All-new geek quotes, modified to celebrate the new forum - (Jan/26/2009 )

Giles: And then she and, probably, dozens of others are persecuted by a righteous mob. It's happened all throughout history, happened in Salem, not surprisingly.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Byron: I tried to teach them, to show them that there is another way than violence. Did I fail that badly?"
Lyta: You can't change human nature, Byron."
Byron: Then there is not much point in living, is there? We can't hope for something better, something nobler, at least something kinder."

Babylon 5:"Phoenix Rising"

Dr. Millard Rausch, Scientist: These creatures are nothing but pure, motorized instinct. We must not be lulled by the concept that these are our family members or our friends. They are not. They will not respond to such emotions.

Dawn of the Dead

Neville: Behavioral note - an infected male exposed himself to sunlight today. Now it's possible decreased brain function or growing scarcity of food is causing them to... ignore their basic survival instincts. Social de-evolution appears complete. Typical human behavior is now entirely absent.

I Am Legend

Professor Porter: Oh, Janie Jane! What an amazing discovery! A man with no language, no human behavior...

Tarzan

"Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four."

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

Dr. John Becker: Why do women always scream when they're surprised? Can't you just clutch your heart and drop dead like a man?

Becker

Lois Lane: Well, since I've been here, I've seen you scream, I've seen you throw things, I even saw you put your fist through the conference wall once.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited.

The Big Lebowski

and now, a classic....



Paul Varjak: You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.

Breakfast at Tiffany's