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'''Wojo''': "The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on." Creator/CarlSandburg.\\
'''Dietrich''': "I got smog in my noggin." Ed "Kooky Burns.\\

'''Wojo''': "The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on." Carl Sandburg.\\

-->'''Dietrich''': [[Theatre/Macbeth "Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air."]] [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Bill Shakespeare.]]\\
'''Wojo''': "The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on." Carl Sandburg.\\

--> '''Mayor:''' {{Martin Luther King|Jr}}.

* This is OlderThanFeudalism. In the [[Literature/TheFourGospels Gospels of Matthew and Luke]], {{Satan}} tempts {{Jesus}} by telling Him (among other things) to prove He's the Son of God by throwing Himself off the roof of the Temple in Jerusalem, for the scriptures say {{God}} would command the angels to catch the Messiah. Jesus counters that the scriptures also say not to put God to the test.

'''Reverend Lovejoy''': ''(confused)'' "And he left them and went out of the city, into Bethany, and he lodged there?"\\
'''Homer''': Yeah. Think about it.
** Bart and Lisa try to do this to convince Krusty's rabbi father to start speaking with his son again. Unfortunately for them, it's not so easy to out-quote a rabbi, especially since they don't know much about the holy texts. They go back and forth (with Lisa in the library researching and Bart delivering the responses) until they finally convince him with a last-ditch quote from Creator/SammyDavisJr (a Jewish performer like the rabbi's son) about the hardships the Jewish people have overcome. [[spoiler: This quote finally convinces Rabbi Krustofski that entertainers have a place in Jewish heritage and leads him to reunite with Krusty.]]

--> '''Hummel:''' "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson.\\
'''Mason:''' [[Creator/OscarWilde "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious."]]
---> ''[[IResembleThatRemark Then, Hummel clubs Mason.]]''

'''Hannibal Smith''': [[MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]]. ''({{beat}})'' "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."\\

* Our page quote comes from ''Film/TheATeam''. B.A. took a vow of nonviolence while in prison. About two-thirds of the way through the movie, he shows Hannibal a quote from a book about MahatmaGandhi advocating nonviolence. There's a big fight coming so Hannibal needs TheBigGuy, and uses the second quote to get B.A.'s fighting spirit back.

* In the ''Series/BlueBloods'' episode "Black and Blue", Frank Reagan tangles with Rev. Darnell Potter, a spotlight-loving black pastor who has an axe to grind with the NYPD over race issues. Potter walks into a meeting between himself, Frank, and the mayor throwing out a quote by UsefulNotes/MalcolmX. Frank asks for the names of the men in Potter's church who assaulted two of his officers; Potter refuses and accuses him of being unwilling to seek a consensus.

* In the ''Series/BlueBloods'' episode "Black and Blue", Frank Reagan tangles with Rev. Darnell Potter, a spotlight-loving black pastor who has an axe to grind with the NYPD over race issues. Potter walks into a meeting between himself, Frank, and the mayor throwing out a quote by MalcolmX. Frank asks for the names of the men in Potter's church who assaulted two of his officers; Potter refuses and accuses him of being unwilling to seek a consensus.

* In ''Film/LoadedWeapon1'', there's [[PlayedForLaughs a very funny one]] between [[WilliamShatner General Mortars]] and [[DenisLeary Mike [=McCracken=]]]:

* This is OlderThanFeudalism. In the [[Literature/TheFourGospels Gospels of Matthew and Luke]], {{Satan}} tempts {{Jesus}} by telling Him (among other things) to prove He's the Son of God by throwing Himself off the roof of the Temple in Jerusalem, for the scriptures say {{God}} would command the angels to catch {{the Messiah}}. Jesus counters that the scriptures also say not to put God to the test.

--> '''Hummel:''' "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ThomasJefferson.\\

* In ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Q expresses a negative view of humanity by quoting ''{{Macbeth}}''; "Out, out, brief candle, life's but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage..." He then brings up ''{{Hamlet}}'', prompting Picard to answer [[PatrickStewartSpeech as only he can]];

* In ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Q expresses a negative view of humanity quoting ''{{Macbeth}}''; "Out, out, brief candle, life's but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage..." He then brings up ''{{Hamlet}}'', prompting Picard to answer [[PatrickStewartSpeech as only he can]];

Quotes are quite popular in debates and arguments, as they can sum up an argument quickly. Being the words of someone notable also tends to help. This trope covers cases of characters arguing by exchanging them. For added effect, a creator might have his characters all quote the same source.

* In Film/LoadedWeapon1, between [[WilliamShatner General Mortars]] and [[DenisLeary Mike [=McCracken=]]]:

Compare PolitenessJudo (a similar exchange using manners rather than quotes). May involve AsTheGoodBookSays. See also AnalogyBackfire and VerbalJudo, or BeamMeUpScotty when the quoter gets the line wrong. If this happens a lot, one may consider the work ReferenceOverdosed. Not at all related to ShipToShipCombat.

* In ''{{Series/Mash}}'' Margaret asks Frank for a loan.