# Needed: Science Fiction and Fantasy Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616 "2012-09-23T19:07:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/101 "2012-09-25T17:27:12Z")
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn’t believing. It’s where belief stops, because it isn’t needed any more. “She heard him mutter, ‘Can you take away this grief?’ ‘I’m sorry,’ she replied quietly. ‘Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears take away the grief; that is what they are for’” No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/102 "2012-09-25T18:01:23Z")
All reet! Be fleet, be fleet, cool and discreet, honey… ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/103 "2012-09-25T18:21:24Z")
“In five years the penis will be obsolete,” the salesman said. ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/104 "2012-09-25T18:25:31Z")
“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit; it’s the only way to be sure.” “I believe in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.” “Your logic was impeccable Captain - we are in grave danger.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/105 "2012-09-25T18:57:08Z")
“Clear ether!” ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/106 "2012-09-25T20:18:01Z")
“So it goes.” -Slaughterhouse Five ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/107 "2012-09-25T20:19:16Z")
> [@Reno\_Nevada](#): > > “In five years the penis will be obsolete,” the salesman said. I’ve forgotton most of the story since, but I’ll never forget Steel Beach because of that opening line. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/108 "2012-09-25T22:06:57Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > _Cite?_ In fact, most of the sources I’ve seen note that the quote is often _attributed_ to Twain, but that the only known print source is Heinlein’s “The Man Who Sold the Moon." p. 188, if my sources are correct. You might be right. But the version attributed to Twain is a little different: > [@](#): > > Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/109 "2012-09-25T22:16:21Z")
‘Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news which obeys its own special laws’ Douglas Adams (again). ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/110 "2012-09-26T00:16:59Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > You might be right. > > But the version attributed to Twain is a little different: Attributed but not sourced, I’m afraid. It seems to be a paraphrased and misattributed form of the original. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/111 "2012-09-26T03:41:49Z")
You know, I never understood that line about violence being the last refuge of the incompetent. Isn’t it more often their first resort? I suspect I’m missing something here. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/112 "2012-09-26T13:53:16Z")
“There can be only one.” ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/113 "2012-09-26T14:44:43Z")
“Hasta la vista, baby” ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/114 "2012-09-26T21:10:38Z")
Never Do Yesterday What Should Be Done Tomorrow. If at Last You Do Succeed, Never Try Again. A Stitch in Time Saves Nine Billion. A Paradox May Be Paradoctored. It Is Earlier When You Think. Ancestors Are Just People. Even Jove Nods. All from **"All You Zombies."** A gramme is better than a damn. — **Brave New World.** ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/115 "2012-09-26T23:41:52Z")
> [@](#): > > You know, I never understood that line about violence being the last refuge of the incompetent. Isn’t it more often their first resort? I like the Schlock Mercenary take on that: If violence wasn’t your last resort, then you didn’t resort to enough of it. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/116 "2012-09-27T04:38:33Z")
Take your stinking paws off me you damned dirty ape. Computer, end program. I want more life, fucker. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/117 "2012-09-27T06:08:12Z")
To boldly go where no man has gone before. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/118 "2012-09-27T12:53:18Z")
Revenge is a dish best served cold. It it very cold in space. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/119 "2012-09-27T13:02:38Z")
**Khaaaaan!** ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616/120 "2012-09-27T15:15:36Z")
Not the most classic, but still good, it’s from two of Arjen Lucassn’s Ayreon albums (\*01011001 \*and _The Final Experiment_) ‘The outcome of the final experiment has now been placed in your hands.’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616.md?page=7)