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{{quote|I don't mind being called a liar when I'm lying, or about to lie, or just finished lying. '''But not when I'm telling the truth!'''|'''Homer Simpson''', ''[[The Simpsons]]''}}
{{quote|I don't mind being called a liar when I'm lying, or about to lie, or just finished lying. '''But not when I'm telling the truth!'''|'''Homer Simpson''', ''[[The Simpsons]]''}}


{{quote|''(Nick has just convinced a small group of people to leave a racetrack moments before a major accident would kill them all)''<br />
{{quote|''(Nick has just convinced a small group of people to leave a racetrack moments before a major accident would kill them all)''
'''George:''' Now, calm down. What crash are you talking about?<br />
'''George:''' Now, calm down. What crash are you talking about?
''(A massive explosion comes from the racetrack)''<br />
''(A massive explosion comes from the racetrack)''
'''Nick:''' THAT'S WHAT FUCKING CRASH I'M TALKING ABOUT!|''[[Final Destination|The Final Destination]]''}}
'''Nick:''' THAT'S WHAT FUCKING CRASH I'M TALKING ABOUT!|''[[Final Destination|The Final Destination]]''}}


{{quote|... [[Genre Savvy|No one's going to believe me,]] [[Just a Kid|cause I'm a kid,]] and [[Not Now, Kiddo|they never listen to the kid!]]|'''Mike''', ''[[Eight Legged Freaks]]''}}
{{quote|... [[Genre Savvy|No one's going to believe me,]] [[Just a Kid|cause I'm a kid,]] and [[Not Now, Kiddo|they never listen to the kid!]]|'''Mike''', ''[[Eight Legged Freaks]]''}}


{{quote|''You just can't believe me<br />
{{quote|''You just can't believe me
When I show you what you cannot see''|'''[[New Order]]''', "Confusion"}}
When I show you what you cannot see''|'''[[New Order]]''', "Confusion"}}


{{quote|I tried... I ''tried'' to tell them... But they wouldn't listen to me... Damn them! ''Damn their eyes!'' They didn't believe me. Strange creatures... The world in peril from unseen foes... The death... ''The darkness!'' Instead, they jeered and threw me into this ''forsaken'' place, a place of empty souls and fevered thoughts, ''reeking'' of foetor and decay, thinking me mad with delirium! The fools cast away their hopes of salvation, by locking me in this ''damned asylum!'' <br />
{{quote|I tried... I ''tried'' to tell them... But they wouldn't listen to me... Damn them! ''Damn their eyes!'' They didn't believe me. Strange creatures... The world in peril from unseen foes... The death... ''The darkness!'' Instead, they jeered and threw me into this ''forsaken'' place, a place of empty souls and fevered thoughts, ''reeking'' of foetor and decay, thinking me mad with delirium! The fools cast away their hopes of salvation, by locking me in this ''damned asylum!''
MAY THE RATS EAT YOUR EYES! I AM NOW LOST TO YOUR CAUSE! THE DARKNESS COMES! ''IT WILL DAMN US ALL!''|'''Maximilian Roivas''', ''[[Eternal Darkness]]''}}
MAY THE RATS EAT YOUR EYES! I AM NOW LOST TO YOUR CAUSE! THE DARKNESS COMES! ''IT WILL DAMN US ALL!''|'''Maximilian Roivas''', ''[[Eternal Darkness]]''}}


{{quote|I foretold you so!|'''The Echidna,''' ''The [[Legend of the Guardians]]: The Owls of Ga'hoole''}}
{{quote|I foretold you so!|'''The Echidna'''|''[[Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole]]''}}


{{quote|Без умолку безумная девица<br />
{{quote|Без умолку безумная девица
Кричала: "Ясно вижу Трою павшей в прах!"<br />
Кричала: "Ясно вижу Трою павшей в прах!"
Но ясновидцев - впрочем, как и очевидцев -<br />
Но ясновидцев - впрочем, как и очевидцев -
Во все века сжигали люди на кострах.<br />
Во все века сжигали люди на кострах.
Nonstop the mad maiden screamed:<br />
Nonstop the mad maiden screamed:
"I clearly see Troy's fallen ashes!"<br />
"I clearly see Troy's fallen ashes!"
But seers - just like witnesses -<br />
But seers - just like witnesses -
Were always burned at the stake.|Vladimir Vysotskiy, "Song of the Seer Cassandra"}}
Were always burned at the stake.|[[Vladimir Vysotsky]], "Song of the Seer Cassandra"}}


{{quote|Chef? Have you ever had something happen to you, but nobody believed you?|'''Kyle Broflovski''', "Cartman Gets a Probe", ''[[South Park]]''}}
{{quote|Chef? Have you ever had something happen to you, but nobody believed you?|'''Kyle Broflovski''', "Cartman Gets a Probe", ''[[South Park]]''}}


{{quote|''"Jordan, half the board already wants to put me into a fucking straitjacket. How the hell do you explain this without the other half agreeing?"''<br />
{{quote|''"Jordan, half the board already wants to put me into a fucking straitjacket. How the hell do you explain this without the other half agreeing?"''
''"Tried to tell [Alan], but his exact words were, 'Flynn, you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, with a wife and a child. Quit smoking that shit.' The only way he'll believe this is if I knock him out and drag him in here."''|'''[[Tron|Kevin Flynn]]''', [[Through a Diamond Sky]]}}
''"Tried to tell [Alan], but his exact words were, 'Flynn, you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, with a wife and a child. Quit smoking that shit.' The only way he'll believe this is if I knock him out and drag him in here."''|'''[[Tron|Kevin Flynn]]''', [[Through a Diamond Sky]]}}


{{quote|'''Chuck:''' Don't worry about what Olive knows. Even if I told her the truth she wouldn't believe me.<br />
{{quote|'''Chuck:''' Don't worry about what Olive knows. Even if I told her the truth she wouldn't believe me.
'''Ned:''' You don't know that.<br />
'''Ned:''' You don't know that.
'''Chuck:''' Yes I do, because I told her and she wouldn't believe me.|''[[Pushing Daisies]]''}}
'''Chuck:''' Yes I do, because I told her and she wouldn't believe me.|''[[Pushing Daisies]]''}}


Latest revision as of 15:47, 3 May 2019
I don't mind being called a liar when I'm lying, or about to lie, or just finished lying. But not when I'm telling the truth!
—Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

(Nick has just convinced a small group of people to leave a racetrack moments before a major accident would kill them all)
George: Now, calm down. What crash are you talking about?
(A massive explosion comes from the racetrack)

Nick: THAT'S WHAT FUCKING CRASH I'M TALKING ABOUT!
—The Final Destination
... No one's going to believe me, cause I'm a kid, and they never listen to the kid!
—Mike, Eight Legged Freaks

You just can't believe me

When I show you what you cannot see
—New Order, "Confusion"

I tried... I tried to tell them... But they wouldn't listen to me... Damn them! Damn their eyes! They didn't believe me. Strange creatures... The world in peril from unseen foes... The death... The darkness! Instead, they jeered and threw me into this forsaken place, a place of empty souls and fevered thoughts, reeking of foetor and decay, thinking me mad with delirium! The fools cast away their hopes of salvation, by locking me in this damned asylum!

MAY THE RATS EAT YOUR EYES! I AM NOW LOST TO YOUR CAUSE! THE DARKNESS COMES! IT WILL DAMN US ALL!
—Maximilian Roivas, Eternal Darkness
I foretold you so!
—The Echidna, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Без умолку безумная девица
Кричала: "Ясно вижу Трою павшей в прах!"
Но ясновидцев - впрочем, как и очевидцев -
Во все века сжигали люди на кострах.
Nonstop the mad maiden screamed:
"I clearly see Troy's fallen ashes!"
But seers - just like witnesses -

Were always burned at the stake.
—Vladimir Vysotsky, "Song of the Seer Cassandra"
Chef? Have you ever had something happen to you, but nobody believed you?
—Kyle Broflovski, "Cartman Gets a Probe", South Park

"Jordan, half the board already wants to put me into a fucking straitjacket. How the hell do you explain this without the other half agreeing?"

"Tried to tell [Alan], but his exact words were, 'Flynn, you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, with a wife and a child. Quit smoking that shit.' The only way he'll believe this is if I knock him out and drag him in here."
—Kevin Flynn, Through a Diamond Sky

Chuck: Don't worry about what Olive knows. Even if I told her the truth she wouldn't believe me.
Ned: You don't know that.

Chuck: Yes I do, because I told her and she wouldn't believe me.
—Pushing Daisies
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