance of chaos.
 * A. D'Abro, The Evolution of Scientific Thought from Newton to Einstein (1927) Forward

 * The human imagination, including the creative scientific imagination, can ultimately function only by evoking potential or imagined sense impressions... I confess I never met an experimental physicist who does not think of the hydrogen atom by evoking a visual image of what he would see if the particular atomic model with which he is working existed literally on a scale accessible to the sense impressions - even while realizing that in fact the so-called internal structure of the hydrogen atom is in principle inaccessible to direct sensory perception. This situation has far-reaching consequences for the method of experimental investigation.
 * , "Evidence and Inference in Nuclear Research," Daedalus (Fall 1958) 87, p. 167.

 * Mathematical physics represents the purest image that the view of nature may generate in the human mind; this image presents all the character of the product of art; it begets some unity, it is true and has the quality of sublimity; this image is to physical nature what music is to the thousand noises of which the air is full...
 * Théophile de Donder as quoted by Ilya Prigogine in his Autobiography given at the occasion of Prigogine's 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

 * And so in its actual procedure physics studies not these inscrutable qualities, but pointer-readings which we can observe, The readings, it is true, reflect the fluctuations of the world-qualities; but our exact knowledge is of the readings, not of the qualities. The former have as much resemblance to the latter as a telephone number has to a subscriber.
 * Arthur Stanley Eddington, The Domain of Physical Science (1925)

 * The supreme task of the physicist is the discovery of the most general elementary laws from which the world-picture can be deduced logically. But there is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance, and this Einfühlung [literally, empathy or 'feeling one's way in'] is developed by experience.
 * Albert Einstein, Preface to Max Planck's Where is Science Going? (1933)

 * How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people — first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving...
 * Albert Einstein, Mein Weltbild (1931)

 * The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be."
 * Richard Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1964) Volume III, p. 18-9

 * It’s the strangeness of the universe that has always been my favorite part of physics.
 * Nia Imara, "'Pursue your love. Stay hopeful. You’re needed': an interview with Dr. Nia Imara '03" Kenyon Lyceum (April 26, 2019)

 * The concepts which now prove to be fundamental to our understanding of nature—a space which is finite; a space which is empty, so that one point [of our 'material' world] differs from another solely in the properties of space itself; four-dimensional, seven- and more dimensional spaces; a space which for ever expands; a sequence of events which follows the laws of probability instead of the law of causation—or alternatively, a sequence of events which can only be fully and consistently described by going outside of space and time—all these concepts seem to my mind to be structures of pure thought, incapable of realisation in any sense which would properly be described as material.
 * James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe (1930, 1937)

 * Today there is a wide measure of agreement, which on the physical side of science approaches almost to unanimity, that the stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine. Mind no longer appears as an accidental intruder into the realm of matter; we are beginning to suspect that we ought rather to hail it as a creator and governor of the realm of matter...
 * James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe (1930, 1937)

 * And the substance out of which this bubble is blown, the soap-film, is empty space welded onto empty time.
 * James Jeans, The Mysterious Universe (1930, 1937)

 * Physics and philosophy are at most a few thousand years old, but probably have lives of thousands of millions of years stretching away in front of them. They are only just beginning to get under way.
 * James Jeans (1942) Physics and Philosophy, p. 217.

 * It is impossible, and it has always been impossible, to grasp the meaning of what we nowadays call physics independently of its mathematical form.
 * Jacob Klein, Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra (1968)

 * "If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate!'"
 * N. David Mermin, What's Wrong with this Pillow?, Physics Today, April 1989, page 9, doi:10.1063/1.2810963
 * Misattributed to Richard Feynman, by Matthew effect.
 * Attribution discussed in: Could Feynman Have Said This? by N. David Mermin, Physics Today, May 2004, page 10 (DOC)

 * For every symmetry there comes a constraint. ...If physics is to look the same when the origin of time is shifted... [o]nly those processes that conserve energy are allowed. ...If physical law is to be immune to the arbitrary displacement of our spatial axes, then nature requires the conservation of . ...If the laws are to be unaffected by the arbitrary rotation of a coordinate system, then must be conserved. ...If the laws are to be the same for all inertial observers, then the space-time interval must be invariant. ...[A]nother constraint ...so beautiful as to make one jaw drop in wonder ...symmetry creates force. ...[T]he symmetry of identical particles forces matter ...to be enrolled as either  or  ...Bosons, typified by the photon, carry the fundamental forces that cause fermions to attract and repel. Fermions, led by electrons and quarks, become constituents of ordinary matter. ...Gravity. Electromagnetism. The strong force. The weak force. Each  is called into being by the requirements of a particular local symmetry.
 * Michael Munowitz, Knowing: The Nature of Physical Law (2005)

 * All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
 * Ernest Rutherford, as quoted in Rutherford at Manchester (1962) by J. B. Birks
 * Unsourced variants:
 * That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting.
 * Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting.
 * That which is not measurable is not science. — (which is also attributed to Lord Kelvin)

 * The physicist ... engages in complex and difficult calculations, involving the manipulating of ideal, mathematical quantities that, at first glance, are wholly lacking in the music of the living world and the beauty of the resplendent cosmos. It would seem as if there exists no relationship between these quantities and reality. Yet these ideal numbers that cannot be grasped by one's senses, these numbers that only are meaningful from within the system itself, only meaningful as part of abstract mathematical functions, symbolize the image of existence. ... As a result of scientific man's creativity there arises an ordered, illumined, determined world, imprinted with the stamp of creative intellect, of pure reason and clear cognition. From the midst of the order and lawfulness we hear a new song, the song of the creature to the Creator, the song of the cosmos to its Maker.
 * Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Halakhic Man (1983), pp. 83-84

 * Science deals with but a partial aspect of reality, and... there is no faintest reason for supposing that everything science ignores is less real than what it accepts. ...Why is it that science forms a closed system? Why is is that the elements of reality it ignores never come in to disturb it? The reason is that all the terms of physics are defined in terms of one another. The abstractions with which physics begins are all it ever has to do with...
 * J. W. N. Sullivan, The Limitations of Science (1933)

 * As soon as we venture on the paths of the physicist, we learn to weigh and measure, to deal with time and space and mass and their related concepts, and to find more and more our knowledge expressed and our needs satisfied through the concept of number, as in the dreams of Plato and Pythagoras.
 * D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, On Growth and Form (1917)

 * The medieval theologians would not be surprised at a prerequisite of a degree in physics for a degree in theology. In their time, the highest degree in philosophy—which included the most advanced knowledge of physics of the day—was a prerequisite before a student was permitted to begin study for a degree in theology ...Kenny has shown the Aquinas' Five Ways—his five proofs of God's existence—are absolutely dependent on Aristotelian physics... Aquinas... was one of the leading scholars of Aristotelian physics... and... was primarily responsible for... [its] general acceptance throughout Europe. We could call Aquinas a great physicist as well as a great theologian, for, although Aristotelian physics was wrong, it was an essential precursor of modern physics.
 * , The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead (1994) p. 329. Ref: Anthony Kenny, The Five Ways: St. Thomas Aquinas' Proof of God's Existence (1969) p. 329.

 * Do parallel universes exist? We don't know, uhm parallel universes are losing favor to the multiverse we have some cogent theoretical expectations that our universe might be just one of many spawned from this, sort of, this hyper-dimensional medium which we'll call the multiverse there's no data to support it but we have good theoretical premise to think that it's there and we have philosophical precedent we used to think Earth was special and unique. It wasn't, we got 8 .. 9 .. 8 planet we thought the Sun was special it's one of a hundred billion suns, the galaxy's special, no there's a hundred billion galaxies we have one universe or do we? The track record said why should there only be one? be open to the possibility that you don't live in the majority looking? universe that's out there Would a separate universe .. when you say "different universe" slightly different laws of physics which (that's what I'm asking) oh this is the fun part because if you find, if you manage to get a portal to another universe don't be the first one to volunteer to go through because your atoms are working in this universe if a slightly different law of physics.. you could implode, explode come out with three heads who knows?
 * Neil deGrasse Tyson Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson at Montclair Kimberley Academy - 2010-Jan-29

 * It has seemed to me for some years that among physicists there is almost a cult, although certainly not an organized one, which I please to call a cult of obscurity. The creed of the cult is that a member disgraces the profession if he ever writes, lectures or teaches intelligibly to anyone but his immediate colleagues in the profession.
 * Richard N. Varney, (Robert N. Varney was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1936.)

 * Our judge is not God or governments, but Nature.
 * Tejinder (Jim) Virdee, a spokesman for the Compact Muon Solenoid contained within the Large Hadron Collider
 * New York Times coverage of the Large Hadron Collider project: (May 14, 2007)

 * I had spent six years slugging my way through many dozens of physics textbooks that were carefully written with the best of pedagogical plans, but there was something missing. Physics is the most interesting subject in the world because it is about how the world works, and yet the textbooks had been thoroughly wrung of any connection with the real world. The fun was missing.
 * Jearl Walker, David Halliday, and Robert Resnick, Fundamentals of Physics (10th ed., 2014), Preface

 * The physical doctrine of the atom has got into a state which is strongly suggestive of the epicycles of astronomy before Copernicus.
 * Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World (1925)

 * ... it's one thing in physics to write down the equations, but then you have to solve them — and that is sometimes easier said than done.
 * Edward Witten, (quote at 12:42 of 15:43 in video)

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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born 17 October 1972), more widely known by his stage names Eminem and Slim Shady, is an Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy-winning American rapper.

Infinite (1996)

 * You heard of Hell—well, I was sent from it I went to it, servin' a sentence for murderin' instruments Now I'm tryin' to repent from it But when I hear the beat, I'm tempted to make another attempt at it I'm infinite
 * "Infinite"

 * Caught up in bouts with the root of all evil I've seen it turn beautiful people crude and deceitful And make them do shit illegal for these Grants and Jacksons These transactions explain a man's actions But in the midst of this insanity, I found my Christianity Through God and there's a wish He granted me He showed me how to cope with the stress and hope for the best
 * "It's O.K."

 * I'm usin' smarter tactics to overcome this slum I won't become as dumb as some and succumb to scum It's cumbersome, I'm tryin' to do well on this Earth But it's been hell on this Earth since I fell on this Earth
 * "It's O.K."

 * Your ass forgot, so just in case you don't remember me I'll run your brain round the block to jog your fuckin' memory
 * "313"

 * I showered the slang, simple as ABC's Skip over the D's and rock the microphone with ease (E's)
 * "313"

 * I rock a beat harder than you could beat it with rocks
 * "313"

The Slim Shady LP (1999)

 * Don't do drugs.
 * "Public Service Announcement"

 * Brain damage ever since the day I was born Drugs is what they used to say I was on They say I never knew which way I was goin' But everywhere I go they keep playin' my song
 * "Brain Damage"

 * What is life? Life is like a big obstacle put in front of your optical to slow you down, and every time you think you gotten past it, it's gonna come back around and tackle you to the damn ground.
 * What are friends? Friends are people that you think are your friends, but they're really your enemies with secret identities and disguises to hide their true colors, so just when you're close enough to be brothers, they wanna come back and cut your throat when you ain't looking.
 * What is money? Money is what makes a man act funny. Money is the root of all evil. Money'll make them same friends come back around swearing that they was always down. What is life? I'm tired of life!
 * "If I Had"

 * (imitating Norman Bates) Mother, are you there? I love you! I never meant to hit you over the head with that shovel!
 * "Role Model"

 * I just remembered that I'm absent-minded Wait… I mean I lost my mind, I can't find it
 * "Cum On Everybody"

 * Got bitches on my jock out in East Detroit 'Cause they think that I'm a motherfucking Beastie Boy
 * "Cum On Everybody"

 * I want the money, the women, the fortune and fame That means I end up burnin' in Hell, scorchin' in flame That means I'm stealin' your checkbook and forgin' your name This lifetime bliss for eternal torture and pain
 * "Rock Bottom"

 * Slim Shady, Eminem was the old initials (Eminem = M&M = Marshall Mathers)
 * "Just Don't Give A Fuck"

 * Extortion, snortin', supportin' abortion Pathological liar, blowin' shit out of proportion The looniest, zaniest, spontaneous, sporadic Impulsive thinker, compulsive drinker, addict Half animal, half man
 * "Just Don't Give A Fuck"

 * I like happy things, I'm really calm and peaceful I like birds, bees, I like people I like funny things that make me happy and gleeful… Like when my teacher sucked my wee-wee in pre-school!
 * "I'm Shady"

 * I try to keep it positive and play it cool Shoot up the playground and tell the kids to stay in school
 * "I'm Shady"

 * Remember me? I'm the one who burned your house down …But I'm out now And this time I'm coming back to blow your house up And I ain't gonna leave you with a window to jump out of!
 * "Bad Meets Evil"

 * I can't change the way I am… but if I offended you, good, 'cause I still don't give a fuck!
 * "Still Don't Give A Fuck"

 * My brain's gone, my soul's worn, my spirit is torn The rest of my body's still bein' operated on
 * "Still Don't Give A Fuck"

2000s

 * Shove a gerbil in your ass through a tube!
 * "Fack" (featured on the compilation album "Curtain Call", 2005)

 * Bitch, I ain't no fucking G, I'm a cannibal! I ain't trying to shoot you, I'm trying to chop you into pieces and eat you!
 * "Hellbound" (featured on Yosumi Records' compilation album Game Over, 2000)

 * Maybe it's hatred I spew, maybe it's food for the spirit Maybe it's beautiful music I made for you to just cherish
 * "Renegade" (featured on Jay-Z's Blueprint, 2001)

 * See, I'm a poet to some, a regular modern-day Shakespeare Jesus Christ, the king of these Latter-day Saints here To shatter the picture in which of that as they paint me as A monger of hate, satanist, scatter-brained atheist […] While I'm wavin' the pistol at sixty Christians against me Go to war with the Mormons, take a bath with the Catholics In holy water, no wonder they tried to hold me under longer
 * "Renegade" (featured on Jay-Z's Blueprint, 2001)

 * Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, in one moment—would you capture it, or just let it slip?
 * "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile, 2002)

 * His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already—Mom's spaghetti
 * "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile, 2002)

 * You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo!
 * "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile, 2002)

 * This world is mine for the taking, make me king!
 * "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile, 2002)

 * Like a flame in the night Like a ghost in the dark There's a ray, there's a light There's a hope, there's a spark
 * "Stimulate" (from 8 Mile, 2002)

 * But you can't just stand there and try to judge It hurts but your jealousy probably tears you up inside as much And it's such a pleasure every button that I touch I treasure every glutton that I punish in my lust
 * "Stimulate" (from 8 Mile, 2002)

 * With every artist comes the image he portrays and the picture that he paints
 * "One Day at a Time" (featured on Tupac: Resurrection, 2003)

 * Oh, no. Not me, not Marshall. You want to see Marshall? I'll show you Marshall! I tried to show you art, but you just pick it apart
 * "Don't Push Me" (featured on 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin', 2003)

 * They took away my right to bear arms What I'm 'posed to fight with, bare palms? Yeah right, they're comin' with bombs, I'm comin' with flare guns
 * "We As Americans" (2004)

 * I don't rap for dead presidents, I'd rather see the president dead
 * "We As Americans" (2004)

 * Have you ever loved someone so much you'd give an arm for? Not the expression, no, literally give an arm for? When they know they're your heart and you know you are their armor And you will destroy anyone who would try to harm her
 * "When I'm Gone" (2005)

 * It hurts but I never show This pain you'll never know If only you could see just how lonely and how cold and frostbit I've become My back's against the wall When push come to shove I just stand up and scream: "Fuck 'em all!"
 * "Drop the World" (featured on Lil Wayne's Rebirth, 2009)

The Marshall Mathers L.P. (2000)

 * Yeah, sue me!
 * "Public Service Announcement 2000"

 * And I am whatever you say I am If I wasn't, then why would I say I am? In the paper, the news everyday I am Radio won't even play my jam
 * "The Way I Am"

 * And all of this controversy circles me And it seems like the media immediately points a finger at me So I point one back at 'em, but not the index or pinky or the ring or the thumb It's the one you put up when you don't give a fuck When you won't just put up with the bullshit they pull
 * "The Way I Am"

 * And Dr. Dre said… Nothing, you idiots! Dr. Dre's dead! He's locked in my basement!
 * "The Real Slim Shady"

 * Will Smith don't got to cuss in his raps to sell records Well, I do, so fuck him and fuck you too!
 * "The Real Slim Shady"

 * A lot of people ask me stupid fucking questions. A lot of people think that what I say on records, or what I talk about on a record, that I actually do in real life, or that I believe in it, or if I say that I want to kill somebody that I'm actually gonna do it, or that I believe in it. Well, shit. If you believe that, then I'll kill you. Do you know why? Because I'm a criminal!
 * "Criminal"

Devil's Night [with D12] (2001)

 * If I could capture the rage of today's youth and bottle it Crush the glass from my bare hands and swallow it Then spit it back in the faces of you racists And hypocrites who thinks the same shit but don't say shit
 * "Fight Music"

 * I make music to make you sick of fake music Hate music like devil worshippin' Satan music So say your prayers—your Hail Mary's and Jesuses Take two sticks, tape 'em together and make a crucifix
 * "Devil's Night"

The Eminem Show (2002)

 * America! Ha ha ha! We love you! How many people are proud to be citizens of this beautiful country of ours, the stripes and the stars for the rights that men have died for to protect, the women and men who have broke their necks for the freedom of speech the United States government has sworn to uphold… or so we're told.
 * "White America"

 * Yeah, you laugh 'til your motherfuckin' ass gets drafted While you're at band camp thinkin' that crap can't happen 'Til you fuck around get an anthrax napkin Inside a package wrapped in saran Wrap wrappin' Open the plastic and then you stand back gaspin' Fuckin' assassins hi-jackin' Amtraks crashin' All this terror, America demands action Next thing you know you've got Uncle Sam's ass askin' To join the army or what you'll do for their Navy You just a baby gettin' recruited at eighteen You're on a plane now, eating their food and their baked beans I'm 28, they gonna take you 'fore they take me
 * "Square Dance"

 * I love my fans, but no one ever puts a grasp On the fact I've sacrificed everything I have I never dreamt I'd get to the level that I'm at This is whack, this is more than I ever coulda asked […] It's like the boy in the bubble who never could adapt I'm trapped, if I could go back I never would've rapped I sold my soul to the devil, I'll never get it back I just wanna leave this game with level-head intact
 * "Say Goodbye Hollywood"

 * 20 million other white rappers emerge, but no matter how many fish in the sea, it'll be so empty without me
 * "Without Me"

 * Entertainment is changin', intertwinin' with gangsters In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum Holy or unholy, only have one homie Only this gun, lonely ‘cause don't anyone know me
 * "Sing For The Moment"

 * They say music can alter moods and talk to you Well, can it load a gun up for you and cock it too? If it can, then the next time you assault a dude Just tell the judge that it was my fault, and I'll get sued
 * "Sing For The Moment"

 * It's all political; if my music is literal and I'm a criminal, how the fuck can I raise a little girl? I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to
 * "Sing For The Moment"

 * Music is reflection of self We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail It's fucked up, ain't it? How we can come from practically nothing To being able to have any fucking thing that we wanted That's why we sing for these kids who don't have a thing Except for a dream and a fucking rap magazine Who post pin-up pictures on their walls all day long Idolize their favorite rappers and know all their songs Or for anybody whose ever been through shit in their lives So they just sit up and cry at night wishin' they'd die 'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe We're nothing to you, but we're the fucking shit in their eyes That's why we seize the moment, try to freeze it and own it Squeeze it and hold it, 'cause we consider these minutes golden And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our songs!
 * "Sing For The Moment"

 * I act like shit don't faze me Inside it drives me crazy My insecurities could eat me alive But then I see my baby Suddenly I'm not crazy It all makes sense when I look into her eyes
 * "Hailie's Song"

 * Sometimes you feel tired, feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength and just pull that shit out of you, and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse.
 * "Till I Collapse"

 * Music is like magic: there's a certain feeling you get when you're real and you spit and people are feelin' your shit
 * "Till I Collapse"

 * My song can make you cry, take you by surprise At the same time, can make your dry your eyes with the same rhyme See what you're seeing is a genius at work Which to me isn't work, so it's easy to misinterpret it at first
 * "My Dad's Gone Crazy"

Encore (2004)

 * Let the president answer a higher anarchy, strap him with an AK-47 Let him go fight his own war, let him impress daddy that way No more blood for oil We got our own battles to fight on our own soil
 * "Mosh"

 * You find me offensive? I find you offensive, for finding me offensive
 * "Rain Man"

 * We're all we got in this world When it spins, when it swirls, when it whirls, when it twirls
 * "Mockingbird"

 * But then of course everything always happens for a reason I guess it was never meant to be But it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny is
 * "Mockingbird"

Relapse (2009)

 * If you could count the skeletons in my closet, under my bed and up under my faucet Then you would know I've completely lost it Is he nuts? No he's insane!
 * "Insane"

 * Nobody asked for life to deal us with these bullshit hands we're dealt We gotta take these cards ourselves and flip 'em, don't expect no help
 * "Beautiful"

 * A lot of people ask me where the fuck I've been at the last few years? Shit, I don't know. But I do know I'm back now!
 * "Underground"

 * Turn Halloween back into a trick-or-treat holiday Have Michael Myers lookin' like a liar Swipe his powers, replace his knife with flowers and a stack of fliers Hit Jason Vorhees with a 40 Stuck a suppository up his ass and made him tell me a story Gave Hannibal Lector a fuckin' nectarine And sat him in the fuckin' fruit and vegetable section and gave him a lecture Walked up Elm Street with a fuckin' Wiffle bat drew Fought Freddy Krueger and Edward Scissorhands too
 * "Underground"

2010s

 * I told the world one day I would pay it back Say it on tape, lay it, so that one day i could play it back
 * "I Need a Doctor" (2011)

 * Had a dream, I was king; I woke up, still king
 * "Lighters" (2011)

 * It's too late to start over, this is the only thing I know
 * "Guts Over Fear" (2014)

 * And any fan of mine who's a supporter of his [Trump] I'm drawing in the sand a line, you're either for or against And if you can't decide who you like more and you're split On who you should stand beside, I'll do it for it for you with this: Fuck you! The rest of America stand up! We love our military and we love our country, but we fucking hate Trump!
 * "The Storm" (October 2017)

Recovery (2010)

 * This time around it's different, them last two albums didn't count Encore I was on drugs, Relapse I was flushin' 'em out
 * "Talkin' 2 Myself"

 * When it rains, guess it pours—yes, it does Wish there wasn't any pain, but I can't pretend there ain't I ain't placin' any blame I ain't pointin' fingers, Heaven knows I've never been a saint
 * "Going Through Changes"

 * Like a 'Fuck You' for Christmas, his gift is a curse
 * "Not Afraid"

 * I'd shoot for the moon, but I'm too busy gazing at stars
 * "Not Afraid"

 * They call me Fire Marshall: I shut the shit down
 * "Seduction"

 * Man, get these wack cocksuckers off stage! Where the fuck is Kanye when you need him? Snatch the mic from 'em—bitch, I'ma let you finish in a minute!
 * "No Love"

 * And love is evil ("evol"): spell it backwards, I'll show ya
 * "Space Bound"

 * I poured my heart out to you, let down my guard, swear to God I'll blow my brains in your lap, lay here and die in your arms Drop to my knees and I'm pleading, I'm trying to stop you from leaving
 * "Space Bound"

 * I fell for this so many times it's ridiculous And still I stick with this, I'm sick of this But in my sickness and addiction, you're addictive as they get Evil as they come, vindictive as they make 'em
 * "25 to Life"

 * Now get off my dick! Dick's too short of a word for my dick—get off my antidisestablishmentarianism, you prick!
 * "Almost Famous"

 * Y'all are Eminem backwards: you're mini-mes
 * "Almost Famous"

 * You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game
 * "Love the Way You Lie" (2010)

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)

 * So spread the word 'cause I'm promoting my past until I'm passed out
 * "Rhyme or Reason"

 * All my life I was told and taught I am not shit By you wack fuckin' giant sacks of lyin' dog shit Now you shut up, bitch, I am talkin' Thought I was full of horseshit and now you fuckin' worship the ground on which I am walkin'
 * "Legacy"

 * I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
 * "Rap God"

 * Summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, you assumin' I'm a human What I gotta do to get it through to you I'm superhuman?
 * "Rap God"

 * I make elevating music, you make elevator music
 * "Rap God"

 * Ma, you're still beautiful to me, 'cause you're my mom
 * "Headlights"

 * I'da flipped every mattress, every rock and desert cactus Owned a collection of maps and followed my kids to the edge of the atlas If someone ever moved 'em from me
 * "Headlights"

 * They take your heart and steal your life And it's as though you feel you've died ‘Cause you've been killed inside But yet you're still alive Which means you will survive
 * "Beautiful Pain"

Revival (2017)

 * It's true, I'm a Rubik's—a beautiful mess
 * "Walk on Water"

 * I'm just a man, but as long as I got a mic, I'm godlike
 * "Walk on Water"

 * Got my faith, where's yours? Do you still believe in me? Didn't I give everything I had to give you to make you see?
 * "Believe"

 * It's never too late to start a new beginning
 * "Believe"

 * This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled [rectangle]
 * "River"

 * She does that thing with her lip, now she's melting me I'm putty in her palms, I'm wrapped around her finger A yo-yo on a string, she lets me sit there and just dangle Until something better comes along and she'll just drop me like a hot potato
 * "Tragic Endings"

 * Donald Duck's on, there's a Tonka Truck in the yard But dog, how the fuck is Ivanka Trump in the trunk of my car?
 * "Framed"

 * I'm packin' up my shit, as much shit in the car as I can fit And I'm just drivin' as far as I can get Away from these problems 'til all of my sorrows I forget What's tomorrow like? 'Cause tonight I'm startin' life again Get to the corner and stop, fuck am I goin'? Besides psycho when I fantasize startin' my whole life over
 * "In Your Head"

Kamikaze (2018)

 * So finger-bang, chicken wang, MGK, Igg' Azae' Lil Pump, Lil Xan imitate Lil Wayne I should aim at everybody in the game, pick a name I'm fed up with bein' humble And rumor is I'm hungry, I'm sure you heard bumblings I heard you wanna rumble like an empty stomach I heard your mumblin' but it's jumbled in mumbo-jumbo The era that I'm from will pummel you, that's what it's comin' to What the fuck you're gonna do when you run into it? I'm gonna crumble you and I'll take a number two and dump on you If you ain't Joyner If you ain't Kendrick or Cole or Sean then you're a goner
 * "The Ringer"

 * These rappers are like Hunger Games: one minute, they're mockin' Jay (Mockingjay) Next minute, they get their style from Migos or they copy Drake
 * "Fall"

Quotes about Eminem

 * Kept my ear to the streets Signed Eminem, he's triple platinum, doing fifty a week
 * Dr. Dre, "Still D.R.E." (1999)

 * Hey, Em! You know you're my favorite white boy, right? I owe you for this one.
 * 50 Cent, "Patiently Waiting" (2003)

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Irony

Irony (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning dissimulation or feigned ignorance) is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is incongruity between the literal or expected meanings and the implied or actual meanings of things.
 * See also:
 * Meaning
 * Semiotics
 * Sign

Quotes

 *  'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart.
 * George Gordon, Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers: A Satire (1809)

 * Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony.
 * James Branch Cabell, The Certain Hour (1916)

 * Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.
 * Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Absurd Creation

 * Irony deals with opposites; it has nothing to do with coincidence. If two baseball players from the same hometown, on different teams, receive the same uniform number, it is not ironic. It is a coincidence. If Barry Bonds attains lifetime statistics identical to his father's, it will not be ironic. It will be a coincidence. Irony is "a state of affairs that is the reverse of what was to be expected; a result opposite to and in mockery of the appropriate result." For instance: a diabetic, on his way to buy insulin, is killed by a runaway truck. He is the victim of an accident. If the truck was delivering sugar, he is the victim of an oddly poetic coincidence. But if the truck was delivering insulin, ah! Then he is the victim of an irony. If a Kurd, after surviving bloody battle with Saddam Hussein's army and a long, difficult escape through the mountains, is crushed and killed by a parachute drop of humanitarian aid, that, my friend, is irony writ large. Darryl Stingley, the pro football player, was paralyzed after a brutal hit by Jack Tatum. Now Darryl Stingley's son plays football, and if the son should become paralyzed while playing, it will not be ironic. It will be coincidental. If Darryl Stingley's son paralyzes someone else, that will be closer to ironic. If he paralyzes Jack Tatum's son, that will be precisely ironic.
 * George Carlin, Brain Droppings (1998), p. 115

 * Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.
 * Rufus Choate, as quoted in A Treasury of Great American Quotations : Our Country's Life & History in the Thoughts of its Men and Women (1964) by Charles Hurd

 * When irony first makes itself known in a young man's life, it can be like his first experience of getting drunk; he has met with a powerful thing which he does not know how to handle.
 * Robertson Davies, in The Cunning Man (1994)

 * The ironist is not bitter, he does not seek to undercut everything that seems worthy or serious, he scorns the cheap scoring-off of the wisecracker. He stands, so to speak, somewhat at one side, observes and speaks with a moderation which is occasionally embellished with a flash of controlled exaggeration. He speaks from a certain depth, and thus he is not of the same nature as the wit, who so often speaks from the tongue and no deeper. The wit's desire is to be funny; the ironist is only funny as a secondary achievement.
 * Robertson Davies, in The Cunning Man (1994)

 * The antidote to hubris, to overweening pride, is irony, that capacity to discover and systematize clear ideas.
 * Ralph Ellison, "Address to the Harvard College Alumni, Class of 1949" (1974), in The Collected Essays, ed. John F. Callahan (New York: Modern Library, 1995), p. 429

 * Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
 * Anatole France, as quoted in Satanic Satire in the Modern Novel (1925) by Sidney Stephen Greenleaf, p. 25

 * One of the earliest and best statements of this counter-trend [challenging the concept of irony] can be found in Hegel's Aesthetik (written in the 1820s, published in 1835). With pointed and polemical language Hegel argued that because irony sees the world as fundamentally ambiguous, it tends to condone an attitude of "irresolution" and "loss of seriousness" which inevitably leads to escapism and irresponsibility. Furthermore, Hegel contended, the ironic stance is shamelessly elitist. Since the ironist believes the world is too complicated to change, he feels justified in withdrawing into a "god-like geniality." From this perspective above the fray, the privileged "artistic" few, the cognoscenti, are inclined to "look down upon the ordinary man as limited and dull." The result, according to Hegel, is both a contempt for the masses and an inability to become involved in meaningful causes. Hence, ironic detachment seemed to Hegel to be the cause of a peculiarly modern form of sickness: one which predisposed the individual to "abstract inwardness" and eroded his power to become filled with a personal "content that is solid and substantial." With the loss of what he termed "character" came the loss of something even more important: the vision of what is "highest and best" in life. If an age were entirely given over to irony it would be unable to take seriously the central issues of "justice, morality, and truth" because it would know how to maintain only a sardonic relationship to them.
 * David Gross, “Irony and the ‘Disorders of the Soul,'" Telos, vol. 34 (21 December 1977), p. 169

 * There are no exact guidelines. There are probably no guidelines at all. The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world.
 * Václav Havel, in an address upon receiving the Open Society Prize awarded by Central European University (24 June 1999)

 * Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic — if it is pulled out I shall die.
 * Søren Kierkegaard, Journal entry (1847)

 * Irony is the birth-pangs of the objective mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I, between existence and the idea of existence). Humor is the birth-pangs of the absolute mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I, between the I and the idea of the I.)
 * Søren Kierkegaard, Journals, (III B 19)

 * Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.
 * Søren Kierkegaard in On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates

 * Irony limits, finitizes, and circumscribes and thereby yields truth, actuality, content; it disciplines and punishes and thereby yields balance and consistency.
 * Søren Kierkegaard in On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates

 * The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that.
 * Søren Kierkegaard, in Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments

 * Irony is the cultivation of the spirit and therefore follows next after immediacy; then comes the ethicist, then the humourist, then the religious person.
 * Søren Kierkegaard in Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments

 * Irony, some say, is the art of juxtaposing incongruous parts. One needs a knowing distance. Irony presupposes detachment, which, in the case of Animal Rights, we may forgive Doctor Dillamond for being without.
 * Mrs "Horrible" Morrible in Wicked (1995) by Gregory Maguire

 * Given a long enough time, of course, a wide enough frame, there is nothing said or done, ever, that isn't ironic in the end.
 * Mrs "Horrible" Morrible in Wicked (1995) by Gregory Maguire

 * If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
 * W. Somerset Maugham in Strictly Personal, ch. 31 (1941)

 * He knew that women appreciated neither irony nor sarcasm, but simple jokes and funny stories. He was amply provided with both.
 * W. Somerset Maugham in Then and Now : A Novel (1946), p. 136

 * Surely the cosmic irony that loves men's dullness because it alone can preserve them from madness, and retorts upon the cosmic terrors with a jest, is higher than gallantry and more enduring. It arrives at tolerance for all human shortcomings; it embraces high and low in its sympathies; it achieves urbanity as a final goal. It is the stuff of which great literature is made.
 * Vernon Louis Parrington, reviewing the work of James Branch Cabell in The Pacific Review (December 1921), later published in Main Currents in American Thought (1927)

 * God is an iron … If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron.
 * Spider Robinson, in "God is an Iron" (1977)

 * Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.
 * Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, in Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms as translated by Ernst Behler and Roman Struc (1968), p. 126

 * Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.
 * Edwin Percy Whipple, in Lectures on Subjects Connected with Literature and Life (1859), Lecture III : Wit and Humor, p. 102

 * If parody alone can adequately render the reality of our times, only irony offers us the freedom and detachment that are the essential condition of responsible analysis and action.
 * Theodore Ziolkowski, in the Foreword of a 1969 edition of The Glass Bead Game (1943) by Hermann Hesse

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Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (27 September 1924 – 31 July 1966) was an American Jazz pianist, usually considered one of the most influential in the history of the music.

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 * He was the foundation out of which stemmed the whole edifice of modern jazz piano; every jazz pianist since Bud either came through him or is deliberately attempting to get away from playing like him.
 * Herbie Hancock, in DownBeat magazine (22 September 1966).

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