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By Carl Weetabix, on April 11th, 2016 From “Good Morning, Vietnam“:
General Taylor: Woah, Dick, put the brakes on. I wanted to wait until airman left to talk with you. Dick, I’m transferring you.
Sgt. Major Dickerson: Transferring me? Where to sir?
General Taylor: You’re going to Guam.
Sgt. Major Dickerson: Guam sir? There’s nothing going on in Guam. Why Guam?
General […]
By Carl Weetabix, on March 25th, 2016 One of my favorite quotes from the movie:
When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result his men were well motivated.
– Captain Ramius, aka Sean Connery
By Carl Weetabix, on December 10th, 2015 “The Internet bringeth, the Internet distracteth away.”
– Me
By Carl Weetabix, on December 1st, 2015
“That boy’d have to use a slide rule to find me in here.”
– Foghorn Leghorn
“I better not look, I just might be in there.”
– Foghorn Leghorn
By Carl Weetabix, on December 1st, 2015 That’s cause I “grad-ge-ated” the sixth grade, ma’am. Only took three years.
– Jethro Bodine
By Carl Weetabix, on November 30th, 2015 “This is a wonderful journey from infinity back to infinity.”
– Deranged man in the tube, as quoted by Andy Zaltzman of The Bugle Podcast
By Carl Weetabix, on November 1st, 2015 Where there is nothing, all there is is the possibility of something.
– Me, thinking about quantum uncertainty and why the universe exists
By Carl Weetabix, on January 20th, 2014 Holly Gennero McClane: After all your posturing, all your little speeches, you’re nothing but a common thief. Hans Gruber: I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane. And since I’m moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.
– Die Hard
By Carl Weetabix, on May 21st, 2013 “It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
– Winston Churchill
“It’s a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma!”
– JFK, the movie
By Carl Weetabix, on June 4th, 2012 Regarding the new “Flame” malware:
“Yeah but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
– Jeff Goldblum, aka Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
Incidentally one of my best friend’s favorite and oft used quotes. Certainly applies to say, the Manhattan Project.
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