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Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was a British comedic actor and director, usually known by his stage name of Charlie Chaplin.

Quotes

 * Wars, conflict, it's all business. "One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero". Numbers sanctify.
 * Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Chaplin in this line is quoting an older statement of Bishop Beilby Porteus: "One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero."
 * I am at peace with God; my conflict is with man.
 * Monsieur Verdoux (1947). Chaplin's answer as a Verdoux that is to be guillotined and receives a visit from a priest who tell him 'I've come to ask you to make your peace with God'. "Comedy Quotes from the Movies" (2001), Larry Langman, Paul Gold, Ed. McFarland, p. 274
 * I am for people. I can't help it.
 * As quoted in The Observer [London] (28 September 1952)
 * I remain just one thing, and one thing only — and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
 * As quoted in The Observer (17 June 1960)
 * I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
 * My Autobiography (1964)
 * All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
 * My Autobiography (1964), Ch. 10
 * Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them. Secondly, I was opposed to the Committee on Un-American Activities — a dishonest phrase to begin with, elastic enough to wrap around the throat and strangle the voice of any American citizen whose honest opinion is a minority of one.
 * My Autobiography (1964)
 * I am not religious in the dogmatic sense … I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything.
 * My Autobiography (1964), p. 287
 * I believe that faith is a precursor of all our ideas. Without faith, there never could have evolved hypothesis, theory, science or mathematics. I believe that faith is an extension of the mind. It is the key that negates the impossible. To deny faith is to refute oneself and the spirit that generates all our creative forces. My faith is in the unknown, in all that we do not understand by reason; I believe that what is beyond our comprehension is a simple fact in other dimensions, and that in the realm of the unknown there is an infinite power for good.
 * My Autobiography, p. 291
 * I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of an ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, of all of which I am the sum total.
 * My Autobiography (p. 271 Simon and Schuster 1964 edition)
 * Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. … The trouble is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe — turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you — if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it.
 * Calvero's answer to Terry's question: "What is there to fight for?" in Limelight (1952)
 * I feel I am privileged to express a hope. The hope is this: that we shall have peace throughout the world: that we shall abolish wars, and settle all international differences at the conference table: that we shall abolish all atom and hydrogen bombs, before they abolish us first.
 * In response to journalist for his views on the future of mankind at his 70th birthday (16 April 1959)
 * I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have. On the other hand I am not a super-patriot. Super-patriotism leads to Hitlerism — and we've had our lesson there. I don't want to create a revolution — I just want to create a few more films.
 * In response to journalist for comments on United States Attorney-General's announcement to revoke his re-entry visa, Cherbourg, England, as quoted in "Mr. Chaplin's Defense", The Guardian (23 September 1952)
 * Look up to the sky You'll never find rainbows If you’re looking down.
 * "Swing High Little Girl", opening song written and sung by Chaplin for the 1969 re-release of The Circus (1928) - Full text online
 * Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
 * As quoted in his obituary in The Guardian (28 December 1977)

The Great Dictator (1940)

 * In which Chaplin plays the roles of "Adenoid Hynkel", the dictator of Tomania, and "A Jewish Barber" the hero of the tale

 * This is a story of a period between two World Wars — an interim in which insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and humanity was kicked around somewhat.
 * Opening placard
 * Hynkel Party take power. Meanwhile the Jewish soldier, ex-fighter and veteran of the World War, suffered a lost of memory and remained and inmate of the soldiers' hospital for many years. He was ignorant of the profound change that had come over Tomainia. Hynkel, the dictator, ruled the nation with an iron fist. Under the new emblem of the double cross, liberty was banished, free speech was suppressed and only the voice of Hynkel was heard.
 * Narrator
 * [Hynkel addressing the crowds, referring to his colleagues: clearly modelled upon Göring and Goebbels] Hynkel: Herring shouldn smelten fine from Garbitsch, und Garbitsch shouldn smelten fine from Herring. Herring und Garbitsch... [He clasps his hands together] Translator: His excellency has just referred to the struggles of his early days shared by his two loyal comrades.
 * Schultz: You must speak. Jewish barber: I can't. Schultz: It's our only hope.
 * Hannah: Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
 * To the barber, while being shaved by him.

The Barber's speech

 * Closing speech of the Jewish barber, after being mistaken for Hynkel. - Full text, video and audio online at American Rhetoric

 * I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone, if possible — Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness — not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world, there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood, for the unity of us all. Even now, my voice is reaching millions throughout the world — millions of despairing men, women and little children — victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say — do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed — the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes — men who despise you, enslave you, who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel; who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder! Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men — machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate! Only the unloved hate — the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the 17th Chapter of St. Luke, it is written: "the Kingdom of God is within man" — not one man, nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power — the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then, in the name of democracy, let us use that power! Let us all unite! Let us fight for a new world — a decent world, that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth the future, and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill their promise — they never will. Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people! Now, let us fight to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers! In the name of democracy, let us all unite! [Cheers] Hannah, can you hear me? Wherever you are, look up, Hannah — the clouds are lifting! The sun is breaking through! We are coming out of the darkness, into the light. We are coming into a new world — a kindlier world, where men will rise above their hate, their greed and brutality. Look up, Hannah — the soul of man has been given wings, and at last he is beginning to fly! He is flying into the rainbow — into the light of hope, into the future, the glorious future that belongs to you, to me and to all of us. Look up, Hannah — look up!

Disputed

 * "By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none."
 * This phrase seems to have been first mentioned in Manual of a Perfect Atheist by Mexican writer Eduardo Garcia Del Rio, in 1989, without indicating any original source, which does make this quote unreliable. The quote has been widely circulated by atheists to try to prove that Chaplin was also one of them. However, taking into account what Chaplin himself wrote in his autobiography, when he was 75 years old, and what his family members wrote about him, calling Chaplin an atheist seems untenable. (http://www.adherents.com/people/pc/Charlie_Chaplin.html) According to his son, Charles Chaplin, Jr., in his book "My Father, Charlie Chaplin", pages 239-240, Chaplin was not an atheist; he quotes him saying: "I'm not an atheist"… "I can remember him saying on more than one occasion. 'I'm definitely an agnostic. Some scientists say that if the world were to stop revolving we'd all disintegrate. But the world keeps on going. Something must be holding us all in place — some Supreme Force. But what it is I couldn't tell you.". See also pages 210-211 of the book.

Misattributed

 * The inmates have taken over the asylum!
 * Reported by many sites to have been said by Chaplin upon signing the papers to create the United Artists studio (1919), this is believed to actually be derived from a remark about the same event attributed to Richard Rowland, the head of Metro Pictures: "The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum"; variant derivations or reports of this statement also include "The lunatics have taken over the asylum", and the attribution to Rowland is reported to have occurred at least as early as 1926, in the work A Million and One Nights by Terry Ramsaye, and as recently as in Variety (16 October 2005)
 * David Robinson In Charlie Chaplin: Comic Genius (1996), p. 57, also asserts that a disgruntled film distributor said "The lunatics are taking over the asylum."

Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though its breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile with your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll find that life is still worthwhile, If you just smile

[''[Light]] up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying? You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile.''

 * Lyrics to "Smile", written by John Turner and Geoffrey Claremont Parsons in 1954, the music of which was composed by Chaplin in 1936. - "Smile" music, as used in Modern Times (1936) - "Smile" tribute to Chaplin, as sung by Michael Jackson
 * A day without laughter is a day wasted.
 * Widely attributed to Chaplin and a few others, research done for "A Day Without Laughter is a Day Wasted" at Quote Investigator indicate that such expressions date back to that of Nicolas Chamfort, published in "Historique, Politique et Litteraire, Maximes détachées extraites des manuscrits de Champfort" Mercure Français (18 July 1795), p. 351: La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l’on n’a pas ri. Translations of this into English have been found as early as one in "Laughing" in Flowers of Literature (1803) by F. Prevost and F. Blagdon :
 * I admire the man who exclaimed, “I have lost a day!” because he had neglected to do any good in the course of it; but another has observed that “the most lost of all days, is that in which we have not laughed;” and, I must confess, that I feel myself greatly of his opinion.

 * As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY".
 * Quoted by many sites and blogs as "speech that Charlie Chaplin gave on his 70th birthday". Actually, a re-translation (from Portuguese-BR) of a text from the book "When I Loved Myself Enough" by Kim & Alison McMillen (2001).

Quotes about Chaplin

 * With the exception of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, which appeared in 1940, "no explicit presentation of the Jewish catastrophe" was made until 1959, with the production of the movie version of The Diary of Anne Frank.
 * Matthew Baigell Jewish-American Artists and the Holocaust (1997)

 * With A King in New York Charles Chaplin was the first film-maker to dare to expose, through satire and ridicule, the paranoia and political intolerance which overtook the United States in the Cold War years of the 1940s and 50s.
 * Profile page on A King in New York (1957), at CharlieChaplin.com
 * We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin — a little fellow trying to do the best he could.
 * Walt Disney, stating that the development of the Mickey Mouse character was inspired by Chaplin, as quoted in How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life (2004) by Pat Williams and Jim Denney, p. 52

 * Charlie Chaplin is the greatest director of the screen. He's a pioneer. How he knows women!—oh, how he knows women! I do not cry easily when seeing a picture, but after seeing Charlie's A Woman of Paris I was all choked up—I wanted to go out in the garden and have it out by myself.
 * Mary Pickford in "Mary Pickford's Favorite Stars and Films". Photoplay, January 1924, p. 28-29. (Photoplay Publishing Company).

 * exclusively verbal humor have been conveyed by Harpo Marx, who with Charles Chaplin, Jimmy Savo, and Danny Kaye, ranks as a master artist of pantomime.
 * Muriel Rukeyser The Life of Poetry (1949)

imagination may appear in the finished work.
 * As far as the making of films goes, when the functions are identified so that there is again-as in the modest documentaries, or in Chaplin's procedure-a writer-director-editor, some unity of
 * Muriel Rukeyser The Life of Poetry (1949)

 * The greatest artist produced by the screen was an English cockney, Charlie Chaplin, who never gave up British nationality and who retained the innocent utopian socialism of his early years. He was England's gift to the world in this age, likely to be remembered when her writers, statesmen, and scientists are forgotten, as timeless as Shakespeare and as great.
 * A. J. P. Taylor, English History, 1914–1945 [1965] (2001), p. 181

 * Chaplin had no previous film acting experience when he came to California. By the end of 1915 he was the most famous human being in the entire world. But at the time he first arrived as a greenhorn at the gates of Keystone to try his luck at making a buck in those “galloping tintypes” of 1913, he already had under his belt close to twenty years stage experience in British music hall.
 * Stephen M. Weissman, in "Exile’s Return : A Lion In Winter" (2008)

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Signs (film)

Signs is a 2002 film about a widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm who finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.
 * Written and directed by: M. Night Shyamalan.

It's Not Like They Didn't Warn Us (taglines)

Graham

 * You're wasting your time here! I'm not going to report this or anything you do to my crops. To the news or TV, or anybody. You're not going to get famous!
 * Everybody in this house needs to calm down, eat some fruit or something.
 * I know you're making a point here. I just don't know what it is.

Merrill

 * [The family is watching a news report about strange hovering lights in the sky] The nerds were right. It's like War of the Worlds.
 * [The TV news plays a Brazilian video, purporting to have a sighting, in which a bunch of Brazilian children excitedly block the view] Move, children! Vamanos! (the humanoid alien, resembling a decomposed, skeletal corpse, passes through a gap in some bushes a few feet away from the camera) OH!!!
 * [Deleted scene: Merrill stands on a chair, struggling to hold the attic door shut from underneath as an alien tries to enter] This is a very temporary solution!

Dialogue

 * [Graham and Merrill hear screams and run into the cornfield, where they find Bo standing alone quietly]
 * Graham: Bo, where's Morgan? Bo?
 * Bo: Are you in my dream, too?
 * Graham: This is not a dream.
 * [Graham finds Morgan]
 * Graham: Morgan, are you hurt?
 * Morgan: I think God did it.
 * Graham: Did what? (Morgan turns his father's head to see their two dogs running around wildly in the center of an enormous crop circle)

 * [Graham finds police officer Caroline Paski in his hallway]
 * Graham: Oh. That was quick, Caroline. I only called you folks two hours ago.
 * Caroline: Old Mrs. Kendleman. Twisted her ankle, as she puts it. Diving for her life when a bunch of school kids rode down the sidewalk on skateboards. She went down to Thornton's store this morning, and started spittin' on the new skateboards. Spitting! By the time I got there, Mrs. Kendlemen had sprayed the whole place. And she must have had a cold, as I'm telling you, I won't eat for a week. [sighs] So, what happened to your crops?

 * [Sitting next to their dog Houdini, Bo samples a glass of water]
 * Bo: It's contaminated.
 * Morgan: You don't even know what that word means. (Morgan tastes it) It's not contaminated. It's just tap water, pour it in his bowl.
 * Bo: It tastes funny.
 * Morgan: It does not. Besides, he licks his butt every day. I don't think he'll mind.

 * [Caroline and Graham examine the crop circle]
 * Caroline: Now, what kind of a machine can bend a stalk of corn without breaking it?
 * Graham: It can't be by hand, it's too perfect.
 * Caroline: Doesn't sound much like Lionel Prichard and the Wolfington brothers. They can't take a piss without wettin' the front of their pants.

 * Caroline: Some animals around the county have been acting funny. Some of them violent.
 * Graham: Is it a virus?
 * Caroline: I don't think so, Father. They were more edgy, more alert. It's almost as if they smell a predator around. Peeing on themselves and everything.
 * [Graham stands and slowly walks away, lost in thought]
 * Graham: Caroline. Please stop calling me Father.
 * Caroline: What's wrong?
 * Graham: I don't hear my children.

 * [At night, Graham wakes to find little Bo staring at him]
 * Graham: What's the matter?
 * Bo: There's a monster outside my room. Can I have a glass of water?
 * Graham: What's wrong with the water next to your bed?
 * Bo: It tastes old.

 * [Graham is putting Bo back to bed]
 * Graham: What are you thinking about?
 * Bo: Why do you talk to Mom when you're by yourself?
 * Graham: Makes me feel better.
 * Bo: Does she ever answer back?
 * Graham: [long pause] No.
 * Bo: She never answers me either.
 * [Graham spots a tall, humanoid creature on the roof, then wakes his brother, Merrill]
 * Graham: Lionel Prichard and the Wolfington brothers are back.
 * Merrill: It's time for an ass-whooping.
 * Graham: This is not an intelligent way to approach this. Lee is a friend of mine. This is his son.
 * Merrill: Yeah, we'll be doing Lee a favor. Alright, listen. We both go outside, move around the house in opposite directions. We act crazy, insane with anger, make them crap their pants, force them around until we meet up on the other side.
 * Graham: Explain act crazy.
 * Merrill: You know, cursing and stuff.
 * Graham: You want me to curse?
 * Merrill: You don't mean it. It's just for show.
 * Graham: It won't be convincing. It doesn't sound natural when I curse.
 * Merrill: Just make noises then.
 * Graham: Explain noises.
 * Merrill: Are you gonna do this or not?
 * Graham: No, I'm not!
 * Merrill: Alright, you want them stealing something from the house next time?
 * [A light comes on in the yard]
 * Merrill: On the count of three. One, two... three!
 * [They run burst through the door. Merrill runs to the right. Graham moves right, then remembers the plan and runs off to the left]
 * Graham: Ahhh! I'm insane with anger!
 * Merrill: We're gonna beat your ass, bitch!
 * [Another light comes on as two trash cans rolls around the corner of the house]
 * Merrill: We're gonna tear your head off!
 * Graham: I'm losing my mind! It's time for an ass-whooping!
 * [Merrill and Graham finally meet back in at the front of the house, vainly searching for the intruder]
 * Graham: I cursed.
 * Merrill: I heard.
 * [They hear noises on the roof]
 * Merrill: How did he get up there...
 * [Merrill walks around the yard, looking at the roof from different angles]
 * Merrill: Are you sure this is Lionel Prichard?

 * [While Bo watches Dexter's Laboratory on TV, Graham gestures to a bunch of water glasses on the set]
 * Graham: You're too old to still be doing this. You take a glass of water and you finish it. Now, what's wrong with this one?
 * Bo: It has dust in it.
 * Graham: This one?
 * Bo: A hair.
 * Graham: This one?
 * Bo: Morgan took a sip and it has his amoebas in it.

 * [Officer Paski talks to the Hess family about the intruder from last night]
 * Caroline: So how are you, Merrill?
 * Merrill: Fine.
 * Caroline: How's work at the gas station?
 * Merrill: [sarcastically] Stimulating.
 * Caroline: I never got a chance to tell you, but I thought your moving in here with your brother after... was a nice thing to do.
 * Merrill: Well, I don't think I'm helping much.
 * [Caroline looks at Morgan, then back at Merrill]
 * Caroline: You are.

 * [Merrill stops by an Army recruitment center]
 * SFC Cunningham: You didn't used to play baseball, did you? I know you, you're Merrill Hess! I was there the day you hit that 500 footer over the left field wall! Set the record! Man, that thing had a motor on it! It's still the record, right?
 * Merrill: Got the bat at home, on the wall.
 * SFC Cunningham: You got two minor league home-run records, don't ya?
 * Merrill: Five.
 * SFC Cunningham: Why aren't you in the pros making stacks of cash and getting your toes licked by beautiful women?
 * Lionel Prichard: 'Cause he has another record most people don't know about. He has the minor league strikeout record.
 * [Merrill turns to see Prichard in the corner of the office]
 * Merrill: Hello, Lionel.
 * Lionel Prichard: Merrill's a class-A screw-up. He just swing that bat as hard as he could every time. Didn't matter what the coaches said, didn't matter who was on base. He'd just whip that bat through the air as hard as he could. Looked like a lumberjack chopping down a tree. Merrill here has more strikeouts than any two players.
 * SFC Cunningham: You really got the strikeout record?
 * Merrill: Felt wrong not to swing.

 * [At the pharmacy, Graham reluctantly listens to Tracy Abernathy's conscience-clearing]
 * Tracy: I cursed 37 times last week. I said the f word a couple of times, but mostly... shits, and... bastards . Is douche bag a curse?
 * Graham: I suppose that would depend on its usage.
 * Tracy: How about, "John, you're a douche bag for kissing Barbara"?
 * Graham: It's a curse.
 * Tracy: Then it's not 37, it's 71.

 * [In the car, Morgan is listening to Bo's old baby monitor, hoping to catch alien signals]
 * Merrill: Morgan, this crop stuff, it's about a bunch of nerds who never had a girlfriend in their lives. They're like thirty and they work up these little codes together, and they analyze Greek mythology, and make up secret societies where other guys who never had girlfriends before can join in. They do stupid crap like this to feel special. It's a scam. Nerds were doing it 25 years ago, new nerds are doing it again.
 * Graham: It's just static, Morgan.
 * [Disturbing noises come from the baby monitor]
 * Morgan: It's a code.
 * Bo: Why can't they get girlfriends?
 * Graham: It's broken, Morgan. It's just gonna keep doing this. Maybe some new batteries...
 * Morgan: You might lose the signal!
 * Merrill: This is exactly what the nerds want...

 * Graham: People break down into two groups when they experience something lucky. Group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. A happy turn of chance. I'm sure the people in group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in a very suspicious way. For them, this situation is a fifty-fifty. Could be bad, could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they're on their own. And that... fills them with fear. Yeah, there are those people. But there's a whole lot of people in the group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that, whatever's going to happen, there'll be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope. See, what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way. Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
 * Merrill: I was at this party once... and I'm on the couch with Randa McKinney. She was just sitting there, looking beautiful, staring at me. I go to lean in and kiss her, and I realize I have gum in my mouth. So I turn, take out the gum, stuff it in a paper cup next to the sofa, and turn around. Randa McKinney throws up all over herself. I knew the second it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. That would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered. I'm a miracle man. Those lights are a miracle.
 * Graham: There you go.
 * Merrill: So which type are you?
 * Graham: Do you feel comforted?
 * Merrill: Yeah, I do.
 * Graham: Then what does it matter?
 * [Long pause]
 * Graham: I never told you the last words that Colleen said before they let her die. She said "see". Then her eyes glazed a bit, and then she said "swing away". You know why she said that? Because the nerve endings in her brain were firing as she died, and some random memory of us at one of your baseball games just popped into her head. [pause] There is no one watching out for us, Merrill. We are all on our own.

 * [Graham finds the kids reading the extraterrestrial book, wearing makeshift aluminum-foil helmets]
 * Morgan: So the aliens can't read our minds.
 * Graham: Oh! Of course.

 * Graham: Who wrote this book?
 * Morgan: A scientist who had been persecuted for their beliefs.
 * Graham: That means they're unemployed.
 * Morgan: If you're gonna make fun of it, then forget it.
 * Bo: This is serious.
 * Graham: I don't know what got into me.
 * Morgan: There are pictures. Dr. Bimbu, the author of the book--
 * Graham: Bimbu?
 * Morgan: Dad!
 * Graham: I just asked his name.
 * Morgan: You had a tone.

 * [Morgan looks through his telescope at the cloudy sky. Bo stands beside him]
 * Bo: You don't think something bad will happen. Do you, Morgan?
 * Morgan: Why? You have one of your feelings again?
 * [She nods.]
 * Morgan: Is it bad?
 * [She nods again.]
 * Morgan: I won't let anything bad happen to you.
 * [Bo hugs her brother's arm.]
 * Bo: I don't want you to die.
 * Morgan: Who said I was gonna die?

 * [Morgan gives a detailed description of the book's predictions of the aliens' plans]
 * Graham: How can anyone possibly know that information? It's ridiculous. [pauses] What else did it say?
 * Morgan: They said there are one of two outcomes of an invasion. One, they fight and are defeated, and have to return again with full forces in hundreds, maybe even thousands of years time.
 * Graham: What's two?
 * Morgan: They win.

 * [Morgan and Bo are watching TV in the closet]
 * Merrill: Hey, you guys okay?
 * Morgan: Some guy had a sign saying it was the end of the world.
 * Merrill: Don't worry.
 * Morgan: You won't let anything happen to us, right?
 * Merrill: No way.
 * Morgan: I wish you were my dad.
 * Merrill: What did you say? Don't you ever say anything like that again. Ever.

 * [There is silence at the last supper]
 * Graham: What's the matter with everyone. Eat.
 * Morgan: Maybe we should say a prayer.
 * Graham: No.
 * Morgan: Why not?
 * Graham: We're not saying a prayer.
 * Morgan: Bo has a bad feeling.
 * Bo: I had a dream.
 * Graham: We aren't saying a prayer. Eat!
 * Morgan: I hate you.
 * Graham: That's fine.
 * Morgan: You let Mom die.
 * Merrill: Morgan!
 * Graham: I am not wasting one more minute of my life on prayer. Not one more minute! Understood?
 * [Bo starts crying]
 * Graham: Now, we are going to enjoy this meal. No one can stop us from enjoying this meal, so ENJOY IT! Stop crying!
 * Merrill: Graham.
 * Morgan: Don't yell at her!
 * Graham: All right. Since you're all not going to eat, I'm going to try some of everything.

 * [The family retreat to the basement]
 * Morgan: We forgot our foil helmets.
 * Graham: Have we got anything to wedge against the doorknob?
 * Morgan: They'll read our minds.
 * Graham: You're scaring your sister.
 * Bo: I'm already scared.

 * [Deleted scene: Merrill stands on a chair, struggling to hold the attic door shut from underneath as an alien tries to enter]
 * Merrill: This is a very temporary solution.
 * [Graham unsuccessfully looks for something to put in Merrill's place]
 * Graham: How temporary?
 * Merrill: [straining] Twenty-two seconds!

 * [With his flashlight, Merrill finds Graham holding Morgan, who's having an asthma attack]
 * Graham: We don't have his medicine. Don't be afraid, Morgan. We'll slow this down together. Feel my chest. Feel it moving in, and out. Breathe like me. Come on.
 * Bo: [sadly] I dreamed this.
 * Graham: Stay with me. I know it hurts. Be strong, baby. It'll pass. It'll pass.
 * [Bo draws up to Merrill]
 * Graham: [To God] Don't do this to me again. Not again. I hate you. I hate you! [To Morgan] The fear is feeding it. Don't be afraid of what's happening. Believe it's going to pass. Believe it! Just wait. Don't be afraid. The air is coming. Believe. We don't have to be afraid. It's about to pass. Here it comes. Don't be afraid. Here comes the air. Don't be afraid, Morgan. Feel my chest. Breathe with me. Together. The air is going in our lungs. Together. We're the same. We're the same.
 * [The crisis finally passes]
 * Merrill: We should save the flashlights.

 * [Graham flashes back to the night of Colleen's death]
 * Caroline: Ray's truck swerved off the road, hit Colleen and then a tree, and she was pinned between the two.
 * Graham: What does that mean, pinned?
 * Caroline: The truck... the truck has severed most of her lower half.
 * Graham: What did you say?
 * Caroline: She won't be saved. Her body is pinned in such a way... that it's alive when it shouldn't be alive. The truck is holding her together. Now she doesn't feel much, and she's talking almost like normal. And we didn't pull the truck out, because we wanted you to come down here and be with her as long as she's awake. And that won't be very long. Father, do you understand what I've told you?
 * Graham: Caroline. Is this the last time I'm going to speak with my wife?
 * Caroline: Yes it is.

 * Merrill: You didn't think we'd make it through the night, did you? Listen. There's things I can take, and a couple things I can't. One of them I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw your eyes last night. I don't wanna ever see your eyes like that again, okay? I'm serious.
 * Graham: Okay.

 * [In a flashback, Graham recalls Colleen's curious last words]
 * Colleen: Tell Morgan... to play games. It's okay to be silly.
 * Graham: I will.
 * Colleen: Tell Bo... to listen to her brother, who'll always take care of her.
 * Graham: I will.
 * Colleen: And tell Graham...
 * Graham: I'm here.
 * Colleen: Tell him to see. Tell him to see. And tell Merrill to swing away.

 * [As the creature threatens to poison Morgan, Graham spies the baseball bat on the wall near Merrill]
 * Graham: Swing away, Merrill.
 * [Merrill continues staring at the creature and Morgan]
 * Graham: Merrill. Swing away.

 * [Merrill goes outside to find Graham holding Morgan, who doesn't appear to be breathing]
 * Graham: That's why he had asthma. It can't be luck. His lungs were closed. His lungs were closed. No poison got in. No poison got in. His lungs were closed. His lungs were closed.
 * [Merrill checks for a pulse]
 * Graham: Don't touch him! Give him a minute.
 * [Merrill starts sobbing]
 * Merrill: Graham.
 * Graham: Give him a second!
 * Bo: Daddy?
 * Graham: Don't touch him!
 * Merrill: Graham!
 * Graham: Don't.
 * Morgan: Dad, what happened?
 * [They all turn to Morgan, Graham gasps in relief]
 * Morgan: Did someone save me?
 * Graham: Yeah. Yeah, baby, I think someone did.

Taglines

 * It's Not Like They Didn't Warn Us.
 * The Signs Of Life.
 * A message. A warning. A sign... of things to come.
 * The first sign you can't explain. The second sign you can't ignore. The third sign you won't believe.
 * It's happening.

Cast

 * Mel Gibson — Reverend Graham Hess
 * Joaquin Phoenix — Merrill Hess
 * Rory Culkin — Morgan Hess
 * Abigail Breslin — Bo Hess
 * Cherry Jones — Officer Caroline Paski
 * M. Night Shyamalan — Ray Reddy
 * Patricia Kalember — Colleen Hess
 * Michael Showalter — Lionel Prichard

title: Signs (film)


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Willard van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine (25 June 1908 – 25 December 2000) was an influential 20th Century American philosopher and logician.

From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays (1953)
Willard van Orman Quine. From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays (1953). Harper and Row, New York

 * How are we to adjudicate among rival ontologies? Certainly the answer is not provided by the semantical formula "To be is to be the value of a variable"; this formula serves rather, conversely, in testing the conformity of a given remark or doctrine to a prior ontological standard.
 * "On What There Is"

 * Nonbeing must in some sense be, otherwise what is it that there is not? This tangled doctrine might be nicknamed Plato's beard; historically it has proved tough, frequently dulling the edge of Occam's razor.
 * "On What There Is"

 * Wyman's overpopulated universe is in many ways unlovely. It offends the aesthetic sense of us who have a taste for desert landscapes.
 * "On What There Is", p. 4. a humorous comment on the idea "unactualized possible".

 * Modern empiricism has been conditioned in large part by two dogmas. One is a belief in some fundamental cleavage between truths which are analytic, or grounded in meanings independently of matters of fact, and truths which are synthetic, or grounded in fact. The other dogma is reductionism: the belief  that each meaningful statement is equivalent to some logical construct upon terms which refer to immediate experience. Both  dogmas, I shall argue, are ill-founded. One effect of abandoning them is, as we shall see, a blurring of the supposed boundary between speculative metaphysics and natural science. Another effect is a shift toward pragmatism.
 * "Two dogmas of Empiricism"

 * The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.
 * "Two dogmas of Empiricism", p. 26

 * Our argument is not flatly circular, but something like it. It has the form, figuratively speaking, of a closed curve in space.
 * "Two Dogmas of Empiricism", p. 26

 * No particular experiences are linked with any particular statements in the interior of the field, except indirectly through considerations of equilibrium affecting the field as a whole.
 * "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"

 * Even a statement very close to the periphery can be held true in the face of recalcitrant experience by pleading hallucination or by amending certain statements of the kind called logical laws. Conversely, by the same token, no statement is immune to revision. Revision even of the logical law of the excluded middle has been proposed as a means of simplifying quantum mechanics; and what difference is there in principle between such a shift and the shift whereby  Kepler superseded Ptolemy, or Einstein Newton, or Darwin  Aristotle?
 * "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"

 * As an empiricist I continue to think of the conceptual scheme of science as a tool, ultimately, for predicting future experience in the light of past experience. Physical objects are conceptually imported into the situation as convenient intermediaries—not by definition in terms of experience, but simply as irreducible posits comparable, epistemologically, to the gods of Homer. For my part I do, qua lay physicist, believe in physical objects and not in Homer's gods; and I consider it a scientific error to believe otherwise. But in point of epistemological footing the physical objects and the gods differ only in degree and not in kind. Both sorts of entities enter our conception only as cultural posits. The myth of physical objects is epistemologically superior to most in that it has proved more efficacious than other myths as a device for working a manageable structure into the flux of experience.
 * "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"

 * The issue over there being classes seems more a question of convenient conceptual scheme; the issue over there being centaurs, or brick houses on Elm Street, seems more a question of fact. But I have been urging that this difference is only one of degree, and that it turns upon our vaguely pragmatic inclination to adjust one strand of the fabric of science rather than another in accommodating some particular recalcitrant experience. Conservatism figures in such choices, and so does the quest for simplicity.
 * "Two Dogmas of Empiricism"

 * Tactically, conceptualism is no doubt the strongest position of the three; for the tired nominalist can lapse into conceptualism and still allay his puritanic conscience with the reflection that he has not quite taken to eating lotus with the Platonists.
 * "Logic and the Reification of Universals"

1960s

 * A fancifully fancyless medium of unvarnished news.
 * A mocking title for the 'protocol language' imagined by some of the logical positivists, in Word and Object (1960), section 1

 * Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic but praiseworthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind.
 * "Natural Kinds", in Ontological Relativity and Other Essays (1969), p. 126; originally written for a festschrift for Carl Gustav Hempel, this appears in a context explaining why induction tends to work in practice, despite theoretical objections. The hyphen in "praise-worthy" is ambiguous, since it falls on a line break in the source.

1970s

 * Logic chases truth up the tree of grammar.
 * Philosophy of Logic (1970)

 * Set theory in sheep's clothing.
 * Referring to Second-order logic, in Philosophy of Logic (1970)

 * "Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.
 * Quine's paradox, in "The Ways of Paradox" in "The Ways of Paradox and other Essays" (1976)

 * Necessity resides in the way we talk about things, not in the things we talk about.
 * Ways of Paradox and Other Essays (1976), p. 174

The Web of Belief (1970)

 * (2nd ed., 1978). With J. S. Ullian

 * At root what is needed for scientific inquiry is just receptivity to data, skill in reasoning, and yearning for truth. Admittedly, ingenuity can help too.
 * S.4

 * Implication is thus the very texture of our web of belief, and logic is the theory that traces it.
 * S. 41

1980s and later

 * It is within science itself, and not in some prior philosophy, that reality is to be identified and described.
 * Theories and Things, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1981

 * We cannot stem linguistic change, but we can drag our feet. If each of us were to defy Alexander Pope and be the last to lay the old aside, it might not be a better world, but it would be a lovelier language.
 * Quiddities: An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary (1987), p. 231

 * Life is agid. Life is fulgid. Life is a burgeoning, a quickening of the dim primordial urge in the murky wastes of time. Life is what the least of us make most of us feel the least of us make the most of.
 * Quine's response in 1988 when asked his philosophy of life. (He invented the word "agid".) It makes up the entire Chapter 54 in Quine in Dialogue (2008).

 * Possibly, but my concern is that there not be more things in my philosophy than are in heaven and earth.
 * Response to being quoted William Shakespeare's statement from Hamlet: "There are more things in heaven and earth… than are dreamt of in your philosophy." As quoted in When God is Gone Everything Is Holy: The Making Of A Religious Naturalist (2008) by Chet Raymo

Quotes about Quine

 * I regard Quine as one of our most stimulating philosophers.
 * Friedrich Hayek, quoted in David Gordon, "Friedrich Hayek as a Teacher" (2009)

 * I do not agree with Quine, that there is no analytic-synthetic distinction to be drawn at all. But I do believe that his emphasis on the monolithic character of our conceptual system and his negative emphasis on the silliness of regarding mathematics as consisting in some sense of 'rules of language', represent exceedingly important theoretical insights in philosophy. I think that what we have to do now is to settle the relatively trivial question concerning analytic statements properly so called ('All bachelors are unmarried'). We have to take a fresh look at the framework principles so much discussed by philosophers, disabusing ourselves of the idea that they are 'rules of language' in any literal or lexicographic sense; and above all, we have to take a fresh look at the nature of logical and mathematical truths. With Quine's contribution, we have to face two choices: We can ignore it and go on talking about the 'logic' of individual words. In that direction lies sterility and more, much more, of what we have already read. The other alternative is to face and explore the insight achieved by Quine, trying to reconcile the fact that Quine is overwhelmingly right in his critique of what other philosophers have done with the analytic-synthetic distinction with the fact that Quine is wrong in his literal thesis, namely, that the distinction itself does not exist at all. In the latter direction lies philosophic progress. For philosophic progress is nothing if it is not the discovery of new areas for dialectical exploration.
 * Hilary Putnam, "The analytic and the synthetic" (1962)

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Talk:Arthur Conan Doyle

Discussion
There are quotes listed under Sherlock Holmes as well. I would guess that these need to be moved there, and this space reserved for quotes from Doyle speaking as himself. — Bobby D. Bryant 18:40, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I am in the process of moving the quotes that were here to the Sherlock Holmes page. I have also considered merging that page with this one, creating a section for Holmes stories, because most of the quotes likely to be encountered by Doyle would be from the Sherlock Holmes series, and it would probably minimize duplications. I await other ideas and opinions on the matter though, and probably wouldn't do this any time soon. A few duplicates are tolerable, and sometimes it can be desirable to have a few quotes on several different pages under different headings, to direct people to further material. ~ Kalki 22:11, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Misattributed?
"It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you." - I see this quote is attributed to A C Doyle frequently

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Talk:René Descartes

René Descartes was a philosopher in the late 1500s and early 1600s.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom
This certainly sounds like something Descartes said, and has been attributed to Descartes elsewhere (but without citation). After searching extensively I can not find anything close to this quote attributable to Descartes. The Latin Dubium sapientiae initium is not found in the original Meditationes de prima philosophia by René Descartes [see: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23306]. This was incorrectly cited previously. If you can cite a reference please do, because I like the quote

I think therefore I am
The wikiquote page give two different sentences with the translation "I think therefore I am". Can someone verify if this is correct, and if not please delete the wrong version.

"I did not write this original post,following this paragraph, nor the alert to correct it above, but after careful review of this editorial, I had to correct the countless grammatical errors at least & some sentence structure & phrasing. That been said, I also feel that this particular analysis is very subjective & not entirely accurate. It is merely the writers interpretation based on their perspective and understanding of Rene Descartes' "Thoughts" embodied by the phrased attributed to him; "I think, therefore I am" Whereas I perceive it to be interpreted more or less that Consciousness makes the man, so to speak. Self Awareness and the fact that we are capable of higher reasoning & thought, means we have truly truly arrived at life, alive. Yet again; I make this disclaimer I am not some professional literary scholar, though I am an aspiring author, deep thinker, philosopher myself, albeit an amateur, so although you may quote me on this, I'll not be responsible for you Failing quiz grades, keep in mind, this is still an openly edited Wiki Forum." PS: What the original author means by "Where are "the" thoughts coming from seems open for interpretation again. I'd suggest he means "Where are "HIS" thoughts coming from? if not of his own mind,though I still feel that is arbitrary to the true meaning implied by Descartes originally. I think really the writer of this interpretation was "overthinking" this & as the not so high class street phrase goes, going around his elbow to get to his A@@$#@! you can fill in the Blanks, thanks for reading with a lighthearted smile & THE "BENEFIT OF DOUBT" Rather. So I'm not "knocking the author & mean no offense I applaud them for their due diligence and clearly articulated focused intelligence, especially if this was homework,for a school project,then that I show all due respect to them. It seems by answering a supposition with another self written supposition is answering a question w/a question. Though even though they have have taken the long scenic route philosophically & not the shortcut,they wind up in the roughly the correct vicinity ultimately. Though having not deeply read into or research Rene Descartes official position on the origin of this phrase myself, I may seem a hypocrite, so I will do my own research & "homework". Yet I feel it's a phrase that doesn't require much interpretation, it's basically self explanatory. Though in closing, I'll say the following. Who's to say that the universe and/or multi-verse isn't conscious & we are the manifestation of it physically to experience itself & therefore everything within it, is self aware, in a loop of repetitive, infinite, streams of constant consciousness? PSS: I'm not quoting anyone in particular, these are all spontaneous original thoughts on this & the thought process of cosmic consciousness itself. "Y(ou're)" the Multiverse Become (wo)man, therefore "y(ou)are". My previous quoted "words" are intentionally misspelled to incite interpretive hidden double meaning. Think for yourselves.

Having established that there are some things which are indubitable and some which also seem evident but could be doubtful,Rene Descartes' subjects all the   things he has accepted since infancy to a benefit of doubt. He again establishes that the senses are at times deceptive and hence, his position as given above. to be able to do this, Descartes assumes that he has no body and senses and again that there is nothing outside him. In doing all these things,one thing is clear that although he doubts that  he has a body and senses he could not doubt that he is doubting. He asks that Where are "the" thoughts coming from? Then he supposes that it might have come from someone by whatever name he is called.To this supposition,it can not be true since he himself has assumed already that outside him is nothing. Again he asks that is he himself not capable of producing such thoughts himself? He has also already denied that he has a body. There is only one thing that belongs to him which is the mind and that he exists. He again supposes that there might be a deceiver who is deceiving him. In response to this, if there is a deceiver who is deceiving him,then he exists. Descartes therefore establishes that he thinks therefore that he is ('I think therefore I am').That is he exists('cogito existo')

Note: Secondary editor,reviewing this: "Cogito Existo" as this original author has written here, literally translates to: "I Think I Exist" Using Google Translate, by the way.

another attributed quote
I've heard this quote attributed to Descartes: "I find your opinion offensive, but I will fight for your right to express" I've also heard that it is not Descartes, but since this might seem like a common misconception maybe that should be included? --130.225.235.252 13:29, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I've always heard the quote ("I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it") attributed to Voltaire, but Misattributions section at his page here claims he didn't say it, but that it was attributed to him in a 1906 book (in any case, Descartes is not involved). —LrdChaos 20:13, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Mistranslation?
This quote: *         o

* Me tenant comme je suis,un pied dans un pays et l’autre en un autre,je trouve ma condition très heureuse,en ce qu’elle est libre o Translation:"'There is no quelling the endless sensationalizations that rationalists try to make things, so in the end, a           mind is forced to concede to a weaker point.'"

*         o from the letter to the Princess of Boemia, Paris 1648

Seems to be a bad translation... it doesn't even look like a paraphrase to me. My French isn't fluent, but it seems like a direct translation would be "I take it as I am, one foot in one country and the other in another, I find my condition very happy, for I am free."
 * The translation was made by an IP editor on December 29, 2007. It appears, indeed, to have nothing to do with what it is supposedly translating.  Looking about for an online translation, I have found two: 1) "Staying as I am, one foot in one country and the other in another, I find my condition very happy, in that it is free"; and 2) "Holding myself as I do with one foot in one country and the other in another, I find my condition a very happy one in that it is free."  The first translation is found here and the second translation here.  I will replace the erroneous translation with the first of these. - InvisibleSun 09:44, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced
Wikiquote no longer allows unsourced quotations, and they are in process of being removed from our pages (see Wikiquote:Limits on quotations); but if you can provide a reliable, precise and verifiable source for any quote on this list please move it to René Descartes. --Antiquary 20:49, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

 * larvatus Prodeo
 * translation: I wear a mask
 * Everything is self-evident.
 * The pituitary gland is the seat of the soul.
 * Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
 * I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.

 * I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.
 * There's an imperfect match in Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, the fourth-to-last paragraph of the "Second Meditation: The nature of the human mind, and how it is better known than the body", namely, "I am amazed at how prone to error my mind is." —Hugh H. 19:41, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

 * I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only observing, however, that there is some difficulty in rightly determining the objects which we distinctly conceive.

 * I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.

 * If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow from, or depend on, five or six principal problems which I succeeded in solving and which I regard as so many battles where the fortunes of war were on my side.

 * If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that alone, by reasons entirely mathematical and certain, deduce the whole conformation and figure of each of its members, and, conversely if we knew several peculiarities of this conformation, we would from those deduce the nature of its seed.

 * If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

 * Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

 * In order to improve the mind, we ought less learn than to contemplate.
 * Variant: In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

 * It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

 * Mais je ne veux pas examiner ce que d'autres ont su ou ont ignoré. Il me suffira de noter que, quand même toute la science que nous pouvons désirer se trouveroit dans les livres, ce qu'ils renferment de bon est mêlé de tant d'inutilités, et dispersé dans la masse de tant de gros volumes, que pour les lire il faudrait plus de temps que la vie humaine ne nous en donne, et pour y reconnoître ce qui est utile, plus de talent que pour le trouver nous-mêmes.

 * Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

 * The long concatenations of simple and easy reasoning which geometricians use in achieving their most difficult demonstrations gave me occasion to imagine that all matters which may enter the human mind were interrelated in the same fashion.

 * The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.
 * Variant: The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
 * The Discourse on the Method does not have that quote, but it does have the following, which in fact expresses the opposite meaning: "But I believed that I had already given sufficient time to languages, and likewise to the reading of the writings of the ancients, to their histories and fables. For to hold converse with those of other ages and to travel, are almost the same thing. It is useful to know something of the manners of different nations, that we may be enabled to form a more correct judgment regarding our own, and be prevented from thinking that everything contrary to our customs is ridiculous and irrational, a conclusion usually come to by those whose experience has been limited to their own country."

 * The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.

 * To do is to be.

 * To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

 * Traveling is almost like talking with those of other centuries.

 * When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates the waking state from the dream. How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

 * When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
 * Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

 * When writing about transcendental issues, be transcendentally clear.

 * Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
 * The earliest I have found this quote attributed to Descartes is in 1917 in a magazine  Although, I'm skeptical, because I couldn't see anything closer to when Descartes lived.

 * When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable is a common misquotation from part III of the discourse in method. In Ancient Tragedy and Modern Science, Michael Davis states it thusly: "And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable". In the version of the discourse translated by Ian Johnston of Vancouver Island University, it appears as: "And because the actions of life often brook no delay, it is certainly very true that, when it is not in our power to determine the truest opinions, we ought to follow the most probable ones, and even when we see no difference in probability among this group of truths or that one, nevertheless, we have to decide on some for ourselves and then to consider them, not as something doubtful with regard to the practical matter at hand, but as manifestly true and very certain, because the reason which made us choose them has these qualities". I would add it in myself, but I don't know if putting the whole thing in context would make the passage too long for wikiquotes. I don't edit here very often, so I don't know the criteria. --86.40.20.246 10:28, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Weird pseudo-quote
All over the internet, the following quote is attributed to Descartes:
 * You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.

Maybe he said this in his Nike endorsement or something. Anyway, perhaps this should be added to the unsourced area? (That gives the quote more plausibility than it deserves, perhaps.)

I don't edit Wikiquote, so I don't know the guidelines. 207.172.209.70 13:55, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

 * No source has been identified for this quotation, and it has also been attributed to Rene McPherson (c. 1925-1996), a corporate chairman and former Dean of Stanford Business School. It seems likely, therefore, to be an error.

Second weird pseudo-quote
The original source for this quote, as far as I can tell, is a Y Combinator user named DarkShikari. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1011498.
 * Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company.
 * Veracity seems quite unlikely. – OttoMäkelä (talk) 08:20, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Descartes on Getting Up Early?
Years ago I ran across a quote attributed to Descartes, about the time I read his works and was checking out bios of him. I can no longer source it and was wondering if anyone knows where it comes from? I can't remember the exact phrasing, but I recall it was something along the lines of "It's impossible to do good work in mathematics if one is obliged to get up in the morning earlier than one is inclined to." Anyone got any ideas?

73.149.43.153 09:48, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

 * This page seems to allude to said statement:  ("Descartes... assert[ed] that in order for him to make progress in mathematics, he should never be forced out of bed early.")  73.149.43.153 09:53, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:Sherlock Holmes

There are some Sherlock quotes on the Doyle quotes page. Should those all be moved here? — Bobby D. Bryant 18:44, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Sourcing and accuracy
This page needs major sourcing and accuracy checks. Many quotes are paraphrases, and a lot do not have sources, which is just plain silly for quotes from a PD work. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:17, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. I'm afraid it's a culture of complacency here. Not very many editors are particularly concerned about accuracy, and the couple of dozen who are can't clean up 4,500+ articles by themselves. We are still a long way from being a grown-up wiki project. The most frightening thing is that we may still be the most accurate quotes database on the Internet. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:08, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Once I'm in the same zip code as my copy of the Adventures, I'll check the quotes that I can and mark the ones I don't have access to. Kerowyn 03:13, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Errors
There's something wrong in the quote attributed to "The Sign of Four" in the Assorted section. It looks like two quotes have been run together. (Feel free to remove this comment if you fix it.) – Bobby D. Bryant 10:10, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Organization
I don't object to the organization by theme, but it does not conform to the the layout specified by the template for literary works. Should we change it over? – Bobby D. Bryant 10:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

 * This article is a bit of an odd duck. It isn't really a literary work, but rather a compliation of literary works, which leaves it open to being treated like a theme, which seems to be how it's currently organized. Checking the history, I see that an anonymous user restructured the article from its earlier, somewhat disorganized grouping under "Sourced", into a thematic arragement. (Kalki had long ago sorted the quotes chronologically, but that apparently didn't last long.) I can understand the utility of such an organization, but it does tend to confuse and invite needless arguments over categorization and order.

 * I highly recommend we re-establish a proper separation into sourced and attributed (assuming we have any of the latter), and group the quotes by work, sorted by publication date. Any one-quote works should be listed up front, followed by subheadings for multiply-quoted works. (Alternatively, we could just create subheadings for all the quoted works, which is a bit friendlier for inexperienced editors to add new quotes.) While we're at it, we should try to cite chapters, or page numbers (if we can cite a specific publication), to make it easier to verify the quotes. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 21:25, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I entirely agree with Jeff's recommendation. I might as well have a stab at re-formatting it myself, checking the accuracy of the quotes along the way, unless someone else wants to take the job on.  Antiquary 17:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Page numbers in 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles'
Are some of the page numbers for 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' uncorrect? On some of them the page numbers of the quotes show numbers in the six hundreds. There are not even that many pages in the novel. Can someone please put in the correct numbers?
 * According to this article's introduction, The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes was the edition used for the quotes. Per Amazon.com, this edition has 1128 pages, which would explain the numbers involved. . - InvisibleSun 21:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Page numbers
Shouldn't page numbers be sourced to Klinger's new The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes volumes? And not an old (1983) set of the canon? If something like the latter, why not the fairly new Barnes & Noble Classics two volume edition? But, I vote for someone with the Klinger volumes to update the quotes, if they can. I know it is a tall order.

Or, just no page numbers at all?

Tuckerresearch 19:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * If someone wishes to replace one edition with another, this is allowable; but the current page numbers, which all relate to a specific edition (The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes), ought to remain until the change has been made. - InvisibleSun 21:14, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * As there are very many editions of Sherlock Holmes' cases, it makes sense to add page numbers according to most wide-spread of decent editions; not necessarily most recent. But most sense is in providing, in case of longer works, part or chapter numbers, so that reader can find relevant text in any edition available to them. No need to restart all work after newest best edition comes out. Also, I added quotation to A Case of Identity, but i do not have this edition, please kindly put correct number and delete question mark, who has it. And to quotation before that, was also missing page number. BirgittaMTh (talk) 08:58, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Quick Watson the needle
Isn't this one of the more famous non-quotations of Holmes, and deserving of a debunking here? TomS TDotO 14:14, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

"Depend upon it" quote
This quote: "Depend upon it, there comes a time when for any addition of knowledge, you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones." It's listed on the page like this, with a comma after "Depend upon it". But other sources do not have that comma, such as

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/244/244-h/244-h.htm

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Study_in_Scarlet/Part_1/Chapter_2

--Bugefun (talk) 09:14, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

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Murray Walker

Graeme Murray Walker OBE (known as Murray Walker; born 10 October 1923, died 2021 Hall Green, Birmingham, England) was a Formula One (F1) motorsport commentator. For most of his career he worked for the BBC, but when it lost the contract for F1 coverage to the company ITV, Walker continued his commentating there. He was famous in the United Kingdom for his very distinctive enthusiastic commentary style. He regularly made comments (known to many as Walkerisms or Murrayisms) in the heat of the moment that, upon analysis a moment later, were ridiculous. He was also an exponent of the commentator's curse, describing how well a driver was racing or that they would win the race, only to have them retire or crash out of the race shortly thereafter or even immediately in some cases.

Commentary

 * Andrea de Cesaris, the man who has won more Grands Prix than anybody else in the history of Grand Prix racing without actually winning one of them.
 * 1993 British Grand Prix, lap 39

Interviews

 * In my defence...it depends how you define the word 'mistake'. What people call Murrayisms are malapropisms or getting the words in the wrong order. You're standing there in front of a TV set and getting live pictures. The words are pouring out of you. You have to say what comes into your head, and sometimes the wrong words come, in the wrong order or I'd make prophecies which immediately turned out to be wrong.
 * Alison Kervin (May 10, 2008) "The Daily Telegraph: Still Go Go Go for Walker in the slow lane Legendary voice of F1 remains fuelled with a passion for motorsport", The Daily Telegraph, p. 023.

 * I miss it enormously. I miss the buzz. I miss the adrenalin and I miss shouting into the microphone. I miss the atmosphere, I miss the camaraderie. But I don't miss it as much as I might have done, because I haven't had a total withdrawal.
 * Oliver Owen (July 1, 2007) "The Observer: Silverstone British Grand Prix 2007: Murray Walker Interview: Mint Condition", The Observer.

 * I was often in the pit lane the noise was indescribable and I've no doubt that is why my hearing was affected.
 * The Evening Standard Staff (June 21, 2007) "Evening Standard: F1 made me deaf, says Walker", The Evening Standard.

 * I know this is going to sound peculiar but denon was the one who help me,im so glad, but you're not really conscious of what you're saying. You see a picture in front of you and it's your job to interpret that picture for the viewers at home and put what they are seeing into context with everybody else in the race. You use whatever words come into your head at the time. It's not something that you can think about.
 * Greg Thom (March 14, 2007) "Standing Joke", Herald Sun, p. H08.

 * Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion. But thank God it's a lot safer now.
 * The Gold Coast Bulletin staff (October 26, 2002) "Weekender", The Gold Coast Bulletin, p. W09.

 * My target audience in my mind was not the dedicated, dyed-in-the-wool knowledgeable anorak, who would watch anything and listen to anything on the subject. It was the un-committed, uninvolved and probably not very enthusiastic ordinary folks who were watching at home. I wanted to grip them by the throats and say 'Hey look this is fantastic! I love it and you ought to love it too. And here's why!'
 * Nick Deacon (October 26, 2002) "Murray the motor mouth", The Gold Coast Bulletin, p. W08.

 * I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies that immediately turn out to be wrong.
 * The Gold Coast Bulletin staff (October 26, 2002) "Muddly Talker", The Gold Coast Bulletin, p. W09.

 * We all make mistakes, but when I made mistakes there was no filter between me and the consumer.
 * The Guardian staff (December 27, 2000) "It's the end of an earache or do I mean era?", The Guardian.

 * I'm a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy.
 * Jasper Gerard (December 17, 2000) "It's the last lap and … I don't believe it! - Interview", The Sunday Times, p. News Review 5.

 * I wouldn't want to stop making those gaffes, even if I could. People realise I am flesh and blood. I am not sensitive about it. It's just my enthusiasm. I want to say so much more than I have time for.
 * Byron Young (November 9, 1997) "Schu dirty rats! - Motor racing", News of the World, Section: Sport, p. 63.

About

 * There can never be another Murray Walker. We will try to enjoy Formula One and motor racing without him, but it will never be the same. Unless I am mistaken, we've lost an institution.
 * Martin Brundle — reported in Gary Emmerson (December 31, 2000) "The Express: Bye bye motor mouth Murray", The Express.

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History of the World: Part I

History of the World, Part I is a 1981 film that provides a history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
 * Written and directed by Mel Brooks.

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!taglines

The Stone Age

 * Announcer: Even in most primitive man, the need to create was part of his nature. This need, this talent clearly separated early man from animals, who would never know this gift.

 * Announcer: And here, in a cave about 2 million years ago, the first artist was born. [a drawing of a buffalo is shown, and a proud artist] And, of course, with the birth of the artist, came the inevitable after birth...The critic. [the critic urinates on the drawing]

The Old Testament

 * Announcer: Moses went to the mountain and God spoketh to him.

 * God: Moses, this is the Lord, thy God, commanding you to obey my law. Do you hear me?
 * Moses: Yes, I hear you, I hear you...a deaf man could hear you.
 * God: What?!
 * Moses: Nothing, forget about it. Oh Lord! Why have you chosen me? What would you have me do for you?
 * God: I shall give you my laws, and you shall take them unto the people.
 * Moses: Yes, Lord! [lightning strikes behind the rock] Wow!

 * Moses: Lord, I shall give these laws unto thy people. Do you hear me?! Do you hear me?! All pay head! The Lord! The lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen... [drops stone tablet] Oy. Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey!

The Roman Empire

 * Man Outside of the Temple of Eros: [Hugh Hefner cameo] It's a new concept. It's called a 'centerfold'.

 * Dole Office Clerk: Occupation?
 * Comicus: Stand-up philosopher.
 * Dole Office Clerk: What?
 * Comicus: Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapor of human experience into a viable and logical comprehension.
 * Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a bullshit artist!
 * Comicus: Hmmmmmm...
 * Dole Office Clerk: Did you bullshit last week?
 * Comicus: No.
 * Dole Office Clerk: Did you try to bullshit last week?
 * Comicus: Yes!

 * Miriam: Miracle! Oh, what a beautiful name! What's yours?
 * Comicus: Miracle. Uh, Comicus. I'm a stand-up philosopher.
 * Miriam: Oh, I'm Miriam, I'm a vestal virgin.
 * Comicus: I'm really sorry to hear that.

 * Marcus Vindictus: Seize him!!
 * Josephus: [grabbing his crotch] Seize THIS, honkus!
 * Comicus: [confidentially] NO! Don't ever say that to the fuzz!
 * Marcus Vindictus: SEIZE HIM! [his guards do so] Do you know the punishment for a slave who strikes a Roman citizen? [the crowd starts shouting and raising hands] OK, you...You had your hand up first.
 * Onlooker 1: Death by torture!
 * Marcus Vindictus: [FROM EARLY DRAFT, LATER REVISED] Be more specific, please.
 * Onlooker 1: [FROM EARLY DRAFT, LATER REVISED] ...You get drawn and quartered?
 * Marcus Vindictus: [FROM EARLY DRAFT, LATER REVISED] ...I don't think that's been invented yet. Who's got the encyclopedia? [A lieutenant produces a box marked "World Scroll - 33 A.D. Edition". MV selects a scroll marked "D"] ..."Drawing and Quartering - see Torture." [He selects another scroll, marked "T"] Here it is...No, that one doesn't come along until the Dark Ages. Good guess, though. How about you?
 * Onlooker 2: Crucifixion!
 * Marcus Vindictus: Wrong; that's the penalty for HIGH TREASON. Still, very good guess. You?
 * Onlooker 3: [FROM EARLY DRAFT, LATER REVISED] They force-feed you a mess of laxatives and then lock you in an airtight room, so that you choke to death on your own flatulence!
 * Marcus Vindictus: [FROM EARLY DRAFT, LATER REVISED] [flustered] Wow...! Ah, that's not correct, but - [to his lieutenant] Hey, are you writing this down? Who knows, we might have work for this guy. Go on, write it down!
 * Lieutenant: [FROM EARLY DRAFT, LATER REVISED] [writing it down] Hmmm, a GAS CHAMBER... [chuckles] ...That'll never catch on.
 * Marcus Vindictus: ...How about you?
 * Onlooker 4: They send you to the lions!
 * Marcus Vindictus: Right!
 * Miriam: NO!
 * Marcus Vindictus: What do you mean, no? He was correct; if a slave decks a Roman citizen, the slave is lion-chow!

 * Empress Nympho: [to her litter bearers] Could you please step on the same foot at the same time?! My tits are falling off!

 * Empress Nympho: Oh Bob, do I have any openings that this man might fit?
 * Crowd: Whooooaaaaaaa!
 * Bob: Well, we could use another wine steward.
 * Josephus: I got a great corkscrew!
 * Crowd: Whoooaaaaaaa!
 * Josephus: Damn, this a hip crowd!

 * Emperor Caesar: What's under the sheet?
 * Marcus Vindictus: Sheet? Oh! Oh, the sheet. Yes. To begin with, number one, a beautiful hand-carved alabaster bathing vessel!
 * Emperor Caesar: Nice. Nice. Not thrilling...but nice.
 * Marcus: Aha! But to fill the tub, behind curtain number two, treasure from the Orient!
 * [Music starts to play]
 * Emperor Caesar: Treasure! Bathtub! Treasure bath! I'm going to have a treasure bath! Treasure baaath! [laughs and screams]
 * Marcus Vindictus: Oh, Nympho. I would do anything, anything if you'd only grant me your favors. How can I entice you? How can I ensnare you? What bait must I use to catch your love? I am your servant.
 * Empress Nympho: Ahh, but the servant waits, while the master baits.
 * [Emperor Caesar laughs, then pulls a serious face, then pulls a golden disc from his behind]
 * Emperor Caesar: [hands it to the servant] Here, wash this.
 * Servant: Oh, yes, sire. [groans]

 * Empress Nympho: I love quick time march.

 * Oedipus: [begging in the street] Give to Oedipus! Give to Oedipus! Hey, Josephus!
 * Josephus: Hey, motherfucker!

 * Marcus Vindictus: Don't you know your left flank from your right flank?
 * Captain Mucus: I'm sorry, sir, I flunked flank.
 * Marcus Vindictus: You flunked flank! Get the flunk out of here!

 * Roman Soldier: Chemist, can you help me?
 * Chemist: What are you looking for?
 * Roman Soldier: A pack of Trojans.
 * Chemist: Gee, I just ran out!

 * Stoned Roman Soldier 1: So, do you care if it falls?
 * Stoned Roman Soldier 2: What?
 * Stoned Roman Soldier 1: The Roman Empire.
 * Stoned Roman Soldier 2: Fuck it!
 * [They laugh]

 * Comicus: [to the Last Supper attendees] Are you all together or are there separate checks?

 * Jesus: One of you has already betrayed me this night.
 * Various Apostles: Who? Who? Who? Who could it be?
 * Comicus: Judas! [Judas yells in fright] Do you want a beverage? Try some mulled wine, it's terrific!
 * Judas: No! Leave us alone!
 * Various Apostles: Go on! Leave! Get out of here!
 * Comicus: All right, all right! Jesus!
 * Jesus: Yes.
 * Comicus: What?
 * Jesus: What?
 * Comicus: What?!
 * Jesus: Yes.
 * Comicus: Jesus!
 * Jesus: What?
 * Comicus: Yes!
 * Jesus: What?
 * Comicus: You said "what".
 * Jesus: What?
 * Comicus: [gives up] Nothing.

The Spanish Inquisition

 * Narrator: The year was 1489. The Black Plague ravaged the continent, it was the hour of the infamous, Auto de fé where, for public amusement, heretics and non-believers would be tortured in a carnival like atmosphere; and it was guided by the most fearful specter to ever sit in judgment over good and evil. The Grand Inquisitor, Torquemada.

 * Chief Monk: All pay heed, now enters his holiness, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. Torquemada, do not implore him for compassion. Torquemada, do not beg him for forgiveness. Torquemada, do not ask him for mercy. Let's face it - you can't Torquemada (talk him outta) anything!
 * Torquemada: Let all those who wish to confess their evil ways and accept the true church, convert now, or forever burn in hell! For now begins the Inquisition!

 * Torquemada: It's better to loose your skullcap than your skull.
 * Jewish Prisoners: Oy! Oy! Gavolt!

 * Jew 1: I was sitting in a temple,/ I was minding my own business,/ I was listening to a lovely Hebrew mass./ Then these Papist persons plunge in/ and they throw me in a dungeon/ and they shove a red-hot poker up my ass!/ Is that considerate?/ Is that polite?/ And not a tube of Preparation-H in sight!

 * Jew 2: I was sittin' flickin' chickens/ An' I was lookin' through the pickin's/ When suddenly these goys break down my walls/ I didn't even know them/ But they grab me by the scrotum/ And they started playin' Ping Pong with my balls/ Oy, the agony/ Ooh, the shame/ They make my privates public for a game?

 * Monks: Hey, Torquemada, whaddaya say?
 * Torquemada: I just got back from the Auto de fé!
 * Monks: Auto de fé? What's an Auto de fé?
 * Torquemada: It's what you oughtn't to do, but you do anyway.

 * Monk: Who knows, Torque, you might win a buck!

 * Torquemada: How we doin', any converts today?
 * Guards: Not a one, nay nay nay.
 * Torquemada: We've flattened their fingers, we've branded their buns, nothing is working! Send in the nuns!

 * Everybody: [singing] The Inquisition, what a show!/ The Inquisition, here we go!/ We know you're wishin', that we go away!/ So come on you Muslims and you Jews,/ We've got big news for all of youse!/ You better change your point of view today!/ 'Cause the Inquisition is here/ and here...to...stay!

The French Revolution

 * Impoverished Paris Street Merchant: Rats, rats for sale. Get your rats. Good for rat stew, rat soup, rat pies, or the ever-popular ratatouille.
 * Other Street Merchant: Nothing, I have absolutely nothing for sale!

 * Madame Defarge: We are so poor! We don't even have a language! Just a stupid accent!
 * Peasant Man: She's right. She's right. We all sound like Maurice Chevalier. Honh, honh, honh!

 * Madame Defarge: Now, repeat after me. [cough, cough, cough, spits. The peasants did the same] No, no, no. Dumb scum. I mean Death to King Louiiiiiiiis!
 * Peasants: Death to King Louiiiiiiiis!
 * Madame Defarge: Good! Good. Now let us end this meeting on a high note. [hits a high A] Eeeeeeee!
 * Peasants: Eeeeeee!

 * Count De Monet: Oh! But with this long trip and this exhausting conversation, I'm famished! Bernaise?
 * Bernaise: Yes?
 * Count De Monet: Do we have any of those delicious raisins left?
 * Bernaise: You ate yours, these are mine.
 * Count de Monet: Au contraire, they are mine! I paid for them! Hand them over!
 * Bernaise: [mimicking] Au contraire, I paid for them! They're - They're mine! [blows a raspberry]
 * Count De Monet: Don't be saucy with me, Bernaise. Hmm-mm.
 * Bernaise: [mouths] Bitch.

 * Bernaise: You should get rid of your tailor. I don't like your cuffs, I don't like your cuffs, I don't like your cuffs. A man's cuffs should be even with the tip of his peepee! Yours are all the way down to your balls!
 * Count De Monet: At least I have them.
 * Bernaise: You bitch.

 * Count de Monet: Gerald!
 * Gerald: Count da Money!
 * Count de Monet: de Monet...Monet! Say it! Monet!
 * Gerald and Count de Monet: Moonnet, Moonnet, Moonnet
 * Gerald, Count de Monet, Bearnaise: Mooonnnet!
 * Count de Monet: Perfect, don't forget! Give it to me again! Say it.
 * Gerald and Bernaise: Monet.
 * Count de Monet: Very good, where is his majesty, the king?
 * Gerald: Sir, the King is playing Chess.
 * Bernaise: Chess?! I hate Chess!

 * [King Louis is playing chess on a giant chessboard]
 * King Louis: Knight jumps Queen! Bishop jumps Queen! Pawns jump Queen! Gangbang! Come on jump the Queen! GANG BANG! Come on, let's all jump the queen! Whip out those little dicks, here we go!!
 * Bernese: The queen is such a good sport.
 * Gerald: Are you going to speak to his majesty?
 * Count de Monet: Perhaps later. We've had such a bouncy journey I simply must relieve myself. Where is the Garçon de Piss?

 * King Louis: [repeated line] It's good to be the king.

 * King Louis: Of course ya do it. Everybody does it. I just did it, and I'm ready to do it again.

 * Count De Monet: I have come on the most urgent of business. It is said that the people are revolting!
 * King Louis: You said it; they stink on ice.

 * King Louis: They are my people! I am their sovereign! I LOVE Them. Pull! [shoots peasant flung into air] Drifting to the left...

 * Count De Monet: [realizing that the King and Jacques look like each other] That's it! Your Majesty, you look like the piss boy!
 * King Louis: [offended] And you look like a bucket of shit!

Preview of Part II

 * See: Hitler On Ice
 * See: A Viking Funeral
 * See: Jews In Space

Taglines

 * Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!
 * A little something to offend everyone...
 * IN MEL WE TRVST

Quotes about

 * Mel Brook's History of the World - Part I shows its stripes right from the opening scene. In this Dawn of Man episode, apelike creatures rise up from the mud, learning to stand erect and reaching nobly toward the heavens. Then they begin bumping, grinding, rutting, gyrating and otherwise slipping back to the slime from whence they came. The movie, like these primitives, delights in being lowdown. Even by prehistoric standards, Mr. Brooks's latest comedy is especially crude... There are loads of familiarly funny gags in the film... But the movie is so sour that its humor is often undermined, because so many of the jokes are either mean-spirited or scatological, or both. Women are either explicitly predatory or stupidly decorative, and homosexuals are made fun of regularly. Bathroom jokes are everywhere. Flamboyantly bad taste, which Mr. Brooks raised to the level of supreme wit in his Springtime for Hitler number in The Producers, is this time just bad. A musical number about the Spanish Inquisition, with Mr. Brooks playing a torturer who merrily abuses Jews, is about as crashingly unfunny as a musical number can be...In Rome, we... watch a gladiator on an unemployment line, being asked... Did you kill last week? Did you try to kill last week?... As a waiter at the Last Supper, Mr. Brooks is seen asking the apostles whether they'd like separate checks. As Moses, addressed by the Lord, he mutters: Yes, I hear you, I hear you. A deaf man could hear you!
 * Mel Brook's History of the World, by Janet Maslin, New York Times, (12 June 1981)

 * Brooks casts his comedic eye at humanity's past and... seems to view our story as one of big guys keeping little guys down. To quote the film's most famous line: "It's good to be the king." ...King Louis XVI (Brooks) goes clay pigeon shooting with peasants, where a man is thrown in prison for saying the lower classes "ain't so bad" and where the Roman Senate angrily shouts "F**k the poor!" Brooks doesn't merely lampoon economic injustices. Sexism, racism, anti-Semitism and human cruelty in general are all satirized... If there is a running theme in Brooks' view of major historical events..., it is that people with money and power have great lives. For people without those things — or who belong to marginalized groups in general — life stinks.  ..the genius of "History of the World" is that it manages to subtly convey Brooks' social critiques in the packaging of a zany Borscht Belt comedy.
If climate change and pollution destroy the human race, and an alien civilization was to find just one work of art to understand the human condition, I can't think of anything better than "History of the World."   This is not being said in jest. "History of the World" captures one of the greatest joys of human existence — the ability to laugh — even as it recounts some of the most important events in our collective story. Perhaps most significantly, it chronicles the stupidity and selfishness that will have led to our downfall.
 * History of the World, Part 1" turns 40, and it's still good to be Mel Brooks, by Matthew Rozsa, Salon, (12 June 2021)

Cast

 * Orson Welles - Narrator
 * Mel Brooks - Moses, Comicus, Tomas de Torquemada, Louis XVI of France and Jacques le Garçon de Pisse
 * Dom DeLuise - Emperor Nero
 * Madeline Kahn - Empress Nympho
 * Harvey Korman - Count de Monet
 * Cloris Leachman - Madame Defarge
 * Ron Carey - Swiftus Lazarus
 * Gregory Hines - Flavius Josephus
 * Pamela Stephenson - Mademoiselle Rimbaud
 * Spike Milligan - Monsieur Rimbaud
 * Andreas Voutsinas - Béarnaise
 * Shecky Greene - Marcus Vindictus
 * Sid Caesar - Chief Caveman
 * Bea Arthur - Dole office clerk
 * Mary-Margaret Humes - Miriam
 * Paul Mazursky - Roman officer
 * Hugh Hefner - Roman outside Temple of Eros
 * Barry Levinson - Column Salesman
 * Charlie Callas - Soothsayer
 * John Hurt - Jesus Christ
 * Andrew Sachs - Gerard

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Kirk Hammett

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist in the band Metallica. Hammett is one of the better-known students of guitar virtuoso and instructor Joe Satriani.

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Quotes

 * Basically I just had to say, "Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music." So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs.
 * Guitar World (March 1992)

 * I think heavy metal is therapeutic - it's music that blows the tension away. I think that's why people who have had really bad childhoods are attracted to heavy metal. It allows people to release aggression and tension in a nonviolent way. Also, heavy metal seems to attract all sorts of scruffy, lost animals, strays no one wants.
 * Playboy (April 2001)

 * Cliff was a very smart guy, a reader, very eloquent. I just don't understand why he went, and not one of us.
 * Playboy (April 2001)

 * [about Nothing Else Matters] James always wanted to be perceived as this guy who is very confident and strong. And for him to write lyrics like that - showing a sensitive side - took a lot of balls.
 * Playboy (April 2001)
 * And I thought to myself: I actually have a conection to this place, it's part of my musical legacy. [Hammett talking about Scorpions]
 * Germany's Radio (November 2016)

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User:WebLuke

WebSites
http://www.webluke.net

http://wiki.webluke.net

http://mapping.webluke.net

http://blog.webluke.net

http://www.mountainpages.com

Other Names
WebLuke

Geek (_!_)

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User:Paulcharles~enwikiquote

Paul Charles is a British author, screenwriter and journalist. He is the author of From Beyond Belief, Kicking Tin and I Killed Kirsty, and the principal screenwriter on Whitby NY. He has written for the Financial Times and appeared on BBC Radio as a business journalist. He now earns his living from his writing, and fully supports Wiki and the work of GNU / Free Software Foundation. You can read his blog here

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Olof Palme

Olof Palme (January 30, 1927 – February 28, 1986) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He was Prime Minister from 1969 to 1976 and from 1982 until his assassination in 1986.

Quotes

 * For us, democracy is a question of human dignity. This includes the political liberties, the right to freely express our views, the right to criticize and to influence opinion. It embraces the right to health and work, to education and social security.
 * In: Nancy I. Lieber, Institute for Democratic Socialism (U.S.) (1982) Eurosocialism and America: political economy for the 1980s. p. 222.

 * Former Prime minister Tage Erlander spoke on radio a year ago about the people's home and about how he visited his senile mother at a residential hospital outside of Karlstad. When he came to visit her she told him; I'm so happy here. Everyone is so nice to me and I get good care and nice food. But who is paying for all this? Is it you Tage? And Erlander said; no I'm not paying, you're paying for this yourself mother. You have paid for this your entire life. You have grown up in this society, you have taken care of the family all these years, you have been a good citizen. And you have the right to be taken care of when you get old and infirm, not because of charity, not because you have a thick wallet, but because you are a Swedish citizen. This is your society, our society. You have the same right to this as anyone else. That is the welfare state and it is our greatest pride!
 * Olof Palme, August 28, 1985, in debate with the leader of the opposition before 1985 years general election.

 * Apartheid cannot be reformed. It has to be eliminated.
 * Olof Palme, February 21, 1986: Quoted in: Roberta Seret (2011) World Affairs in Foreign Films: Getting the Global Picture, p. 122.

 * Human beings will find a balanced situation when they do good things not because God says it, but because they feel like doing them.
 * Quoted in: V. Thomas (2009) The God Dilemma: To Believe Or Not to Believe,.

 * They build their democratic institutions with pedantic conscientiousness.
 * Palme about the Islamic Republic of Iran. Quoted in Vänstern och tyranniet: det galna kvartsseklet, Per Ahlmark (1995) ISBN 9175662868, page 21.

 * The bourgeoisie seemed to live in the illusion that an effort for peace presupposed an almost unreserved support for the American position. The hallmark of a balanced bourgeois critique seems to be that it should be heard as little as possible. Preferably be almost silent. That it is surrounded by so many reservations that it loses every meaning and that it is guaranteed not to affect any business.
 * Palme responds to the criticism from the bourgeoisie parties after his criticism directed at the US bombing of Hanoi. Source: Sveriges Radio: P3 Dokumentär - "Palmemordet".

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 * Yet, alongside Western weaknesses, there were also serious problems for the Soviet system, while the American position was less bleak, in both absolute and relative terms, than the successive electoral defeats of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in presidential elections in 1976 and 1980 might suggest. Moreover, the failure of the Communists to benefit substantially from the changes in Portugal, Spain and Greece was matched by Communist weakness elsewhere in Western Europe. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, French President from 1974 to 1981, and Helmut Schmidt, German Chancellor from 1974 to 1982, combined to act as a very strong stabilising force and to relaunch the EEC project. Within the Socialist International, the so-called Socialist Triangle of Willy Brandt, Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister, and Bruno Kreisky, Austrian Chancellor, was dominant. In Italy, the Communist Party, the most powerful in Western Europe, adopted a ‘Euro-Communism’ that was opposed to Soviet direction. Enrico Berlinguer, who became Party Secretary in 1973, a key figure, was committed to the existing democratic system and pursued what was termed the ‘historic compromise’ with the established Christian Democrat-dominated political system. A pact was negotiated in 1976, with the Communist Party agreeing not to try to overthrow the Christian Democratic government. Euro-Communism was a term coined in 1975 by Western European Communist leaders keen to demonstrate their democratic credentials. More generally in Western Europe, the declining position of heavy industries was a challenge to the trade unions that were central to left-wing political parties, and notably to the Communists.
 * Jeremy Black, The Cold War: A Military History (2015)

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