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Thomas: Where have you been, lazybones?
Henry: Oh dear, my system is out of order. No one understands my case. You don't know what I suffer.
Thomas: Rubbish! You're too fat! (US: You're too slow!) You need exercise!
Thomas & Friends, "Thomas and the Guard"

Hiro: But... Tadashi... You just let him die...
Callaghan: Give me the mask, Hiro.
Hiro: He went in there to save you!
Callaghan: That was his mistake!

"According to V.G., Wiggins continued to rape her, and in 1993, V.G.'s mother again filed charges against Wiggins. However, due to constant teasing and ridicule by her classmates at school, V.G. asked her mother to drop the charges against Wiggins."
Wiggins v. State of Mississippi, 733 So.2d 872 (1999)

"You come out here and try to get the sympy of the people... But you don't get my sympy at all."
Scott Steiner, WCW, in response to Kevin Nash's fake injury

"I remember why we stopped talking. You make me furious and you don't even know why. And when I tell you, you don't care."
Lin Beifong, speaking to her mother Toph, in The Legend of Korra.

"Listen. We all know you're a scumbag, and nobody cares about you."
Detective Terry Hoitz to a suicidal jumper, in The Other Guys.

"Well, I think we all agreed you did the right thing there."
David to Shaun after the latter Mercy Kills his zombified mother, in Shaun of the Dead.

Homer: We leave you the kids for three hours and the county takes them away?!
Grandpa Simpson: Oh, bitch, bitch, bitch... [walks off]

Hermes: I'M GOING TO JUMP!
(the Planet Express crew, sans Bender, scream for him not to do it)
Bender: Do a flip!

"You want me to understand your sadness? You think I'm going to sympathize with you? I swore to protect my daughter and my friends. If someone puts them in danger, they must stand aside or be cut down!"
Nier to the Shadowlord after the Shadowlord's daughter sacrifices herself to save Nier's daughter, NieR

Calvin's Dad (having just dropped an enormous Christmas gift box on his foot): Slippin' rippin' dang fang rotten zarg barg-a-ding-dong!
Calvin's Mom: Quiet, dear! Calvin will hear you!

Calvin: Boy, you're lucky you don't have to go to school like I do. You don't know what it's like to get up on these cold, dark mornings and have to go someplace you hate.
Hobbes: Yes I do.
Calvin: Oh yeah? How could you?
Hobbes: You tell me every morning.
Calvin: OH, AM I KEEPING YOU AWAKE?! I'M SORRY!

Yzma: It is no concern of mine whether your family has...what was it again?
Peasant: Um... food?
Yzma: Ha! You really should have thought of that before you became peasants!

Crying boy: Santa? I've been waiting for so long, and that boy cutted in line!
Cricket: Oh, cry me a river. Now back to that list!

Mai: Yuuna, I can't take much more of this. This is sick!
Yuuna: These men and women would see us dead. They're either too cowardly or too fanatical to stand up to a genocidal maniac. Sympathy will have to come from a better woman than me.

"Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding."
Ra's al-Ghul, Batman Begins

"I no longer care for the welfare of the poor and the weak, let their fate be in the hands of God."
Lord Renault, Night of the Templar

James: Bad news!
Jeremy: What?
James: The Dacia Sandero. It's delayed.
Jeremy: Oh no! Anyways, last week...

Nadira: He shields his thoughts from no one. His sympathies are with the tactile world— and with Superman!
Mon-El: Should I apologize for that, Nadira? As a youth, Superman placed me in the Zone to save my life. I'm affected by lead the way Kryptonite would affect you. I can never leave the Zone— until a cure is found!
Nadira: Look elsewhere for pity, Mon-El...
Az-Rel: ...And for information. You disgust us.

Mean Twilight Sparkle: Can we hurry this up? We're on a schedule here! Everything must be perfect!
Pinkie Pie: Twilight, your schedule can wait! Fluttershy's upset.
Mean Twilight Sparkle: Well, tell her to get over it!
[...]
Real Twilight Sparkle: Oh, great. You upset Fluttershy, too?
Pinkie Pie: [to the real Twilight Sparkle] You know what, Twilight? Maybe if you weren't so worried about schedules, you'd realize you're the one ruining the retreat for your friends!

Gwen: My God. Intruders! Gordon, intruders!
Gordon: No, it's alright, dear. It's not our place.

"People have often asked me, 'Don't you have sympathy for these people?' And my answer is always the same: 'If you're looking for sympathy, look it up in the dictionary. It's between shit and syphilis.' No, I don't have any sympathy."
Lt. Joe Kenda on the criminals he catches, Homicide Hunter

"One of the toughest but most important times to be a chaplain is when the school experiences a tragedy and needs healing. For instance, when one of our students or staff loses their life, it's those times when the Harvard family needs to hear reassuring words like, "Come on, existence is terrible. You're better off dead."

Chris Thorndyke: Sonic! Don’t leave! You’re my only friend! My classmates bully me because they think I’m a furry, and my parents only feed me rocks! You're the only good thing I have left! Please!
Sonic: Chris...
(dramatic pause)
Sonic: Cope!
(Sonic walks away as Chris continues to be sad)

Jesse: Look, these people, they kept me in a concrete hole. Look, I don't even know what month it is. They made me watch when they... when they shot someone —
Ed: If you believe that you can pull on people's heartstrings, you should take your chances with the police. From where I sit, you made your own luck. As did your former partner. As did your lawyer. You said it yourself, a deal's a deal.

Sonic: (notices in horror that Amy is trapped in a Cyber Space prison) AMY! Can you hear me, Amy!?
(Amy's silhouette glitches with muffled, indiscernible speech)
Sonic: Amy, how do I leave!? I hate it here!
(Amy attempts to communicate with Sonic again, implicitly in a more annoyed manner)
Sonic: This isn't the time to be inside in a mysterious orb, Amy!

Superman: Tell me why.
Batman: I had my reasons. But I'm no happier than you that Ra's decrypted my computer files.
Superman: Our sympathies are marginal.

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