h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

"Why didn't you pay the ransom?"

Lovely line from Richard Harris (Gladiator, Harry Potter) to his wife, when he appeared looking dishevelled and unkempt on his doorstep one morning after vanishing for several days on one of his legendary drinking sessions.

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"

- Albert Einstein

When speaking of democracy, do you place the stress on the "dim", the "mock" or the "crass".

Here's a couple more from Lazarus Long:

Democracy us based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than a one man. How's that again? I missed something.

Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again, too. Who decides?

There are three kinds of people in this world, those who can count and those who can't.

Ha ha ha.
-The Sciolist

*groans with a smile*

peace.

Speaking of Democracy, Two-Bit....

"Democracy is the bludgeoning of The People, by The People, for The People" - Oscar Wilde

Truer words were not spoken. It's amazing what we do to each other with the best of intentions.

Speaking of quotes:
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations. -- H. L. Mencken, on Shakespeare

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill

During Adlai E Stevenson's 1956 presidential campaign, a woman called out to Adlai E Stevenson 'Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!' Stevenson called back 'That's not enough, madam, we need a majority!'

lol.....I hope someone complies these....

Here's one from Blazing Saddles:

"Mungo only pawn in game of life."

Some of my favorite Dr. Who ones now ;

Gwendoline: 'Sir, I think Mr Matthews is confused.'
The Doctor: 'Never mind. I'll have him completely bewildered by the time I'm finished.'
Ghostlight 1989

The Doctor: 'There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where the sea's asleep and the rivers dream, people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice and somewhere else the tea is getting cold. Come on, Ace, we've got work to do.'
Survival 1989

'Deactivating a generator loop without the correct key is like repairing a watch with a hammer and chisel. One false move and you'll never know the time again.'
Pyramids of Mars 1975

Duggan: 'You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs'.
Romana: 'If you made an omelette, I'd expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames and an unconscious chef!'
City of Death 1979

did you know that lot off by heart?

one of my favorites from a film

" This is grain, which any fool can eat, but for which the Lord intended a more divine means of consumption. Let us give praise to the Lord and glory to our maker by learning about BEER!"

Friar Tuck, Robin Hood, Prince of thieves, can't remember the year!

Bother, its copyright the BBC, so maybe it'll come back. Hey ho

Me, just now

That one about the beer is a true classic.

"Oh bother," said Pooh, "as he called in the air strike."

(It's technicallly a tagline, but I like it.

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can`t,
you are right.

Everything comes to he who hustles while he waits.

Henry Ford

Here's a good variation on a classic. Compliments of me.

"People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Changing clothes, using the bathroom, or bringing home a hot date are bad ideas as well."


Vidmaster

'A real hologram. Well, not real! An almost real hologram...' Frank Zappa

'Watch out where the huskies go,
And don't you eat that yellow snow.' Frank Zappa again.

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception" - Groucho Marx

"All your base are belong to us"

The first thig we must do, lets kill all the lawyers.
--William Shakespeare

It is very good to have been a man. And so we look forward together with laughter in our hearts, and peace, thankfull for the past, and for our own courage. For we shall make after all a fair conclusion to this brief music that is man.
--Olaf Stapleton, First and the Last Men