Favorite quotes thread

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
Joseph Stalin
 
"Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you."
-- Tyrion Lannister
"Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I'd return the slap, if I took you for a man."
-- Queen Daenerys Targaryen
"If I look back, I am lost."
-- Queen Daenerys Targaryen
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."
-- Queen Cersei Lannister
“I am Cersei of House Lannister, a lion of the Rock, the rightful queen of these Seven Kingdoms, trueborn daughter of Tywin Lannister. And hair grows back.”
-- Queen Cersei Lannister
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
-- Jojen Reed
“What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms . . . or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
-- Aemon Targaryen
“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”
-- Stannis Baratheon
“So many vows … they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It’s too much. No matter what you do, you’re forsaking one vow or another.”
-- Jaime Lannister

Yes, this is all from Game of Thrones. It might be evident that I have a problem.
 
I have three quotes that I love.

"Don't take life too seriously, you'll never escape it alive anyways." Not sure who it's from but it always rings true

"Every single person who has told you that you couldn't, lives in fear that you'll achieve the things in life they think you shouldn't" The Delgados, from the song 'Get Action!'

Last one I just find funny and always think of it when I want a small laugh.

"The existence of the flamethrower is proof that someone once thought to themselves, 'I want to light those people on fire, but they are too far away to do it'"
 
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