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[edit] War & the military

• "Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events." ~ Winston Churchill
• "The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." ~ Kosh (Babylon 5)
• "How will this end?"
  "In fire." ~ Centauri Emperor Turhan and Kosh (Babylon 5)
• "I suppose there'll be a war now, hm? All that running around and shooting one another. You'd think that sooner or later, it would go out of fashion." ~ Londo Mollari (Babylon 5)

[edit] Government & Politics

• "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." ~ Mark Twain
• "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." ~ Mark Twain
• "There are no dialogues, only intersecting monologues." ~ Mark Twain
• "...politics is the only thing more boring than blood samples. All those interminable speeches, all that dreary pomp..." ~ Gaius Baltar (Battlestar Galactica)
• "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." ~ William Adama (Battlestar Galactica)
• "No, it's not smart. It's politics." ~ Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)

[edit] History & the Future

• "So much has been lost, so much forgotten. So much pain, so much blood. And for what? I wonder. The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast terrible in-between. But there is still time to seize that one last, fragile moment. To choose something better, to make a difference, as you say." ~ Centauri Emperor Turhan (Babylon 5)
• "The future isn't what it used to be." ~ G'Kar (Babylon 5)
• "The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes." ~ Mark Twain
• "It is said that the future is always born in pain. The history of war is the history of pain. If we are wise what is born of that pain matures into the promise of a better world. Because we learn that we can no longer afford the mistakes of the past." ~ G'Kar (Babylon 5)

[edit] Religion & Philosophy

• "Life has a melody, Gaius. A rhythm of notes which become your existence once played in harmony with God's plan." ~ Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
• "The King James Bible was good enough for Jesus and it's good enough for us." ~ Anonymous (he wasn't serious)

[edit] Life

• "You seek meaning ... then listen to the music, not the song." ~ Kosh (Babylon 5)
• "I thought we were [only] sparring."
  "That's why you don't win." ~ Lee Adama and William Adama (Battlestar Galactica)
• "... the only way to get pertinent information is to ask impertinent questions." ~ Findell (Babylon 5)
• "If sometimes dreams come true, then what of our nightmares? ~ Galen (Babylon 5)
• "You should never hand someone a gun unless you're sure where they'll point it." ~ Jeffrey Sinclair (Babylon 5)
• "Everyone lies. The innocent lie because they don't want to be blamed for something they didn't do, and the guilty lie because they don't have any other choice." ~ Jeffrey Sinclair (Babylon 5)
• "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." ~ Mark Twain
• "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." ~ Mark Twain
• "Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please." ~ Mark Twain
• "Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." ~ Mark Twain
• "Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ~ Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
• "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." ~ Mark Twain

[edit] Miscellaneous

• "If you think everybody's out to get you, consider the alternative possibility that nobody cares about you." (Wikipedia)
• "What do you want, you moon-faced assassin of joy? ~ Londo Mollari (Babylon 5)
• "Here. Look. These are my three wives: Pestilence, Famine, and Death." ~ Londo Mollari (Babylon 5)
• "Who are you? What do you want? Do you have anything worth living for?" ~ Babylon 5

[edit] Wikiepdia

• Q: How many Wikipedians does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: Twenty. One to create the lightbulb, two to argue about content on its talk page & revert each other's edits, one to nominate the lightbulb for deletion, two more to argue the merits in AfD, one to close the debate as keep, one to speedy the article after the AfD, one to complain at deletion review, two more to argue the question there, one admin to undelete the page, one to wheel war with the previous admin, one to request arbitration, four arbitrators & a bureaucrat to arbitrate, and potentially Jimbo Wales or the Foundation. --Ssbohio 21:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

• 18:54, December 13, 2006 Athaenara (Talk | contribs) m (rv to fourth: whether or not he was the fourth, Vanderbilt was not "the tenth of nine children.")[1]

Behold the best (read that as worst) attempt to save an article:[2]

• Do not delete. I am writing on the psychology behind wearing shorts as my English 15 college essay, and this article is cited in my paper. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.45.40 (talk) 02:03, 17 December 2006 (UTC).
  • Um... How exactly can you use one sentence and a list of three people, one of whom is Spongebob, for a psychology paper? -Amarkov ^blah_edits 02:07, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
    • I suggest that fictional characters such as Charlie Brown and Spongebob make wearing shorts look "cool" and "hip" to young kids who watch such programs. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.45.40 (talk) 02:18, 17 December 2006 (UTC).
      • And you need this particular article to note that both characters wear shorts why? -Amarkov ^blah_edits 02:22, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
        • Otherwise, I would not be able to prove that both characters wear shorts with only one source. I would have to use at least two sources and that would push my paper to 11 pages in length, and I only have 10 pages left on my campus printer account. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.45.40 (talk * contribs).
  • One might wonder why you'd add a nonsense entry [3] to an article that you're supposedly using as a source for a paper. WarpstarRider 02:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Hulk was included in my paper because I considered him a powerful influence among children, and most children admired him for his shorts that had the ability to stay on him no matter how big he got. Crystallina was also cited in my paper because of her role in the said movie. I needed at least 5 examples to prove my point, according to paper guidelines.
      • So, wait, you're using Wikipedia to construct a source for your article? That is bad. Regardless, we can't keep articles because people are using them as references. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 02:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
      • Crystallina isn't a character in any movie. Cut it out and quit wasting everyone's time. WarpstarRider 02:39, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
        • It was a small film unreleased to the public that she will deny. Nevertheless, it strengthens the argument in my paper. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.45.40 (talk * contribs).
        • Here in America, people have a right to the truth! If you want to delete that truth, you are also deleting freedom. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.45.40 (talk * contribs).
          • What the heck? Wikipedia isn't bound by the Constitution, you don't have the right to have whatever you want here. Even if it is the truth. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 02:40, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
            • Ah, so it is no problem to you if this place turns into a house of lies? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.45.40 (talk * contribs).
  • Not having everything which is true doesn't make what we do have untrue. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 02:45, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
    • I should re-word. Hiding the truth turns this place into a house of deception --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.45.40 (talk * contribs).
      • We're not hiding the truth. We don't have articles like this, and we freely admit it. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 02:52, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
        • But to delete a truthful article such as this one would be to delete the truth, would it not?
          • Quit your disruption. We are not by any stretch required to keep this article merely because you are using it as a citation. Yuser31415 03:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

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