The Infamous Quote Game

[Envin]

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!






1:

To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

[Morsereg Dîndaedel]

HAH Moby Dick.

2:

"I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting."

[Envin]

Perfect! I would have accepted ST2: WoK {Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, you doltish non-trekkies } as well.


Herm...lemme see: I b'lieve that is Dracula, is is not? A first-rate book...let us see...ah, I ha't! This is my favorite quote from any source of fiction or non-fiction in the world:



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]

Aye, it is Dracula. One of the best works of fiction you will ever find LOL one of the first books I ever read, too...lol you see kids going into first grade, reading when they have to little tiny books, then you see me with Dracula XD

That is Macbeth, I believe? Or am I wrong?

If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to let them live is to love them. Buildings burn, and people die, but real love is forever.

[vanya]

Yes it was Shakespeares: Mcbeth (gnarr, I could have known it if I wasn't that tired yesterday... grbl) and yours is from "The Crow"

Okay, lets see if you know this one:

"Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began."

[Envin]

Nice job, Tony - yep, it was Macbeth, right when he is taken with despair at his ways and sees no use in life. Brilliant turn of phrase: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.


Anyway, I think Petra's was Lucretius, if I am correct. Try this:



I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told; I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises.

[vanya]

Ah, thats one of my favourites. Not sure about the english title of the movie, the song to it was from Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer". Right?

Try these if I am right:
"Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. "

[vanya]

Whats that? Nobody knows the answer? Aaron, you do! Don't tell me you don't know this quote!

[Andeerasin Bauglir]

Answer william blake.

Revenge is a dish best served cold !

[Ilmare]

Right Tom! And to your Quote my answer is:

Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderios de LaClos (1741-1803). He originally said it in French in his book Les Liasons Dangereuses (1782): "La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid", but of course we all know it from "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan".

Okay, my turn... this is my favourite since I heared it the first time:

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

[Envin]

Ah, very nice. Nietzsche. No doubt there. Let me think about a quote that no one can get. Unless you've read this author, which you probly have...just my luck. And excellent author here, and a first-rate book as well.




He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad, and that was all his patrimony.

[Ilmare]

Rafael Sabatini! Right???

Try this one: The most important thing when ill, is to never lose heart.

[vanya]

Nobody know this one? C'mon guys, you know it!

[Envin]

That was Lenin, I beleive, ya dratted Commie! LOL, JK Let's see here...




That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

[vanya]

Hey yeah, your right. LOL No, I am no Commie. hehe

Yours is from "Dead Poet society"... I think.

Okay, if I am right, take this:

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.