Grumman Rep: We can't make any guarantees. We designed the L.E.M. to land on the Moon, not fire the engine out there for a course correction.
Gene Kranz: Well, unfortunately, we're not landing on the Moon, are we? I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do.
Gene Kranz: Well, unfortunately, we're not landing on the Moon, are we? I don't care what anything was designed to do. I care about what it can do.
"That is a weapon, not a teleporter."
— Samuel Hayden, as the Slayer prepares to load himself into a cannon, Doom Eternal
Omega: [Alpha] was the first entity I created here in this realm — my first and only attempt to recreate a being who shared your mundane parameters. I based his incarnation upon a most ordinary life-form, one which had somehow bested an enemy whose strength rivalled my own. By observing the creature in the heat of battle, I sought to understand the source of this contradiction.
(chocobo feathers begin to rain down)
Omega: I repeated the experiment once. Twice. A thousand times. Yet the results never deviated from estimated projections. The test was an abject failure. [...]
Cid: ...Tell me something, Omega. This ability of yours to generate matter was not originally intended for creating other life-forms, was it?
Omega: [...] Affirmative. I was equipped with matter-generation capabilities for the purpose of unlimited self-improvement and armament expansion. Fabricating life-forms was not the intended function, but the practice is not otherwise prohibited or problematic.
Cid: I disagree with you there. As an engineer, I would advise against using such technology for purposes outside its design. From the very start, you've been making the same mistake. Even the powerful subjects of your test worlds were made crippled and incomplete. It is conviction which drove these villains to terrible greatness; the same limitless conviction which allowed "weakling" heroes to overcome them. ...Do you not understand? Then we will never lose to your creations — no matter how much stronger they should be according to your soulless calculation!
(chocobo feathers begin to rain down)
Omega: I repeated the experiment once. Twice. A thousand times. Yet the results never deviated from estimated projections. The test was an abject failure. [...]
Cid: ...Tell me something, Omega. This ability of yours to generate matter was not originally intended for creating other life-forms, was it?
Omega: [...] Affirmative. I was equipped with matter-generation capabilities for the purpose of unlimited self-improvement and armament expansion. Fabricating life-forms was not the intended function, but the practice is not otherwise prohibited or problematic.
Cid: I disagree with you there. As an engineer, I would advise against using such technology for purposes outside its design. From the very start, you've been making the same mistake. Even the powerful subjects of your test worlds were made crippled and incomplete. It is conviction which drove these villains to terrible greatness; the same limitless conviction which allowed "weakling" heroes to overcome them. ...Do you not understand? Then we will never lose to your creations — no matter how much stronger they should be according to your soulless calculation!
— Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood
"The imagination is a weapon. Those who fail to use it are the first to die."
— Goblin Slayer, Goblin Slayer
"But Locate Creature is a fourth-level spell, and I can only do up to second. And unless Hannah's met an unfortunate end, Locate Object won't be able to find her."
"Huh," said Hermione. "So you can find objects with magic, but not living things?"
"Yeah, that's basically what I just said. Any unique object I've seen firsthand, or the closest one of a type of object."
"Find her robes," commanded Hermione.
Milo paused.
"I think that's cheating," he said. "Or at least, bending the rules to the point of breaking... I like it."
"Huh," said Hermione. "So you can find objects with magic, but not living things?"
"Yeah, that's basically what I just said. Any unique object I've seen firsthand, or the closest one of a type of object."
"Find her robes," commanded Hermione.
Milo paused.
"I think that's cheating," he said. "Or at least, bending the rules to the point of breaking... I like it."
"Think about using materials that aren't really designed for what they are meant to do, you know, do something with… furnaces or something to make things look pretty."
Ruby: I'm sorry... I don't have a question for you. I just... I just needed a little more time...
[Ruby looks to Jinn, who has a stern expression on her face]
Jinn: I know... and while you don't seek knowledge, just this once, I shall give it freely. I will not allow you to use me without a question again. [smiles] Even if this was clever.
[Ruby looks to Jinn, who has a stern expression on her face]
Jinn: I know... and while you don't seek knowledge, just this once, I shall give it freely. I will not allow you to use me without a question again. [smiles] Even if this was clever.
— RWBY
Maxim 50: If it only works in exactly the way the manufacturer intended, it is defective.
— The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries, Schlock Mercenary
"The Boston Basher was — and still is — an excellent unlock, despite its best feature being listed as a downside."
— lister on Team Fortress 2, The Evolution of Scout
