The Infamous Quote Game

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

Arrrggh, but me na' be a'knowin' if she be infemus, cuz ah jes now made 'er up! In all seriousness, ye'll nary fin' a be'er forerm game aboot! OK, I'll quit. The first person says a quote, and the next person says where it was from, and posts another. NO POSTING ANSWERS TO A QUOTE UNLESS YOU ARE SURE YOUR ANSWER IS CORRECT. Nary a werry, wee laddies and lasses! An open-book test, this'n be! And many of the quotes may perhaps be found in both their original sources, and contemporary settings: movies, etc. Either source is acceptable!


That was Aaron's original post a long time ago LOL. I loved this game, and it was fun for all of us, so why not bring it back? I'll start off with a quote.

But, warning, go with what it sounds like. It has been translated MANY atimes (coming from an Italian source) and in every version you find, you will find a different wording.


I am the way into the City of Woe
I am the way to a Forsaken People
I am the way into Eternal Sorrow

Sacred Justice moved my architect
I was raised here by divine omnipotence
Primordial love and ultimate intellect.

Only those elements time cannot wear
Were made before me, and beyond time I stand.
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.


The last line most definately gave it away XD.

[Raithen Anar]

Okay, really off the top of my head: Is it written on the Gates of Hell?
If it's Italian, is it from Dante's ' Inferno. ' ?

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

Well, technically, it was in 'The Divine Comedy', of which was split into three sections, 'Inferno', 'Purgatorio', and 'Paradiso', by Dante Aligheiri. So, yes, you got it right, it was the inscription on the gates of hell. Your turn now.

[Raithen Anar]

Okay, from what Shakespeare play, is this quote from?

When beggars die, there are no comets seen
The Heavens themselves blaze forth the death of Princes

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

Julius Caesar by Shakespear.


"Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin."


Such a bizarre quote that it could have only come from the bizarre book which spawned it. I dare you to come up with the author's REAL name instead of his pen name that he wrote the book under, as well.

[Envin]

Well, I do know that that is Alice and Wonderland, but I'm not completely sure of Carroll's real name - I think his given name was Charles, but I'm not sure of it or the rest of his name.

And lmfao for re-posting me ol' piratey post, me heartie! Ar, 'twere good times back 'en atween me an' dat scurvy Corey landlubber!

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

Yep t'was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (One of my favorite books. So sue me.), and of course I would repost your piratey post.

Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Dodgson. Your turn, Aaron.

[Envin]

Ar-har! Then I shall post for ye me bestest, most favouritest quotie, and she runs thisaway:

(Seriously, though - this is one of, if not my favorite quote ever. You guys better get this one right... bonus points if you can tell me when in the work of literature this was said, and why it was so despairing.)


To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

It was in Macbeth.

Under siege by his enemies, Macbeth is to learn that his wife has killed herself.

Now, my turn, a quote from one of the most chilling movies ever, a movie adapted from one of my favorite books.

"You still wake up sometimes, don't you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs. "

Who said it, and what movie?

[Envin]

Dude, that's nice work, correct about the Macbeth, and...

I LOVE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS!!!

[Raithen Anar]

Yep, Hannibal Lecter, in the Silence of the Lambs, the books are better IMO, Hannibal was much better than the film, charismatic and brilliant character.

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

They usually are much better, but I didn't have my book around to take a quote from there. I haven't seen the movies, but I'm starting to read the series.

Aaron got the movie right, but Raithen said who it was like I asked and what movie, so, Raithen's turn.

[Raithen Anar]

Sorry as I'm in a rush, weekends being the way they are.

What film was this from:

' Hey Vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man? '

Vasquez: ' No. Have you? '

[Envin]

I think that was Aliens, wasn't it? Not sure, but it sounds like it at least.

How about this one:


The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. The pressure of public opinion can do in the town what the law cannot accomplish. There is no lane so vile that the scream of a tortured child, or the thud of a drunkard's blow, does not beget sympathy and indignation among the neighbours, and then the whole machinery of justice is ever so close that a word of complaint can set it going, and there is but a step between the crime and the dock. But look at these lonely houses, each in its own fields, filled for the most part with poor ignorant folk who know little of the law. Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser.