Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 36

John said, "You know what makes a successful executive?"
"Dude, I am a successful executive."
"Decisiveness," he said. The doors slid open. A man in a briefcase was standing there; he raised
his eyebrows. John pointed the gun at the man's leg and squeezed the trigger. It was louder than
he'd expected.
"Holy shit!" the kid said.
"Also implementation skills," John said, and left the elevator.

- Jennifer Government

Monday, March 21, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 35

Arthur: Come on then. I warn you, I've been trained to kill since birth.
Merlin: Wow, and how long have you been training to be a prat? 
Arthur: You can't address me like that.
Merlin: Sorry... How long have you been training to be a prat, my lord?
- Merlin (TV  Series)

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 34

John Watson: But it's the Solar System!
Sherlock Holmes: What does that matter!? So we go around the sun and we went around the moon or round and round the garden like a teddy bear, it wouldn't make any difference!

- Sherlock (TV series)

Friday, March 4, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 32

"Science seems irrelevant. Science can heal, or science can kill. It depends on the soul of the man
  using the science. It is the soul that interests me."

- Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca in Angels & Demons

Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 31

"He came to my house once, and I put a bottle of cognac in front of him, and he finished it in one
  sitting. When his eyes were flickering - he wasn't drunk - I said this is the time to ask him the
  question 'why'? His answer was 'I was a Nazi, and I believed that the Germans were doing wrong...
  when they started killing innocent people - and it didn't mean anything to me that they were Jewish,
  to me they were just human beings, menschen - I decided I am going to work against them and I
  am going to save as many as I can'. And I think that Oscar told the truth, because that's the way
  he worked."

- Murray Pantirer, a Schindler survivor asked Oskar Schindler why he helped the Jews and he was given this
  answer.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The Ultimate Question, part 30

"Jesus!" Luke exclaimed.
"Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling."

- City of Bones (Mortal Instruments)