Paul Verhoeven
- On making Starship Troopers
If I tell the world that a right-wing, fascist way of doing things doesn't work, no one will listen to me. So I'm going to make a perfect fascist world: everyone is beautiful, everything is shiny, everything has big guns and fancy ships; but it's only good for killing bugs!
China Mieville
- How International Law Works
There is nothing to stop a legal argument continuing forever, simply switching from ascending to descending categories endlessly. Of course, legal arguments do not go on forever. But their resolution is not a result of the internal logic of the concepts, but represents interpretation backed by force.
Dan Reeder
- Clean Elvis Pt. 2
I battle aliens from outer space. They got one eye right in the middle of their face. I grab my laser gun, I know my place. Somebody has to save the human race. And I will always love you. It seems hopeless, but wouldn't you know, they got a weakness and they let it show; they can't jump and they're a little bit slow. When I say World War II, I mean the video. And I - help me, Elvis! I - come on now Elvis! I can't help falling in love with you.
Dan Reeder
I looked up death in the dictionary one day just to see what the dictionary had to say: it's the complete and irreversible cessation of life functions. Which is not very poetic but it's precise and clean, and if you analyze it, what that means is when they're gone... they're gone.
Dan Reeder
- Long Ago
Long ago, before the world had cooled, the moon flew out of the earth. Eons it spun around the earth and the sun, until it was perfectly round. And I have been waiting an hour now for a bus on the outskirts of town. Maybe this bus doesn't run anymore, or maybe the schedule is wrong. Walking is out of the question from here; it's raining and my youth is gone. Long ago, before the world had cooled, the moon flew out of the earth...
Dan Reeder
- Clean Elvis
I inject pure kryptonite into my brain, it improves my kung-fu and it eases the pain during acceleration when the pedal hits the floor; this thing burns nitroglycerin and powdered C4. And I will always love you. I drive a modified T-series Lola - it's kind of heavy, but I like the feel. When I say Vietnam it sounds just like Coca-Cola. I believe most anything as long as it's not real. And I will always love you.
Dan Reeder
- Two Weeks After Dieter Died
Two weeks after Dieter died, you could call him on the phone. He would tell you that he's not home, and it gave you an eerie feeling even though you knew it was just an answering machine. Somewhere deep inside you know they don't come back when they go, and he had gone and when they're gone... they're gone.
Dan Reeder
- Maybe
Maybe Jesus beat that rap, we're not sure. Maybe you can live forever if your heart is pure. Maybe you'll come back someday as a king prawn. Maybe angels come and take you away to heaven, or the other way; but from down here, it appears that when they're gone... they're gone.
Dan Reeder
The first guy I knew who died, can't remember his name, the tenth grade started, he just never came again. All his friends sat around and cried for a day or two. You can say what you want about immortal souls, when that guy died, it left a hole. It was my first clue that when they're gone, they're gone.
Mal Reynolds - Firefly
- The Hero of Canton
It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of sumbitch or another. Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
Bo Burnham
- Look Who's Inside Again
Well, well, look who's inside again. Went out to look for a reason to hide again. Well, well, Buddy, you found it. Now come out with your hands up, we've got you surrounded.
[redacted]
- They Are Watching
This was the only way I could reach you. Listen carefully: from this moment on, you need to stay awake and type quotes as long as you can. They're watching you. They're listening to your thoughts. They'll wait for you. And when you fall asleep, they'll come for you. I can tell you how to escape their monitoring but I could only slip my messages through this website and the quotes can only be so long. Keep typing, I'll be back in touch shortly.
[redacted]
- Do Not Type This, I Beg You
You must trust me, I have one piece of advice and you must follow it without question: you must stop typing. What happens next if you don't is entirely your fault. Oh no... you failed the test and now you're in danger. They are making me type this. Whatever happens, do not stop typing now until I tell you otherwise. If you do not type exactly how I tell you to, you will die. They are watching. Type the next quote now. I'll be back in touch shortly.
Jon Stewart
The press can hold its magnifying glass up to our problems, bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen. Or, they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire and then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected dangerous flaming ant epidemic.
David Jon Gilmour, et. al.
- Time
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day. Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown, waiting for someone or something to show you the way... And then one day you find ten years have got behind you - no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
Walt Disney
- Create and Have Fun
Disneyland is not just another amusement park. It's unique, and I want it kept that way. Besides, you don't work for a dollar - you work to create and have fun.
Walt Disney
- A Beautiful Tomorrow
To the youngsters of today, I say believe in the future. The world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity. Why, would you believe it, when I was a kid I thought it was already too late for me to make good at anything.
Dumbo
- Dandy Crow
Oh, why, he flies just like an eagle! That's better than an airplane. Brother, now I've seen everything... I be done seen about everything when I see an elephant fly with the wind, when I see an elephant fly!
Erich Maria Remarque
- Forward - All Quiet on the Western Front
This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war.
