History Quotes / AllForNothing

->''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Behold, the mighty Lord Frieza, ruler of a dying planet,'' my planet. ''Where is your army? Where is your ship? So powerful, and yet you will wander the depths of space for eternity, all because of me!]]'' '''[[YouFool What a fool.]]'''"

->''"Behold, the mighty Lord Frieza, ruler of a dying planet,'' my planet. ''Where is your army? Where is your ship? So powerful, and yet you will wander the depths of space for eternity, all because of me!'' '''What a fool.'''"

->''"Behold, the mighty Lord Frieza, ruler of a dying planet, ''my planet.'' ''Where is your army? Where is your ship? So powerful, and yet you will wander the depths of space for eternity, all because of me!'' What a fool."

''"Behold, the mighty Lord Frieza, ruler of a dying planet, ''my planet.'' ''Where is your army? Where is your ship? So powerful, and yet you will wander the depths of space for eternity, all because of me!'' What a fool."

->'''[[spoiler: Davos]]':'' I loved that girl [[LikeASonToMe like she was my own]]! [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth She was good, she was kind,]] and you '''[[WouldHurtAChild KILLED HER]]'''!\\

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->'''Vegeta''': You should be impressed! Very few are willing to train as intensely as I have for this much power!
->'''Android 18''': How sad. To work so hard... for so little.
->'''Vegeta''': [[NoYou Sad FOR YOU!]]

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-->---'''[[spoiler: Getaway]]''' to Rodimus, ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye Lost Light issue #20]]''

->'''Shinji''': Figures. How much did you actually tell my father, anyway?\\
'''Rei''': Few details. Only that everything he had worked towards and everything he had put myself and his only son through had been for nothing, and that he would die alone and unmourned, rejected by the only person he had ever truly loved. [...] It was... cathartic.

->'''John''': You shouldn't even exist. We took down Cyberdyne over ten years ago! We ''stopped'' Judgment Day!\\
'''The Terminator''': You only postponed it. [[YouCantFightFate Judgment Day is inevitable]].

->'''Obi-Wan''': "Padme, you must help me. Anakin must be found. He must be stopped."\\
'''Padme''': "How can you say that? He's just won the war!"\\
'''Obi-Wan''': "The war was never the Republic against the Separatists. It was Palpatine against the Jedi. We lost. The rest of it was just playacting."\\
'''Padme''': "It was real enough for everyone who died!"\\
'''Obi-Wan''': "Yes. Including the children at the Temple."

->''[Matty] went to [[DirtyCop Hoffman]], he took the money, but he hesitated. Even ''looking'' like you're doing the right thing to those two meant that he wasn't solid, that he couldn't be trusted. I got Matty to take the money... and they killed him two days later. [[ByTheBookCop He was the strongest person that I ever knew]]. He'd have never done it, not even to save himself. I was the only one... I was the only one that could get him to ''debase'' himself like that. And it was for ''nothin'.'' [[TheCorrupter I made him lesser]]. [[LikeFatherLikeSon I made him like me]]... and the bastards killed him anyway.''
-->--'''Mike Ehrmantraut,''' ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E6FiveO Five-O]]"

->'''Orac:''' Within the last few hours, Zerok has ceded to the Federation.
->'''Dayna:''' So that black gold will be of use to [[BigBad Servalan]]. The Federation doesn't know how she's got it. She's made herself a good profit.
->'''Orac:''' ''[Almost laughing]'' [[FromBadToWorse It's... worse than that, unfortunately.]]
->'''Tarrant:''' Worse?
->'''Orac:''' The Federation banking system will now take over that of Zerok. All bank notes drawn by the Bank of Zerok will be declared invalid within seven days and all private transactions will be illegal directly. [[WorthlessTreasureTwist The consequences of this are clear.]]
->'''Tarrant:''' Yes, they're clear all right. Aren't they, Avon? We've just risked our lives... for nothing!
->'''Soolin:''' Not for nothing, Tarrant. We risked our lives to make Servalan rich!
->''[[[MoneyToThrowAway Hurls banknotes at Avon]], who starts to [[SanitySlippage laugh maniacally]]...]''

->"''To think we were deceived by such a thing... How did I devote all my life to this?! What... What did I even live for?! Galactic Scientist Doldora... What has she even accomplished?!''"
-->--'''Doldora''' after TheReveal in episode 46 of ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman''

->'''King Edward VII:''' Austria sets out to be independent of Germany and ends up [[PyrrhicVictory being tied more firmly to her coat-tails than ever before]], Russia looks for some slight prestige after her humiliation by Japan and [[HumiliationConga ends up by being humiliated all over again]], Germany starts off by supporting Turkey at the expense of Austria and [[{{Realpolitik}} ends up by supporting Austria at the expense of Turkey]]! Does it make sense? It seems to me the more surely we set our course north-east, the more surely we end up by going south-west!
->'''Edward Grey:''' I don't think we're as helpless as all that, Sir.
->'''King Edward VII:''' I tell you, Grey, I'm tired. For years, I've traipsed all over Europe for you politicians, and I tell you, [[LampshadeHanging I don't think it makes a damn bit of difference what we do]].
->'''Edward Grey:''' You take too gloomy a view, Sir. After all, if Germany and Austria are closer together now, we're much closer to Russia and France than anyone would have thought possible five years ago. That's a comfort.
->'''King Edward VII:''' Is it? Haven't you just [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI drawn the future battle lines of Europe?]]

->'''[[spoiler: Davos]]''': I loved that girl [[LikeASonToMe like she was my own]]! [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth She was good, she was kind,]] and you '''[[WouldHurtAChild KILLED HER]]'''!\\
'''Melisandre''': So did her father. So did her mother. Her own blood knew it was the only way...\\
'''[[spoiler: Davos]]''': The only way for ''what''!? [[CurbStompBattle They all died anyway!]]

->'''Absolute Tartarus''': I am Absolute Tartarus. I am from tens of thousand years in the future. Let me show you your future. [[Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegends You fused with Alien Reiblood]] and gained the power of darkness, only to have your ambitions being shattered by Franchise/UltramanZero on [[Film/UltramanZeroTheRevengeOfBelial numerous]] [[Series/UltraZeroFight occasions]]. Ultimately, your fate was sealed by one who as created from your genes... Series/UltramanGeed. You evolved into your [[OneWingedAngel ultimate form]] and challenged him, but were defeated and destroyed.\\
'''Ultraman Belial''': *''laughs''* What a joke. All that trouble to get the power I desired, only to be executed by [[Series/UltramanGeed my own son]].

->'''Miratrix''': After all I've done for you... All for Nothing!
->'''Kamdor''': Pity, isn't it?

->''"I tried so hard and got so far''\\
''But in the end, it doesn't even matter''\\
''I had to fall to lose it all''\\
''But in the end, it doesn't even matter..."''

->''"And if I do what you demand (You say!)''\\
''You'll let me understand (You say!)''\\
''You're gonna hold me to your word''\\
''And if I sell myself away (You say!)''\\
''I'll have no debt to pay (You say!)''\\
''I'm gonna get what I deserve''\\

''Your word... obeyed!''\\
''My debt... repaid!''\\
''Our trust... betrayed!''\\
''All for nothing! All for nothing!"''

-->--'''Music/AmonAmarth''', "Doom Over Dead Man"

->''[[HowWeGotHere Those quiet moments when we just walked side by side, the precious time we spent with Hanako and Akira, the casual chatter we had during lunchtimes, the times we made love, the confessions of our feelings to each other...]] All pointless. All just a fleeting moment in our young lives.''
->"We're just two children pretending to be adults, aren't we?"

->'''Willow''': Oh, thorns.
->'''Luz''': What happened?
->'''Willow''': She caught the [[GoldenSnitch Rusty Smidge]].
->'''Luz''': The ''what?''
->'''Boscha''': Yeah, while you were celebrating your victory, I caught this guy. It means we automatically win. All magic sports are like this.
->'''Luz''': That just invalidates ALL our efforts. If catching that thing is so important, why do anything else? There's NO reason to watch ANY of the other players! [[TakeThat THAT'S SUCH A STUPID RULE!]]

->'''Stan:''' Dude, so my vote didn't even really matter!
->'''Randy:''' Hey, that's not true, Stan.
->'''Sharon:''' You can't judge the merits of voting on whether or not your candidate won.
->'''Randy:''' Your vote still mattered.
->'''Mr. Garrison:''' ''(bursts in)'' Hey everybody! They just found all the PETA members murdered at their compound!
->'''Mr. Mackey:''' What the? They're all dead? Well, that means...
->'''Clyde:''' That we can go back to being the South Park Cows!
->''(everyone cheers)''
->'''Randy:''' ''Now'' your vote didn't matter.
-->--''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "Douche and Turd"

->'''Diane:''' Princess Carolyn, wait! I understand. You're trying to be helpful, in your own pushy, self-absorbed way.
->'''Princess Carolyn:''' Oh, thank you.
->'''Diane:''' But I don't want to write a middle-grade fiction detective series.
->'''Princess Carolyn:''' I think you ''do'', though. Because when I was reading it, I could tell you were having fun.
->'''Diane:''' Yeah, but I'm not writing a book to "have fun". If I don't write my book of essays now, I ''never'' will!
->'''Princess Carolyn:''' So? Don't write your book of essays.
->'''Diane:''' I ''have'' to!
->'''Princess Carolyn:''' Why?
->'''Diane:''' Because if I don't, that means that all the damage I got isn't good damage. It's just ''damage''. I have gotten ''nothing'' out of it, and all those years I was miserable was for ''nothing''. I could have been happy this whole time, and written books about girl detectives, and been cheerful, and popular, and had good parents! Is ''that'' what you're saying?! What was it all ''for?!''
->'''Princess Carolyn:''' I... I don't know, Diane. All I know is that this book about the girl detective is fun. I liked it. I like thinking that my daughter could grow up in a world with books like that. Or, if my daughter's not a reader, a lucrative film adaptation.
->'''Diane:''' When ''I'' was a little girl, I thought that everything, all the abuse and neglect, it somehow made me ''special''. And I decided that, one day, I would write something that would make little girls like me feel less alone. ''And if I can't write that book...''
->'''Princess Carolyn:''' Then... Then maybe write this other book. Maybe this book does that, too.
->'''Diane:''' Yeah?
->'''Princess Carolyn:''' ''(nods her head)''
-->--''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', "Good Damage"

->'''Sh'Okanabo''': [[ThisCannotBe This is impossible! The Kanabo have thrived before on countless planets under countless suns.]]\\
'''Viral''': Not impossible, Dread Lord. Merely improbable. Analysis indicates that the unique wavelength of this planet's solar radiation's focus through its unusually oxygenated atmosphere has a dire effect on the emerging symbiosis. In other words...\\
'''Sh'Okanabo''': All my efforts have been in vain! The Kanabo cannot survive on Earth. ([[TantrumThrowing angrily roars as he tosses things around in his lair]])
-->--''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward]]'', "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S6E11TheFreaksComeOutAtNight The Freaks Come Out at Night...]]"

->''All the Wakfu gathered in 200 years... FOR TWENTY MISERABLE MINUTES!?''
-->--'''Nox''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', "Mount Zinit"

-->--''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', "Bleanas"

->"But if Bismarck had one great failing, one true tragedy to his life, it would be that [[VetinariJobSecurity he could not envision a world without Bismarck.]] At least, not until it was far too late. And so [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany all of this effort]], all of this work he did to ensure a strong but peaceful future for Germany, would wash away in other leaders' hands. Feeding directly into [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI the looming catastrophe of 1914]]."
-->--'''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits''' on the life of UsefulNotes/OttoVonBismarck

-->-- '''Music/LinkinPark''', "[[Music/InTheEnd]]"

-->-- '''Music/LinkinPark''', "[[Music/HybridTheory In the End]]"

-->-- '''Music/LinkinPark''', "In the End"

-->-- '''Music/LinkinPark''' (ft. [[Music/{{Helmet}} Page Hamilton]]), "All for Nothing"

->[Matty] went to [[DirtyCop Hoffman]], he took the money, but he hesitated. Even ''looking'' like you're doing the right thing to those two meant that he wasn't solid, that he couldn't be trusted. I got Matty to take the money... and they killed him two days later. [[ByTheBookCop He was the strongest person that I ever knew]]. He'd have never done it, not even to save himself. I was the only one... I was the only one that could get him to ''debase'' himself like that. And it was for ''nothin'.'' [[TheCorrupter I made him lesser]]. [[LikeFatherLikeSon I made him like me]]... and the bastards killed him anyway.

->''[[DidYouActuallyBelieve Did you really believe]] when they told you The Cause?
->Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
->The killing and dying
->The suffering and shame
->It happened again
->And again, and again.''
-->-- '''Eric Bogle,''' ''No Man's Land'' (AKA ''Willie [=McBride=]'' and ''The Green Fields of France'')

->I spent my life in foolish quest\\

My life has been a waste

->All the Wakfu gathered in 200 years... FOR TWENTY MISERABLE MINUTES!?

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->'''Android 18''': How sad. To work so hard…for so little.

->'''Diane:''' Because if I don't, that means that all the damage I got isn't good damage. It's just ''damage''. I have gotten ''nothing'' out of it, and all those years I was miserable was for ''nothing''. I could have been happy this whole time, and written books about girl detectives, and been cheerful, and popular, and had good parents! Is ''that'' what what you're saying?! What was it all ''for?!''