All-new geek quotes, modified to celebrate the new forum - (Jan/26/2009 )
"Well, he won't be alone when he's with me. And anyhow, why are people so beastly to him? I think he's rather sweet." She smiled to herself; how absurdly shy he had been! Frightened almost–as though she were a World Controller and he a Gamma-Minus machine minder.
Huxley's Brave New World
Old Man: Listen, son. Most women are damn fools and children. But they've got more range then we've got. The brave ones are braver, the good ones are better — and the vile ones are viler, for that matter.
R Heinlein’s The Puppet Masters
Carol: God says to Adam, "Adam, I have something for you, but it's gonna cost you an arm and a leg." Adam thinks for a moment, then decides, "What can you give me for a rib?"
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
"Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece."
- ever-wise anonymous
Richard Fish: Simple. Men and women. Friction.
Ally McBeal
“A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?”
Lauren Bacall
The Book: Men were real men. Women were real women. And small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
"The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things."
- Jilly Cooper
"We also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future …" He was going to say "future World controllers," but correcting himself, said "future Directors of
Hatcheries," instead.
Huxley's Brave New World
Vincent's mother: What will happen to the others?
Geneticist: <smiles> These are not babies, Marie. Merely human possibilities. Smaller... than grains... of sand. <sets petri dish on the table> See?
Gattaca