The Quote File
Real People I Don't Know Personally
The main reason I included the caveat was that very few people (the exception being pure communists) ever suggest that carpenters shouldn't be paid for their work. You basically never hear "trim molding wants to be free." But I am constantly encountering "information wants to be free" and "art should be done for love not money" and "anyone who does art for the money isn't really an artist." --Kelly McCullough, on Making Light
Pretty much any beastie in the World of Darkness presented so far can be killed by a small group of intelligent humans who take care to investigate first and commit arson later. --Prof Phobos, discussing the prospective "hunters" nWoD game on the White Wolf forums
[Mohinder's] power seems to be making those around him into gormless idiots. --From the Heroes "It Just Bugs Me" page on TVTropes.org
In Conversation
No, sorry, all the cheesecake is encased in lead. --Marc G., in gaming Overheard Fictional Characters
If I wanted puppydog eyes on me all the time, I'd get a puppy. --Allison Cameron
I think they picked the heart to be the metaphorical feeling center because nothing rhymes with 'pancreas'. --Gregory House
I don't want all the marbles. It's death for me to have marbles in my possession, remember? --Miles Vorkosigan
Songs and Poetry
In the elder days of art
builders wrought with greatest care
each minute and unseen part,
for the gods see everywhere.