"Dismissed. (beat) That's a Starfleet expression for 'Get Out!'."
—Cap. Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager ("The Cloud")
"Why is it that whenever someone says 'with all due respect', they really mean 'kiss my ass'?"
— Ashley Williams, Mass Effect
Guide: Did you know that Mr Edison, while being one of America's most beloved inventors, was also a devout "occultist?"
Dean: (whispers) What's with the quote-y fingers?"
Never before has "I'm getting some soft serve" sounded so much like "Fuck you".
— Walky, Dumbing of Age
"...he said, 'I'm praying for you,' in a voice more sinister than if he had said, 'Die, you evil woman.'"
CinemaWins: I wish I could say people's names I dislike with the disdain Malfoy manages to say -
Malfoy: Potter.
Malfoy: Potter.
"In the seven hundred years that I have been a temple statue, I have never heard someone utter the words 'a god' in the same tone that one might describe, oh...foot fungus."'
— The Statue of Ganesh, Digger
Brother Martin: Manners.
Rob: "Manners" yourself.
The gnome was muttering to himself, too, a low, unpleasant mutter. He didn't so much curse as deliver each word as if he were cursing, so that "Butter and bedknobs!" came out sounding like something you'd use to send a demon back to the abyss.
— "Little Creature and the Redcap" by Ursula Vernon
"It's folklore's what it is," grumbled the gnome, making "folklore" sound like a hideous disease of the bowels.
— "Little Creature and the Redcap" by Ursula Vernon
"And 'balloons' to you... sir."
— Mr. Hornbeam, Doctor at Sea
"Jeeves, I'm sure that nothing is further from your mind, but you know, you have a way of saying 'Indeed, sir,' which gives the impression it is only a feudal sense of what is fitting which prevents you from substituting the words 'Says you!'"
—Bertie Wooster, Jeeves and Wooster
Easter Rabbit: But you can't quit! You're gonna give the Easter Rabbit a bad name!
Bugs Bunny: I already have a bad name for the Easter Rabbit!
