Cryptic Conversation/Quotes
"Oma": If you are seeking an absolute truth, you will not find it. Only truth that applies to you. |
Hybrid: The excited state decays by vibrational relaxation into the first excited singlet state. Yes, yes and merrily we go. Reduce atmospheric nitrogen by 0.03%. It is not much consolation that society will pick up the bits, leaving us at eight modern where punishment, rather than interdiction, is paramount. Please, cut the fuse. They will not harm their own. End of line. Limiting diffusions to two dimensions increases the number of evolutionary jumps within the species. Rise and measure the temple of the five. Transformation is the goal. They will not harm their own. Data-font synchronization complete. —Battlestar Galactica, "Six Of One"
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"I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue."
—The Dying Earth, by Jack Vance
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Kosh: Then the willows must scuttle carefully. —Babylon 5, Deathwalker
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M'Ola: Will you consider one thing. Please. If it were your child or even you yourself, how would you feel if the doctor of Babylon 5 wanted to perform an unwelcome procedure on you? —Babylon 5, Believers
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Murray the Minstrel: Hey, boss, you sure know how to pick your medley leaders. —Fraggle Rock, "The Minstrels"
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Informant: So, business? |