Fiction
"You've got to stick to your principles."
— Harry to Ray right before blowing his brains out after he thinks he's killed a child, In Bruges
"No army is big enough to conquer the galaxy. But faith alone can overturn the universe."
— Ecclesiarch Deacis IX, Warhammer 40,000
"Working covert ops, you learn to exploit weakness: you manipulate greed, fear, pride to make people do what you want. But when you're dealing with true believers, those weaknesses aren't there. All you can do is help, or get out of the way."
— Burn Notice, "Truth and Reconciliation"
Hawke: Saarebas chose death over leaving the Qun.
Arishok: That is good to hear.
Hawke: That's all you have to say?
Arishok: I will not insult Saarebas with the suggestion that making the right choice was "difficult". I expect as much from every Qunari. I doubt Saarebas earned a greater honor in his life than my reaction now.
Arishok: That is good to hear.
Hawke: That's all you have to say?
Arishok: I will not insult Saarebas with the suggestion that making the right choice was "difficult". I expect as much from every Qunari. I doubt Saarebas earned a greater honor in his life than my reaction now.
Vine: Harriet, the General is no longer in charge. Ruby and the others have used the Staff. Atlas is falling, but its people will be safe. Unless you—
Harriet: It's the principle, Vine! It's about loyalty! Clover understood that. Clover would see this through!
Vine: Then, perhaps Clover was wrong, too...
Harriet: It's the principle, Vine! It's about loyalty! Clover understood that. Clover would see this through!
Vine: Then, perhaps Clover was wrong, too...
Marker: (looks at the World's Largest Oven) So burny! It's time to smash!
Black Hole: Agreed. This could kill us in seconds, and it should be dismantled immediately.
Fanny: Uh, that will make us lose!
Black Hole: Quiet your blades, Fanny. It's for the greater good.
Fanny: NO! Lightning got out for the greater good! Remote got out for the greater good! Pie... just kinda... got out, not P.A.C.T.-related, but two out of three is telling!
Tree: Fanny, it's our mission; our identity, and we must strive to continue it, even in strife!
Fanny: There's only four of us left! If we keep this up, we'll all disappear, and then the death will occur anyway! And we won't be here to stop it, either!
Black Hole: But. It's. The. P.A.C.T.!
Fanny: Well... I... HATE THE P.A.C.T.!
(Death P.A.C.T. Again gasps)
Black Hole: Agreed. This could kill us in seconds, and it should be dismantled immediately.
Fanny: Uh, that will make us lose!
Black Hole: Quiet your blades, Fanny. It's for the greater good.
Fanny: NO! Lightning got out for the greater good! Remote got out for the greater good! Pie... just kinda... got out, not P.A.C.T.-related, but two out of three is telling!
Tree: Fanny, it's our mission; our identity, and we must strive to continue it, even in strife!
Fanny: There's only four of us left! If we keep this up, we'll all disappear, and then the death will occur anyway! And we won't be here to stop it, either!
Black Hole: But. It's. The. P.A.C.T.!
Fanny: Well... I... HATE THE P.A.C.T.!
(Death P.A.C.T. Again gasps)
Real Life
"There is a great deal of self-love and arrogance in judging so highly of your opinions that you are obliged to disturb the public peace in order to establish them."
— Montaigne
"Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies."
"Rand's utter downfall is her dogmatic nature. She utterly rejected the idea that people could take her ideas and use them in any other form. It was all or nothing."
"That moment where Heath Ledger lights that giant pile of money on fire is just so great, because it's like, 'Ohhhh-kay. This guy's a true anarchist.'"
"Stupendously moronic crank whose level of lunacy is only matched by the firmness of her conviction that she is right, regardless of what reality says."
— The Encyclopedia on Americans Loons on
Jenny McCarthy
Jenny McCarthy