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Thread: Nameless Quotes
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2022-01-27, 10:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2020
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- Interdimensional iceberg.
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Nameless Quotes
We all occasionally have a great idea for a quote. Most of us, sadly don't have the fame or influence to make it worth anything. Here, I invite all, unknown or legendary, to share their quotes. Brighten someone's day, give them a dark glance at the horrifying reality set before us, shock their socks off, or turn heads in confusion and realization.
As the red day is dawning,
And the lightning cracks the sky
They'll raise their hands to the heavens above
With resentment in their eyes
Note: if I ghost you on FFRP, you have my explicit permission to godmod me.
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2022-02-19, 07:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2005
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- Worcestershire, UK
Re: Nameless Quotes
Here's one that's always stuck with me from my gaming group back in the 1990s:
*After a teleport mishap, the heroes suddenly find themselves in a massive cave, with a lake of lava, inhabited by many demons / devils / flying fiery bat monsters of some sort, all apparently serving some 150 ft tall winged monstrosity in the middle of the fiery lake*
Hero 1: <alarmed> "Where are we?"
Hero 2: <deadpan> "In trouble."
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2022-03-10, 11:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2010
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- Dallas, TX
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Re: Nameless Quotes
A politician keeps his job by calming you down. A journalist keeps his job by exciting you. So things are never as good as the government says, and never as bad as the media says.
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English is a language built over centuries by many peoples, mostly illiterate, on a land invaded by everyone from Norway to Rome, and even (in popular folklore) Troy. If you can find a rule for our tongue that has no exceptions, we'll expunge it immediately.
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If you want to understand politics, stop talking about "the party out of power." The loser in the last election has far more power and influence than you or I will ever have. Both parties are in power.
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The reason we are always disappointed on Election Day is that we keep expecting it to be Christmas -- and it turns out to be April Fool's Day. We should really treat it like Independence Day. Only then will it become Thanksgiving.
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Early to bed makes Jack a dull boy,
But whiskey on beer, sailor's delight;
All the rest have thirty one,
Or when pronounced "a" as in neighbor and weigh.
Burma Shave.
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2022-03-11, 02:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2007
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- Manchester, UK
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Re: Nameless Quotes
I came up with this first line for a story many years ago. Unfortunately, I could never figure out how to continue it:
"The air is subtly different at the edge of the world."
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2022-03-12, 02:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2010
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- California
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Re: Nameless Quotes
My rule for video game design:
Never give the player a choice between feeling bored and feeling stupid.
(Players want to win. If the clearest path to winning involves doing something boring, they'll start doing the boring thing, and then complain the game is boring and drop it)
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2022-04-07, 02:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2021
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2022-04-07, 04:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2007
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- Some rainly old island
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Re: Nameless Quotes
Life is very fair; it's people who throw things off, and it's up to people to make it fair again.
Hi, I'm back, I guess. ^_^I cosplay and stream LPs of single player games on Twitch! Mon, Wed & Fri; currently playing: Nier: Replicant (Mon/Wed) and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Thurs or Fri)
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2022-05-19, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2015
Re: Nameless Quotes
You can expect what you inspect.
The basic function of leadership is setting priorities. Fail to do this and no matter what else you do, you are still not a leader.
Power used is power diminished.
A dollar taxed is a freedom diminished.
There are only two types of jobs in the world; can't do and won't do. Until you learn one marketable skill you cannot do the former and will remain doing the latter.
Nothing happens until someone buys something.
There are only three primary human motivators; fear, greed, and ego.
Keep going until you find your tribe.
If I'm in charge, my best idea to solve a problem is never better than your idea to solve the problem because you will fight to have your idea carried out, and will never embrace my idea as much.
What you punish you get less of, what you reward you get more of, and everyone gets a choice.
There is no lasting peace without a victor and a vanquished.Pssst! Hey, buddy! Ya wanna buy a full color Tarokka Deck?
(Only one left)
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2022-06-12, 02:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2022
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- Duelist Kingdom
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Re: Nameless Quotes
In life, every choice has a painless option and a painful option. Unfortunately, the painful option is always the correct one.
We are FREE of
BEER! As in, we don't have any beer.
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2022-06-23, 02:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2022
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- GitP, obviously
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Re: Nameless Quotes
Half of everyone’s life is made up of IF… literally. -me
Something Borrowed - Submission Thread (5e subclass contest)
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2022-07-19, 06:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2022
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- Duelist Kingdom
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Re: Nameless Quotes
Telling a lie is a form of instant gratification, and we all know where that gets you.
We are FREE of
BEER! As in, we don't have any beer.
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2022-07-19, 07:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2007
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- Some rainly old island
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Re: Nameless Quotes
You're a warm blooded social mammal; act accordingly.
Hi, I'm back, I guess. ^_^I cosplay and stream LPs of single player games on Twitch! Mon, Wed & Fri; currently playing: Nier: Replicant (Mon/Wed) and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Thurs or Fri)
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2022-07-19, 12:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2022
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- Misery (h/t XTC)
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Re: Nameless Quotes
If you believe the world is unkind, acting with kindness is an inherent act of rebellion against it.
Arguments aren't won by having someone apologize to you but by both people working together to solve the problem that started the argument.
No matter how smart you may be, you can be wrong. Always be ready to learn that you are; that's how growth happens.
Go into every situation expecting a fight and you're sure to find one, needed or not."But it always seemed weird to me to get mad about things going wrong, as if everything turning out OK was promised to anyone, ever. There wouldn't need to be paladins if the world was, like, fair." -Lien
I get to be a favorite today!
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2022-07-25, 06:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2019
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- Russia, Siberia
- Gender
Re: Nameless Quotes
Of all the evils in the Pandora's box the most tenacious was hope.