Badass Bookworm/Quotes

"Introduction: "Ah, you timed your arrival well. I've just finished reading a book, you see. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lucian. I am a user of the Psychic type. I must say, you've already proven yourself to be outstanding by coming this far. They say I am the toughest of the Elite Four. I'm afraid I will have to go all out against you to live up to that reputation." After being defeated: "I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking.""

- Lucian, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

"Can your goverment employees do this?"

- The Ninja Warrior announcer, as government worker Bunpei Shiratori climbs a narrow ledge by his fingertips

"[Yensid] has a Ph.D in killing you!"

- Iron Man Riff Trax

"I graduated MIT! My diploma is worth more than your life!"

- Gordon Freeman, Freemans Mind

"Let's face it, not everyone is cut out to be me. I'm a physics-crunching badass. I'm the complete package."

- Gordon Freeman, Freemans Mind

"Gordon Freeman saved my life! Fight for freedom with a brain storm Gordon Freeman saved my life! Like Chuck Norris in a geek form.

Completely silent, a violent creature Despite looking like a geography teacher"

- Gordon Freeman Saved My Life!

"We discern across the centuries a commanding and versatile intelligence, wielding with equal force the sword of war and of justice; using in defence arms and policy; cherishing religion, learning, and art in the midst of adversity and danger; welding together a nation, and seeking always across the feuds and hatreds of the age a peace which would smile upon the land."

- Description of Alfred the Great, History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.