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Related to [[Signature Scene]], a Signature Line is a quote of dialogue that everyone remembers from a work of fiction, and has become synonymous with it. When the general public thinks of the work, this is the one quote that immediately springs to mind, and may be the only reason to remember the work at all.
Related to [[Signature Scene]], a Signature Line is a quote of dialogue that everyone remembers from a work of fiction, and has become synonymous with it. When the general public thinks of the work, this is the one quote that immediately springs to mind, and may be the only reason to remember the work at all.
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A Signature Line is a line of dialogue that actually appears in the work. If the line is never actually spoken in the work, it's an example of [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]].
A Signature Line is a line of dialogue that actually appears in the work. If the line is never actually spoken in the work, it's an example of [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]].


Signature Lines are likely to succumb to [[Memetic Mutation]], and thereby result in viewers [[Watch It for The Meme|Watching It For The Meme]].
Signature Lines are likely to succumb to [[Memetic Mutation]], and thereby result in viewers [[Watch It for the Meme|Watching It For The Meme]].


Don't confuse this with a character's [[Catch Phrase]]; a signature line is something viewers might watch the entire show simply to hear, not just something that gets said a lot. If many different people in the show say it, it's the show's [[Arc Words]]. Sometimes, of course, a catchphrase or arc words can catch on and come to define the show in popular imagination, but it's rarer than you'd think -- the vast majority of signature lines are only spoken once in the work where they appear.
Don't confuse this with a character's [[Catch Phrase]]; a signature line is something viewers might watch the entire show simply to hear, not just something that gets said a lot. If many different people in the show say it, it's the show's [[Arc Words]]. Sometimes, of course, a catchphrase or arc words can catch on and come to define the show in popular imagination, but it's rarer than you'd think -- the vast majority of signature lines are only spoken once in the work where they appear.
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** "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"
** "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"
** Hell, [[Fountain of Memes|most of what Kamina says]].
** Hell, [[Fountain of Memes|most of what Kamina says]].
* "It's time to D-D-D-Duel!" (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'')
* "It's time to D-D-D-Duel!" (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'')
* "We mages of [[Fairy Tail]]...are experts at property damage!" ([[Fairy Tail]])
* "We mages of [[Fairy Tail]]...are experts at property damage!" ([[Fairy Tail]])
* "Omae wa mou shindeiru ([[You Are Already Dead]])" (''[[Fist of the North Star]]'')
* "Omae wa mou shindeiru ([[You Are Already Dead]])" (''[[Fist of the North Star]]'')
* "Kamikorosu (I'll bit you to death.)" ([[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]])
* "Kamikorosu (I'll bit you to death.)" ([[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]])
* '''"USO DA!"''' (THAT'S A LIE!) (''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'')
* '''"USO DA!"''' (THAT'S A LIE!) (''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'')
** "Repeat this in red..." (''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'')
** "Repeat this in red..." (''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'')
* "Mada Mada Dane... (You still have a ways to go)" (''[[Prince of Tennis]]'')
* "Mada Mada Dane... (You still have a ways to go)" (''[[Prince of Tennis]]'')
* "We're blasting off aaaggaaainnnn!" (''[[Pokémon]]'')
* "We're blasting off aaaggaaainnnn!" (''[[Pokémon]]'')
** Also, "Wobbuffet!" and "Meowth, that's right!"
** Also, "Wobbuffet!" and "Meowth, that's right!"
*** "Prepare for trouble!" "And make it double!"
*** "Prepare for trouble!" "And make it double!"
* "Tsuki ni kawatte, oshiyoki yo!" ([[In the Name of The Moon]], I will punish you!) (''[[Sailor Moon]]'')
* "Tsuki ni kawatte, oshiyoki yo!" ([[In the Name of the Moon]], I will punish you!) (''[[Sailor Moon]]'')
* "[[All According to Plan|Just as planned.]]" (''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'')
* "[[All According to Plan|Just as planned.]]" (''[[Death Note]]'')
** "I am JUSTICE!"
** "I am JUSTICE!"
** "I will be the God of this New World!"
** "I will be the God of this New World!"
** "I'll take a potato chip...[[Narm|AND EAT IT!]]"
** "I'll take a potato chip...[[Narm|AND EAT IT!]]"
* "TETSUO!" "KANEDA!" (''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'')
* "TETSUO!" "KANEDA!" (''[[Akira]]'')
* ''"Yaranaika?"'' ("Let's do it.") (''[[Kuso Miso Technique (Manga)|Kuso Miso Technique]]'')
* ''"Yaranaika?"'' ("Let's do it.") (''[[Kuso Miso Technique]]'')
* "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!" (''[[One Piece]]'')
* "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!" (''[[One Piece]]'')
** "[[Four Kids|YO HO HO HE TOOK A BITE OF GUM GUM]]"
** "[[4Kids! Entertainment|YO HO HO HE TOOK A BITE OF GUM GUM]]"


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* "With great power [[Comes Great Responsibility]]." (''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'')
* "With great power [[Comes Great Responsibility]]." (''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'')
* "You crack me up, little buddy!" (''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'')
* "You crack me up, little buddy!" (''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'')
* "Hulk...SMASH!!" (''[[The Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'')
* "Hulk...SMASH!!" (''[[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'')
* "Avengers Assemble!" (''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'')
* "Avengers Assemble!" (''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'')


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* "[[You Talkin' to Me?|You talkin' to me]]?" (''[[Taxi Driver]]'')
* "[[You Talkin' to Me?|You talkin' to me]]?" (''[[Taxi Driver]]'')
* "Heeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!" (''[[The Shining]]'')
* "Heeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!" (''[[The Shining]]'')
* "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!" (''[[Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]'')
* "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!" (''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'')
* "Make him [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|an offer he can't refuse]]." (''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'')
* "Make him [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|an offer he can't refuse]]." (''[[The Godfather]]'')
* "Never go against the family." (''The Godfather Part II'')
* "Never go against the family." (''The Godfather Part II'')
** "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart."
** "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart."
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* "May the force be with you." (''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]'')
* "May the force be with you." (''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]'')
* "[[Luke, I Am Your Father|No, I am your father!]]" (''Star Wars: [[The Empire Strikes Back]]'')
* "[[Luke, I Am Your Father|No, I am your father!]]" (''Star Wars: [[The Empire Strikes Back]]'')
* "Yippee ki yay, mother fucker." (''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]'')
* "Yippee ki yay, mother fucker." (''[[Die Hard]]'')
* "Don't mess with me, man. I'M A LAWYER!!!" (''[[Hook (Film)|Hook]]'')
* "Don't mess with me, man. I'M A LAWYER!!!" (''[[Hook]]'')
* "[[This Is Sparta|This is Sparta!]]" (''[[Three Hundred|300]]'')
* "[[This Is Sparta|This is Sparta!]]" (''[[300]]'')
* "[[Hello]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]]." (''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]'')
* "[[Hello]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]]." (''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'')
** "[[As You Wish]]..."
** "[[As You Wish]]..."
* "I take care of the place while the Master is away." (''[[Manos the Hands of Fate]]'')
* "I take care of the place while the Master is away." (''[[Manos: The Hands of Fate]]'')
* "You'll shoot your eye out." (''[[A Christmas Story]]'')
* "You'll shoot your eye out." (''[[A Christmas Story]]'')
* "Bond. [[James Bond (Film)|James Bond]]." (''[[Dr. No (Film)|Dr. No]]'')
* "Bond. [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]." (''[[Dr. No]]'')
** "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond! I expect you to die!" (''[[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger]]'')
** "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond! I expect you to die!" (''[[Goldfinger]]'')
* "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!" (''[[Soylent Green]]'')
* "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!" (''[[Soylent Green]]'')
* "I'll be back." (''[[Terminator]]'')
* "I'll be back." (''[[Terminator]]'')
** "[[Come With Me If You Want to Live]]."
** "[[Come with Me If You Want to Live]]."
* "Hasta la vista, baby." (''Terminator 2'')
* "Hasta la vista, baby." (''Terminator 2'')
* "Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the the gun." (''[[Evil Dead]]'')
* "Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the the gun." (''[[Evil Dead]]'')
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* "Well, nobody's perfect." (''[[Some Like It Hot]]'')
* "Well, nobody's perfect." (''[[Some Like It Hot]]'')
* "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" (''[[All About Eve]]'')
* "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" (''[[All About Eve]]'')
* "I never drink... wine." (''[[Dracula (Film)|Dracula]]'')
* "I never drink... wine." (''[[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]]'')
** "Listen to them. The children of the night! What music they make!"
** "Listen to them. The children of the night! What music they make!"
* "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." (''[[Gone With the Wind]]'')
* "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." (''[[Gone with the Wind]]'')
* "I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" (''[[Snakes On a Plane]]'')
* "I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" (''[[Snakes on a Plane]]'')
* "[[Ascended Meme|I'm the Juggernaut, bitch.]]" (''[[Film/X Men Last Stand|X Men Last Stand]]'')
* "[[Ascended Meme|I'm the Juggernaut, bitch.]]" (''[[Film/X Men Last Stand|X Men Last Stand]]'')
* "Hey you guys!" (''[[The Goonies]]'')
* "Hey you guys!" (''[[The Goonies]]'')
* "There is no spoon." (''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'')
* "There is no spoon." (''[[The Matrix]]'')
* "I wish I knew how to quit you." (''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'')
* "I wish I knew how to quit you." (''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'')
* "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" (''[[Planet of the Apes]]'')
* "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" (''[[Planet of the Apes]]'')
** "They blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!"
** "They blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!"
* "[[There Can Be Only One]]!" (''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]]'')
* "[[There Can Be Only One]]!" (''[[Highlander]]'')
* "Are you not entertained?!" (''[[Gladiator (Film)|Gladiator]]'')
* "Are you not entertained?!" (''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'')
* "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." (''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'')
* "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." (''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'')
** "I'll get you, my pretty, [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]!"
** "I'll get you, my pretty, [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]!"
** "Pay no attention to [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]!"
** "Pay no attention to [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]!"
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** "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
** "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
** "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
** "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
* "Rosebud." (''[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]'')
* "Rosebud." (''[[Citizen Kane]]'')
* "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" (''[[White Heat]]'')
* "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" (''[[White Heat]]'')
* "Shane! Come back, Shane!" (''[[Shane]]'')
* "Shane! Come back, Shane!" (''[[Shane]]'')
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* "Nobody puts baby in the corner." (''[[Dirty Dancing]]'')
* "Nobody puts baby in the corner." (''[[Dirty Dancing]]'')
* "Get away from her, you BITCH!" (''[[Aliens]]'')
* "Get away from her, you BITCH!" (''[[Aliens]]'')
* "Say hello to my little friend!" (''[[Scarface (Film)|Scarface]]'')
* "Say hello to my little friend!" (''[[Scarface]]'')
* "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" (''[[Braveheart]]'')
* "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" (''[[Braveheart]]'')
* "You can't handle the truth!" (''[[A Few Good Men]]'')
* "You can't handle the truth!" (''[[A Few Good Men]]'')
* "You're [[Gonna Need More Trope|gonna need a bigger boat]]." (''[[Jaws (Film)|Jaws]]'')
* "You're [[Gonna Need More Trope|gonna need a bigger boat]]." (''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'')
* "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." (''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'')
* "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." (''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'')
* "Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!" (''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure|Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')
* "Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!" (''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure|Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')
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* "Run away! Run away!" (''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'')
* "Run away! Run away!" (''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'')
** "It's [[Only a Flesh Wound]]!"
** "It's [[Only a Flesh Wound]]!"
* "Get off my plane!" (''[[Air Force One (Film)|Air Force One]]'')
* "Get off my plane!" (''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'')
* "[[Wax On, Wax Off|Wax on, wax off]]." (''[[The Karate Kid]]'')
* "[[Wax On, Wax Off]]." (''[[The Karate Kid]]'')
* "Pain don't hurt." (''[[Road House]]'')
* "Pain don't hurt." (''[[Road House]]'')
** "I used to fuck guys like you in prison!"
** "I used to fuck guys like you in prison!"
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* "Stella! Hey, Stella!" (''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'')
* "Stella! Hey, Stella!" (''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'')
* "The calla lilies are in bloom again..." (''Stage Door'')
* "The calla lilies are in bloom again..." (''Stage Door'')
* "Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" (''[[Little Caesar (Film)|Little Caesar]]'')
* "Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" (''[[Little Caesar]]'')
* "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" (''[[Forty Second Street|42nd Street]]'')
* "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" (''[[Forty Second Street|42nd Street]]'')
* "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten us into!" (''Sons of the Desert'')
* "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten us into!" (''Sons of the Desert'')
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* "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you." (''Yankee Doodle Dandy'')
* "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you." (''Yankee Doodle Dandy'')
* "Randy -- where's the rest of me?" (''Kings Row'')
* "Randy -- where's the rest of me?" (''Kings Row'')
* "E.T. phone home!" (''[[E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film)|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'')
* "E.T. phone home!" (''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'')
* "YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!" (''[[The Room]]'')
* "YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!" (''[[The Room]]'')
* "Are you gonna bark all day little doggy, or are you gonna bite?" (''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'')
* "Are you gonna bark all day little doggy, or are you gonna bite?" (''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'')
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* "[[Bela Lugosi|Pull the string]]! ''[[Large Ham|Pull the string]]!''" (''[[Glen or Glenda]]'')
* "[[Bela Lugosi|Pull the string]]! ''[[Large Ham|Pull the string]]!''" (''[[Glen or Glenda]]'')
** "Beware the ''big'' g[[Trilling Rs|rrr]]een d[[Trilling Rs|rrr]]agon that sits on your doorstep... he eats little boys!"
** "Beware the ''big'' g[[Trilling Rs|rrr]]een d[[Trilling Rs|rrr]]agon that sits on your doorstep... he eats little boys!"
* "Next Saturday night, we're sending you [[Title Drop|back to the future]]!" (''[[Back to The Future (Film)|Back to The Future]]'')
* "Next Saturday night, we're sending you [[Title Drop|back to the future]]!" (''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'')
* "'''ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT!?'''" (''[[Pulp Fiction]]'')
* "'''ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT!?'''" (''[[Pulp Fiction]]'')
** "'''DOES. HE. LOOK. LIKE. A BITCH!?'''"
** "'''DOES. HE. LOOK. LIKE. A BITCH!?'''"
* "Warriors... come out and play-ay!" (''[[The Warriors (Film)|The Warriors]]'')
* "Warriors... come out and play-ay!" (''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'')
* "Ya best start belivin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner...you're in one." (''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: The Curse of the Black Pearl'')
* "Ya best start belivin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner...you're in one." (''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: The Curse of the Black Pearl'')
** "So tell me...what's become of my ship?" (''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'')
** "So tell me...what's become of my ship?" (''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'')


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* "Call me Ishmael." (''[[Moby-Dick]]'')
* "Call me Ishmael." (''[[Moby Dick]]'')
* "The first rule of Fight Club is 'You do not talk about Fight Club.' The second rule of Fight Club is 'YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB.' (''[[Fight Club]]'')
* "The first rule of Fight Club is 'You do not talk about Fight Club.' The second rule of Fight Club is 'YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB.' (''[[Fight Club]]'')
* "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." (''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'')
* "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." (''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'')
** "It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done..."
** "It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done..."
* "You're a wizard, [[Harry Potter|Harry]]." (''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'')
* "You're a wizard, [[Harry Potter|Harry]]." (''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'')
** "Snape killed...Dumbledore." (''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince|Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince]]'')
** "Snape killed...Dumbledore." (''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince]]'')
** "Not my daughter, you bitch!" (''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'')
** "Not my daughter, you bitch!" (''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'')
* "The things I do for love." (''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'')
* "The things I do for love." (''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'')
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* "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." (''[[The Hobbit]]'')
* "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." (''[[The Hobbit]]'')
* "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, / One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." (''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'')
* "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, / One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." (''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'')
* "The rosy fingers of dawn." (''[[The Iliad (Literature)|The Iliad]]'')
* "The rosy fingers of dawn." (''[[The Iliad]]'')
* "And so it goes." (''[[Slaughterhouse Five]]'')
* "And so it goes." (''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]'')
* "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink." (''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Literature)|The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'')
* "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink." (''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'')
** "As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean."
** "As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean."
* "''Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate''" ("Abandon all hope, ye who enter.") (''[[The Divine Comedy]]'')
* "''Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate''" ("Abandon all hope, ye who enter.") (''[[The Divine Comedy]]'')
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* "No soup for you!" (''[[Seinfeld]]'')
* "No soup for you!" (''[[Seinfeld]]'')
* "I'm Rick James, bitch!" (''[[Chappelles Show]]'')
* "I'm Rick James, bitch!" (''[[Chappelle's Show]]'')
* "Live long and prosper." (''[[Star Trek]]'')
* "Live long and prosper." (''[[Star Trek]]'')
** "To boldly go where no man has gone before."
** "To boldly go where no man has gone before."
** "[[He's Dead, Jim|He's dead, Jim.]]"
** "[[He's Dead, Jim|He's dead, Jim.]]"
** "[[I'm a Doctor, Not A Placeholder|I'm a doctor, not a...]]"
** "[[I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder|I'm a doctor, not a...]]"
* "Make it so." (''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'')
* "Make it so." (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
** "[[Resistance Is Futile]]."
** "[[Resistance Is Futile]]."
* "Survey says..." (''[[Family Feud (TV)|Family Feud]]'')
* "Survey says..." (''[[Family Feud]]'')
* "[[Quip to Black|Horatio]] [[Glasses Pull|* ...* ]] [[Quip to Black|one liner]]. [[Big Yes|YEEEEEEEEAAAAA]][[The Who|AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!]]" (''[[CSI: Miami]]'')
* "[[Quip to Black|Horatio]] [[Glasses Pull|* ...* ]] [[Quip to Black|one liner]]. [[Big Yes|YEEEEEEEEAAAAA]][[The Who|AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!]]" (''[[CSI: Miami]]'')
* "Tragic." (''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'')
* "Tragic." (''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'')
** Oh, ''very'' droll, minister."
** Oh, ''very'' droll, minister."
* "I have a cunning plan." (''[[Black Adder]]'')
* "I have a cunning plan." (''[[Blackadder]]'')
* "My name is Jack Bauer, and this is the longest day of my life." (''[[Twenty Four]]'')
* "My name is Jack Bauer, and this is the longest day of my life." (''[[24]]'')
* "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
* "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
* "Will the real [mystery guest] please stand up?" (''[[To Tell the Truth]]'')
* "Will the real [mystery guest] please stand up?" (''[[To Tell the Truth]]'')
* "[[For Science!|Science rules]]!" (''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'')
* "[[For Science!|Science rules]]!" (''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'')
* "What's next?" (''[[The West Wing]]'')
* "What's next?" (''[[The West Wing]]'')
* "I've made a huge mistake..." (''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'')
* "I've made a huge mistake..." (''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'')
* "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!" (''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'')
* "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!" (''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'')
* "Don't tell me what I can't do." (''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'')
* "Don't tell me what I can't do." (''[[Lost]]'')
** "We have to go back!"
** "We have to go back!"
* "The Truth is out there." (''[[The X-Files]]'')
* "The Truth is out there." (''[[The X-Files]]'')
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** "Hello, I'm the Doctor!"
** "Hello, I'm the Doctor!"
*** "Doctor who...?"
*** "Doctor who...?"
** "It's [[Bigger On the Inside]]."
** "It's [[Bigger on the Inside]]."
** "Would you like a jelly baby?"
** "Would you like a jelly baby?"
** "DE-LETE! DE-LETE!"
** "DE-LETE! DE-LETE!"
* "Get ta steppin'!! (''Martin'')
* "Get ta steppin'!! (''Martin'')
* "The avalanche has already started. It's too late for the pebbles to vote." (''[[Babylon Five|Babylon 5]]'')
* "The avalanche has already started. It's too late for the pebbles to vote." (''[[Babylon 5]]'')
* "Henshin!" (''[[Kamen Rider]]'')
* "Henshin!" (''[[Kamen Rider]]'')
* "It's Morphin' Time!" (''[[Power Rangers]]'')
* "It's Morphin' Time!" (''[[Power Rangers]]'')
* "'Sanctuary For All' is not an empty motto." (''[[Sanctuary]]'')
* "'Sanctuary For All' is not an empty motto." (''[[Sanctuary]]'')
* "Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once." (''[[Allo Allo]]'')
* "Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once." (''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'')
** "Good moaning."
** "Good moaning."
* "[[And Now for Something Completely Different]]." (''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'')
* "[[And Now for Something Completely Different]]." (''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'')
** "It's..."
** "It's..."


== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* "We have met the enemy, and he is us." (''[[Pogo (Comic Strip)|Pogo]]'')
* "We have met the enemy, and he is us." (''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'')
* "Good grief." "You Blockhead!" (''[[Peanuts]]'')
* "Good grief." "You Blockhead!" (''[[Peanuts]]'')
* "I hate Mondays." (''[[Garfield]]'')
* "I hate Mondays." (''[[Garfield]]'')
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** "Off with his head. So much for Buckingham." (A line ''added'' to Shakespeare's play by Colley Cibber)
** "Off with his head. So much for Buckingham." (A line ''added'' to Shakespeare's play by Colley Cibber)
* "All the world's a stage." (''[[As You Like It]]'')
* "All the world's a stage." (''[[As You Like It]]'')
* "''[Exit Pursued By a Bear] He exits, pursued by a bear.''" (''[[The Winter's Tale (Theatre)|The Winters Tale]]'')
* "''[Exit Pursued By a Bear] He exits, pursued by a bear.''" (''[[The Winter's Tale|The Winters Tale]]'')
* "Oh beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on!" (''[[Othello]]'')
* "Oh beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on!" (''[[Othello]]'')
* "[[Major-General Song|I am the very model of a modern major-general]]." (''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'')
* "[[Major-General Song|I am the very model of a modern major-general]]." (''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'')
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** "If music be the food of love, play on!"
** "If music be the food of love, play on!"
* "STELLA!" (''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'')
* "STELLA!" (''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'')
* "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" ([[A Midsummer Nights Dream]])
* "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" ([[A Midsummer Night's Dream]])


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* "[[Feed It a Bomb|Dodongo dislikes smoke]]." (''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'')
* "[[Feed It a Bomb|Dodongo dislikes smoke]]." (''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'')
** "It's dangerous to go out alone. Take this."
** "It's dangerous to go out alone. Take this."
** "I am Error." (''[[Zelda II the Adventure of Link (Video Game)|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'')
** "I am Error." (''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'')
** "Mah boi!" and/or "I wonder what's for dinner?" (''[[The Legend of Zelda CDi Games]]'')
** "Mah boi!" and/or "I wonder what's for dinner?" (''[[The Legendof Zelda CDI Games]]'')
*** "I wonder what Ganon's up to!" and "I'm so hungry I could eat an octorok!"
*** "I wonder what Ganon's up to!" and "I'm so hungry I could eat an octorok!"
* "So zetta slow!" (''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'')
* "So zetta slow!" (''[[The World Ends With You]]'')
** "Soh Cah Toa."
** "Soh Cah Toa."
* "Feel the pain of those inferior beings as you burn in hell." (''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'')
* "Feel the pain of those inferior beings as you burn in hell." (''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'')
* "You jumped into a sword. You retard!" (''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'')
* "You jumped into a sword. You retard!" (''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'')
** "[[Game Over|GAME OVER]] - Press 'R' to Try Again"
** "[[Game Over]] - Press 'R' to Try Again"
* "[[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|Our princess is in another castle]]." (''[[Super Mario Bros (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros]].'')
* "[[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|Our princess is in another castle]]." (''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]].'')
** "It's-a me, Mario!" (''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|Super Mario 64]]'' originally, but pretty well the whole series at this point)
** "It's-a me, Mario!" (''[[Super Mario 64]]'' originally, but pretty well the whole series at this point)
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us|"All your base are belong to us."]] (''[[Zero Wing]]'')
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us|"All your base are belong to us."]] (''[[Zero Wing]]'')
* "Die, monster! You don't belong in this world!" (''[[Castlevania Symphony of the Night]]'')
* "Die, monster! You don't belong in this world!" (''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]'')
** "What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets! But enough talk! Have at you!"
** "What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets! But enough talk! Have at you!"
* "WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE." (''[[Castlevania II Simons Quest]]'')
* "WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE." (''[[Castlevania II: Simon's Quest]]'')
* "I, Garland, will knock you all down!" (''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'')
* "I, Garland, will knock you all down!" (''[[Final Fantasy I]]'')
* "[[Whatever]]." (''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'')
* "[[Whatever]]." (''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'')
* "[[Narm|DECAPITATIOOOOOO]][[Overly Long Gag|OOOOON!!!]]" (''[[Brutal Legend]]'')
* "[[Narm|DECAPITATIOOOOOO]][[Overly Long Gag|OOOOON!!!]]" (''[[Brutal Legend]]'')
* "[[That Was Objectionable|OBJECTION!!!]]" (''[[Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]'')
* "[[That Was Objectionable|OBJECTION!!!]]" (''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'')
* "I choose you!" (''[[Pokémon]]'')
* "I choose you!" (''[[Pokémon]]'')
* "I'm a Badass Freaking Overlord!" (''[[Makai Kingdom]]'')
* "I'm a Badass Freaking Overlord!" (''[[Makai Kingdom]]'')
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* "[[Finish Him!|FINISH HIM!!!]]" (''[[Mortal Kombat]]'')
* "[[Finish Him!|FINISH HIM!!!]]" (''[[Mortal Kombat]]'')
** "FATALITY!"
** "FATALITY!"
* "[[Do a Barrel Roll]]!" (''[[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox 64]]'')
* "[[Do a Barrel Roll]]!" (''[[Star Fox (series)|Star Fox 64]]'')
** "Can't let you do that, Star Fox!"
** "Can't let you do that, Star Fox!"
* "Jackpot." (''[[Devil May Cry]]'')
* "Jackpot." (''[[Devil May Cry]]'')
* "[[Most Annoying Sound|RECO-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!]]" (''[[Mushihime-sama]] Futari'')
* "[[Most Annoying Sound|RECO-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!]]" (''[[Mushihime-sama]] Futari'')
* "Girls do their best now and are preparing. Please watch warmly until it is ready." (''[[Touhou]]'')
* "Girls do their best now and are preparing. Please watch warmly until it is ready." (''[[Touhou]]'')
* "Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get ready!" (''[[Space Harrier (Video Game)|Space Harrier]]'')
* "Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get ready!" (''[[Space Harrier]]'')
* "Welcome to Violent City!" (''Armed Police Batrider'')
* "Welcome to Violent City!" (''Armed Police Batrider'')
* "This guy are sick!" (''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'')
* "This guy are sick!" (''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'')
* "I am Calypso and I thank you for playing ''[[Twisted Metal]]''!"
* "I am Calypso and I thank you for playing ''[[Twisted Metal]]''!"
* "You [[Spoony Bard]]"! (''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'')
* "You [[Spoony Bard]]"! (''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'')
* "Find the Computer Room." (''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'')
* "Find the Computer Room." (''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'')
** "Where's that ''[[Precision F-Strike|damn]]'' fourth Chaos Emerald?!"
** "Where's that ''[[Precision F-Strike|damn]]'' fourth Chaos Emerald?!"
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** "Sonic Boom!"
** "Sonic Boom!"
** "Go home and be a family man!"
** "Go home and be a family man!"
* "[[F Zero|Falcon...PUNCH!]]" (''[[Super Smash Bros]]'')
* "[[F-Zero|Falcon...PUNCH!]]" (''[[Super Smash Bros]]'')
* "The original sin that man is responsible to! To protect the loyfe cycle!" (''[[House of the Dead|House Of The Dead 2]]'')
* "The original sin that man is responsible to! To protect the loyfe cycle!" (''[[House of the Dead|House Of The Dead 2]]'')
** "Suffer like G did?"
** "Suffer like G did?"


== [[Web Original]] ==
== [[Web Original]] ==
* "I AM A MAN!!!" (''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]'')
* "I AM A MAN!!!" (''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'')
* "I mean, ''really''!" (Mike Mozart of [[Jeepers Media]])
* "I mean, ''really''!" (Mike Mozart of [[Jeepers Media]])
* "LEEROYYYYYYY JENKINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" ([[Leeroy Jenkins]])
* "LEEROYYYYYYY JENKINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" ([[Leeroy Jenkins]])
* "[[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]!" (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'')
* "[[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]!" (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'')
** "[[Brooklyn Rage|BROOKLYN RAGE]]!"
** "[[Brooklyn Rage]]!"
* "[[This Is Sparta|CONSEQUENCES! WILL NEVER BE! THE SAME!]]" (Jessi Slaughter's dad)
* "[[This Is Sparta|CONSEQUENCES! WILL NEVER BE! THE SAME!]]" (Jessi Slaughter's dad)
** "...'cuz you dun goofed!"
** "...'cuz you dun goofed!"
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** "[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|Screw you guys, I'm going home]]!"
** "[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|Screw you guys, I'm going home]]!"
* "To infinity and beyond!" (''[[Toy Story]]'')
* "To infinity and beyond!" (''[[Toy Story]]'')
* "[[Off With His Head|Off with her head]]!" (''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'')
* "[[Off with His Head|Off with her head]]!" (''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'')
* "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" (Tweety Bird)
* "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" (Tweety Bird)
* Meep Meep (Roadrunner)
* Meep Meep (Roadrunner)
* "I'm ready! I'm ready!" (''[[Spongebob SquarePants]]'')
* "I'm ready! I'm ready!" (''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'')
** "My leg!"
** "My leg!"
* "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for [[You Meddling Kids]]." (''[[Scooby Doo|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?]]'')
* "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for [[You Meddling Kids]]." (''[[Scooby Doo|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?]]'')
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* "[[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|What could possibly go wrong]]?" (''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'')
* "[[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|What could possibly go wrong]]?" (''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'')
** "Uh, Internet?"
** "Uh, Internet?"
* "[[Ride of the Valkyries (Music)|Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...]]" (''[[What's Opera Doc]]'')
* "[[Ride of the Valkyries|Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...]]" (''[[What's Opera, Doc?]]'')
* "Wham bam, we're in a jam!" (''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]'')
* "Wham bam, we're in a jam!" (''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]'')
* "Bite my shiny metal ass!" (''[[Futurama]]'')
* "Bite my shiny metal ass!" (''[[Futurama]]'')
** "Good news, everyone!"
** "Good news, everyone!"
* "[[Death By Irony|And he shall smite the wicked]] [[Karmic Death|and plunge them into the fiery pit]]!" (''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|The Hunchback Of Notre Dame]]'')
* "[[Death by Irony|And he shall smite the wicked]] [[Karmic Death|and plunge them into the fiery pit]]!" (''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback Of Notre Dame]]'')
* "Yes, yes, I killed your father. What is it with you women anyway? I killed my father too, and you don't hear me whining about it!" (''[[Street Fighter|Street Fighter: The Animated Series]]'')
* "Yes, yes, I killed your father. What is it with you women anyway? I killed my father too, and you don't hear me whining about it!" (''[[Street Fighter|Street Fighter: The Animated Series]]'')
** "BISOOOON!"
** "BISOOOON!"

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"And now, here it comes, the line you've all been waiting for..." (Also sprach Zarathustra plays in the background)
Phelous in his Troll 2 review

Related to Signature Scene, a Signature Line is a quote of dialogue that everyone remembers from a work of fiction, and has become synonymous with it. When the general public thinks of the work, this is the one quote that immediately springs to mind, and may be the only reason to remember the work at all.

There are many reasons that the line may stand out. It may be...

No matter the reason, the Signature Line is cemented in the minds of the general public. Your Mileage May Vary, as if you have actually seen the work yourself and are familiar with it, there may be lines that stick out more for you.

A Signature Line is a line of dialogue that actually appears in the work. If the line is never actually spoken in the work, it's an example of Beam Me Up, Scotty.

Signature Lines are likely to succumb to Memetic Mutation, and thereby result in viewers Watching It For The Meme.

Don't confuse this with a character's Catch Phrase; a signature line is something viewers might watch the entire show simply to hear, not just something that gets said a lot. If many different people in the show say it, it's the show's Arc Words. Sometimes, of course, a catchphrase or arc words can catch on and come to define the show in popular imagination, but it's rarer than you'd think -- the vast majority of signature lines are only spoken once in the work where they appear.

Examples of Signature Line include:


Anime & Manga

Comic Books

Film

Literature

Live Action TV

Newspaper Comics

Tabletop Games

Theater

  • "Oh Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name." (Romeo and Juliet)
    • "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."
    • "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow."
    • "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet."
  • "To be or not to be: that is the question." (Hamlet)
    • "Alas, poor Yorick."
    • "What a piece of work is a man!"
  • "Et tu, Brute?" (Julius Caesar)
    • "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."
  • "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (Richard III)
    • "Off with his head. So much for Buckingham." (A line added to Shakespeare's play by Colley Cibber)
  • "All the world's a stage." (As You Like It)
  • "[Exit Pursued By a Bear] He exits, pursued by a bear." (The Winters Tale)
  • "Oh beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on!" (Othello)
  • "I am the very model of a modern major-general." (The Pirates of Penzance)
  • "Dead! And never called me 'Mother'!" (East Lynne)
  • "Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble" (Macbeth)
    • "Something wicked this way comes"
    • "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow"
    • "Out, Damned Spot!!"
  • "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." (Twelfth Night)
    • "If music be the food of love, play on!"
  • "STELLA!" (A Streetcar Named Desire)
  • "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Video Games

Web Original

Western Animation

Real Life

  • "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed, by so many, to so few." - Winston Churchill
    • "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat."
    • "If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say this was their finest hour."
  • "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • "Veni; vidi; vici." (I came, I saw, I conquered.) - Julius Caesar
    • "Alea jacta est." (The die is cast.)
  • "I have a dream." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - Ronald Reagan
  • "That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong
  • "Let my people go." - Moses
  • "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy
  • "Speak softly, but carry a big stick." - Theodore Roosevelt
  • "I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions." - Lillian Hellman
  • "I have nothing to declare but my genius." - Oscar Wilde
  • "Cogito ergo sum" (I think therefore I am) - Descartes
  • "Sapere aude" (Dare to know) - Immanuel Kant
  • "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains" - Rousseau
  • "écrasez l'infâme" (crush the infamous thing) - Voltaire
  • "You cannot conceive the many without the one" - Plato
  • "The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
  • "God is dead!" - Friedrich Nietzsche
    • "What does not destroy me makes me stronger."
  • "I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few." - Adolf Hitler
    • "If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."
  • "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable Rights; that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" - Thomas Jefferson
  • "Time is money." - Benjamin Franklin
    • "Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults."
    • "God helps those that help themselves."
    • "Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
  • "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." - Abraham Lincoln
  • "I did not get on the bus to get arrested; I got on the bus to go home." - Rosa Parks
  • "To err is human, to forgive divine." - Alexander Pope
  • "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi
  • "To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." - Carl Sagan