Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress/Quotes

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APPLES DON'T FALL UP!!!
the IWBTG FAQ [1]
Oh Gravity, thou art a heartless bitch.

I fell for hours!
Yoshi: Ooh! Hours long time!

Well, it seemed like hours!
—Luigi telling Yoshi a bedtime story

I know this defies the law of gravity, but I never studied law.

--Bugs Bunny, High-Diving Hare
The Roadrunner also used this (almost) exact quote one, but using signs instead of speech.
Oh! Gravity works!
Batty Koda, Fern Gully
Gravity plays favorites, I know it 'cause I saw / Honest to God, officer, it's awful
Dresden Dolls, Gravity
You win again, Gravity!
—Zapp Brannigan, Futurama

My actions have consequences and Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress.

"Gravity is one mean mother."
—Jacob "Mass Effect 2""
Ah-ha! I'll bounce off that broad, flat surface and be in a lot of pain!
The Tick (animation), moments before he becomes the Trope Namer
It was then that young Stephanie realized that gravity would forever be her enemy.
—Stephanie Brown, Batgirl.

The Lobe: Freakazoid!, why is it taking us so long to fall?
Freakazoid!: 'Cause it's funny!
The Lobe: No it's not, it's just stupid! It's almost as dumb as that Handman episode!

Laws of Japanese Animation, #2: Law of Differentiated Gravitation -- Whenever someone or something jumps, is thrown, or otherwise is rendered airborne, gravity is reduced by a factor of 4.
The Laws of Japanese Animation by Ryan Shellito (rshellit@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu), ca. 1996
  1. They're really more like giant cherries...