Klingon Promotion/Quotes

"Asok, the company isn't growing and no one is quitting in this economy. Your only hope of promotion is if a senior engineer died."

- Dilbert

"I shall kill the president... thereby becoming the president..."

- Frans, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

"To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok..."

- Goblin King flavour text, Magic the Gathering

"Hell, anything happens to me, everyone gets an instant promotion!"

- John Sheridan, Babylon 5

"-The new head of Sam's old company, who intends to become president by killing the old one because that's how politics work"

- From Yahtzee's review of Splinter Cell: Conviction

"Crime code 143: Killing a person outside of the Unseen University using magic. (Inside the UU, this is known as promotion.)"

- The Ankh Morpork City Watch Diary

"Krogan researcher: My predecessor said no one would understand the true worth of my work. As I pulled my blade from his chest, I knew he was telling the truth. Commander Shephard: Not exactly what I would call effective academic pier review."

- Mass Effect 2

""there will be no promotion unless somebody dies, and even then only if we can't bring them back as a zombie""

- Hermes from Futurama

"Pi: Does the guy who killed the king get to be the new king? Kevyn: That would set a wonderful precedent."

- Schlock MercenaryNovember 3, 2009