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Enjoy! ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 17:08, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

== Signing posts ==

Sorry to be a nudge, but could you be a bit more careful about signing your posts on [[WQ:VFD]]? (I've stamped two of your votes in the past two weeks.) We really tend to be fussy about that particular page because of all the mayhem that occurs when editors take exception to their articles being nominated, including forged votes and changing of other editors' posts. It's highly desirable that regular editors like yourself always make sure to sign their posts. Thanks a bunch. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 11:10, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

== Can you help save Atisha? ==

As it stands, [[Atisha]] seems like it might get axed, although no one seems particularly anxious to do so. Since you seem to be aware of the contents of ''A Lamp for the Path of Enlightenment'' (at least to know it isn't the source of the quote), could you add a quote or two from that work? This would eliminate the arguments for deletion by both asserting who this is and providing at least one sourced quote. (I'd do it myself, but the only semi-local library in which I can find any mention of Atisha is the Library of Congress, and I'm not likely to get there in the next week or so.) Thanks. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 10:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

: I'll be glad to, but I'm still on the road, and the earliest I could get to it would be next week. --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 12:37, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

:: That's okay. I plan to extend the vote anyway. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 16:15, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

== Question about dates and stubs ==

You wrote:
:''Thanks for the changes you made to my article on [[Jay Gould]]. But I have a couple of questions. I see you wikilinked the dates in the form <nowiki>[[Month DD]], [[YYYY]]</nowiki>. I can see the point of the date link, it leads to quotes of the day for the linked date, many of which come from people whose anniversary fell on that date. But the year links come out as redlinks. What is planned for this?''

:''Also, you marked the article as a stub, presumably because it only had three unsourced quotes. It now has a sourced quote, an unsourced quote, and an (unsourced but attributed) "about" quote. When does it cease to be a stub? --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 19:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC)''

::You bring up something that is being currently debated here -- the year links, and what to do about the growing accumulation of red links. Check out the [[Wikiquote:Village pump|Village pump]] for some conversations about it. I believe the eventual plan is to create pages for each of the years, but it is anyone's guess as to when someone will have the time and interest available to undertake this.As for the stub designation, this is also a fuzzy area (I have seen some users liken it to the famed "definition" of pornography - I know it when I see it). But in general, the common form is to require around 4-5 sourced quotations. This is by no means a hard and fast rule, but when I look at [[Jay Gould]], it still strikes me as a stub article.Sorry to be so vague in my answers, but you've hit on a couple of non-definitive parts of WQ. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] 19:36, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

== Help with [[Bob Dylan]] ==

You wrote:
:''I was thinking about organizing the vast list of quotations on the Bob Dylan page, but I'm not certain it would be an improvement. One possibility is to organize by song, and list the songs alphabetically. Another is to organize by album, and possibly song within album. The latter has some problems, since some songs appear on more than one album, and since some of the albums (like "The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991") were compilations made long after the song was written. So I'm leaning towards doing it by song, but that almost seems arbitrary— not shedding any real light on his work (just organization for the sake of organization). Perhaps if the songs were listed chronologically? Any ideas? Do you think it matters? Thanks in advance for your opinion. --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 14:32, 2 February 2007 (UTC)''
::I'm not sure if there is a "wrong" way, but what I would do is to organize by album, then song within the album. I would use the first occurrence of a song on an album to place it in the chronological order. I think the default with any set of quotes (assuming they are sourced) is to place them in chronological order, based on the first time they appear. If you felt strongly enough about it, you could always place a note after a given song that stated that it also appears on other albums (and list those albums). But I think that if you organize it by album, then song, it would make it easier for people with an interest to find them (rather than just a list of songs) - I think having the context of the album on which a song first appears is better. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] 14:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
::: You might also take a look at another similar page, like [[Led Zeppelin]] to see how song lyrics have been posted here before. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] 19:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

== Wilson Mizner ==

The citation originally was included by another user in the article[http://pt.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Palavras&diff=10130&oldid=9837 Palavras].
:A citação foi originalmente incluída por outro usuário no artigo [http://pt.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Palavras&diff=10130&oldid=9837 Palavras].

To same citation is found in others sites, such as in
:A mesma citação é encontrada em outros sites, tais como em http://www.pensador.info/autor/Wilson_Mizner/

--chico 18:55, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

==;-)==
Hi, Ubiquity. Enjoyed your [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote%3AVotes_for_deletion%2FDr._suess&diff=562069&oldid=562054 remark]. It was clever. Have a nice day. [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 20:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

== Oops, sorry ==

I guess I jumped the gun by fixing another of [[User:24.97.50.50‎]]'s pages. I didn't even notice it was from that user, but I had heard of the poet. It's hard to get someone to learn from their errors if I keep fixing them. But your point is still valid, despite my intervention, and I hope he/she learns soon. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] 15:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

== Reverting VfD articles ==

Thanks for looking into the history of [[Brett Favre]] to find and fix the main problem. But when you revert an article under VfD to a better, earlier version, don't forget to re-add the VfD tag, too. <big>☺</big> ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 15:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

== Louis ==

It's sad if people can only get problems fixed by going to VfD. Please feel free to contact me any time if you want help fixing a duff article. [[User:Poetlister|Poetlister]] 22:31, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

== Hum ==

I see things marked for speedy deletion by you and have to remind myself you are not a sysop..... Is it worth your while thinking about that :) --[[User:Herbythyme|Herby]] [[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]] 13:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

== Welcome ==

to the Welcoming Committee [[Image:WikiThanks.png|15px]]--[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 00:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

== Sysop status ==

Congratulations, you are now an Administrator here. ~ [[User:Kalki|Kalki]] 21:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
: Yay! [[User:Poetlister|Poetlister]] 22:36, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
::Yay^2! --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 06:39, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

== Speedy stuff ==

Yes I agree with you! BUT I've got into trouble before with folks removing speedy/prod type stuff that is obviously deletable. I get told that the policy is that if a tag is removed it goes to VfD. So I guess I'd say - like it or not - if the tag gets removed (& I suspect it might) then it has to be VfD.

Hope that helps & congrats too. You know where I am if I can help, regards --[[User:Herbythyme|Herby]] [[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]] 08:43, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

: Thanks for your queries on my talk page. Yes, of course I can do my own speedies, but for some reason I can't recall, in this case I felt the need of a second pair of eyes. It's the ethics of not being judge, jury and executioner. I do delete off my own bat sometimes. [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=Poetlister&page=]

: I'm afraid that we don't have reams and reams of policies that cover everything. (Why should I be afraid? That's a good thing.) As admins, we're trusted to have a bit of intelligence and good judgment. If you want to add something to the policy, I'm happy to help you draft it, but really it's not necessary. Hope that helps. [[User:Poetlister|Poetlister]] 22:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

::I sometimes tag articles with {{tl|delete}} too. As said, it is good to invite another to review judgment, even if it is not necessary per policy. And that was one of reasons I thought {{tl|prod}} might be useful for the project. Of course we are trusted to handle those things, and there are more occasions I have no hesitation to speedy contributions in question. Hope that helps. --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 06:39, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

== Stephen Sondheim ==

Great job, but shouldn't quotes from songs from shows go on the page about the shows, not on the page of the songwriter?--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 23:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
: I can't find a policy page, but this VfD seems very relevant: [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]. Still, I'm not minded to make a fuss. Leave it be.--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 23:01, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
:: My criterion for people being Jewish is simple: that there are [[w:WP:RS|reliable sources]] that call them Jewish. All else is [[w:WP:NOR|original research]]. For example, [http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2001/february28/jewishlit-228.html Stanford University] is a reliable source, and I can find lots of others. I doubt that any reliable source would call Cole Porter or even Elvis Presley Jewish!--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 21:18, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

Hi. Thank you for my welcome in english wikiquote. Leave me a message at Polish wikiquotes. Link: [http://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dyskusja_u%C5%BCytkownika:Prasuk_historyk my talk page]. If you can, please write in Polish, but if you can't, use English, dude. Thank you, and nice day [[User:Prasuk historyk|Prasuk historyk]] 21:00, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
:I'm asked because..I was curious. Excuse me with long answer, but I'm not active on en wikiqutoes. [[user:Prasuk historyk|'''Prasuk''']] [[User talk:Prasuk historyk|''talk to me'']] 22:49, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

== closing VFDs ==

''I'll be glad to help close them on time, but I'm not sure how to do it. Obviously I can delete the original. But how do you put the discussion into the archives, and have the nice blue background copy of it in the VFD area for a few days? --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 23:45, 13 December 2007 (UTC)''

: Well, I was going to point you to the documentation for this process. But I notice that we don't seem to have updated [[Wikiquote:Deletion policy]] (which doubles as our "deletion process" page) to reflect the new VfD process. And ''that'' is because we haven't even officially ratified the new VfD system which is nearly a year old!

: I blame myself for this. I've always tried to make sure our documentation reflects our practices, and I've been doing far too little of this lately. While I bump up the priority on ''dotting these i's and crossing these t's'' (the "word of the day" two days ago on Wiktionary, an interesting omen), here's the basic process:

:# Close the discussion by editing the whole page (not just the section). Add <code><nowiki>{{vt|RESULT}} ~ ~~~~</nowiki></code> to the top and <code><nowiki>{{vb}}</nowiki></code> to the bottom. This turns the discussion blue. (If you forget the vb tag, like I sometimes do, it'll turn the entire remainder of the VfD page blue until it's fixed.)
:# Take the chosen action on the page.
:#* For delete, don't forget to delete talk pages and remove references from articles where appropriate (e.g., remove an obvious unnotable from [[List of people by name]], but you can leave truly famous people for future creation).
:#* For keep or no-consensus, remove the VFD tag (which I frequently forget!) and add a {{tlx|vfd-kept-new|TITLE}} tag to the talk page (TITLE being the name of the ''discussion'', usually but not always the same as the page). There's also a {{tlx|vfd-redirect-new|TITLE|REDIRECTED-TO}} template for redirects and merges without deletion.
:#* There are other oddities, like "pending action", but don't worry about that. 99% are covered by the two usual classes of results, and someone else can jump in on anything weird.
:# Archive by adding the discussion to the appropriate month page in [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Log]].
:## Cut the discussion line from WQ:VFD and paste it into the month page, placing it in '''reverse''' chronological order by date of '''nomination''' (most recently nominated at the top). Copy over or add the HTML nomination-date comment if necessary to make it easier for folks to keep them in order.
:## Save the changes with an appropriate edit summary on both pages. (I like to include a list with each closed discussion title, to make it easier to find them in the WQ:VFD and log page histories, but most folks just say something like "archived 3 discussions".)

: You don't need to archive the discussion immediately after closing. If there's been some interesting discussion or controversy, I like to leave the discussion in place on WQ:VFD for a day or two. But you can move it there right away also. I'm afraid, too, that some closers still feel uncomfortable about the archive process, which is actually much easier than it use to be. (Those docs really need to get updated!) The nice thing is that we no longer have to do both steps immediately.

: Let me know if you have any questions or problems. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 00:23, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

== More on deletions ==

''What's your take on pages with a single phrase, obviously intended to be offensive, but which ''might'' be a quote from a person or group which ''might'' be notable? For instance, [[User:Ubiquity/Some Obscure Rapper]]. No intro, no sources, no indication that the text is a quotation. But assume I recognize or get ghits for "Some Obscure Rapper" — enough to convince me he ''might'' be notable. Does this qualify for SD/nonsense, SD/vandalism, SD/no quotes, or does it require prod or vfd? Or should I assume good faith and provide an intro and format the article properly? I suppose that if it ''were'' intended as vandalism, making it a proper article might take some of the fun out of it for the perpetrator. --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 13:32, 14 December 2007 (UTC)''

: Well, for musicians, if they have neither an [http://www.allmusic.com All Music Guide] nor a Wikipedia entry, I'm inclined to assume they're non-notable. With an unoriginal quote like in your example, even though it's something that a rapper might find lyrical, I think that combination would justify an SD/unremarkable subject. (It may be vandalism or a hoax, but SD/A4 puts the burden of proof in an appropriate place if someone wants to argue the point.) If they do have some arguable notoriety, and it seems like someone just pasted it in without any intention of building up a decent article, ''that's'' where I think {{tl|prod}} is useful (i.e., careless, abandoned article). But if it seems like someone is planning to create an article about an arguably notable person with a bunch of inane "quotes", I tend to send them to WQ:VFD, as I do with wrestlers, obscure fictional characters, and other articles that collect lots of unpithy, unoriginal, and unsourced material, as they could conceivably be made useful (however unlikely). ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 17:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

== Oscar Hammerstein ==

I think we're getting a problem with definitions here. Your first reference says explicitly that "Cole Porter was not Jewish". However, it does not say so about Hammerstein in so many words. It says that he had a non-Jewish mother and wasn't a practising Jew. You may choose to define a Jew as someone with a Jewish mother (the traditional position of course, but not the position of most American Jews), or someone who practises Judaism (however you define that). However, we have no right (at least in a Wikiquote context) to use our own definition of who is Jewish. All we can do is report what reliable sources say. If there is a source that anyone is not Jewish, that's another matter. Thus there are plenty of sources that [[w:Georg Cantor|Georg Cantor]] was Jewish. There are sources that he wasn't, so you have to balance their credibility.--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 18:20, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
: My problem remains. By what criterion do you decide that someone is Jewish other than that reliable sources say that he is and no sources say explicitly that he isn't? To deduce that because he had a non-Jewish mother and wasn't a practising Jew, he wasn't Jewish when sources say that he was is clearly original research. And don't forget, we're not concerned with truth here, only verifiability.--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 20:47, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
:: Another thought - what if we define "Jewish" as someone described as Jewish, '''with a source''', on Wikipedia? That would include Hammerstein but exclude Adam Mickiewicz.--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 20:55, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

== [[Scream]] ==

You wrote:
:''I didn't remove your original stub tag on Scream by accident, I really thought it wasn't stubby anymore. For an average length feature, what's your ballpark threshold of quotes for destubification? --Ubiquity 18:11, 17 December 2007 (UTC)''
::And I did not mean to imply that you had just fixed it and run! I just thought, having seen the film, that that there were many more quotable lines to be found. Any film that only has two sets of dialogue looks to me to be still a stub - although I admit there's no hard and fast rule for how much should be there to allow removal of the stub tag. I may even return when I have a chance to add more to the page. ~ UDScott 18:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
You're in need of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether. --[[User:Bill Hart|Bill Hart]] 18:28, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

== New Year's resolution ==

Happy New Year! One of my New Year's resolutions is to finish [[Wikiquote:Bartlett's 1919 Index]] - but I can't do it alone. There are 234 red links for which articles need to be created, and 275 blue links for which articles need to be checked. Although I've been trying to get one done each day, lately I have not had time to do even that! Please consider making a commitment to help me keep my resolution by creating or checking one entry on this page per week. Help public domain quotes find their home in 2008! Cheers! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 05:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

== Re: Number of beast ==
It seems that Bible is only source for quotation for you! Bible says nothing about 666 except one turbid string! I've published cite from my article [http://my666.boom.ru/666_en.html 666] because have received that information from prophecies but not from my thoughts! Could you please restore most clear quotation of my article?

== KTVK/KNXV ==

Whats up with this: [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/KNXV/KTVK_Tragedy| Delete Me]? Tell me please!--[[User:Nijikon|Lolicon]] 18:08, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

== Your languages. ==

Hi. Do you speak polish? [[user:Prasuk historyk|'''Prasuk''']] [[User talk:Prasuk historyk|''talk to me'']] 13:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Posthumous vs. post-humus ==

Re: your recent edit... Who's to say that the two aren't mutual? I know after eating humus once I wanted to die. -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 01:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
==[[British Columbia]]==
You posted a delete notice on this article. I have never entered to wikiquote before. Why? [[User:SriMesh|[[User:SriMesh|SriMesh]] | [[User talk:SriMesh|talk]]]] 03:58, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
~:Emily Carr the first few quotations are by a very internationally famous British Columbia painter, then the last quotes are by the current Premier about the Pacific Coast economic vitalisation plan, and there is the 2010 Olympics occuring in Vancouver, and Whistler B.C. which is also an international.[[User:SriMesh|[[User:SriMesh|SriMesh]] | [[User talk:SriMesh|talk]]]] 04:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

== [[Judaism]] ==

I'm on the case!--[[User:Yehudi|Yehudi]] 22:12, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
: Are we there yet? If you have the time, there's an excellent book on Google Books called Great Jewish Quotations By Alfred J. Kolatch, which is where I took the Lyman Abbott quote from.--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 13:30, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

=="Dasiy Bates"==
I see that you were able to delete the article before I did. It turned out, by the way, to be a copyvio of [http://www.edwardsly.com/batesd.htm this]. - [[User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun]] 02:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

== Proposed deletion ? ==

Hello..You've marked the page [[Lexmark Optra]] for deletion. I was wondering if you can help me understand how can I improve the page. I think it serves both as a comical and as an educational reference for a terrible error handling for electronic products. Thank you.

== i would just like to say thanks ==
[[DMX {{rapper}}]]
ty very much Ubiquity any help any time --[[Special:Contributions/72.87.57.201|72.87.57.201]] 16:42, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

== Rob Zombie ==

Hello. Would you be content with dropping the prod on Rob Zombie if I gave you my intent within the next couple weeks to flesh it out? I'm sure I can dig up a few decent quotes given his career as a musician and director. I just don't have the time at present. -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 19:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
:Well, I guess. I certainly accept that he's notable, and that you'll do what you say. But the page as it stands is such a mess that I don't see what's gained by not just starting from scratch when you have the quotes. How about this compromise: you provide one or two decent quotes, they don't even have to be sourced, and I'll clean up the rest of the page and remove the <nowiki>prod</nowiki>. Then we can feel better about having a legitimate stub page, instead of an empty placeholder. Honestly, I would have done it myself if I had any appreciation for Zombie's music. So how about it? --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 19:37, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
::True about restarting from scratch. I'll see what I can find in the next day or two. Let's leave the prod for now and if I find something prior to the expiration I'll clean up the page, get the quotes on there and remove the prod. Otherwise we can let it stand and I'll recreate later -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 19:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the cite. I found that quote and thought it rather interesting that a guy famous for his love of B-grade horror flicks had said that. But the wife was pulling me off to do something else. I'll find a few more to flesh out the page a bit more. Hopefully something about his music as well. -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 05:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

== 75.30.225.147 & Rush ==

Uhm, 75.30.225.147 has presented why he feels the quote should be removed on the Talk page. He agrees with my assessment that the quote is fundamentally not about anyone, it only uses the names to provide the humor. -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 01:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
:Whoops, made my case on the talk page, won't reiterate here. However, isn't this something that BD2412's [[Wikiquote:Quotability]] proposal is supposed to address? So while it is not something that is against policy I do think there is friction here because while it is technically correct I think we all can feel that there's something amiss and we just can't quantify it. However, there seems to be a lack of willingness to discuss it which disheartens me.
:Anyway, I am respecting your wishes to not do further reversions. I have tried to do the best I can in the situation, even going so far as following Aphaia's advice. I apologize for creating such a ruckus. -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 01:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
::As I said, the reason the quote is not about Limbaugh is because, fundamentally, it is perfectly clear that it is an imaginary word picture, and not a statement about the man himself. When you start a statement with, “Doesn’t he remind you of…,” you have clearly gone away from fact, and on to the realm of imagination. For that reason, the quote does not belong under “Quotes about Limbaugh.” [[Special:Contributions/75.30.225.147|75.30.225.147]] 09:04, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

== Actually ==

some of the Black Kettle Quotes are from Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" but dunno how to site them.--[[User:Winn3317|Winn3317]] 17:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

== Late KNXV/KTVK Tragedy comment ==

[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User_talk:Nijikon#Proposed_Deletion Here] you said, 'A transcript of a tragedy is not a quotation. In fact, it's very unlikely to even include quotable quotations, because when people are in trouble they don't take the time to think up cool things to say, but instead say banal stuff like "Oh, shit!".' I know it is a bit late, I just stumbled on it, but I just have to say the following: [[w:LZ_129_Hindenburg#Historic_newsreel_coverage|"Oh, the humanity!"]]

(tongue firmly in cheek) -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 10:19, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

== ''Admin'' ==

Hello, where is admin page? And Where is page to candidature for admin? And...DO you speak polish? [[User:Kasia1986|Kasia1986]] 17:29, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
:Sorry,but I don't know:([[User:Kasia1986|Kasia1986]] 20:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

== Sledging ==

No worries, you gota do what you gota do--[[User:McNoddy|McNoddy]] 15:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

== Deletion of Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ==

Origanaly from [[User talk:WHLfan]]:

''I appreciate your efforts in creating the page on ''Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', but I deleted it. Wikiquote policy does not allow quotations from forthcoming works. See [[Wikiquote:What Wikiquote is not]], particularly the section "Wikiquote is not a crystal ball". --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 20:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)''

''*The qoutes I used on that page your from the trailer, what wroung with that (in fact I have seen some pages with qoutes from trailers on Wikiquote)? [[User:WHLfan|WHLfan]] 20:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)''

I read [[Wikiquote:What Wikiquote is not]], and the "Wikiquote is not a crystal ball" section says:

''so quotes from and articles on these subjects are not acceptable unless there is a reliable publication previewing them.''

Well '''''there IS a reliable publication previewing them''''', and here it is:[http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/indianajones.html?showVideo=1]
[[User:WHLfan|WHLfan]] 21:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

== PROD policy ==

It seems you're right. I do find it rather surprising that we insist that only an admin can close a VfD keep but we allow anyone to close a PROD keep. I have apologised.--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 19:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

== Transwiki ==

You'd do well to check my Wikipedia contribs. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20080308113714&target=Sceptre this]. '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' {[[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 14:44, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
:I mean, that's exactly how the page was on Wikipedia. At the time I didn't know there was a Picasso article. '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' {[[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 17:06, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

:: ''[Posted to both [[User talk:Sceptre]] and [[User talk:Ubiquity]]]'' … FYI, the process to transwiki into Wikiquote is described in detail at [[Help:Transwiki]]. It is completely appropriate for a transwikier to copy quote material from a Wikipedia article into a page called "Transwiki:''name of article''". (I probably would have used "Transwiki:Pablo Picasso" instead of [[Transwiki:Quotations by Pablo Picasso]] based on the likely destination page, but using the WP article title also makes perfect sense. It's a temporary page anyway and is in the Transwiki: space primarily so that the transfer process does not have to be completed by someone who may not know the policies and guidelines of the target project.) While Will did log its transfer from WP, he did not log its transfer '''to''' WQ in [[Transwiki]] per our policy (which follows Wikimedia-wide practice per [[m:Help:Transwiki]]). This informs people from both projects where articles are coming from and going to. (Some projects delete their logs after the transwiki is completed; we leave ours for future reference, as one never knows when someone might wonder what happened to their pet article.)

:: What is supposed to happen on the destination end is that a Wikiquotian will notice either the log entry or the new addition to [[:Category:Move into Wikiquote]]. (That assumes the WP "Copy to Wikiquote" template is changed to {{tl|Move to Wikiquote}}, which was not done here. I notice that our help page doesn't specify this step. Either I forgot to add that requirement, or WP's practice changed from using the template we still specify to using something that no longer works here. A redirect should fix that problem.) ''Anyway'', the receiving Wikiquotian then decides whether to move, merge, or delete the incoming transwiki. Will did nothing wrong in leaving the merge to another editor.

:: Many editors bypass all the formalities and simply copy the material from WP to WQ. '''This is very bad and should be discouraged vehemently.''' It violates GFDL by providing no clear credit, link, or even association with the originating article. In the past year or so, we've tried to cut corners by at least mandating the inclusion of an unlabeled link back to the WP article (e.g., "[[w:Quotations by Pablo Picasso]]") in the edit summary (or on the discussion page if the copying editor forgets this step). Will did not do this, either, so there is no record on Wikiquote of where this page came from. We must have either the log or the edit-summary link as a very minimum record. '''NOTE''', however, that if the transwikied material is an article that may be deleted, as this one was, this shortcut link is not appropriate, because the edit history will be lost to the general public when the source article is deleted. In these cases, one must provide a copy of the source article's edit history on the discussion page of the Transwiki page, which will then need to be transferred to the discussion pages of any articles that receive merged information. (If the Transwiki: page is simply deleted — and logged as deleted at [[Transwiki]]! — this is not necessary, just as it is not necessary to have a public record of contributions to any ordinary deleted article.)

:: It's now possible for some editors to export and import material between projects, which provides proper links and/or credits without much of the hassle of transwiki. I'm afraid I've been too distracted to investigate and document this, but [[User:Jusjih|Jusjih]] has been working on this recently.

:: Ubiquity says this material came from [http://www.artquotes.net/masters/picasso_quotes.htm another website]. That's good WQ detective work, but the misunderstading might have been avoided or lessened if he'd had the log to see that it was from WP and not this other website that Will transferred the material. However, it is not the responsibility of the transwikier to determine whether the transwikied material is acceptable to the project. We have the two-step process precisely to allow the destination project to make that determination, as Ubiquity did by finding that the WP material appears to be merely a copy of another website. (Even when the transwikier is a Wikiquotian, too, as Will is, one should consider that the transwiki process is enough of a bear not to expect them to do the full process at once. Of course, we have a serious backlog of material to finish transwikiing, but that's just one of our many backlogs.)

:: Ubiquity, in completing the transwiki, also failed either to log the transwiki completion or to credit the originating WP article in any edit summary, instead noting the apparent origin of the WP material. Technically, even this violates GFDL, as it fails to credit the WP editor(s) even if their work is borrowed. (One might ultimately determine they have no right to a copyright of their contributions, but it's a lot harder to work that out than just to add the article pointer or log the darn transfer and let others worry about the legal issues.)

:: I don't want to sound too critical about this. Most transwiki work that I've seen on Wikimedia projects, at least that done by non-bots, is horrendously improper. It's so bad that it could be used as an argument by Wikimedia copyright violators that we don't take our own licensing policies seriously, so why should they? But that won't change unless we read the instructions, improve them where needed, and follow them whenever possible.

:: My lack of participation in this work in the past 2 years has certainly contributed to these ongoing problems, which is one of many reasons I'm hoping to hand over some responsibilities that I think others would like to do. Meanwhile, I'd be happy to answer questions about this. Despite this critical review, I would like to thank you both for trying to get this right, which is more than most editors do. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 18:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

: By the way, I finished the formal transwiki by copying the edit history from [[Talk:Transwiki:Quotations by Pablo Picasso]] to [[Talk:Pablo Picasso#Wikipedia transwiki]] (in a slightly different format that adds WP links to the users to avoid confusion w/ possibly different WQ users), deleted the transwiki talk page, and logged the 3-part transfer (well, 2 steps with 3 pages involved) at [[Transwiki#Articles moved into Wikiquote]]. I'm afraid it's not hard to see why so many folks prefer to avoid this process. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 03:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

== German->English translation ==
Do you know anyone who is willing to translate German to English? Where can I find one? [[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] 23:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

== Hoagy Carmichael song title ==

If that song title is such a great quote, why not add it to the [[Hoagy Carmichael]] article?

And if you have a chance, can you correct the [[w:Hoagy Carmichael|Wikipedia article?]] I pulled out some songs from that article with lyrics allegedly by Carmichael himself, but several of them in fact had lyrics by others.--[[User:Poetlister|Poetlister]] 23:07, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== Re:Dziady Translations ==

Hello Ubiquity. So - I think your translation is better than me translation, so you add to Adam Mickiewicz article. Thanks:) And Happy Easter [[user:Prasuk historyk|'''Prasuk''']] [[User talk:Prasuk historyk|''talk to me'']] 16:28, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

I'll try and remember these Ubiquity. Its a case of trial and error I suppose but I'll ttry my best to do it right from now on--[[User:McNoddy|McNoddy]] 12:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

== Templates ==

Hello Ubiquity, what is Your knowledge about create templates? And can you do polish template: [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szablon:User_pl] from Polish Wikipedia? I asked you, because I can weak create templates... [[User:Kasia1986|Kasia1986]] 21:03, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
: Thanks, and you wrote on my talk page: "I might need help with the Polish" - do you want help with Polish, with me as Your Polish teacher? If you would like help with Polish and with me as Your teacher your best bet is my e-mail adress KatLos at interia dot pl. And have you internet communicator? [[User:Kasia1986|Kasia1986]] 07:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
:: I'm sorry I forgot. Can you gold backcloth on my userpage? (Only backcloth will be gold) [[User:Kasia1986|Kasia1986]] 07:25, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

== Official propose. ==

Hello Ubiquity are you want become bureacruat on EN-Wikiquotes? [[user:Prasuk historyk|'''Prasuk''']] [[User talk:Prasuk historyk|''talk to me'']] 07:34, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
: Thanks, that you answered on me question. Now I have question for you: How many editions I must have, to I become an administrator here? And what you think about me as future admin (probably long future). [[user:Prasuk historyk|'''Prasuk''']] [[User talk:Prasuk historyk|''talk to me'']] 12:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
:: Thanks again. And if I'd vote on Votes for deletion, can I on my userpage write "This user is an inclusjonist philosophy"? I think that it information in context votes for deletion will be very important, what you think? [[user:Prasuk historyk|'''Prasuk''']] [[User talk:Prasuk historyk|''talk to me'']] 12:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
::: If I would step out on RFA, give you me your support? [[user:Prasuk historyk|'''Prasuk''']] [[User talk:Prasuk historyk|''talk to me'']] 12:39, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

== VfD on [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War]] ==

I am closing this VfD as a keep. Would you be able to implement your excellent idea to contact those registered users who have edited it? Thanks.--[[User:Poetlister|Poetlister]] 12:14, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

== {{cite web}} ==

Hi, Ubiquity, hows it going. I just wanted to tell you that am unsure on how to use this {[cite web]} thing and didn't want you thinking that I just brushed your advise aside.--[[User:McNoddy|McNoddy]] 09:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

==VFD==
Hi Ubiquity, why was my VFD considered inappropriate? I would like to have that page deleted because of Googles indexing. There was [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Manuel_Merz&action=history no content] on that page anyway. I use this account only to save it from appearing on Google. Please delete! Thank you! -- M. M. 09:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
: It was inappropriate because it's not the sort of thing that requires a vote for deletion. I'm sorry that I didn't realize what you wanted though. The Speedy Deletion requests you made worked though. --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 11:38, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

== [[Once Were Warriors]] ==

Hello. I declined the prod because it's a known film. If you want to VfD it on the grounds of poor quotes, I might agree, but the prod didn't seem justified. Please feel free to disagree; I'm still a beginner!--[[User:Yehudi|Yehudi]] 06:39, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

== A Request ==

Hello, Ubiquity. Have you got an global account? I'm asking because...The Polish Wikimedia would like close Polish wikiquotes, and I'd like please you about help in this sytuation. So, would you can leave your opinion in [http://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikicytaty:Bar polish Village pump]? Regards, [[user:Prasuk historyk|'''Prasuk''']] [[User talk:Prasuk historyk|''talk to me'']] 00:23, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

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== [[:Category:Japanese poets]] ==

[[user:Risto hot sir|Risto hot sir]] has requested that I ask the community about what should be done regarding the numerous articles listed under [[:Category:Japanese poets]]. You will know what I mean after you read a few and start to see the trend. They are all a possible copyright violation, they are all of non-notable people who don't even have a Wikipedia article, they are all from one source and they all clog up this category. You can read more about this [[user talk:DanielTom#User:Risto hot sir's Japanese Poet Articles|here]], [[talk:Fuso|here]], [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Doyu|here]], and [[User talk:Risto hot sir#Atsujin|here]]. [[User:Just A Regular New Yorker|Just A Regular New Yorker]] ([[User talk:Just A Regular New Yorker|talk]]) 22:54, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

: I agree with you. A page based on the book would be better, and without every single one of them. [[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] ([[User talk:Ubiquity|talk]]) 02:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

::Even so, wouldn’t it be a copyright violation? I say we just nominate all 102 articles for speedy deletion on the basis of copyright violation and lack of information about the poet. At the very least, we should add a dated prod to them. What do you think? [[User:Just A Regular New Yorker|Just A Regular New Yorker]] ([[User talk:Just A Regular New Yorker|talk]]) 02:36, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

: Well, copyright violation... On a per-poet basis, copying a few lines to Wikiquote seems like fair use. Copying an entire book is more onerous. Perhaps that's why [[user:Risto hot sir|Risto hot sir]] did it this way in the first place. We would definitely have to be more selective if we put them all in one place. But that's probably good. [[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] ([[User talk:Ubiquity|talk]]) 15:55, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

== Remove boldface from most "Last words" ==

Hello. Can you please weigh in and give your opinion at [[Wikiquote:Village pump#Boldface in all "last words"]]? There, I'm proposing to remove boldface from most quotes in [[Last words]], [[Fictional last words]], and their subpages. Details and reasons are given in the discussion itself. Thanks in advance. --[[User:Daniel Carrero|Daniel Carrero]] ([[User talk:Daniel Carrero|talk]]) 17:49, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

== 130.185.239.34 ==
{{Userlinks|130.185.239.34}}. This anonymous user has added multiple articles that contain only advertising spam with no actual quotes. Please block him. [[User:Just A Regular New Yorker|J.A.R.N.Y]][[User talk:Just A Regular New Yorker|🗣‬]] 22:34, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

: Looks like you found someone else before I saw this. Fine with me. [[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] ([[User talk:Ubiquity|talk]]) 02:23, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

==Request==
Can you bring {{abbr}} here on wikiquote from wikipedia? I have requirement for that template and no one created it here on this project. [[User:Harshrathod50|Harsh Rathod]] 11:45, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
:I'll give it a try. I've never moved a template before. [[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] ([[User talk:Ubiquity|talk]]) 20:46, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Thankyou, I don't have much knowledge about Template namespace. That's why I fear tweaking them. '''OTOH''', I don't like my edits being undone. 😏 [[User:Harshrathod50|Harsh Rathod]] 07:18, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
<hr/>
[https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/2372278 diff]: That was part of the title, it wasn't like I was advertising the film. [[User:Harshrathod50|Harsh Rathod]] 07:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
: Nobody likes to have their edits undone. OTOH, I'm sure none of us like to violate Wikiquote policy by including commercial content in our work. Even if (and to me that's a really big "if") "The Bad man and his wise words. Watch him in theaters near you, book your tickets now: http://m.p-y.tm/phat Urvashi Rautela Karan Wahi Gulshan Grover Ihana Dhillon Vivan Bhathena T-Series Film" is the title, we don't provide commercial advertisement on WikiQuote, and the second part of that phrase is clearly commercial advertisement. And it's not as if this were a serious article you were referencing -- it's an advertisement from Facebook. Please see [[Wikiquote:Sourcing]] for examples of appropriate sources. [[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] ([[User talk:Ubiquity|talk]]) 10:14, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
No other reference is available other than that. So I had to cite the facebook post. [[User:Harshrathod50|Harsh Rathod]] 17:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

== Request for comment on User:MonsterHunter32's massive censorship of sourced quotes without discussion ==

I am asking the community to comment about this problem that I have already alerted about here [[Talk:India#Censorship_of_sourced_quotes_by_User:MonsterHunter32]] and at other places, but it didn't help. What should be done about the continued massive removal of sourced quotes by {{Userlinks|MonsterHunter32}} when he refuses to even move the quotes to the talkpage with full reasoning for each quote as was asked by multiple users many many times? You can read more about it at the link above, and at the other discussions linked in that discussion. --[[User:Jedi3|Jedi3]] ([[User talk:Jedi3|talk]]) 12:31, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

: Thanks, but other admins seem to be involved. Too many cooks, etc. - [[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] ([[User talk:Ubiquity|talk]]) 12:41, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

The user [[User:Jedi3]] is only engaged in POV-pushing and adding statements just so they agree with his view. He doesn't care if his claims are made up like he did at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sikandar_Butshikan&diff=2354345&oldid=2354342 Sikandar Butshikan], indirectly admitting to verbatim to verbatrim copying from Wikipedia before checking the source. Or making up a false reason to remove a quote at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muslim_conquest_of_the_Indian_subcontinent&diff=2365614&oldid=2365547 Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent]. Or he keeps making up his quotes eloquent, poignant, witty etc despite the "quotes" not even falling at all within the definition. He does this just to have his edits there at all costs. I've told him several times about this including [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aurangzeb&diff=2370038&oldid=2369457 here].

He falsely keeps saying I'm censoring him when all I've done is remove those quotes which arenb't notable in any manner. Not those which are notable and i've preserved many of the quotes he has added. also removed the subsection of my complaint [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=2370129&oldid=2370127 here]. He himself censors me [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Noakhali_riots&diff=2370115&oldid=2370060 here] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=2364401&oldid=2364399 here] in the past.

I've warned him several times including [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2354112&oldid=2338039 here], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2335779&oldid=2335692 here] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2354375&oldid=2354329 here]. He doesn't listen and has removed my comments several times from his talk page.

Not to mention this person has also insulted me by terming me [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=2365655&oldid=2365648 annoying] after another user called me so, besides also calling me a vandal, when he himself can be indicted for edit-warring and vandalism. please block this user. I've been trying to cooperate with him, but it is clear he only wants his ideology imposed here. Their is no bar on any person of any ideology, even though Wikiquote is about neutrality but he doesn't care about anything and is being unprofessional. and it is clear he doesn't care what he does to get his edits here at all costs.

Right after his block expired, Jedi3 is back at edit-warring before even waiting for a discussion and made 3 reverts at 3 articles. See his recent reverts, [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Historical_negationism&diff=2373980&oldid=2370273 here], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=prev&oldid=2373904 a sly attempt to befool others in edit summary at Aurangzeb of "article under construction"], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda&diff=prev&oldid=2373983 at Malabar rebellion]. He proceeded to make [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&action=history additional subtractions and additions at Aurangzeb], even though a revrt is a revrt wheter partial or complete. He is trying to fool others. And just after his block expired, he has started edit-warring again and made three reverts. It is clear he has no intention to stop disruption and edit-war. I haven't opposed any dialogue, but he should stop his edit-warring. But it is clear he won't. Please block him. [[User:MonsterHunter32|MonsterHunter32]] ([[User talk:MonsterHunter32|talk]]) 14:06, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

: I'm sorry, but didn't you yourself post to [[Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard]] about this? Yet in the five paragraphs you wrote above you don't mention this. As I said, other people are dealing with this, and trying to get more people involved won't help. - [[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] ([[User talk:Ubiquity|talk]]) 16:01, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

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:Hello, today I removed your admin flag. [[User:Einsbor|Einsbor]] ([[User talk:Einsbor|talk]]) 08:21, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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===Copyright Cleanup ===
I responded to your question at [[Wikiquote talk:Copyright Cleanup Project]]. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 17:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

=== 30 Rock ===
No problemo - I'm just relieved that I didn't get myself into a "this joke is funnier" debate. :)
[[User:Jon202|Jon202]] 01:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

== Why have you reverted my change? ==

Why have you reverted my change?
:You blanked the page and typed "sgdsfgdsfgdfgsdfg." I thought this was unconstructive, so I reverted back to a previous version of the page. I ought to have added the subst:test1 template from [[Wikiquote:Vandalism]] to your talk page; I will do so now.
:In future, sign all edits to talk pages by typing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 20:15, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

OK, that makes sense. ~ ~~ [[Special:Contributions/87.68.61.208|87.68.61.208]] [[Special:Contributions/87.68.61.208|87.68.61.208]] 18:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC) 18:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
18:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC)~ 18:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC)~~

== Terry Pratchett QotD ==

Hi Sketchmoose. Is there a reason you nominated ''Night Watch'' quotes for [[May 25]] rather than the author's birthdate [[April 28]]? If so, you should indicate the memorial occasion with your nominations. Otherwise they will likely be voted down as being more appropriate for another day—almost a year later. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 21:05, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
:Thanks for the heads up; I was wondering if I needed to do that. It's along the same lines as Towel Day. The Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May is the subject of ''Night Watch''; since it was published, and increasingly when Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, fans began wearing lilac pins on that day in support and tribute. To be fully honest it might be recent/fancruft-y/OR to be appropriate. Should I have asked first? Should I remove it? -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 21:18, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
::Ah, I see the date has in-universe significance. That might fly—but perhaps only on a day without other strong candidates. I don't know. You could ask [[User talk:Kalki|Kalki]] if you want, as his opinion is influential at QotD and he has the most experience with it. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 22:12, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

== [[Chuck (TV series)]] ==

Thanks for your cleanup of Season 3 - I didn't want to do it because I'm only through Season 2 so far and didn't want to spoil it for myself. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] 13:45, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
:No problem. :) I try to stay on top of it but I've been a bit busy lately. -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 13:54, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

== [[Wikiquote:Requests for adminship/Sketchmoose]] ==

Surprise! Please accept and serve. Cheers! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 16:30, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
:Wow, surprise indeed! Thanks! -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 14:41, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

== Congratulations ==

You are now an administrator. :)

I unfortunately don't have any helpful links to share with you, since this is my first RfA that I've closed here, but if you've got any questions, don't hesitate to [[User talk:EVula|drop me a line]] or ask on the Village Pump. [[User:EVula|EVula]] // [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|☯]] // 17:05, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
*Congratulations! Welcome aboard. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] 17:08, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
*Welcome indeed! Glad to have another helping hand with the ol' mop 'n' bucket ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 17:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
::Thank you all! I am looking forward to helping! -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 13:15, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
:::Belated welcome aboard from an inactive lawikiquote adminstratorix. As for helpful links, you may have noticed [[User:Jeffq/Admin shortcuts]]? --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 07:15, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
Congratulations indeed! Sorry I nommed and ran, but family came up. I'm sure you'll do fine, and I see you've already deleted an article pursuant to a deletion debate. Cheers! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 15:35, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
:Thanks, Aphaia and BD2412! Yes, I did manage to close a discussion and delete a page, after about a half hour of checking to make sure I was clear on the process. ;) It was a proud moment. -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 19:16, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

== User messages ==
Hi Sketchmoose. I noticed that after deleting some articles you wrote custom user messages in situations that are covered by some of our boilerplate templates, such as {{tl|fame}} and {{tl|WQisnot1}}. Writing a personal note is a Good Thing™, but you may find it easier to use the templates at [[Wikiquote:Template messages/User talk]] when they fit the situation. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 15:58, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
:Thanks! I was looking for something like those, actually, but couldn't immediately find them and didn't want to wait too long before explaining the deletions. And then I'm afraid I got distracted before asking someone about it or looking some more. This will definitely help in future. :) -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 21:05, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

==Deletion question==
Sketchmoose, you recently deleted my post "Don't change your socks in the middle of the world series". If you don't mind, could you please clarify the intention of the Wikiquote website? Is one possible intention not to be a place for people to come to collaborate with other people to figure out the originator of a certain quote? Forgive me, I had made this assumption prior. (This is the second time I have posted a single quote where I asked if anyone knew the originator. In both cases the page has been immediately deleted). Again, if you don't mind, if this is not one of the intentions of Wikiquote, could you please explain to me the reason? I assume this is for lack of resources (server, disk space, etc.)? I very much admire the Wikipedia site and am a frequent user of that site. As mentioned, I simply was looking to Wikiquote to accomplish the aforementioned goal. Are you aware of another quote site which is intended to accomplish this goal?

Thank you very much and best regards,

Andy [[Special:Contributions/148.87.67.139|148.87.67.139]] 20:13, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
:Hi, Andy! I've moved this message down to its own section, and removed your email address and phone number, as it is generally not a good idea to post such things in public view.
:The purpose of Wikiquote, as described at [[Wikiquote:Wikiquote]], is to collect memorable, accurate, sourced quotes. While this often requires editors to engage in discussion, that is a side effect of the primary purpose. Editors can collaborate with each other to determine the source of a quote, but independent pages in the article namespace are not to be used in this way. (For other things which Wikiquote is not, please see [[Wikiquote:What Wikiquote is not]].) The place for such a discussion would be a page in the talk namespace. ("Article namespace" refers to the main pages of Wikiquote, such as [[Albert Einstein]] or [[Leaves of Grass]], while "talk namespace" would be the discussion pages related to those articles, which are called [[Talk:Albert Einstein]] or [[Talk:Leaves of Grass]].) Since you don't know the origin of this quote, you could try the [[Wikiquote:Reference desk]], which exists to try to solve such dilemmas.
:Please let me know if this didn't clear things up, or if you have any other questions. You can also ask at [[Wikiquote:Village pump]] or check the [[Wikiquote:FAQ]] or the [[Help:Contents|help pages]]. Cheers! -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 02:24, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Sketchmoose! That is exactly what I was looking for. I also have made use of Village pump. Thanks again and best regards, Andy. --[[Special:Contributions/148.87.67.139|148.87.67.139]] 04:12, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

== Re: Clean-up of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Page ==

I noticed that you added some info to the discussion page for the above article on which I am trying to work. First, as you are an administrator and I am a ''very new'' newbie, can you tell me if I am doing this correctly? Second, can you tell me if there is too much content on the page to comply with fair use/copyright guidelines? I have deleted some things that seemed less than notable to me. Third, can you clarify for me what you want done with the quotes from Lord Voldemort that you listed on the discussion page? (This learning by the seat of ones pants can be challenging for people like me who know very little about technical matters.) I appreciate any guidance you can give me. [[User:Carmaskid|Carmaskid]] 00:42, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
:Hi, Carmaskid. From what I have just reviewed at [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]], it looks like you are doing it correctly. Cleanup of sourcing such as you are doing is very valuable to the project, so thank you! In terms of length, our copyright guidelines (listed at [[Wikiquote:Limits on quotations]]) limit literary works to 5 lines per 10 pages of book. For this book, my check at Amazon gives 784 pages in the paperback edition, which give a maximum of 390 lines of text. Obviously there is some rounding involved, since the number of pages can vary based on edition, and a line of text is not a discrete unit. I think the page as it is now is within or just at the limit, but it's hard to tell because the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows#Dialogue|Dialogue]] section is not formatted properly. Literary quotes do not need to be modified from their source; they should match what is in the book. The second quote in the section looks fine other than the absence of a bullet point and sourcing. (To accommodate a line break within a quote begun with a <nowiki>*</nowiki>, you can type <nowiki> </nowiki> where you would otherwise hit the enter key.) Regarding the Voldemort quotes which I placed on the talk page, those were added without chapter or page number to an article which was converted. Since I don't own a copy of the book I couldn't source them myself, so placed them on the talk page (I definitely could have explained that more when I did it). If you can locate the quotes in the book, they can be removed from the talk page and added to the article page.
:I hope this helps. If my explanation was unclear or if you have any other questions, please let me know. :) -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 02:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

:Thanks for your help and kind words. There's a lot of material there so I am just working my way downward, a little at a time. This was a big book for a first effort but I own the book and have read it several times so I often know in which chapter I should look. I like working on this project in my limited way. :-) [[User:Carmaskid|Carmaskid]] 02:18, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

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== Closing VFDs ==

Hi Sketchmoose. Thanks for stepping up and closing some of the overdue discussions. There are so few participants these days that it can be hard for a clear consensus to emerge, and even harder to find an "independent" closer when it is unclear. FYI – There is a colorful {{tl|vfd-kept-new}} template for tagging talk pages like [[Talk:Total Drama Action]]. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 20:20, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
:Hi Ningauble. I wanted to help in some way—I've been pretty absent lately due to some life-stuff and was feeling a bit guilty about it. Thanks for the heads-up about the template; I tried to use {{tl|vfd-kept}} and the link to the vfd discussion wouldn't work, so since I was in a hurry by that time I just used the text. Anyway, good to hear from you. I should be around more again within the next couple weeks. -[[User:Sketchmoose|Sketchmoose]] 18:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

==Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Clean Up Tag==
It took me a while but I have done my best with this page. Could you or another administrator review it and, if appropriate, remove the clean-up tag. People will certainly continue to add and subtract quotes, but the format for the page has been corrected. Thanks,[[User:Carmaskid|Carmaskid]] 04:17, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

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== [[:Category:Japanese poets]] ==

[[user:Risto hot sir|Risto hot sir]] has requested that I ask the community about what should be done regarding the numerous articles listed under [[:Category:Japanese poets]]. You will know what I mean after you read a few and start to see the trend. They are all a possible copyright violation, they are all of non-notable people who don't even have a Wikipedia article, they are all from one source and they all clog up this category. You can read more about this [[user talk:DanielTom#User:Risto hot sir's Japanese Poet Articles|here]], [[talk:Fuso|here]], [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Doyu|here]], and [[User talk:Risto hot sir#Atsujin|here]]. [[User:Just A Regular New Yorker|Just A Regular New Yorker]] ([[User talk:Just A Regular New Yorker|talk]]) 22:54, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

== Request for comment on MonsterHunter32 ==

I am asking the community to comment about the censorship of this user that I have already alerted about here [[Talk:India#Censorship_of_sourced_quotes_by_User:MonsterHunter32]] and at other places, but it didn't help. What should be done about the continued massive removal of sourced quotes by {{Userlinks|MonsterHunter32}} when he refuses to even move the quotes to the talkpage with full reasoning for each quote as was asked by multiple users many many times? You can read more about it at the link above, and at the other discussions linked in that discussion.

What would be most helpful would be if other editors could add comments to the summary table here [[Talk:India#Summary_table]].

Since you are an admin, I would also welcome your view on the following.

Other editors and me have previously told {{U|MonsterHunter32}} many times that the following rule based on [[Template:Remove]] should be strictly observed by him:

:*'''All quotes removed by [[User:MonsterHunter32]] must always be moved by him to the article talkpage with a note that they were removed from the article, giving full reasoning (for each removed quote), as required by [[Template:Remove]]. Otherwise, the status quo (uncensored) version should be kept and/or restored.'''

This really is the bare minimum that must be enforced. If MonsterHunter32 as a rule continues to refuse to do this, I don't see how any meaningful discussion of the deleted quotes is possible at all.

Please note that this was asked to him dozens of times, and dozens of times he continues to ignore it.

Can you please help ensure that MonsterHunter32 observes this? He has been told this dozens of times by multiple users, but I will notify him again about this on his talkpage (my last notification was promptly deleted by him). If he starts edit warring again without observing this rule, he should be blocked, or at least the page be protected.

Please let me know if you have a different interpretation of any of the above. Thanks.

:Observing the rule above based on Template:Remove is the bare minimum, but it will not solve the tendentious edit warring of MonsterHunter32:

*'''{{U|MonsterHunter32}} has done blanked and censored dozens of quotes, most of them without ANY discussion on the talkpage, without moving the censored quotes to talk, and with very poor excuses (like that he only needs to "explain" his mass-blanking of many quotes in the same edit in his edit summary)'''
*'''He refuses to discuss to discuss his censorship on talk, and just continues edit-warring.'''
*'''{{U|MonsterHunter32}} has admitted that he is "monitoring me constantly". That is called stalking and is extremely disruptive.'''
*'''{{U|MonsterHunter32}} has done numerous personal attacks, baiting and attacking me and others for my or their alleged religious beliefs or opinions or alleged bias, using religious or political smears against me and others.'''

:MonsterHunter32 as a rule refuses to make the slightest concession that the quotes might be notable for other people than him. He will never admit that he was wrong, he will never make the slightest concession to me. That is not good faith discussing. Discussion with someone who as a rule and always refuses to make the slightest concession that he might be wrong, or that others may have different opinions than him, is becoming a waste of time. Maybe even worse are the misrepresentations, dishonesty and personal attacks.

:This is what '''other editors''' have said about {{U|MonsterHunter32}}:

*'''"I believe [[User:MonsterHunter32|MonsterHunter32]] is being extremely annoying and disruptive."'''

*"I was originally under the impression that to take part in this argument would require extensive research. I started by looking at Monsterhunter’s edits. '''It did not take long to indentify a general theme. He appears to be blanking large selections of quotes, with the poor justification that he was fixing the articles so that they would have a neutral point of view. However, that did not seem to be the case.''' Even if it was true, I don’t see why people that claim is important. Wikiquote serves as a site that collects quotes from reliable sources, and if the people being quoted were biased, that doesn’t mean the quote should be removed. If he feels that Jedi3 is adding too many of these quotes, than he may “combat” it by adding other quotes that he feels are appropriate. '''Edit-warring is not the answer."'''

*" I would simply suggest that rather than trying to delete the page one should instead try to find properly sourced and relevant quotes that might represent an alternative POV. "

*"I see no creditable reason for eliminating a page .... because the creator of the page is disliked...."

*"Since when do users need to add an explanation for why they are adding quotes? '''Explanations are needed to remove quotes.''' If a quote is from a notable person, and has a reliable source, you can’t take I down just because you disagree with the views expressed by the quote. “Wikiquote is a free online compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works...” ~Main Page~ "

*"I’m not sure how any of this answers what I wrote." (in response to MonsterHunter32)

*"No more of this time-wasting dispute here. I don't want my talk page to be used to call people vandals, liars, etc..... "

*"Stop with the '''misleading''' edit summaries (and now section headings too). "

* "and IF you revert this again you WILL be BLOCKED."

* "it certainly IS censorship to ATTEMPT to allow ONLY one side to a discussion "

* "if you keep this up you will be blocked"

:I have attempted to solve it with discussion with him, but by his refusal of even the most elementary things, like giving full reasoning for each deleted quote on the talkpage, he is making it extremely difficult. What really is needed, and I asked many times for this, are comments from other users on the quotes. Please see [[Talk:India#Summary_table]] for my latest attempt to ask others for comments.

:Ultimately, I agree with what another editor has said on the Admin noticeboard:

::*'''"If MonsterHunter32 has reasonable objections to the quotes themselves, he may discuss them on the article's talk page, but ''not'' remove them unilaterally.''' He may proceed to remove the disputed quotes from the articles '''only if in those discussions he manages to get some other editor to agree with him"''' (that other editor should either be a Wikiquote admin or an editor with more than one year of experience at Wikiquote.)

:Please let me know if you too agree with this.

:Wikiquote is not prepared to handle persistent, disruptive editors like {{Userlinks|MonsterHunter32}} who by his own admission is "constantly monitoring" me, attacking me for alleged religious bias or my alleged religious beliefs, and reverting all my additions with poor excuses that in most cases he refuses even to discuss. It cannot be in Wikiquotes interest when such editors can by constant edit warring and refusal to discussion get away with censoring and blanking quotes. --[[User:Jedi3|Jedi3]] ([[User talk:Jedi3|talk]]) 01:16, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

==Jedi3's disruptive edits==

What does [[User:Jedi3]] hopes to achieve by repeatedly complaining instead of any actual cooperation? When I discuss he either abruptly leaves or keeps on repeating the same things. He keeps on edit-warring over and over and even started edit-warring right after [[User:UDScott]] block on him expired.

All of the "complains" of his based on poor fact- reading and hiding the truth again. Oh he doesn't mention some of the comments made by other users about him:

* [[User:Jedi3]] wrongly keeps claiming [[Template:Remove]] doesn't allow for removal of quotes and mandates moving and discussion. But I found out he hasn't read it properly. Templat:Remove itself says the quotes can be removed with edit summaries. Moving and discussing is required in almost all cases. It says: ''Quotes should never be removed without a comment in the edit summary, and should almost always be moved to the Talk page with a note that they were removed from the article, giving full reasoning.''
:Despite moving and discussing not being mandatory in every case, I've often tried to discuss and move one article at a time but Jedi3 keep son edit-warring over one quote. SO HOW WILL I GET TIME FOR OTHER QUOTES? SO while he claims I am "not moving and discussing", he forgets that i can't do everything at once and the major cause is his disruption asides from being humanely impossible to discus everything at once. He's a vandal who's making up claims like he did abut [[Template:Remove]] who needs to be immediately blocked.

* While Jedi3 is talking about "comments against me', jedi3 forgets [[User:Kalki]] has [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Kalki&diff=2374935&oldid=2374931 criticized his behavior as well].

* What Jedi3 forgot to mention [[User:DanielTom]] said about me at AN, "Jedi3 is obviously concerned that MonsterHunter32 is actively censoring quotes critical of Islam and wikihounding him." How? The only thing most of the articles relate to Islam is that the Muslim rulers were Muslims or some of their actions may be because of Islamic fundamentalism. Most quotes I removed are not about Islam except maybe a few non-notable ones added by Jedi3 which he added into articles of Muslim rulers or a particular religious conflict/riot like [[Noakhali riots]].
:He claims it despite me adding quotes about negative acts done by Muslims. At [[Aurangzeb]] I myself added a quote talking about [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=2364614&oldid=2364585 temple destruction by Aurangzeb]. Even at [[Noakhali riots]] I added a quote holding a Muslim responsible. I added them only because they were notable. Also I made few changes to ancient India as well. I however only remove content that is clearly not notable or memorable. The user has similarly made quotes against Christian colonial rulers in India only to further his agenda. Even if his quotes are not memorable he has added them.

* While [[User:Jedi3]] talks about "Bare-minimum", he doesn't '''stop to the do the most disruptive thing: Edit-warring'''. What's more he resumed edit-warring right after [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2370214&oldid=2364891 '''UDSCOTT warned him'''], '''he edit-warred''' at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Malabar_rebellion&diff=prev&oldid=2370261], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda&diff=prev&oldid=2370262], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Historical_negationism&diff=prev&oldid=2370263], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Noakhali_riots&diff=prev&oldid=2370264], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Liberation_War&diff=prev&oldid=2370265] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=prev&oldid=2370267].

* He has also made some utterly false claims of "blanking", even though my removal of his quotes didn't involve more than 1 or 2 quotes and removed only a small part of the article. Some of his utterly false claims of "blanking" are [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Historical_negationism&action=history here], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda&diff=prev&oldid=2370209 here] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Malabar_rebellion&diff=prev&oldid=2370208 here].

*As earlier mentioned after UDScott [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2370296&oldid=2370266 blocked him] for a week, '''he resumed edit-warring right after the block expired''. See [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Historical_negationism&diff=2373980&oldid=2370273 here], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=prev&oldid=2373904 a sly attempt to befool others in edit summary at Aurangzeb of "article under construction"], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda&diff=prev&oldid=2373983 at Malabar rebellion].

* There is nothing wrong in checking another editor when they are being disruptive like [[User:Jedi3]]. And what I actually said was me categorically proving I never censored him. I was checking whether his edits are non-notable and non-memorable. "While Jedi3 keeps claiming censorship, he knows I've checked many of his recent edits on other articles where we don't have any issues. I've mostly removed quotes from his older articles. But even there I've let some of his quotes remain there. That's because on any article whenever I've found his quotes are really memorable and notable, I have not removed them."

* He claims I "refused to discuss". This despite me discussing at [[Talk:Somnath temple]], [[Talk:Aurangzeb]] and [[Talk:India]]. '''At all of those talk pages my comment is the latest'''. You can check them.

* I already suggested at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2375025&oldid=2375021 talk:India], let's discuss all quotes one by one at the relevant article talk pages. '''He refuses to do so'''.

* Jedi3 keeps on '''smearing and making false allegations''' of "censorship" just because I disagree with many of his quotes being relevant. That too me telling it plainly '''I have only removed non-memorable/non-notable quotes''': "While Jedi3 keeps claiming censorship, he knows I've checked many of his recent edits on other articles where we don't have any issues. I've mostly removed quotes from his older articles. But even there I've let some of his quotes remain there. That's because on any article whenever I've found his quotes are really memorable and notable, I have not removed them."

* He says I'm done numerous "personal attacks" against [[User:DanielTom]] and [[User:Kalki]]. I never committed any personal attacks like Jedi3 who started calling me a vandal and claimed I was censoring baselessly. And Jedi3 doesn't reveal DanieTom needlessly kept on edit-warring with me at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&action=history Everybody Draw Mohammed Day] despite me already inviting him to talk and offering him a [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&diff=2366222&oldid=2366172 compromise]. What's more he revealed his [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&diff=2366247&oldid=2366246 reason to be a baseless belief of me attempting to censor] even though I already offered to [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&diff=2366177&oldid=2366175 talk right after his first revert].

* After Daniel Tom [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=prev&oldid=2374502 reverted me] at [[Talk:India]] for removing Jedi3's vandal comments of baseless accusations and taking the issue to an entirely unrelated article while the actual discussion should have been at [[Talk:Aurangzeb]] and other articles where I actually removed his quotes. His actions were very similar to Jedi3 by baselessly accusing me of censorship despite me discussing and compromising despite the quote being not notable, I asked him not to take sides with jedi3 over any ideolgical affinity. I told DanielTom about this [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=next&oldid=2374484] and also tried to prevent another edit-war at [[Talk:India]] like it happened on [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&action=history Everybody Draw Mohammed Day]. I also told him the [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DanielTom&diff=prev&oldid=2374513 same at his own talk page].

* After Kalki [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2374930&oldid=2374929 reverted me] twice at talk:India and warned me, that was my last revert. I didn't start edit-warring and reverting like Jedi3. At [[User talk:Kalki#What censorship at Talk:India]] I asked him to effectively moderate and enforce the rules by blocking Jedi3 for his consistent disruptive editing. He kept saying he didn't have time but I pointed out I already made Jedi3's disruptive edits clear and if he moderated then this place would have been a much better place as i believe Jedi3 is not fit for here. I asked him to act against Jedi3 as the latter kept edit-warring right after after being warned and blocked by UDScott.

*Jedi3 has no problem in making false claims about quotes. [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sikandar_Butshikan&diff=2354345&oldid=2354342 Sikandar Butshikan], indirectly admitting to verbatim to verbatrim copying from Wikipedia before checking the source, even though it isn't about Martand temple. He also added a quote at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_bin_Qasim&diff=prev&oldid=2374280 Muhammad bin Qasim] that isn't about the topic. He made up a false reason to remove a quote at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muslim_conquest_of_the_Indian_subcontinent&diff=2365614&oldid=2365547 Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent]. Or he keeps making up his quotes eloquent, poignant, witty etc despite the "quotes" not even falling at all within the definition. He does this just to have his edits there at all costs. I've told him several times about this including [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aurangzeb&diff=2370038&oldid=2369457 here].

* He has no problem in his reverts [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=2374566&oldid=2374564 removing my quotes] and later not adding them in "some cases" as he claims, but he only has a [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2375031&oldid=2375027 problem] when I [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=2374260&oldid=2373999 reverted his edits] to stop his attempt at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=prev&oldid=2373904 edit-warring] at [[Aurangzeb]].

* Jedi3 tried to [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2370430&oldid=2370296 justify his edit-warring] claiming he had no choice as "I wasn't discussing". This despite me telling him that [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MonsterHunter32&diff=2370260&oldid=2370259 I already tried to discuss]. I never said there will be no discussion ever. All i said was I couldn't discuss all of them at once. I have already asked him to discuss the quotes one a time.

* He keeps on telling me to follow [[Template:Remove]]. But when I asked him to follow [[WQ:WQ]], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2364220&oldid=2364214 he indicated he won't and said it wasn't a policy or guideline]. [[template:Remove]] doesn't claim to be a policy or guideline either. Regardless I've posted several quotes and tried to discuss with him, But Jedi3 keeps making false claims and abruptly stops discussion.

*DanielTom called me "annoying" which is an extremely negative connotation and a real personal attack. I [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=2364965&oldid=2364946 told him about this]. Then Jedi3 claims it is not a [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=2365655&oldid=2365648 personal attack and calls my comments annoying.] So I [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=next&oldid=2365655 told him] that annoying means irritating and harassing or making angry. i asked him tocontrol himself if he felt so.

*Just a Regular New Yorker laimed in his comment that quotes canot be removed if they are sourced. He doesn't seem to have read tyhe policies.
*Except [[Wikiquote:Wikiquote]], [[WQ:Q]] and [[Template:Fame]] saying this is for notable quotes. And the [[Template:Remove]] Jedi3 keeps talking about itself says the quotes can be removed with edit summaries. Moving and discussing is required in almost all cases. "Quotes should never be removed without a comment in the edit summary, and should almost always be moved to the Talk page with a note that they were removed from the article, giving full reasoning." I've often tried to discuss and move one article at a time but Jedi3 keep son edit-warring over one quote. SO HOW WILL I GET TIME FOR OTHER QUOTES?

*Jedi3 points to the comment "I see no creditable reason for eliminating a page .... because the creator of the page is disliked...." Except I never said such a thing. But I do dislike is Jedi3's disruptive edits and him not giving two hoots about notability.

*"*"Stop with the '''misleading''' edit summaries (and now section headings too). " Jedi3 doesn't explain where it is from. I never made any misleading edit summaries unlike DanielTom's claims. i had [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=prev&oldid=2374484 plainly explained] it was "vandalism" by Jedi3 at [[Talk:India]]. I [[https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=prev&oldid=2374502 explained clearly Jedi3's issues were not related] to [[Talk:India]] and he was not discussing where the quotes were removed from.

* '''"it certainly IS censorship to ATTEMPT to allow ONLY one side to a discussion "''' Will Jedi3 say it is Kalki claiming so about me removing his unrelated vandal comments at [[Talk:India]] which had nothing to do with [[India]]. I had even [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=prev&oldid=2374929 explained this to him in my only revert of his] unlike jedi3 who still edit-wars after being warned or blocked. And I have repatedly said I don't remove any quote I found notable: "While Jedi3 keeps claiming censorship, he knows I've checked many of his recent edits on other articles where we don't have any issues. I've mostly removed quotes from his older articles. But even there I've let some of his quotes remain there. That's because on any article whenever I've found his quotes are really memorable and notable, I have not removed them."

* Also after he failed to prove his quotes as notable, he keeps on falsely calling them eloquent, poignant, witty, pithy etc despite me already [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Somnath_temple&diff=2356320&oldid=2356319 explaining] to him at [[Talk:Somnath temple]] as well as [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aurangzeb&diff=2370038&oldid=2369457 talk:Aurangzeb] that his quotes aren't even near to what he claims. This is aside from the fact that especially a user merely calling something as notable or poignant or witty doesn't make it notable. But then again he doesn't even care about the dictionary meaning of the words he's talking about. From Oxford dictionary Poignant - "evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret". Witty - "showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humor." Anyone who reads a dictionary can understand he's making it up about any of his edits being eloquent, poignant or witty etc. yet he makes the same claim at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2375299&oldid=2375291 Talk:India] yet again despite already being made aware his quotes are not near what he's falsely claiming them to be.

*All policies say this website is about notable quotes. [[Wikiquote:Wikiquote]] - "Wikiquote is an accurate and comprehensive collection of notable quotations." Note it doesn't say simply sourced. [[WQ:Q#Notability of author or work factor]] - "Notability of the author is not required for a quote to be included in a page on a theme. It is the quote itself that must be notable." [[Template:Fame]] - "Thank you for your effort to contribute to our project, but Wikiquote exists for the collecting of notable quotations of famous people and famous works, not for the posting of quotations of people not yet famous in some field." Yet he keeps on [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2375282&oldid=2375281 using the notability of author] to say it should be included, despite [[WQ:Q]] saying "With regards to quotes about people, notability of a person as the subject of quote can be even more difficult to quantify, but it is clear that a person may be notable as a subject, even if that person has said nothing quotable." Not to mention the quote itself being notable criteria mentioned by it as well.

Jedi3 needs to be blocked for his constant disruption, caring for nothing except POV-pushing at all costs even if becomes disruptive, bad faith edits and accusations as well as false claims. [[User:MonsterHunter32|MonsterHunter32]] ([[User talk:MonsterHunter32|talk]]) 06:43, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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== Feedback! ==

Not that it will help that much! As a wiki wanderer I arrived here and dealt with some vandals and accidentally became an admin with much to learn - it's only recently I managed a deletion request without errors! I can tell you there are some great people here, that it is not like en wp (great) or en books (for me confusing, I nearly know what I'm doing there).

All the admins here really are very experienced and by and large very helpful indeed. They do have their own way of doing things but I find that on all wikis - if I could spell chameleon I'd say I'd try to be like one and fit in (firefox is so good at correcting me?). All that said if I can help here (or elsewhere) I always will, in part that is what admins are for in my mind </ramble>. Let me know if there is anything particular - cheers --[[User:Herbythyme|Herby]] [[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]] 17:01, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
:Likely that you are being modest about your knowledge and talents :-) Good to know that there are many helpful folks around here as I'm sure I'll need much assistance as I learn the ways of this wiki. [[User:FloNight|FloNight]] 11:10, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

== Hi there! :) ==

Welcome aboard, dear Flo!! :) Love you, [[User:Phaedriel|Phaedriel]] - 19:33, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks for the welcome. :-) [[User:FloNight|FloNight]] 11:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

== Thanks ==
Thanks for the compliment, Flo. I knew that if I didn't do it, someone else would. ;-) --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 22:00, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

Hi there. Thanks for the warm welcome. [[User:Applew|Applew]] 13:09, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

== New Year's resolution ==

Happy New Year! One of my New Year's resolutions is to finish [[Wikiquote:Bartlett's 1919 Index]] - but I can't do it alone. There are 234 red links for which articles need to be created, and 275 blue links for which articles need to be checked. Although I've been trying to get one done each day, lately I have not had time to do even that! Please consider making a commitment to help me keep my resolution by creating or checking one entry on this page per week. Help public domain quotes find their home in 2008! Cheers! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 05:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
:Sounds like a good project. I'll pitch in and help as much as I can. Happy New Year to you. :-) [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 19:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks, looking forward to your help! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 03:32, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

==[[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Phil Esposito]]==
It would have been really nice of you to drop a line telling you've nominated an article I've created for deletion. I discovered this by pure chance—and without notifying anybody who can fix an article with some issues, you're certainly making Wikiquote ''so'' much better. I have added two inspiring, and sourced quotes. I hope that will keep the article from being deleted. '''[[Special:Contributions/Maxim|Maxim]][[User talk:Maxim|(talk)]]''' 23:36, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

==Question==
Hey~ I'm fairly new to Wiki in general and was wondering what you meant by: "housekeeping/author request type speedy" ([[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/The Last Sermon of Muhammad|here]]) [[User:Toushiro|Toushiro]] 23:55, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Thanks for your kind words supporting my nomination for adminship. I will try not to make a mess as I learn to use the tools. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 02:46, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

== Re: [[Jim Carrey]] ==

Thanks so much for the kind words. I actually agreed wholeheartedly with the points you made at the previous deletion discussion for the page - but then as part of my work on [[Comedy]] I wanted to turn redlinks blue and did some research to find some poignant sourced quotes by Carrey from interviews and such. Cheers, '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 00:17, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

== Guh? ==

So, after voting in your Wikisource confirmation, I just happened to look at your userpage (and only realized ''then'' that you were female, heh; I honestly hadn't given it much thought) and then, on a lark, looked at [[sulutil:FloNight]]. It was then, and only then, that I realized that you ''weren't'' a sysop here.

"Guh?" was my response, hence the subject line. :)

Have you thought about making a run for sysop here? I think you'd be a shoe-in. [[User:EVula|EVula]] // [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|☯]] // 16:40, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
:Do you think WQ needs more admins now? If so, then I will be happy to help. [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 17:13, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
::Well, I'm of the opinion that we can [almost] never have too many sysops, especially ones that obviously know what they're doing. Besides, I'd rather you get the sysop bit and never need it than you needing to run to some sysop to just to take care of something. ;) [[User:EVula|EVula]] // [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|☯]] // 17:34, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
:::Okay. If you want to nominate me some time, I won't decline it. ;-) [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 20:41, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
::::[[Wikiquote:Requests for adminship#FloNight (talk · contributions)|Careful what you wish for]]... ;) [[User:EVula|EVula]] // [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|☯]] // 23:02, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

== Sysop status ==

Congratulations, you are now and administrator here. ~ [[User:Kalki|Kalki]] 09:16, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for letting me know. :-) [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 12:23, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

:"Thanks for volunteering to do more work." :P [[User:EVula|EVula]] // [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|☯]] // 16:25, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

:Congratulations, FloNight. :-) You'll do just fine as an administrator for our project now also. – [[User:RyanCross|'''Ryan'''Cross]] ([[User talk:RyanCross|''talk'']]) 16:32, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
::Congrats! '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 02:22, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
'''Note:''' I moved your RfA to its own subpage, at [[Wikiquote:Requests for adminship/FloNight]]. '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 12:33, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

== Nathan Lane ==

I tagged [[Nathan Lane]] for deletion. If you are still [[Talk:Nathan Lane|interested]] in researching it, just remove the {{tl|prod}}. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 20:35, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
:Good catch. Prod is fine. I'd forgotten completely about it and don't have a strong interest in researching him. [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 00:35, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
::Update: I did some research and [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Nathan_Lane&diff=881617&oldid=881218 cleaned up] the page a bit, so I went ahead and removed the [[WQ:PROD|PROD]]. '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 13:22, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
:::Thanks, Cirt. You are doing a great job saving content. :-) [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 16:18, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
::::You're welcome. :) '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 01:42, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

== RfB thankspam! ==

Just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for your support of [[Wikiquote:Requests for bureaucratship/EVula|my RfB]], which just closed with unanimous support. :) [[User:EVula|EVula]] // [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|☯]] // 19:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

== Recent VFDs ==

I fully support your recent nominations, but wondered if some of them (the ones that lack sources for the quotes) wouldn't be better as [[WQ:PROD|PRODs]]. I have been doing this for many pages with unsourced quotes - it is quicker and easier and we have established that if pages do not have sources, it is a no-brainer delete. Just some friendly advice. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] 14:32, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
:Excellent! I was unclear if no sources had become an uncontroversial reason to delete since some of these entries have clean up tags added by established users. Late last year/early this year, most of these were still going to Vfd, I think. This will be much simpler. Thanks :-) [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 15:51, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

== Category:Regency films ==

I see you deleted this (against my opinion but of course I accept the cosensus). However, there are still 17 pages with that category in, now showing a redlink. Shouldn't there be some automated way to fix that?--[[User:Ole.Holm|Ole.Holm]] 18:15, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
:{{done}}. :) Cheers, '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 18:17, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
::Thanks Cirt. :-) [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 18:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
:::[[w:No worries|No worries]]. ;) '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 18:38, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

== re Derek Abbott ==

Okay thanks, no worries. That site is borderline, but the one that is certainly not allowable is ''The Wickedictionary''. '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 13:08, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

: Hi FloNight. I rather agree with you about practically everything, and greatly respect your work at WP:Arbcom and Strategy:Task force/Community Health, but I was a little taken aback by your closing statement at [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Derek Abbott|Votes for deletion/Derek Abbott]]. It is quite unusual in a closing statement here to introduce opinions and findings that go beyond reflecting the consensus of the discussion or clarifying procedural matters. My feeling is that this should only be done in extraordinary situations.
:# I do agree with the '''keep''' outcome, which is supported by the weight of the arguments and is the clear consensus of participant opinions (discounting StarWarsFanBoy's gratuitous boilerplate).
:# "Clearly within the mission of the project" strikes me as a matter of opinion, and this may be more a borderline case than a clear one. [[WQ:WQ]] (which passes for a mission statement, such as it is) and [[WQ:Q]] (which offers factors to weigh in subjective determinations) often do not lend themselves to clear distinctions.
:# "Discussion shows that the quotes are republished" is an incorrect finding. Two discussants note that the quotes are from an interview (the e-zine is clear that "Abbott told ''PhysOrg.com,''" indicating original material from an interview or correspondence for their article) and two others note that the article refers to an unpublished paper (as clearly stated in the e-zine). Even if some of the remarks were excerpted from a draft or review copy of the upcoming IEEE paper (the e-zine does not cite any as such) it would be a ''prepublication'' and not, as one of the discussants seems to have thought, a republication.
: Would you consider amending your closing statement? I would also be interested if you want to share any thoughts on closing statements in general, because I am open to dissuasion from my opinion about limiting their scope. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 17:44, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
::I felt that the mixed comments of the discussion needed a detailed explanation to make it clearer. I'll be happy to explain my reasoning.

:::"Within in the mission of the project" means that it falls broadly into the category as something that would not be eligible for speedy deletion as something clearly outside of the scope of the project. Sometimes a Vfd entry would be eligible for speedy deletion, either from the start or after it is reworked. That is clearly not the case in this instance, so the weight of the comments is needed to determine the outcome.

:::The word "re-published" is meant in a less technical meaning that you are giving it. I was evaluating comments in the discussion about whether the web site was a vanity press type outfit. These ideas from Abbott on Psych.Org are not completely unique, but as you note they are rehashed from his work in other venues. This was not original research that was being published in a light weight medium that we are repeating as a tool to get his message out like a purely self-promotional site would be. IMO, most people in the discussion view PhysOrg.com as a reliable source, instead of a vanity press.

:::Before I close a borderline discussion, I do a sanity check to see if I can accept the conclusion, because I would not close sometime that I think is absolutely incorrect in the conclusion being reached in the discussion. Instead, I would have left a comment, or edited the article. In this instance, I can accept the conclusion and decided to close it although I would not have voted to keep. For a variety of reason, personally, I do not think it is the type of entry that we should encourage on site. I hope that helps. Feel free to ask for an explanation any time. [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 18:57, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

:::: I too do not like to encourage this type of entry, which is why I was struck by reference to the mission of the project. Now I understand that you did not mean the project's "mission" ''per se'', but rather its norms and policies; and that you did not really mean "republished" at all. (The latter called to mind some recent discussions about using repetition in secondary sources as a way to indicate the notability of a quote, but in this case we have only a primary source interview.) I get your point now, I just read it as overstated. Thanks for explaining. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 18:31, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

== Leonard Bernstein ==

I see this has just been deleted for having no sources. I'm doing an article from scratch - 100% sourced!--[[User:Ole.Holm|Ole.Holm]] 22:32, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
:Excellent! I put it on my user page [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AFloNight&action=historysubmit&diff=1052515&oldid=1038069 to rewrite when I found links with quotes on other pages after I deleted it.] I ran out of time to do it today, so I'm glad that you can do it. [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 23:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

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== FYI ==

Hello, FloNight, I hope you are doing well. ;) I have preserved an easy-to-access subpage, as a record of the standing restrictions against {{user|Kalki}}, which came out of your initial investigation. See [[User:Kalki/Restrictions]]. Cheers, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 06:48, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

== Has Kalki apologized? ==

I am curious, has Kalki ever apologized for the work his multiplicity of accounts caused for you? [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 03:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
:I don't think so. It is possible that I missed it if it was included in one of his lengthy comments. In general Kalki's comment's left me with the impression that Kalki thought I've done something wrong by examining the editing history of the accounts. --[[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 10:33, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
:: I HONESTLY do wish you well and I DO apologize and seek to apologize in many ways for many things that have been burdensome to you and others — I repeat I have no wish to be an unnecessary burden or tormentor of anyone, and hope that others will eventually see that it is not conducive to anyone's welfare to be an unnecessary burden or tormentor of others. May the fates bless you and lead you to bless others well. ~ [[User:Kalki|Kalki]] ([[User talk:Kalki|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Kalki|contributions]]) 14:11, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
:::Kalki, I appreciate you stopping by my talk page and leaving a comment. Hope that you have a happy and productive day! [[User:FloNight|FloNight]][[User talk:FloNight|♥♥♥]] 17:14, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

== FYI, mentioned your comment ==

FYI, I've mentioned your comment, at [[Wikiquote:Requests for adminship/Kalki (4th request)]]. -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 02:40, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

== [[:Category:Japanese poets]] ==

[[user:Risto hot sir|Risto hot sir]] has requested that I ask the community about what should be done regarding the numerous articles listed under [[:Category:Japanese poets]]. You will know what I mean after you read a few and start to see the trend. They are all a possible copyright violation, they are all of non-notable people who don't even have a Wikipedia article, they are all from one source and they all clog up this category. You can read more about this [[user talk:DanielTom#User:Risto hot sir's Japanese Poet Articles|here]], [[talk:Fuso|here]], [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Doyu|here]], and [[User talk:Risto hot sir#Atsujin|here]]. [[User:Just A Regular New Yorker|Just A Regular New Yorker]] ([[User talk:Just A Regular New Yorker|talk]]) 01:18, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

== Request for comment on [[User:MonsterHunter32]]'s massive censorship of sourced quotes without discussion ==

I am asking the community to comment about the censorship of this user that I have already alerted about here [[Talk:India#Censorship_of_sourced_quotes_by_User:MonsterHunter32]] and at other places, but it didn't help. What should be done about the continued massive removal of sourced quotes by {{Userlinks|MonsterHunter32}} when he refuses to even move the quotes to the talkpage with full reasoning for each quote as was asked by multiple users many many times? You can read more about it at the link above, and at the other discussions linked in that discussion. Thank you. --[[User:Jedi3|Jedi3]] ([[User talk:Jedi3|talk]]) 14:18, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

The user [[User:Jedi3]] keeps falsely blaming me of censorship and keeps edit-warring. He is only engaged in POV-pushing and adding statements just so they agree with his view. He doesn't care if his claims are made up like he did at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sikandar_Butshikan&diff=2354345&oldid=2354342 Sikandar Butshikan], indirectly admitting to verbatim to verbatrim copying from Wikipedia before checking the source. He also added a quote at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_bin_Qasim&diff=prev&oldid=2374280 Muhammad bin Qasim] that wasn't about the topic.

Or making up a false reason to remove a quote at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muslim_conquest_of_the_Indian_subcontinent&diff=2365614&oldid=2365547 Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent]. Or he keeps making up his quotes eloquent, poignant, witty etc despite the "quotes" not even falling at all within the definition. He does this just to have his edits there at all costs. I've told him several times about this including [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aurangzeb&diff=2370038&oldid=2369457 here].

He falsely keeps saying I'm censoring him when all I've done is remove those quotes which aren't notable in any manner. Not those which are notable and i've preserved many of the quotes he has added. also removed the subsection of my complaint [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=2370129&oldid=2370127 here]. He himself censors me [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Noakhali_riots&diff=2370115&oldid=2370060 here] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=2364401&oldid=2364399 here] in the past.

I've warned him several times including [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2354112&oldid=2338039 here], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2335779&oldid=2335692 here] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2354375&oldid=2354329 here]. He doesn't listen and has removed my comments several times from his talk page.

Not to mention this person has also insulted me by terming me [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=2365655&oldid=2365648 annoying] after another user called me so, besides also calling me a vandal, when he himself can be indicted for edit-warring and vandalism. please block this user. I've been trying to cooperate with him, but it is clear he only wants his ideology imposed here. Their is no bar on any person of any ideology, even though Wikiquote is about neutrality but he doesn't care about anything and is being unprofessional. and it is clear he doesn't care what he does to get his edits here at all costs.

Right after his block expired, Jedi3 is back at edit-warring before even waiting for a discussion and made 3 reverts at 3 articles. See his recent reverts, [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Historical_negationism&diff=2373980&oldid=2370273 here], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=prev&oldid=2373904 a sly attempt to befool others in edit summary at Aurangzeb of "article under construction"], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda&diff=prev&oldid=2373983 at Malabar rebellion]. He proceeded to make [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&action=history additional subtractions and additions at Aurangzeb], even though a revert is a revert whether partial or complete. He is trying to fool others. And just after his block expired, he has started edit-warring again and made three reverts. I would first like to check all his quotes and then discuss them one by one.

I am discussing even right now all quotes one by one who Jedi3 says must not be removed, has is not cooperating. I have already complained him at [[Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard#Jedi3's disruptive behaviour, false claims and censorship]]. I ask you comment there and take action against him for his disruptive edits. I have already complained him at [[Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard#Jedi3's disruptive behaviour, false claims and censorship]]. I ask you comment there and take action against him for his disruptive edits. [[User:MonsterHunter32|MonsterHunter32]] ([[User talk:MonsterHunter32|talk]]) 15:14, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

== Being harassed by Admin GreenMeansGo ==

I just joined wikiquote yesterday and I am still trying to figure it out.

There were two pages I saw "Hinduism and Sikhism" and "Islam and Sikhism" which had absolutely incorrect and misleading information. So I thought I would edit those based on the correct information I have. I made the changes but they were reverted back by GreenMeansGo, which is absolutely fine and I understood that since I didn't originally write the article, I have no right.

So I created a new page "Hinduism Vs Sikhism" with all information what is true to the core. But this morning, I see that all the content of my page was removed and it was redirected to "Hinduism and Sikhism" page. My instant reaction was, Why? Seems like GreenMeansGo is the original author of pages like "HInduism and Sikhism" and "Islam and Sikhism" and doesn't want my page to be promoted on wikiquote and that is why he is playing bully with me.

So once I reverted back the changes, the page had prompt by GreenMeansGo that the page is been voted for deletion.

I am finding this admin, just a bully who is using his admin right power to harass and bully individuals who mean no disrespect but just want to put out information that is valid.

So my request to you is if you can be of any help by having the admin GreenMeansGo, leave the content of my page alone and do not harass me anymore?

Also just few more important notes - The page "Hinduism and Sikhism" that GreenMeansGo is so hellbent over, has quotes by the political writer - Khushwant Singh who has been the most controversial Political writer in India. He was never consistent in his writing. His writing changed on behalf of publishers request for gains. "His weekly columns, interviews and memoirs made him notorious, his publishers wealthy, and his readers divided." "His critics deplored his incorrigibly risqué tone, presumed sexism, and dubious ideological beliefs" "the dirty old man and the scathing columnist—lies Singh the storyteller par excellence, the writer who could capture the profanities and profundities of human nature in a sharp phrase or two and keep his readers hooked with his striking lack of squeamishness."

On the other hand Aurobindo was a Hindu Political nationalist reader who wanted India to be just a Hindu nation. He was against Christianity and Islam and wanted them to get out of the country. He was against the word Hinduism which was invented in 19th century by British Colonists. Hence, he gave it an alternate name Sanatana Dharma and wanted Sikhism to be part of it but Sikhs rejected as Sikhism is a distinct religion.

So my point is that, why is it ok to have quotes from such controversial figures on pages like Hinduism and Sikhism? Atleast I have quotes from the holy book of Sikhs which has more meaning. And for no apparent reason my page has to get VFD tag. Why not to pages like "Hinduism and Sikhism" and "Islam and Sikhism" that just spreads hate and misinformation by adding quotes from controversial figures who have never been consistent in their writing or speech.

That's all I have to say. If you think my page should be deleted, then pages like HInduism and Sikhism and Islam and Sikhism should also be deleted too.

Thanks.

== Your advanced permissions on Wikiquote ==

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You meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no logged actions for 2 years) on this wiki. Since this wiki, to the best of our knowledge, does not have its own rights review process, the global one applies.

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Yours faithfully.

--[[User:Defender|'''Defender''']] [[User_talk:Defender|(talk)]] 18:30, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
:Hello, I removed your admin flag. [[User:Einsbor|Einsbor]] ([[User talk:Einsbor|talk]]) 08:19, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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== Why haven't articles in [[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion]] haven't been deleted yet? ==

Is this because the administrators haven't checked yet or think there needs to be a discussion for a deletion to take place? I'm asking this because one page I nominated for speedy deletion is an attack page that has no place on Wikiquotes and I'm infuriated it hasn't been deleted after a few days. [[User:PrincessPandaWiki|PrincessPandaWiki]] ([[User talk:PrincessPandaWiki|talk]]) 16:55, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
: Yes, Wikiquote is short on admins. [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 15:06, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
:: {{Yo|Butwhatdoiknow}} Since you said that WQ is short of Admins, I checked [[Wikiquote:Administrators#List_of_administrators]] where I see WQ currently has 17 Admins. Just wondering how many admins we need to maintain WQ? Anyone? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 03:43, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
::: Sorry, I don't know the answer. All I know is that I see only a few who are active. [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 17:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
:::: According to [https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikiquote.org/contributing/active-editors/normal|line|1-year|(page_type)~content*non-content|monthly stats by the wmf] we only have a little over 100 active "editors" on WQ. So having 17 admins, even if some of are inactive, seems to be enough. Opinions? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 17:32, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::I've cleaned out the backlog. Frankly, although I usually take care of such pages as I encounter them, I don't always check the list on a regular basis - and I had missed that there was a backlog building up. As to the number of admins, although we officially have 17, many are not active (either completely inactive or are infrequently active). We actually have closer to a third of that number that regularly work on the project. For myself, all I can say is that I do what I can and I work on some aspect of the project nearly everyday, but there remains a lot to be done here and "real life" also has a way of inserting itself. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 18:41, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::: @UDScott, You actually have a "real life" <grin> ? As one of the many who have met you while contributing content on WQ, I am in awe at how you manage to provide so much help to the community of contributors. And now I also find out you actually do a lot [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/en.wikiquote/UDScott more than that]. Is there anything other members of the community, who have no special tools, do to help you carry out your tasks? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 20:15, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
::::::: I have literally never checked that category in my life. I suppose I never even thought about it. I'll remind myself to check it once in a blue moon. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 05:03, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::::: [[User:Ningauble|This admin]], who appears to have become recently inactive and who I understand is one of the more technically capable admins at WQ, deleted a page I added to WQ some time ago. When I was checking the [[:Category:Deletion requests]] it seemed like this admin was doing most of the deletions at WQ, possibly because they felt obliged to?
:::::::: As an [[inclusionist]], I personally welcome an wiki that is less obsessed with deleting pages added by good-faith editors, but even I recognize that some pages must be deleted. So I wonder if one of the less active admins at WQ can be persuaded to take this task on? I recognize that it is not an easy job to take on because to do it well one must be able to explain to irate users why a page they created must be deleted. Hopefully someone in the existing group of 17 admins has the right temperament for this job. Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 16:55, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

::: Update: we may be losing 3 of the 17 WQ admins according to: [[Wikiquote:Village_pump#IMPORTANT:_Admin_activity_review]]. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 19:19, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
::: {{Yo|FloNight|Sketchmoose|Ubiquity}} [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 19:22, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

== Draft page for teams ==

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie here on Wikiquote (but worked on many articles in the German Wikipedia project already).

Is it possible to create a draft page here for a new article that stays for a few days (or weeks)? I'm currently working on an article in collaboration with other authors and it's getting difficult to exchange the latest updates. We are still in the research phase and don't want to publish the (very) incomplete list of quotes yet, so it would be smart to have something like a draft page that doesn't get deleted immediately. (The quotes we have so far, are all properly sourced.)

Thank you very much in advance. --[[User:3,1415-Komplex|3,1415-Komplex]] ([[User talk:3,1415-Komplex|talk]]) 17:47, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

: Problem solved by creating a user sandbox. --[[User:3,1415-Komplex|3,1415-Komplex]] ([[User talk:3,1415-Komplex|talk]]) 09:19, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

== quote division ==

I noticed a few articles I watch out for have all the quotes organised as if they no longer have the hr width 50% script, but its still there at the edit screen. What's the new script to account for this? --[[User:Eaglestorm|Eaglestorm]] ([[User talk:Eaglestorm|talk]]) 06:11, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

== Invitation to participate in the conversation ==

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The UCoC Drafting Committee wants to learn which parts of the draft would present challenges for you or your work. What is missing from this draft? What do you like, and what could be improved?

Please join the conversation and share this invitation with others who may be interested to join, too.

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== Translations from non-official sources ==

Hi everyone!

I'm currently working on a [[User:3,1415-Komplex/sandbox|draft page]] for Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu in collaboration with some fans, who are experienced amateur translators (native Japanese and English).

The main issue is that most of Hanyu's quotes are originally in Japanese and very few of them have been translated by official (and reliable) English sources so far. So we're forced to use non-official translations (like sourced fan translations) or translate them ourselves. The original Japanese quotes are all included and properly sourced. The translations get reviewed and discussed by four people from our team.

How does Wikiquote handle such cases? I created a [[Template:Non-official translations|header template]] to inform the readers about non-official translations on the page and ask to replace them by official ones as soon as they are available. (It might very well be that Hanyu's autobiographies and quotation books get published in English in the near future, since he's a famous athlete with huge international following).

Is that a smart solution? Thank you very much in advance! --[[User:3,1415-Komplex|3,1415-Komplex]] ([[User talk:3,1415-Komplex|talk]]) 16:18, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
: Your solution seems elegant enough. I've modified the template to change "official" to "verifiable." [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 16:04, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
:: Thank you very much for adjusting the template! I'm glad that the solution is fine. --[[User:3,1415-Komplex|3,1415-Komplex]] ([[User talk:3,1415-Komplex|talk]]) 07:51, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

== Sourced, attributed, unsourced, and misattributed. ==

I'm trying to align [[Wikiquote:Sourced and Unsourced sections]], [[Wikiquote:Sourcing]], [[Wikiquote:Quotability#Verification_factor]], and [[Wikiquote:Guide_to_layout#Sections_(people)]]. Please comment on whether this is the correct Wikiquote classification and treatment of quotes: 
(1) sourced to author's work (appears without qualification), 
(2) sourced to reputable secondary publication but not to author's work (appears as "attributed" in article), 
(3) generally attributed but not sourced to author's work or reputable secondary publication (appears as "unsourced" on discussion page), and 
(4) generally attributed but sourced to another author (appears as "misattributed" in non-author's article). [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 19:08, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

== Formatting repairs... ==

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:LintErrors/missing-end-tag

Anyone want do to do the tiresome, task of making sure all the bold and italic tags match up properly? [[User:ShakespeareFan00|ShakespeareFan00]] ([[User talk:ShakespeareFan00|talk]]) 17:01, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
:Sounds like the work for a bot. [[Wikiquote:Bots]] Rupert Loup 09:31, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

== Wiki of functions naming contest ==

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{{int:Please-translate}}.

{{int:Hello}}. Please help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki where the community can work together on a library of [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming_contest#function|functions]]. The community can create new functions, read about them, discuss them, and share them. Some of these functions will be used to help create language-independent Wikipedia articles that can be displayed in any language, as part of the Abstract Wikipedia project. But functions will also be usable in many other situations.

There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with voting beginning on 29 September and 27 October. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on 8 December. If you would like to participate, then '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/Wiki of functions naming contest|please learn more and vote now]]''' at meta-wiki. {{Int:Feedback-thanks-title}} --[[m:User:Quiddity (WMF)|Quiddity (WMF)]]</div> 21:13, 29 September 2020 (UTC)


==SheSaid==

Hello everyone. I would like to organise an effort to add more women entries on wikiquote, and add more quotes from notable women on wikiquote. The campaign will be calle SheSaid :) To be run before the end of the year.

I am currently starting a draft on meta [[m:Wiki Loves Women/SheSaid]]

Is there anyone interested who wants to join the effort ? Comments ? Criticisms ?

[[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]])
:{{Ping|Anthere}} Excellent idea. I don't have the bandwidth to drive this but ping me if you figure out where I can fit in. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 02:56, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
::Awesome ! Koavf, I know you are super active on wikipedia as well. You can probably help relay the message amongst community members in the English sphere. Please drop your name on the interested people list on meta. That would help when we start ! [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]])

:YES! I currently have a potential entry that has been sitting in my userspace for some time: [[User:Ottawahitech/Kim Campbell]]. Problem is not enough hours in 24 :-) [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 16:36, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
:: I just added my first #shesaid edit to a [[Profumo affair|new article]] that can use some love. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 17:23, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
:::I showed the age a bit of love, expanding the intro, formatting, and choosing a more specific stub tag. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 18:21, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
:::* Thank you. Much appreciated. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:19, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
:::**Now linked with wikidata, if you don’t mind. Cheers, --[[User:Omotecho|Omotecho]] ([[User talk:Omotecho|talk]]) 22:48, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

* trivia: A [https://www.google.com/search?oq=wikiquote+%23shesaid google search] on the term wikiquote+shesaid turns up [[m:Wiki Loves Women/SheSaid]] as the fifth item on the list [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]])

Eh. I improved the [[m:Wiki Loves Women/SheSaid]] entry on meta. Can you please check it out and modify/add if you think it best ? Any super important page that should be linked there to help newcomers ? 
Also, it came to my mind that it might be a good idea to host a webinar or two of Wikiquote discover tour. I am willing to host those in French and English on my zoom account if that can help. I got this request from a few people who I already talked to, and we never contributed to Wikiquote. They are willing to promote it to their communities but do not really know what to start with. Would not it be a good idea to take an hour to simply introduce people to Wikiquote ? Anyone willing to host such a session in the coming 2 months ? [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]]) 11:05, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

:{{Ping|Anthere}}, hi, I came across #SheSaid at Creative Commons webinar, and jumped in to translate your meta page into [[:meta:Wiki_Loves_Women/SheSaid/ja|ja]]. Would there be any chance to attract more postcards with Asian figures, perhaps? I see WLW has another drive on Asian women, and why not postcards !

::::Eh [[User:Omotecho|Omotecho]]. Sorry, I fell into a black hole during and after the CC Summit :) I am getting back into activity !!!
::::Asian figures... yeah, why not ? Would you be able to come up with one or two examples of notable Japanese women with a good quote from each ? One with an entry on wikiquote and and one without so that we can do at least two postcards ? More would be better of course ! Would be great. We can do that but need your help... because no japanese speaking :) [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]])

:The second thing might not fit into the context here, that instead of adding <nowiki><translate></nowiki> Tags, I went straight to translate it, which is, er, instead, better option is to add trans tag to smaller text blocks: I can tell more people would feel easier to add their language pages if trans tags are employed, and when you update en page, other language will be marked for additional translation. Do you happen to know anybody with tagging save? Cheers, --[[:User:Omotecho|Omotecho]] ([[:meta:User talk:Omotecho|talk]]) 17:39, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
::I hate the tag system. I got desperate using it several times. So really can not help here sorry [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]])
::I fear it does not work right now because it is a subpage... not sure... [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]])

Are there categories about women specifically on Wikiquote ? I could not really find an equivalent to https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Catégorie:Personnalité_féminine_par_nationalité (female person by country). Does that exist or was it decided it should not exist ? [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]]) 02:55, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

:{{Yo|Anthere}}: enwikiquote has this category: [[:Category: Women]] which currently houses 6 subcategories and 77 pages. BTW I see that the Italian WQ has added 100 new women articles since #shesaid started. That is impressive!

: see:https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:SheSaid#Nuove [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 23:14, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
::And..... look ! I started that page https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wikiquote:SheSaid. We also have a decent number of entries, though not as good as the italiens :)
::Then I got Covid and just spent 11 days in bed. Still very tired... [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]]) 20:06, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

== Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric ==

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: {{Yo| Qgil-WMF}}, It is nice to know that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees wanted feedback from the community. However I was expecting a followup post from you, or some other WMF employee, telling us what the new process is for evaluating new Board candidates? Thanks in advance, 15:20, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

== Wikiquote RfC at Meta ==

[[m:Requests for comment/Massive use of fringe sources and quote mining in articles on Islam in Wikiquote]]. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 18:23, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

: I have just checked to see the status of this RFC and I see someone asking if wikiquote has been notified. Have we been notified? I assume this thread is official notification? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 20:24, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
* Wow this RFC is still open? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 01:09, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
:: Yep, this RFC is still open even though it is pretty dead. I checked the category it has been place in and found another interesting open-rfc: [[m:Requests for comment/How to improve RfC Process]]. Enjoy, 15:09, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

== About categories ==

I have seen here that instead of subcategory we are using the main category. For example: Romantic drama films instead of American romantic drama films but I have also seen subcategories in some articles like [[:Category:2010s American crime drama TV shows]], [[:Category:2010s American drama TV shows]], [[:Category:American drama TV shows]], [[:Category:Indian animated films]]. IP users are constantly creating more subcategories. This is causing confusion due to the use of use of different categories in different articles. Can anyone please explain and resolve this issue.--[[User:Saroj Uprety|Saroj Uprety]] ([[User talk:Saroj Uprety|talk]]) 17:46, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:Another problem is the difference in [[:Category:Actresses from the United States]] and [[:Category:Spanish actresses]]. There are more categories with such differences.--[[User:Saroj Uprety|Saroj Uprety]] ([[User talk:Saroj Uprety|talk]]) 18:09, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
::The truth is that we should be using the more specific subcategories (and the format of Actresses from Spain instead of Spanish actresses). The simple answer to why we do not have consistency is just that these updates or category creation has not happened yet. While we have some very active users, we just don't have enough to get to such tasks as these. Many of our regulars jump around the site, fixing things slowly or adding new pages. But we rarely have someone who focuses on a specific area long enough to fully address it. The bottom line is that we are still an evolving project that has just not gotten around to addressing this (and many other) issue. If you are so inclined, feel free to work on this as you are able. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 18:15, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:::Yes, it's annoying to correct the categories when I can't remember was it Novelists from England or English novelists, for example.--[[User:Vilho-Veli|Vilho-Veli]] ([[User talk:Vilho-Veli|talk]]) 18:45, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
::::Not to mention when the 'UK' or 'British' enters the discussion. Yes, I agree that there is much regarding categories that may confuse many. The only thing I can say is that there remains a pile of work on this site and we as a community have yet to get to some of these topics across the board. Often they are resolved in pockets, but not consistently across the project. We just have to keep chipping away at it - and realize that many users do not have any interest in fixing this, instead preferring to spend their time on content. I try to work on categories every so often, but my attention is more often driven to other work items. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 18:52, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
:::::(For films and TV shows)
:::::Okay, I'll help with the category work but we should discuss which subcategories should be used. Creating more categories for a lesser number of articles is not a good thing in my view.
:::::(For people)
:::::In these categories ([[:Category:Actors by country]], [[:Category:Actresses by country]], [[:Category:Politicians by country]]), differences can be seen. What if we make all the categories in the same format. [[User:Saroj Uprety|Saroj Uprety]] ([[User talk:Saroj Uprety|talk]]) 00:54, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
::::::Any help you can offer is much appreciated. I would agree that we should be smart about how many subcategories are added - I generally do not add them unless there is a good amount of pages that will qualify for them. I do not see the need when only a handful of pages will be in them. I would also agree that having a consistent schema for the people categories (especially those you mention) is a good idea. Thanks! ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 12:01, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
:::::::@[[User:UDScott|UDScott]] I have made some edits. If they seem fine then I will proceed with other categories. [[User:Saroj Uprety|Saroj Uprety]] ([[User talk:Saroj Uprety|talk]]) 13:59, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
::::::::Looks good! Thanks. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 14:36, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

=== American judges or Judges from the usa? etc ===

This a discussion that should not be decided so lightly because it will have ramifications for the integrity of wikiquote in the future. Is there no better place to discuss categories than at village pump? Is there no place to officially document the results of the discussion such as [[Help:Category]]. Just my $.02 [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:34, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
: As an example of the complexity of this issue, take [[Boris Johnson]] the prime minister of the UK. He is definitely considered a ''British politician'', but since he was born in New York, he was also an American. However, I don't think anyone would describe him as an ''American politician''? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 15:53, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
: I just came across another alternative introduced by a new editor at WQ: Judges of the United States. Opinions? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 04:55, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

=== ''Scientists from Greece'' or ''Greek scientists''? ===
The [[:Category:Scientists from Greece]] has the following 2 subcategories:
* [[:Category:Greek historians]]‎ (16 P)
* [[:Category:Greek logicians]]‎ (4 P)

A Greek Historian is not necessarily Greek (?). He/she is a historian that studies Greek history. A historian or a scientist from Greece is someone who was either born in Greece or spent many years(how many?) there, but does not necessarily study Greek history exclusively.

Am I making sense? Does anyone have anything to add to this topic? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:02, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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== Question about Wikiquote as place for sources ==

Hello. I don't really use Wikiquote but I think I could use it for my Wikipedia articles but I don't know if I can use it this way. I'm working on articles on mythology, such as gods, and there are many historiographic and folklore sources that describe them, but there are too many of them to put them all on Wikipedia. The question is, can I list ''all'' historical sources (specific quotes about a god or an object) together with scholars opinions + gods/objects in culture? [[User:Sławobóg|Sławobóg]] ([[User talk:Sławobóg|talk]]) 17:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
:{{Ping|Sławobóg}} Sorry, I'm having a hard time visualizing this. So on [[Zeus]], there would be a quotation and then there would be subsequent quotations in response or otherwise giving context to the initial quotation? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 02:56, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

== How to translate quotations? ==

How does one include quotes made in another language? Who is authorized to do the translation. Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 17:19, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

:Anyone can do the translation, but the original text should be there for checking, I think. There aren't many translations of [[Finnish proverbs]], for example, so I've done those myself - dictionary doesn't help 'cause they are in dialects.--[[User:Vilho-Veli|Vilho-Veli]] ([[User talk:Vilho-Veli|talk]]) 19:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

== Sourced quotes/unsourced. ==

Hi wikiquote I need some help.

Where can I start editing here?

I like topics of just about anything.

Any help would be great.

Also, I would like to create a few new pages if I could, but don't know what quotes and where I can source them. Thanks.

[[User:FcoonerBCA|FcoonerBCA]] ([[User talk:FcoonerBCA|talk]]) 01:51, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
:I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but probably the best place to start for someone new to the project is [[Wikiquote:Welcome, newcomers|here]]. It is important to keep in mind that if a valid and verifiable source is not provided for a quote, it is likely to be removed and/or the page deleted. This means that you must provide a citation for the quote from either the original source or where it is quoted in a secondary source. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 18:42, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

* {{Yo|FcoonerBCA}} Welcome to wiki-quote, we sure could use more help here.
:Some people like to read exhaustive documentation before contributing any content to a wiki. Others, like me, who has the attention span of a flea, prefer to dive right in and learn on the job. There are always typos to correct, add references when they are missing, add wiki-links when they exist, [[:Category:Wikiquote stubs|stub articles]] to expand, and talkpage discussions to observe and learn from experienced Quoatians.
:The above are just my personal views. Other's miles may vary? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:46, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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== Export Quotes from Goodreads? ==

Has anyone investigated whether it would be possible to export Goodreads quote database to here?

Either via their API or manually?
--[[User:Phytographer|Phytographer]] ([[User talk:Phytographer|talk]]) 11:04, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
:{{Ping|Phytographer}} I think the direct answer to your questions are yes and no. My assumption is that someone who is savvy could more-or-less easily build a bot to do this if they have an API to export. Are you considering this? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 02:40, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
::{{Ping|Koavf}} Not savvy enough :( --[[User:Phytographer|Phytographer]] ([[User talk:Phytographer|talk]]) 02:31, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
:::{{Ping|Phytographer}} Sure but were you, what would your plan be? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 02:43, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
::::{{Ping|Koavf}} Ideally a program that could talk to both APIs to scrape quotes from Goodreads and upload them here. Failing that, two separate bots to do each.--[[User:Phytographer|Phytographer]] ([[User talk:Phytographer|talk]]) 00:25, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

== Donald trump pageviews observations ==

I hope this type of posting is permitted here?

I was looking up [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikiquote.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2015-07&end=2020-10&pages=Donald_Trump pageviews] for [[Donald Trump]] on wikiquote and to my surprise his page had a lot more views in months in 2018 and 2019 than he did just prior to the 2020 election. I also checked [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2015-07&end=2020-10&pages=Donald_Trump pageviews] on the English Wikipedia for [[w:Donald Trump|Donald Trump]] and over there the highest pageviews month was March 2016 followed by November2016,views in 2017-2020 look minuscule in comparison.

Are others also surprised? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 01:05, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
:Surprised but not shocked. It is odd. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 02:39, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
:: Thanks for posting @Koavf. it is hard to gauge if a posting is of interest to the audience here, since many postings do not get a response. So at the risk of boring more people [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikiquote.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2015-07&end=2020-10&pages=Donald_Trump|Joe_Biden|Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez here is another] statistic that I find interesting. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 21:34, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
:: ...and another that shows all the see-also articles at the bottom of DTː
:: https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikiquote.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&range=latest-20&pages=Donald_Trump|Donald_Trump_on_social_media|Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump|Trumpism|2020_United_States_presidential_election|Joe_Biden|Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections Ottawahitech (sorry can't sign, my keyboard is broken)

== Community consensus needed for big change in 2021: please read ==

Per [[m:Wiki Loves Women/SheSaid]], I am proposing that
#At least 183 of our quotes on the main page in 2021 be from females
#We feature a link to [[m:Wiki Loves Women/SheSaid]] with all girls' and women's quotations

Please show your support or opposition below, along with any other commentary.

SheSaid group: {{Ping|Anthere|Nattes à chat|Saroj Uprety|Shoodho|Yamen|Adoscam|Dfertileplain}}
{{Ping|Yasield|Islahaddow|Camelia.boban|Omotecho|Shanluan|Sunday Tonics|Eunostos|Rosiestep}}
{{Ping|Rosiestep}}

I'm proposing leaving this discussion open until December 15 and closing it with a little over two weeks to start the new year and arrange female-derived quotations. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 02:46, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

* I'm not terribly keen on artificial quotas. Any editor here can focus on creating pages for female subjects, or adding to those pages, and can propose worthwhile quotes from those subjects for inclusion on the main page. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 05:51, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
**Aren't all quotas artificial? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 06:23, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
* This is a serious challenge you are suggesting Koavf. 50% representation over the 2021 year. Tough challenge I guess, but eh... I am always in for a challenge. Do you seriously think it achievable ? I am never too excited by quotas myself, but my feminist friends tell me that it actually helps to get the engine started. So why not.... In any cases, I am in a big support for the creation of a list of female-derived quotations from which we could more easily dig best quotes. I am also interested in a list of selected good entries about women themselves. [[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]])

{{Yo|Koavf}} On a related note, I just came across an article about a famous woman that has been tagged for deletion at wikiquote: [[Ann Landers]]. I am sure quotes can be found for this syndicated column writer who responded to readers questions for over 50 years (according to Wikipedia). How can we save this important article? Anyone? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 03:19, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

On another related note... Camelia propose to host a webinar in the next few days, to explain Wikiquote to anyone interested. Would be lovely to have other experimented members of wikiquote be there. If interested, we are asking you what would be your favorite timeslot on doodle. https://doodle.com/poll/p48ypwnffszhu8e6 Cheers. Anthere (talk) 10:38, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

== Should we say female when we mean woman? ==

I know many simply dismiss this as [[political correctness]]. However, I feel very strongly about this issue. I believe that if we honestly want to create an inclusionary atmosphere in wikiquote that values women and their contributions, we should stop caliing [https://www.buzzfeed.com/tracyclayton/stop-calling-women-females women females]

My $.02 what is yours (even if it is worth more than mine please). [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 16:15, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
:I'm confused by the thinking here: when I use "female" it's in a way to be inclusive of girls and women. If there are contexts where I am talking about female persons who are adults (i.e. only women, not girls), then I would likely use "women". Is there a better way to be inclusive of female persons who aren't women? What would that word be? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 17:34, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
:: @Koavf, thanks for responding. Yes, I agree this is a problem. How about using the term women/girls instead of using fem*** to describe this group? If we do not get into the habit of doing so, how will we cagtegorize people such as [[w:Ben Barres|Ben Barres]] or [[w:Murray Hall (politician)|Murray Hall]] who were born female but I doubt many would call them women? Thanks in advance to anyone willing to contribute to this thread, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 22:29, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
::: As I wrote earlier at [[Talk:Girls]]: "The nounification of the adjectives ''male'' and ''female'', particularly with reference to people, strikes me as a [[w:Objectification|reifying]] influence. (Consider how some contemporary news reportage refers to ordinary or upstanding people as ''men'' and ''women'' (rarely ''ladies'' and ''gentlemen'' anymore) but refers to criminal suspects and perpetrators as ''males'' and ''females'' — overtly dehumanizing the 'undesirables' by employing terms that apply as well to brute animals.)" Note also that [[wikt:female|Wiktionary]] observes that some find it dehumanizing to refer to women as "females", especially in non-technical contexts. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] ([[User talk:Ningauble|talk]]) 19:39, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

==webinar==
The webinar to learn about Wikiquote will be hosted this SUNDAY 15th Nov at 6pm CET.
Links to attend
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeHTpFVYdOw&ab_channel=WikipediaWeekly
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/3414320428615764/
We will be doing live using StreamYard!
I look forward understanding more about Wikiquote. I hope some of you will be here ;)

[[User:Anthere|Anthere]] ([[User talk:Anthere|talk]]) 18:07, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

== Need more eyes and viewpoints at Ann Landers ==

Need more input at [[Talk:Ann_Landers#Deletion]]. Thanks in advance [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:41, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

== Call for insights on ways to better communicate the work of the movement ==

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'''Call for insights on ways to better communicate the work of the movement'''

The Movement Strategy recommendations published this year made clear the importance of establishing stronger communications within our movement. To this end, the Foundation wants to gather insights from communities on ways we all might more consistently communicate about our collective work, and better highlight community contributions from across the movement. Over the coming months, we will be running focus groups and online discussions to collect these insights. Visit the [[m:Movement communications insights|page on Meta-Wiki]] to sign up for a focus group or participate in the discussion.

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== Community Wishlist Survey 2021 open ==

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The '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Community Wishlist Survey 2021|2021 Community Wishlist Survey]]''' is now open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the [[m:Community Tech|Community Tech]] team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on '''{{#time:j xg|2020-11-30|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}''', or comment on other proposals to help make them better. The communities will vote on the proposals between {{#time:j xg|2020-12-08|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}} and {{#time:j xg|2020-12-21|{{PAGELANGUAGE}}}}.

The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!

[[m:user:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]] 05:52, 20 November 2020 (UTC)


: {{Yo|:SGrabarczuk_(WMF)}} It seems that this year's wishlist has a category for Wikidata, Wikisource, and Wiktionary projects proposals, but not for Wikiquote. Just curious why that is? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 16:28, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
:: The answer is pretty simple: because we haven't received a sufficient number of submissions. Currently, if there's an idea for Wikiquote, it goes into Miscellaneous. There has been no need to increase the number of categories. [[User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]] ([[User talk:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|talk]]) 01:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
:::{{Yo|SGrabarczuk_(WMF)}} Thanks for replying on Wikiquote. Since there are boxes for ''Wikidata, Wikisource'', and ''Wiktionary'' projects, how about a box for ''other small projects'' on the ''Community Wishlist Survey 2021'' page? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 17:04, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
::::{{yo|Ottawahitech}} That's an interesting proposal. As I wrote, previously and this year, the total number of wishes for small projects was close to 0, that is why no dedicated category was created. In the next year though, depending on the number of wishes, there may be changes to the categories. (Plus, apologies for such a late reply. So much is to be coordinated!) [[User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]] ([[User talk:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|talk]]) 00:28, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

== Do we have template editors? ==
<s>Can we import [[w:wp:template]]s from the [[w:English Wikipedia]]? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 21:42, 23 November 2020 (UTC)</s>
Do we have template editors on wikiquote?
: Please see: [[Template talk:Theme-stub]]? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 00:17, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
::I am very reluctant to do any importing: it results in a lot of dependencies and headaches that almost never make it worthwhile. I don't understand what the request is, tho: What am I to be importing from en.wp? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 00:22, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

== Importing templates from enwiki ==

Do we have anyone who can import template from enwiki. I believe [[:w:en:Template:Category TOC]] would be very useful for large categories that take up several pages? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 00:25, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
:I recommend against that because 1.) I don't think the template is useful, 2.) if anything, this should be a change to the MediaWiki software, and 3.) the following are the dependencies of the template (not to mention the dependencies of ''those'' dependencies):

:*MediaWiki:Toc
:*Template:=
:*Template:Category TOC
:*Template:Category TOC tracking categories
:*Template:Category TOC/doc
:*Template:Category other
:*Template:Collapse bottom
:*Template:Collapse top
:*Template:Documentation
:*Template:Documentation subpage
:*Template:High-use
:*Template:Main other
:*Template:No redirect
:*Template:Ombox
:*Template:Purge page
:*Template:Sandbox other
:*Template:Shortcut
:*Template:Shortcut/styles.css
:*Template:TOC bottom
:*Template:TOC top
:*Template:Tl
:*Template:Tl2
:*Template:Yesno
:*Module:Arguments
:*Module:Documentation
:*Module:Documentation/config
:*Module:Documentation/styles.css
:*Module:Effective protection expiry
:*Module:Effective protection level
:*Module:File link
:*Module:High-use
:*Module:Message box
:*Module:Message box/configuration
:*Module:No globals
:*Module:Protection banner
:*Module:Protection banner/config
:*Module:Redirect
:*Module:Shortcut
:*Module:Shortcut/config
:*Module:String
:*Module:Transclusion count
:*Module:Transclusion count/data/C
:*Module:Yesno
:Importing 44 templates and modules, their documentation, and all of the dependent templates and modules for what benefit? Just so someone won't scroll a few pixels? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 00:29, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
::Any ideas how to traverse through pages of large parent categories? Currently one must click through "next" several times to find a category that is not at the start of the alphabet? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 00:37, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
:* I just came across another very useful (in my opinion) template that does not exist on WQ: [[w:Template:Annual readership|Template:Annual readership]]. I believe this template would be beneficial at [[Talk:Donald Trump]]. Is the consensus here that we stop importing all templates from enwiki, or was the objection above only to [[: Template:Category TOC]]? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 16:53, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
::I don't think there's any consensus against importing but I personally will not do it for anything complex and anyone who takes the responsibility should ensure that all the relevant sub-modules, sub-templates, and documentation are imported as well and are properly categorized. If someone else is willing to do all that, then God bless him. It's just not worth the effort. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 07:57, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

* See '''[[:Template:CategoryTOC]]''' (as used at [[:Category:Author stubs]] for example). It has been around for years and works fine. If you really want a more complicated template I offer this advice: ''If you do not know how to maintain it then leave it alone.'' ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] ([[User talk:Ningauble|talk]]) 14:41, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

== Discussion of Wikiquote at Wikipedia ==

[[w:Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_162#Using_Wikiquote_as_a_back_door_for_POV_pushing|A discussion ongoing at the Wikipedia village pump]] proposes various diminishments of the role of Wikiquote on that project, if anyone is interested. It largely originates from the existence of a questionable page here, [[OpIndia]], containing quotes from the subject media outlet that are negative towards Wikipedia. I question whether we need such a page. Cheers! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 01:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
:As you probably know by now, @BD2412, I am interested, and so are other so-far-silent content-building wikiquotiens (is this the right term?) who are working tirelessly to improve WQ content. The question I have is: how can we as a community voice concern without becoming so involved in discussions and as a result have no time left to improve content here? Just my $.02. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 17:45, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
:: I think an argument can be made that we have structural and relational issues which, if resolved satisfactorily, would lead to better functioning of this project. It would be helpful to have more Wikipedians coming over here and becoming Wikiquotians and doing some of that content work here, and there is apparently some distaste for Wikiquote among Wikipedians which may impede this flow. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 21:23, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
::: Just curious: when you say ''more Wikipedians'' what kind of enwiki "editors" do you have in mind? One thing the community will have to decide is whether we only want admin-class "editors" or are we also interested in [[m:Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Simple_English_Wikipedia_(3)#trash|trash]]-class individuals? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 19:07, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
:::: I'm pretty sure we can find a middle ground between "admin-class" and "trash". [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 18:14, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

== OpIndia and other articles ==

What is the WQ policy relating to articles created by sockpuppets and containing clearly one-sided inflammatory quotes from sources widely considered to be, for want of a better word, nutcases? [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]] is an example. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 07:16, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

FWIW, the [[OpIndia]] article referred to by {{u|BD2412}} [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Village_pump&oldid=2898704#Discussion_of_Wikiquote_at_Wikipedia above] is another. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 07:23, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
* By my count, the editor in question has created 346 pages here, which I have listed at [[Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard/November 2020 sockpuppet investigation]]. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 08:00, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
**So they are not routinely deleted. Thanks. People to watch out for in those articles include Elst, Frawley and Goel - all widely considered to be right-wing Hindu nationalist extremists. - [[Special:Contributions/146.200.49.138|146.200.49.138]] 08:13, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
**Oh, and Arun Shourie in his pre-21st century guise is another (he has since disavow many of his earlier views). - [[Special:Contributions/146.200.49.138|146.200.49.138]] 08:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
**Above ip was me. See also [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=2812274#Using_multiple_accounts_to_edit_same_articles this sock discussion]. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 08:36, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
**Rajiv Malhotra is another Hindu extremist that they are using. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 09:06, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
**And the [[Nupur J. Sharma]] article is the editor of the aforementioned [[OpIndia]] who in many countries would face legal action for incitement of religious hatred. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 09:19, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
**NB: I am not outright saying none of these people should be referred to on WQ, just that there is a fairly evident massive POV thing going on and it seems to be flying under the radar. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 09:21, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
*The above user in question is {{RPA}}. Many users have reported him in the past, including me as you can see [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=prev&oldid=2790596 here] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=prev&oldid=2790674 here]. Even if the user made edits in many Wiki projects, he never made a single edit on English Wikipedia. Besides that, a user named [[User:Vilho-Veli|Vilho Veli]] has a long career of adding Wikiquote links of the pages created by this user to Wikipedia . I think this means the user (or IP) may be either blocked in english Wikipedia nor doing a tag team works with Vilho Veli. If we have a policy here that allows us to delete the pages created by such users it would have been great.- [[User:Akhiljaxxn|Akhiljaxxn]] ([[User talk:Akhiljaxxn|talk]]) 10:49, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
**Vilho-Veli account has been globally locked but, yes, they are already back under another name. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 12:03, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
**Some additional info [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tks4Fish#Additional_socks_of_Vilho-Veli here]. This will affect more than the 346 articles noted above. I am mystified as to how they have got away with so much here - it is blatant. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 12:31, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
***It is exhausting and confusing keeping up with all of the back and forth over these Hindutva entries and there is a small moderation team here. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 12:41, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
****I realise that it is our of control. All the more reason to stop the driving of traffic here from other projects. These issues, even some of these specific accounts, have been reported previously. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 12:48, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
*****That seems excessive: some areas of this quotation repository are bad, not all of them. And more eyes makes bugs shallow, so having ''more'' WMF editors here would be helpful. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 12:49, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
******Not going to happen. I have spoken to lots of en-WP people over the years about WQ and almost all think it is pointless because the scope and organisation is too vague. And when people are ignored when they file valid concerns about pov etc, it just reinforces the feeling of contempt. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 12:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
::::::: I am disappointed that your go-to solution isn't "how can we fix this and make it better." But, instead, is "let's walk away from this." [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 15:56, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
::::::::I am disappointed that you personalise this. It is a systemic issue of long standing and I am far from the first to raise it yet nothing seems to change. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 17:39, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
::::::::: {{re|Sitush}} What policy changes would you suggest? [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 00:08, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

: {{Yo|Sitush}} Thank you for visiting wikiquote. I hope you came here to help us improve.
: Do wikiquotiens believe that ''articles created by sockpuppets and containing clearly one-sided inflammatory quotes from sources widely considered to be, for want of a better word, nutcases'' should exist here?''
:I can't speak for all of the great contributors here, but here are my own newbie views:
# Why can't sockpuppets create an article, as long as they create a decent one, or one that can become decent with help of the community?
# Who decides who the nutcases are?
# Who decides whether a quote is inflammatory?
# If contributors feel that an article is one-sided, is there a reason that prevents them from adding quotes to counter-blance?
:I invite you and others who want to see wikiquote improve to the talkpage of [[OpIndia]] to decide what to do about that specific article. Cheers, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 04:35, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

BD2412, it is difficult to get to grips with what policies even exist, so random does it all seem. Would the Twitter quote at [[Amarinder Singh]] accord with them? If so, why? And if not, why? - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 05:07, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
: Re the Twitter quote at [[Amarinder Singh]], I would think not, unless it was shown to actually have been quoted in another source. I do think that we should have a strict rule against reporting tweets that were not otherwise quoted or published, since there is no filter for either quality or significance. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 05:39, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
:: Thank you. Your thoughts coincide with my instincts, although the way you phrase them suggests they are not actually current policy even though it seems blindingly obvious they should be. Now extend that slightly: is it acceptable to include here anything that has not been quoted by a third-party independent print media source? Not just tweets (and not retweets or similar counting as "quoted"). - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 05:52, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
::: Bearing in mind that [[Wikiquote:Quotability]] is a guideline rather than a policy, I wouldn't go so far as to say that we can't quote ''anything'' that has not been quoted by a third party. If an unquestionably highly notable figure like Abraham Lincoln or Albert Einstein wrote a letter or an article that has been authenticated, and an editor here found a particularly well-worded passage there that has never been quoted but was relevant to one of our covered topics, I don't see why we would prohibit that offhand. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 06:43, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

:::: OK, in that case this project will be irredeemable unless you insist on some priori consensus being formed at a central noticeboard. A contributor's opinion is subjective, arbitrary and not necessarily in accord with the wider world. In other words, you leave the project wide open to exactly the type of extremist POV pushing that has gone on here for years. Anyone can quote anything, including a tweet from an official/verified account such as the one by the aforementioned Amarinder Singh, who is a publicly elected official in the world's largest democracy. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 07:04, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
::::: You are, of course, welcome to propose policies. I would support a ban on tweets unpublished in reliable sources. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 15:36, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
:::::: I will not be proposing anything. I have no real desire to be involved with this cesspit and was merely trying to be polite in responding to your query. You have stepped round the cause of the problems here, just as other people gave had similar experiences in the past. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 15:52, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
::::::: I would advise that calling this project a "cesspit" is inappropriate behavior. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 15:58, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
*[[User:BD2412|BD2412]] I would suggest we ban sources that are deprecated by the English Wikipedia community. It would be great if we had a list of such sources as shown on WP:DEPSOURCES. Need a WQ:QLP policy like WP:BLP. Ban of tweets if it is not widely covered by multiple independent reliable sources.[[User:Akhiljaxxn|Akhiljaxxn]] ([[User talk:Akhiljaxxn|talk]]) 18:41, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

* '''Note''': I have received the following email from [[User:დამოკიდებულება]]:

Dear BD2412

I have not joined the discussions as I am too busy.

The whole discussion is full of personal attacks and full of false claims.

It is obvious that I am not related to the locked account of Vilho.

Editor interaction tool proves nothing, Vilho is very active on wikiquote and shows overlap with almost any user on wikiquote.

Claiming such an absurd thing, as they do, is disingenuous.

I have also never abused sockpuppetry. I never had two illegitimate accounts at the same time. See WP:VALIDALT and WP:FRESHSTART.

I have just one question. Is an extremely spurious claim, based on misleading claims about edit interaction tool, when the other user is basically a wiki gnome who edits all articles that were recently edited at wikiquote by any other user, not a form of harassement? This locked user was on wikiquote a wikignome who edited all articles that were edited by any other users on wikiquote. As I said, claiming such absurd thing, and forum shopping (canvassing) it, as they do, is disingenuous. Editor interaction tool proves nothing, Vilho is very active on wikiquote and shows overlap with almost any user on wikiquote.

I think it is very, very obvious that I am not that locked user, and anybody who put the type of time and effort in as they did, would have found. This makes it disingenuous.

I believe this kind of spurious claims and personal attacks is a form of harassment and I want to know if there are rules about it, and where to complain.

I kindly ask you to not call me a sockpuppet and kindly ask you to remove the sockpuppet designation.

The whole discussion is full of personal attacks, bullying, and full of false claims. A lot of the discussion is personal attacks, is disingenuous, contains smears and false claims, and lacks civility.

Unfortunately, I think that the list page you made only encourages more bullying and hounding, and gives the impression that they are "right".

The IP that has just commented is a sockpupet of User:Xsaorapa another user known for having extreme biases , and from reading talkpages etc they are also known for abusing NPOV, censoring and defaming any pov that they don't agree with. That IP has been known for hounding me, and his socks at Wikipedia were known for extreme pov pushing and BLP violations.
: I have responded with a request that they address their concerns on Wikiquote directly, and not by email, as no private information has been implicated. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 17:32, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

:: Well, if the IP they are referring to is the 146.200.49.138 further up this thread, they are way out there. I said it was me, logged out accidentally on the android app, and I think most regulars on en-WP would both recognise it as me + vouch that I don't sock. - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 18:56, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
:Clarification/update. I had suspected [[User:დამოკიდებულება|დამოკიდებულება]] was related to the globally-locked Vilho-Veli/Veli-Turo/Risto_hot_sir/Mino_muka/Roope_poor/Savonhelmi, but looking deeper I found that they are unrelated. დამოკიდებულება used several serial accounts, and Risto_hot_sir used several serial accounts. That raised suspicions, and I found suspicious overlap between them, but the overlap appears to have been coincidental. [[User:Alsee|Alsee]] ([[User talk:Alsee|talk]]) 11:53, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

::I have started removed some of the personal attacks but a lot more cleanup is needed as the place is littered with extreme personal attacks. I have been the victim of extreme personal attacks on wikiquote (and even by forum shopping/canvassing on other websites than wikiquote), but nothing was done. The bullying, personal attacks and hounding seems designed to turn off neutral users to comment. When they see the massive amount of personal attacks neutral users are turned off and don't comment. Also with discussions which are full of personal attacks, false claims, smears, BLP and other policy violations, bullying, forum shopping, and so on, so that it is not really encouraging the participation of impartial editors, who are driven away by such, and I'm starting to think this is maybe the intention. There is also a massive amount of extreme BLP violations on these talkpages against the BLP policy. These BLP attacks on Hindu or pro-Hindu scholars, authors or politicians would not be acceptable if they were directed against the Muslim or Jewish equivalents, they would be called islamophobic or anti-semitic, so why are hinduphobic BLP violations on talkpages tolerated?

I don't have the time for a post now and will post about various aspects later, but for now I'm just noting an older post I have complained about bias in articles like these ones:

*[[Nissim Mannathukkaren]]
*[[Dipa Sinha]]
*[[Sujatha Fernandes]]
*[[Rajendran Narayanan]]
*[[Mekhala Krishnamurthy]]
*[[Charity Troyer Moore]]
*[[Simone Schaner]]
*[[Armin Rosencranz]]
*[[Amitabh Behar]]
*[[C. P. Surendran]]
*[[Prabhat Patnaik]]
*[[Ram Puniyani]]
*[[Ravi Agrawal]]
*[[Suhas Palshikar]]
*[[Sujatha Fernandes]]
*[[Vivekanand Jha]]
*[[Manu Joseph]]
*[[Devesh Kapur]]
*[[Nandini Sundar]]
*[[Devesh Kapur]]
*[[Kanai Lal Hazra]]
*[[Violence]]
*[[Comedy]]
*[[Mainstream media]]
*[[Brijgopal Harkishan Loya]]
*[[Legitimacy (political)]] ‎ (← links | edit)
*[[False equivalence]] ‎ (← links | edit)
*[[Deification]] ‎ (← links | edit)
*[[Irrationality]]
*[[Modernity]]
*[[Capitalism]] ‎ (← links | edit)
*[[Class conflict ‎ ]]
*[[Neoliberalism ‎ ]]
*[[Hegemony ‎ ]]
*[[Coronavirus recession ‎ ]]
*[[Precarity ‎ ]]
*[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India) ‎ ]]
*[[Migrant worker ‎ ]]
*[[Minority group ‎ ]]
*[[Kinship ‎ ]]
*[[Democracy ‎ ]]
*[[Hatred ‎ ]]
*[[Discrimination ‎ ]]
*[[Social injustice ‎ ]]
*[[Injustice ‎ ]]
*[[Rights ‎ ]]
*[[Public opinion ‎ ]]
*[[State ‎ ]]
*[[Elite ‎ ]]
*[[Principal–agent problem ‎ ]]
*[[Migrant worker ‎ ]]
*[[Political narrative ‎ ]]
*[[Billionaire ]]
*[[Morality ]]
*[[Praveen Swami]]
*[[Margaret Thatcher ‎ ]]
*[[Neoconservatism ‎ ]]
*[[Angela Merkel ‎ ]]
*[[Union budget of India]]

There are many many more examples as also noted by many other users over time see [[Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard/Rupert loup check|here]]. These focus on some subtopics, but it really concerns many more topics than these. There have been many edit-warring by the users concerned (not by me but by other users) in many of these articles. I think some admins are aware of these quotations relating to many other socio/political disputations and polemics.

The selection are examples of for example anti-Hindu, anti-Indian bias that are on many articles in WQ, and while I believe they are not notable or quotable (many of these persons don't even have a wikipedia page), I am not for their censorship and believe they should stay and not be deleted. There are many, many more that could be added to this list.

There are many many more examples as also noted by many other users over time that many others have noted the bias.

I have also for example said about some of these articles: "IMHO, they (and similar ones) don't meet Quotability, especially in high level articles about a global and theoretical concept like this... But I can accept this, since I am not a deletionist or someone who likes to censor other opinions. I only wish others would also respect properly sourced quotes that pertain to the page's topic and not remove them even if they go against one's own views or for whatever "reason"."

As a typical example, the article [[Legitimacy (political)]], which is a global and theoretical concept, consists of a single quote by a non-notable person who has no wikipedia article and the quote is very inflammatory, i.e. very biased against the Indian governement and Indian prime minister. against the eleced Indian governement in the largest democracy in the world. But I have accepted, as I wrote above I am not a deletionist or someone who likes to censor other opinions. Other users too have noted the bias in these and many many other articles of this type.

The top of this page says that Village pump is for '''General policy discussions and proposals, requests for permissions and major announcements.''' So why was this posted here. When some time earlier I posted here something not related to general policy discussions, it was moved to an article talkpage. Even more strange, was the forum shopping and canvassing on other websites than WQ.

Many of these scholars and authors Sitush mentions (and maligns with BLP violations attacks) are for example quite extensively quoted in the book ". A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture" [https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Tribute_to_Hinduism.html?id=G3AMAQAAMAAJ] I mention this book because it is one of the few notable books of selected quotations about Hinduism, and if an author is quoted in such a compendium it carries more weight than what some wikipedian says. And they are certainly more notable than some of the authors on many pages in WQ like [[Nissim Mannathukkaren]] and the like which I have noted previously about on WQ.

I don't have the time for a post now and will post about various aspects later, but for now I'm just noting the older post I have complained about bias in articles like these ones. --[[User:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ([[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|talk]]) 09:46, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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== Looking for a source of a quote ==

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask a question. But I'll ask anyway.

I am trying to find the origin of a quote attributable to both Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde. Here is the quote: "And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed". I've see it in dozens of websites -- not Wikiquotes. But I never see a source. I can't seem to find a source. Most of the time, the quote is attributable to Shakespeare. Sometimes to Oscar Wilde. I would like any help in finding where it came from.

Thanks,

Paul

: The earliest version I can find is from [[E. M. Forster]], in ''The Nation and Athenæum'', Vol. 34 (1923), p. 512, writing on Jane Austen: "I read and reread, the mouth open and the mind closed". [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 15:48, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you.

Paul

== Introducing Wikiquote Page ratings ==

This project is definitely mature enough to have some kind of system of page ratings in place to highlight our best pages and note those that need a lot of work. I therefore intend to put together such a system. It will approximately parallel the system in use in Wikipedia. Pages that are at the most impressive level of completion both in terms of content and presentation will be Featured pages, those that are in excellent overall shape but fall short of being showcase material will be classified as Good pages, and the rest will be classified as A, B, C, Start, or Stub class based on their respective levels of quality. I suppose I ''should'' present this as a proposal and seek support for implementing it, but it is so obviously needed that I would really like to just go ahead and start doing it. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 04:03, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
* For what it's worth, I heartily support your efforts. We had tried at one point to identify some pages that could serve as models, but as with so many initiatives here, it slowly died away. Good luck and I am looking forward to the results. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 13:53, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
** {{Yo|UDScott}} Do you remember where the previous effort to institute page ratings is documented? As a newbie I would be interested in looking at some WQ history. Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 17:55, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
* I like the idea but I'm not sure it's going to work. But I am in favor of this idea. '''Strong support''' from my side. --[[User:Saroj Uprety|Saroj Uprety]] ([[User talk:Saroj Uprety|talk]]) 14:11, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
* Sounds good. [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 15:36, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
* This is a great idea. '''Support.''' A suggestion is to start with rating individual quotes. One could include the rating for a quote with hidden text just below the quote. I think it is easier and more objective to rate individual quotes than a whole page. A quote that has been quoted in a published compendium of quotes would get a high rating. If an article has more than a specific number of high-rated quotes it would then count towards the rating of the whole page. --[[User:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ([[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|talk]]) 11:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
* '''Support''' in principle. The complicated system at en.wp may not be necessary here, considering how much less content there is and how much less complicated said content is. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 06:50, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

=== Classification ===

So far, so good. I have requested help at Wikipedia to create the appropriate templates. We will have twelve classifications of pages: Unassessed, Stub-Class, Start-Class, C-Class, B-Class, A-Class, GP, FP, List, Disambiguation, Redirect, and Placeholder. I am also [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Wikiquote|proposing the creation of a Wikipedia WikiProject]] to improve coordination between Wikipedia and Wikiquote. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 22:02, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
:I don't think we need all 12 of those classifications. I think `start` and `C` can be combined, `A` is unneeded, and `GP` and `FP` can be merged. Additionally, I'm a bit unsure about `List`, and how are `Unassessed` and `Placeholder` different from just not giving any classification at all? [[User:DannyS712|DannyS712]] ([[User talk:DannyS712|talk]]) 22:30, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
:: Not giving any classification at all would mean that the page as unassessed, which would flag it as needing assessment. For the most part, I am trying to parallel structures that have been set up on Wikipedia, as theirs is the product of a great deal of trial and error. All mainspace pages should be assessed at some point. Placeholders like [[1512]] should be marked as placeholders so that it is known that no further assessment is needed. This can be done quickly by a bot following the category. Perhaps we combine placeholders and redirects into a utility class. As for lists, I am really thinking here of lists like [[List of television shows (A–H)]], which (critically for the project), ''don't contain quotes''. Perhaps lists and disambiguation pages should also be combined, or perhaps we should have a single grouping for all mainspace pages that are not ''expected'' to contain quotes. I can see the case for just having a 'GP' classification for our best work. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 00:24, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

=== Criteria ===
We will need to draft some criteria for what raises a page to the next level. I would think that the obvious elements are the relative completeness of the collection of quotes on the page, complete citations for all quotes, internal consistency in page formatting, a solid lede, and appropriate "see also" links, external links, and categories. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 17:17, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
: I think the quality, or at least notability, of the quotations should be considered too. ~ [[User:DanielTom|DanielTom]] ([[User talk:DanielTom|talk]]) 18:58, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
:: I kind of agree, but it's hard to gauge. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 00:48, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
:: I should expand on this a bit. It is hard to gauge the quality or notability of a given quote. The thing about quotes is, if they are quoteworthy (at least through the objective measure of having been quoted by others), we can't really exclude them for being of subjectively poor quality. On the other hand, there might be a notable topic or a notable person for which there are not great quotes. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 02:09, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
:::How do we solve it if there is a dispute about the rating between two users? Something about this should be addressed in the page about ratings? --[[User:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ([[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|talk]]) 09:05, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
:::: Yes, I suppose we will need a consensus process for that. By default, I would think that the highest available ratings should be unavailable unless the page passes a consensus review process. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 05:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

=== Setting it up ===
I have asked for technical assistance at Wikipedia, but have received no response. Does anyone here know how to set up the template structure? I presume we will be going with talk page templates, and they will be fairly straightforward. We have not discussed ranking pages by importance, but I would not associate such a process with this task, so really we're just looking to tag the relevant pages with templates indicating an initial quality assessment, and categorizing pages accordingly. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 02:39, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
:Well, we could always import the banner template shell but that seems like a lot of work, frankly for not a lot of payoff. Have we actually landed on basic questions like: where/how will this display? How many rankings are there? Does everything need to be rated? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 03:03, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
:: I am working on the presumption that every mainspace page will have a classification. Making it universal will insure that nothing slips through the cracks. Pages that are not intended to contain quotes (lists, disambiguation pages, placeholders, and redirects) will be classified as utility pages. Everything else will get a rating (Stub, C-class, B-class, or Good Page). They will all start by being tagged as "unclassified" by default, and we should pretty quickly be able to figure out which pages are clearly poorly developed and which ones are well developed. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 04:32, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

== 2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony on December 11th ==

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Hello all,

The ceremony of the 2020 [[m:Coolest_Tool_Award|Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award]] will take place virtually on Friday, December 11th, at 17:00 GMT. This award is highlighting tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wikimedia projects, and the ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to the tools developers and maybe discover new tools!

You will find more information [[m:Coolest_Tool_Award|here]] about the livestream and the discussions channels. Thanks for your attention, [[:d:User:Lea Lacroix (WMDE)|Lea Lacroix (WMDE)]] 10:55, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
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== Community Wishlist Survey 2021 ==
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'''We invite all registered users to vote on the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Community Wishlist Survey 2021|2021 Community Wishlist Survey]]. You can vote from now until {{#time:j xg|2020-12-21|en}} for as many different wishes as you want.'''

In the Survey, wishes for new and improved tools for experienced editors are collected. After the voting, we will do our best to grant your wishes. We will start with the most popular ones.

We, the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Community Tech|Community Tech]], are one of the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] teams. We create and improve editing and wiki moderation tools. What we work on is decided based on results of the Community Wishlist Survey. Once a year, you can submit wishes. After two weeks, you can vote on the ones that you're most interested in. Next, we choose wishes from the survey to work on. Some of the wishes may be granted by volunteer developers or other teams.

We are waiting for your votes. Thank you!
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[[user:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]]

15:03, 11 December 2020 (UTC)


:{{Yo|SGrabarczuk_(WMF)}} Since there are boxes for ''Wikidata, Wikisource'', and ''Wiktionary'' projects, how about a box for ''other small projects'' on the ''Community Wishlist Survey 2021'' page?(I have posted this before, but received no answer).

: This may seem unimportant to you, but it is crucial for members of this small community who participate in the survey, but are at a disadvantage getting enough +votes to move their request forward. For example: [[Meta:Community_Wishlist_Survey_2021/Categories/Protection_of_all_pages_in_a_category]]
:Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 04:43, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
:: {{yo|Ottawahitech}} Actually, communities' needs are always, by definition, far from unimportant. We all can see that small projects are discriminated just as any minorities in democratic processes are. As long as sheer numbers count, small communities' requests are not likely to make it to the top. We can't change the rules during the voting, but we certainly will discuss potential improvements to the future editions. The example you gave doesn't seem to be small wiki-specific, though. Honestly, fortune of this kind of requests would probably not be altered. [[User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]] ([[User talk:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|talk]]) 00:41, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

::: {{Yo|SGrabarczuk (WMF)}} Thanks for responding and pinging me. I have participated in several wishlist surveys, and it is my observation that the process is extremely political, not by design, but because of human nature. Users will normally support a wish if it is presented by someone they know and trust. If they do not understand the proposal they tend to hash it out on user-talk pages, instead of on the wishlist public page. Most users, however, are hesitant to approach a user they do not recognize.

::: The example I linked above was proposed by a wikiquotian, however, I do not recognize any of the participants in the discussion as wikiquotians. Regards, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 22:38, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
:See [[meta:Talk:Community Wishlist Survey#Feedback on CWS process]]. I have proposed several ways of improving the Community Wishlist Survey, both as to more categories and as to addressing true priority instead of just popularity (among other issues raised). [[User:SMcCandlish|SMcCandlish]] ([[User talk:SMcCandlish|talk]]) 04:18, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

==Templates about personal attacks and BLP violations==

Due to the problem that Wikiquote talkpages are often littered with extreme personal attacks and BLP violations I have created these templates

*[[Template:RPA]]
*[[Template:RBLPV]]

like at wikipedia they can be used for gross personal attacks and BLP violations.

Personal attacks should never be used in Wikiquote. This template allows an editor to remove personal attacks without removing context or completely deleting a comment. --[[User:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ([[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|talk]]) 11:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

: @|ო Thanks for taking this initiative. (BTW I am glad to see we have editors who know how to create templates).

: As far as personal attacks are concerned, I wonder if anyone here could point me to a page that defines them. and no, I am not trying to be funny. It is just that we have different people here with different backgrounds and a comment that seems like an egregious personal attack to some, may seem rather mild to others.

: Also, it would help if your new templates had documentation explaining how and where to use them. Cheers, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 21:00, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

::The wikipedia version has better explanations. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:RPA here]. --[[User:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ([[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|talk]]) 09:00, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

::: @ო: I checked the enwiki documentation regarding this template,and I see it says this:<blockquote> RPA is a notice that a comment has been removed from a discussion </blockquote> I am surprised to see that enwiki now allows the removal of talkpage comments. This practice was disallowed a few years ago. I don't believe such actions should be allowed on wikiquote -- which I assume is the purpose of your new template?. Regards, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 21:04, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

::::Personal attacks are removed at wikiquote since a long time, sometimes even the page revision is made invisible, only the removal is very inconsistent and the removal of a lot of extreme personal attacks is missed as there are just too many. --[[User:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ([[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|talk]]) 12:01, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

::::: Well, I still believe ''personal attacks'' (whatever they are) should rarely, if ever, be removed from discussion. Having a comment removed from a discussion is the best way to antagonize someone who is trying to contribute (I am talking from personal experience). In my opinion the best way to handle, shall we call them, off-topic posts, is to simply collapse them. This allows those who want to see them to "unhide" the comment. Just my $.02 [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 14:59, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

== Undoing edits ==

Just trying to compare notes here with other contributors:

Whenever I see an edit I disagree with I try to modify it with the help of the undo button. How do others deal with this issue? Do you use the undo button or just change the text because you don't want to get dragged into an edit war, or for another reason? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 20:46, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

== Technical question: How to add #SheSaid to my signature? ==

I see I can change my signature by clicking '''Preferences''' at the top of a page and following the tab '''User profile''' to '''Signature'''. I would like to add an invitation at the end of my usual wiki-signature inviting others to join the [[Wikiquote:SheSaid]] campaign. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 20:45, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

: Adding this to Signature (and checking the checkbox)
::<nowiki> [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] : [[User talk:Ottawahitech|Talk]] : [[Wikiquote:SheSaid|SheSaid]] </nowiki>
:should work.

:This is a great idea. I have also added it to my signature too. Everybody should consider adding it too. --[[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ~ [[Wikiquote:SheSaid|SheSaid]] 21:45, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

=== She said campaign on wikiquote is alive and well ===

I just discovered a new article: [[Gender bias on Wikipedia]]. Way to go! [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:50, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

== Technical question: How to remove autocomplete from comment summary ==

This one is driving me bananas: I put in a comment summary and the silly software decides to add another comment I made on another page at another time. Here is an [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Hopley&type=revision&diff=2909372&oldid=2595790 example].

Is there a way to ask the ''autocomplete software'' nicely to stop predicting what my summary should say i? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:53, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
: [answering my own question after consulting others on a ''help desk'' of another wmf-wiki] The Autocomplete-software sits in one's browser, it not part of the wiki-software. In order to stop Autocomplete, one must find out how to do it on the browser they are using, namely Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 14:45, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

== Multi-Content Revisions ==

Does anyone know what [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Multi-Content_Revisions Multi-Content Revisions] are? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 21:02, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
:This seems like a great question to ask at [[:mw:]]. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 21:15, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
:: You are kidding, right? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 14:31, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
:::No. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 07:51, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
:::: {{Yo|Koavf|Alsee}} In that case maybe you could help me and others who try to ask questions at [[:mw:|mediawiki]]. Here's the problem I am having: In order to participate in discussion at mediawiki one must be fluent in FLOW which is a new experiment on some wmf-wikis. I have tried asking questions for months, but have become increasingly frustrated because my questions have been largely ignored and have started disapearing into thin air. In one recent case I found out later that my posting was deleted without notice by a local Admn and when I complained about it I was told I was at fault because of my "passive-agressive" language which I think is some kind of wiki-namecalling, not sure. End of rant. Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 22:43, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
::::: {{Ping|Ottawahitech}} Generally, I would recommend asking a particular person who maintains some extension. In this case, that was [[mw:User:Daniel Kinzler (WMDE)]]. Note that this was just an RfC that is now closed along with this [[phab:T107595|ticket]], so it was never something that really existed, just a proposal from six years ago. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 22:56, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

== Moving [[:Category:Cancelled shows]] ==

I'm not really sure if there's a centralized Category Talk location for this, apologies. But, I noticed that there's a [[:Category:Cancelled shows]] because I noticed it on [[Black Sails (TV series)]], which wasn't cancelled in the sense that it was pulled before the creators felt it at the end of its natural narrative lifespan but simply ended. I noticed several other shows in the category, such as [[:Category:Breaking Bad]], [[Band of Brothers (miniseries)]] (how do you cancel a 10-part miniseries?), [[Boardwalk Empire]], that also weren't "cancelled" in that sense but just concluded. I noticed that the talk page for the category remarks (over a decade ago) that the the category is poorly named. It would better exist at, say, [[:Category:Ended shows]] (which matches the Wikipedia [[wikipedia:Category:Television series endings|Category:Television series endings]]) or [[:Category:Concluded shows]] or something of the like. It's broader than "Cancelled shows", better encompasses the apparent intent of the category, and it doesn't require sitting here parsing whether a project was canceled versus concluded.

I would simply move the category myself as a taking initiative thing, but it has about 100 subcategories and a little over 1,400 items, and I haven't renamed a category in a long time so I don't know what happens afterward and don't have the resources to rehome all these items manually if necessary. Is this a controversial move? Is there a better location to discuss this? And, should there be grounds to rename the category to something else uncontroversially, is there an avenue to ensure all the child categories and items are correctly ushered to the correct spot, perhaps by automated means by necessary? [[User:TenTonParasol|TenTonParasol]] ([[User talk:TenTonParasol|talk]]) 22:18, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
: {{Yo|TenTonParasol}} Welcome to Wikiquote. I am glad to see more Wikiquotiens who are interested in the Category system on WQ.

:Where should category-related questions be discussed? I also asked the same question, and I believe, but am not sure, that the consensus is that asking questions about any topic should be done right here on the Village Pump, because WQ does not have enough participants to support any more discussion venues.

:I myself have had some luck getting some feedback on specific Category-talkpages, but many times what I had to do was post on such a talk-page, wait for a while then start promoting the discussion by posting links to it from discussions at other locations, such as the Village Pump. Your Miles May Vary (YMMV). Cheers, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 14:26, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
::My two cents: Yes, this is a fine place for such discussion (although I would also expect to see some like this at the Category's talk page - and then maybe elevated to the VP to gain a larger audience). As to the original question, you make some good points and I would support moving these pages to one of your suggestions (I would recommend keeping similar naming conventions as WP). If you are familiar with Cat-a-lot, this task should not be too burdensome. I echo Ottawatech's thanks in getting involved in such tasks. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 14:43, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
::: At Wikisource, if I recall correctly, they have some kind of move-category-template. I guess that allows admins, or some other experienced users, to step-in and evaluate the move before a lot of potential unnecessary disruption takes place. Also, if I remember correctly, cat-a-lot is only avialable on some kind of software operating systems, but not others? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 15:35, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
::* I forgot to thank @UDScott for the tireless help they provide on category-talkpages. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 15:36, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

== Ottoman Empire ==

The following is only a theoretical question:

If I wanted to research a new article for Wikiquote, where would I go to find good quotes? For example if I wanted to start an article about the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 14:05, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

== copyright question ==

I have just posted a file I got at Commons at [[Economy of China]]. Commons says the license is: ''CC BY-SA 4.0'' which is Greek (or Chinese) to me. Am I in trouble? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 21:48, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
: You can read about CC BY-SA 4.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ here]. This is [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_China&diff=next&oldid=2912143 your add file edit], right? It seems that, at the least, you need to include an attribution. But I wonder why you added it at all. First, what does it have to do with "Economy of China"? Second, what does the graphic add to the quote? (By the way, quotes that appear on the side with illustrations generally also appear in the text of the article.) [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 16:14, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
::{{Yo|Butwhatdoiknow}} Why did I add an image tied to [[Jack Ma]] to the [[Economy of China]]? Because I could not think of a better image to add to this image-less page. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 16:23, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
::: {{Yo|Ottawahitech}} Okay, I'll play along. Let's assume it's better than any other graphic. The next question is "is it better than no graphic?" [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 16:54, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
:Update: Apparently I am not in trouble. I posted a question about this at at [[Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#really_basic_question]] and received a reply. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:20, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
How about ''CC BY 2.0''? It also says "add attribution". Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 22:56, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

== Privacy Policy at the White Hose website - comments? ==

Since the [[White House]] website is linked to the official [[:Category:United States government|usa government]] accounts at [[Twitter]] I went over to check it out and found the following at:
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/privacy-policy/ Privacy Policy at the White Hose website]:
<blockquote>WE MAY ALSO USE MESSAGES OR COMMENTS COLLECTED THROUGH WHITEHOUSE.GOV OR OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES, SUCH AS TO INFORM POLICY DECISIONS OR IN PUBLIC ADVOCACY.</blockquote>
Comments? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 00:21, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

== What to do about tweets that are not available any more? ==

The immediate WQ dilemma is at [[Donald Trump]] who has for years relied on [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]], and [[Instagram]] for communicating with the world. The problem WQ now faces has been posted here:
[[Talk:Donald_Trump#What_to_do_about_tweets_that_are_not_available_any_more?]] [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:24, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

== Bad quote ==

[[American Negro Academy]] - the two quotes never mention this academy. The whole entry should be deleted. [[User:Deisenbe|Deisenbe]] ([[User talk:Deisenbe|talk]]) 22:20, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

== The quotes of Louis "Moondog" Hardin ==

There must be a huge number of people all around the world who know of Moondog's music and some of his quotes,words
The most well known coming from his album,simply titled Moondog.
"The only one who knows that the songs of words is just a token,is he who has the tongue to tell,but must remain unspoken".
and "Machines were mice, and men were Lions once upon a time,but now that it's the opposite,it's twice upon a time"
No words can accurately describe his music,but there must surely be more of his words and quotes available.
The album mentioned was released in the UK in 1969,I think.I would be grateful if anyone knows if he wrote more of his
words of wisdom.
:@ 86.189.253.143 Do you mean [[w:Moondog|Moondog]]? If so, you may want to check the sources that were used to build the enwiki page -- it may lead you to other sources about this interesting [[American]]. If you find any quotes, please don't hesitate to bring them back to WQ. Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 00:05, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

== QOTD editor turned Wikiquote's Main Page into his personal blog ==

This is about partisan contemporary US politics in every quote, every day. --[[User:ElfQrin|ElfQrin]] ([[User talk:ElfQrin|talk]]) 13:42, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
:While I understand the concern, I do not believe that this is what is happening. Rather, this topic is by far the one most dominating conversations at the moment and it seems appropriate to address it in the QOTD. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 14:11, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

== Why are there so many pages with images containing a swastika on WQ? ==

I have been working on articles for [[WQ:SheSaid]] and have come across several pages that contain an image with a [[swastika]]. I did not think much of it initially, but now I am starting to wonder if this is something that deters new members from joining WQ? Opinions? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 19:16, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
: Can you provide some examples? I would guess that there are a lot of pages of quotes from World War II German figures which might include that. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 00:52, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
:: I found only one small swastika on [[theosophist]] [[Annie Besant]] in [[:Category:Women]]. However, in a search on [[commons:Category:Nazi_Swastikas]] I counted 42 pages with ''File:Anti-dictatures.svg'' and ''Anti-dictatures2.svg'' on enWQ. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 16:39, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
: I just discovered '''Template:Badimage''' but there is no documentation, and I cannot figure out if and how to use it, to prevent the use of images with swastikas on WQ. Anyone? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 16:53, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
* {{re|Ottawahitech}} It's not necessarily that big of an issue unless it's being unduly used to promote an ideology. It's a particularly nasty part of history, but it's still part of history. It's acceptable to use images that invoke racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, so long as they serve a legitimate educational purpose related to racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. [[User:GreenMeansGo|GMG]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo#top|talk]] 04:09, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
** Looking at the list of pages containing the image identified, I do think its use is a bit excessive. I have a hunch that we'll find that a single user added almost every instance of it. I think any user has the right to switch it out for an image they feel is better for the page. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 05:38, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
:* {{Yo|GreenMeansGo}} I disagree: it is a big issue. The use of a swastika image is a highly offensive and emotional issue for a large group of individuals. What sort of educational purpse do you believe these images serve here? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 05:50, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
::*{{Yo|Ottawahitech}} Whether a particular use is appropriate will ultimately depend on context. Using offensive content is sometimes appropriate when discussing offensive subjects. Obviously, on something like the main article for [[Nazism]], as the primary historical symbol identifying the ideology, its use would seem to have an intrinsic educational value.
:::As above, feel free to evaluate whether the context of the use cases warrants inclusion, and remove or replace as appropriate. But something like Template:Badimage is used for content that has no potential educational use ''whatsoever''. This is almost entirely low quality gratuitously pornographic images used by vandals and trolls. But the standard of having any plausible educational usefulness in any conceivable context is a very low bar, and probably any symbolism of any historical significance would satisfy it. [[User:GreenMeansGo|GMG]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo#top|talk]] 12:21, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
::::A random example of such a weird yet wikilegit (=historical & educational) context: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:85.LGBT.MOW.25April1993_(23711409874).jpg [[User:Zezen|Zezen]] ([[User talk:Zezen|talk]]) 19:30, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
::::: Hi {{re|Zezen}} Enwikiquote has 42 pages, some of notable people with a [[Jewish]] background, who have an image containing a Nazi Swastika inserted on their page. I am hoping the person/s who iserted these images will pop in to explain why they added the images. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 00:40, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

I will start by simply noting that not all swastikas are Nazi swastikas: [[Jains]], [[Hindus]], [[Buddhists]] and modern [[Theosophists]] used swastikas as symbols of benevolence and divine acceptance or approval long before pissant Nazi bigots adopted it as a symbol of their ignorant, confused and depraved ideologies and thus turned their racist, anti-Semitic and nationalistic uses of the swastika into something quite properly reviled by most individuals of greater moral and mental integrity.

You seem to be intent on implying or asserting that any use of any reviled image or symbols should be rigorously censored or even forbidden, even in contexts where they are both relevant and expressly critical of the ideas and ideologies represented by them.

'''The image you seem to be most specifically objecting to is one which is clearly objecting to dictatorships generally, using historically significant symbols of Nazi and Communist dictatorships, specifically, amidst a red background field evoking wanton spilling of blood.'''

Some of the most clearly relevant uses of this image are with these captioned quotes on various pages, critical of various forms of dictatorships or tyrannies, and often specifically the two clearly referenced by the image:

<center>[[File:Anti-dictatures2.svg|center|141px]]

When ''[[w:Rhinoceros (play)|Rhinoceros]]'' was produced in [[Germany]], it had fifty curtain calls. The next day the papers wrote, "Ionesco shows us how we became [[Nazism|Nazis]]." But in Moscow, they wanted me to rewrite it and make sure that it dealt with Nazism and not with their kind of [[totalitarianism]]. ~ [[Eugène Ionesco]]

If we extend unlimited [[tolerance]] even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant [[society]] against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. ~ [[Karl Popper]]

[[George Orwell|Orwell]] in 1948 understood that despite the Axis defeat, the will to [[fascism]] had not gone away, that far from having seen its day it had perhaps not yet even come into its own… ~ [[Thomas Pynchon]]

[[Communism]] is in itself a variant, the most successful variant, of [[Fascism]]. Fascism with a human face. ~ [[Susan Sontag]]

</center>

[[George Soros]] is one of the several persons of Jewish heritage on whose page this image occurs, and it was used on his page where he was specifically referring to his experiences in opposition to both Nazi and Communist dictatorships, such as he encountered in his life. Extending a bit on the quote used as a caption for the image, he states: "I learned at a very early age that what kind of [[social]] [[system]] or [[political]] system prevails is very important. Not just for your well-being, but for your very [[survival]]. … I could have been killed by the [[Nazis]]. I could have wasted my life under the [[Communists]]. So, that's what led me to this [[idea]] of an [[w:Open Society Foundations|open society]]. And that is the idea that is [[motivating]] me."

'''I do believe it an actual deference and service to the impulses, ideas and ideologies of pissant fascist dictatorships and would-be dictatorships to oppressively prevent people from using what words, symbols and other significant means are available to them to identify various fascist impulses, ideas and ideologies for what they actually ''are'', and in the case of their use on pages here, from using them in conjunctions with quotes vigorously criticizing them in such ways as the image itself actually does.''' ~ ♞[[User:Kalki/Kalkiswords|☤]][[User:Kalki/Magic|☮]]♌︎[[User:Kalki|Kalki]] [[User talk:Kalki|⚚]][[User:Kalki/index|⚓︎]]⊙[[User:Kalki/Chronology|☳]][[User:Kalki/Vox Box|☶]]⚡ 01:23, 27 January 2021 (UTC) + tweaks
: I would venture that most swastikas in this project were added by Kalki, who seems to have a fetish for them. I would begin by saying that the images included in [[Apology]] are incongruous to that page - there is nothing there that actually illustrates an apology, just a set of images that Kalki is fond of overusing. I intend to remove them once this discussion concludes, if someone else doesn't get their first. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 04:00, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
:: I would venture that some pissant fascists or other fools might wish to fantasize that I have a fetish for Nazi swastikas — even when my use of them is nearly universally with quotes in some way derisive or critical of the fascist impulses, ideas and ideologies they have been used to represent, or at worst using them as simply relevant to some quotes of fascists. I have added some of the context that exists on the page of ''[[The Faith of a Heretic]]'' by [[Walter Kaufmann]] to the [[Apology]] page (which was created with reference to the broader ranges of various apologetics, as well as the narrower uses of the word "apology" such as are commonly used today) to make clearer their use on that page. ~ ♞[[User:Kalki/Kalkiswords|☤]][[User:Kalki/Magic|☮]]♌︎[[User:Kalki|Kalki]] [[User talk:Kalki|⚚]][[User:Kalki/index|⚓︎]]⊙[[User:Kalki/Chronology|☳]][[User:Kalki/Vox Box|☶]]⚡ 04:44, 27 January 2021 (UTC) + tweaks
::: It would be more accurate to say that your use of them is nearly universal. How many pages have you created into which you ''haven't'' managed to work a swastika? There are literally millions of images on Commons, and tens of thousands of categories. Expand your repertoire. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 06:00, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
:::: '''WTF???''' — What the ''FRAUD'' are you talking about — or trying to create? Though I am certainly not the only person who has used images of swastikas with quotes by or about fascists, '''I have CREATED over a thousand pages, and worked on over a thousand more''' — and '''this particular ANTI-FASCIST, ANTI-DICTATORSHIP image''' using the symbol currently occurs on a total of 33 pages (including a few transclusions and its use on ''this'' page); a few occurrences of the previous version of it also exist, and I am sure that I have used other swastikas on other pages where they are clearly appropriate — but I seriously doubt that there are much more than a hundred pages, if even that, in which they have been used by ANYONE, in either the deplorable Nazi form, or the ancient Hindu, [[Jain]] or Buddhist versions of the symbol, on the entire wiki. To say my use of them "is nearly universal" is profoundly delusional or simply deceitful. ~ ♞[[User:Kalki/Kalkiswords|☤]][[User:Kalki/Magic|☮]]♌︎[[User:Kalki|Kalki]] [[User talk:Kalki|⚚]][[User:Kalki/index|⚓︎]]⊙[[User:Kalki/Chronology|☳]][[User:Kalki/Vox Box|☶]]⚡ 06:27, 27 January 2021 (UTC) + tweaks
::::: Use of the symbol is prevalent enough and prominent enough that a new editor to the project was taken aback by it, and initiated a discussion here. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 17:20, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
* Not sure I'm super enthusiastic about this image in particular. Not necessarily because of the specific symbolism, but because it has all the historical significance of an internet meme. Judging from template transclusions on Commons, there's probably on the order of at least thirty to forty thousand related images to choose from. Even if the issue of relevance is a given, I'm not sure why we should prefer a fairly low quality image that seems to have just been made up by somebody one day on their laptop. [[:c:Category:Antifascist resistance]] alone has at least several hundred images available. [[User:GreenMeansGo|GMG]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo#top|talk]] 14:21, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
*I have tried to look for alternatives on Commons and this seems to be the only image on Commons that illustrates opposition to both nazism and commnuism. I have not found any other. Therefore, for quotes that illustrate opposition to both nazism and commnuism it may be suitable. In all other cases, it is better to replace it IMO. I would have thought that most readers would understand that this is an anti-fascist image, but some readers might be confused about it so it is better to avoid it. Also the [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Theosophical_Seal theosophical seal] and the Hindu and Buddhist symbol are not related to the Nazi symbol as Kalki mentioned already. Also can somebody explain what the two white shapes at the bottom right of the image are? --[[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ~ [[Wikiquote:SheSaid|#SheSaid]] 13:30, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
** How about not having any image that "illustrates opposition to both nazism and commnuism" on pages that don't really need such an image? [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 02:45, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
* No examples were this particular image was used were shown in this discussion, and I have not checked how this particular image is used, so this was hypothetical. As I said it, unless clearly relevant and lacking alternatives, such image should be avoided and replaced. --[[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ~ [[Wikiquote:SheSaid|#SheSaid]] 12:31, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

=== Another flavour of a Nazi Swastika WQ===
Just discovered another one inserted on [[Palestine]]. This one is [[:File:Protests Edinburgh 10 1 2009 5.JPG]]. It was created by a different user. Opinions? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:29, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

:The image is not directly relevant and of low quality.--[[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ~ [[Wikiquote:SheSaid|#SheSaid]] 12:31, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

== IMPORTANT: Admin activity review ==

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: {{Yo|Defender}} Thanks for alerting the WQ community to the existence of [[Meta:Admin activity review|A META policy]] regarding a global Admin activity review. I have a couple of small questions as a starter:
:* Since [[M:Stewards/Elections|Steward elections]] will commence shortly, who will make the final decision, the old set of [[Steward]]s or the newly elected set?
:* How easy is it to re-instate a [[Wikiquote:Administrators#List_of_administrators|WQ admin]] whose "tools" were taken away in previous years?

:Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:28, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
::Anyone can get the admin tools at any time by passing an RfA, though someone may be unlikely to pass if they've been entirely absent from the project for two years. There is no special standard for former administrators. As to stewards, there isn't really a "decision to be made", just a button to be pushed. It's an objective standard of activity. It will be done by...whoever gets to it. We don't have that many stewards and they can often have a lot to take care of. [[User:GreenMeansGo|GMG]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo#top|talk]] 04:05, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
:::I'm not a steward. But I can answer based on years of experience. For AAR, which is usually done regularly every year, certain stewards undertake these processes. Because {{ping|Defender}} is the current steward, on steward confirmations in this year community members will only decide whether to continue stewardship or not. If the user who receives notification does not respond here or on the user message pages that they want their rights to be kept or if the local community doesn't object to removed for their rights, their rights will be taken as a result of the evaluation of the relevant stewards. Or if the local community asks their rights not to be removed. Anyway, the general purpose of these processes is to address rare problems such as no longer being active for any personal reason or your admin account may be hacked. I hope I will able to help you a little bit for your questions. [[User:Uncitoyen|Uncitoyen]] ([[User talk:Uncitoyen|talk]]) 16:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
* Just as a failsafe for the Meta notification, {{ping|FloNight|Sketchmoose|Ubiquity}} per the above. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 03:16, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
** +1 should have pinged. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] ([[User talk:Ningauble|talk]]) 22:51, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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== Quotes published in social media that were deleted by the social media platform ==

On some pages such as Trump related pages there are quotes that were published on social media that were later deleted or suspended by the social media platform (Twitter, also Facebook, Quora, etc). The most well known example is Donald Trump but there are many others such as tweets and quotes from very prominent Iranian and Malaysian politicians, and these quotes from social media have been reported in the media before or after they were deleted or suspended by the social media platform.

Such quotes are also on pages about Donald Trump and other articles despite being deleted or suspended by the social media platform where they were originally published. What is the policy regarding this on WQ? --[[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ~ [[Wikiquote:SheSaid|#SheSaid]] 12:41, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
:Seems to me that a contemporaneous report from a reliable media source would adequately support the quote. See [[Wikiquote:Quotability#Verification_factor]]. [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 15:36, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
:: I would go so far as to say that we should ''only'' be including social media posts that were notable enough in the first instance to be reported in reliable sources. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 17:58, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
::: Is there a difference when we report tweets from a subject on the subject's own WQ page? I agree with this in principle, and the WQ policy should be updated, but this was not my question. For example, Twitter deleted tweets by very prominent politicians, and these tweets are still deleted and will likely remain deleted at Twitter, and it was reported in the media also, and in some cases the entire Twitter account was suspended which means all tweets were deleted. Examples are removed tweets by Donald Trump and by the former Malaysian P.M. [https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/europe/france-church-attack-twitter-deletes-former-malaysian-pms-tweet-for-glorifying-violence.html] or by Iranian [https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/twitter-removes-misleading-tweet-from-ayatollah-khamenei/ Ayatollah]. The reasons for deletions vary case by case, but very serious reasons were usually cited by Twitter. Is it responsible to quote such tweets on WQ that were deleted or suspended from Twitter for very serious reasons and which were also reported in other media and other reliable sources? If they were serious enough for Twitter to be removed, should they also be removed on WQ? --[[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ~ [[Wikiquote:SheSaid|#SheSaid]] 19:04, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
:::: If they were reported in other media, they can be reported here. We are a compendium, not a social media platform. We can note in the sourcing for the quote that it was originally posted on Twitter, and then deleted from that platform due to its policy of not permitting dissemination of false information. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 20:02, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
:::{{Ping|BD2412}} I would be entirely in favor of making ''all'' quotations here having to be sourced to their original ''and'' having been quoted elsewhere with a source. My understanding is that this double-sourcing requirement is already in place at de.wq. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 21:25, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
:::: I would prefer more of a sliding scale. Certainly tweets and other social media postings directly by the subject should need to be quoted elsewhere. Quotes published in an edited interview with a reliable source, not so much. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 21:34, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::Then how do we decide what should be included? It's a real free-for-all and easily susceptible to manipulation (as we have recently seen :/). —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 21:40, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::: We use some common sense. How notable is the speaker, how reliable is the source, and how useful is the quote itself? The latter inquiry can be a matter of community consensus. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 22:15, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
:::::::Ostensibly, sure but for a very notable <ins>person</ins>, virtually any public statement would be notable and measures of utility are ''very'' squishy: hence, the ease of POV-pushing and manipulation. Requiring secondary citations makes a clear and objective standard that some quotation is itself notable (notable quotations can come from otherwise non-notable persons, non-notable statements can come from notable persons). re: consensus, in principle that works but in practice, with such a small community, there are not enough eyes to make all bugs shallow. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 02:23, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
:::::: That example makes sense for verification, but not for notability of the quote itself. [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 15:32, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

== Possible big change: require proof of notability of quote ==

In the discussion above BD2412 points out an important requirement - too often overlooked - for a quote to appear in this wiki: notability of the quote itself. I suspect that a substantial number of the quotes currently appearing at this site result from folks finding something that strikes their fancy that someone notable said and then adding it. What does the community think about, going forward, requiring that quotes not only include a source but also "proof of notability"? [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 19:29, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
:I agree in principle, but since this was never policy, the majority of quotes on WQ do not display this proof, despite that in many cases such proof would exist. This means more than half of WQ would not meet the requirement even though such proof would in many cases exist. I have seen many cases were such proof was even deleted and removed from WQ articles, and when a reason was given for such deletion it was said it was unnecessary, spam or clutter. --[[User talk:დამოკიდებულება|ო]] ~ [[Wikiquote:SheSaid|#SheSaid]] 19:40, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
:: Right, we'd need to be clear about the "going forward" aspect of any requirement we set up. [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 19:51, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

If this goes ahead, I would propose we start using a Reference section, as in Wikipedia, to reduce visual clutter.

To give an example:

'''Quotes'''

* I became my own only when I gave myself to Another.
** [[C. S. Lewis]], ''Letters of C. S. Lewis'' (17 July 1953), para. 2, p. 251.[1]

'''References'''

[1] As reported in ''The Quotable Lewis'', ed. Wayne Martindale and Jerry Root (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1989), p. 334.

~ [[User:DanielTom|DanielTom]] ([[User talk:DanielTom|talk]]) 20:52, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

* I see no need for footnote references; all of the information about where a quote originates can be included in the citation following the quote. I would mention, as an aside, that at one point I added several thousand quotes from different public domain quotation collections (''Bartlett's 1919''; ''Hoyt's'', the 1904 ''Dictionary of Legal Quotations''). I suppose it will not be terribly hard to pinpoint these, but if I had known that we would be discussing this, I would have left some notation. For those, I think, we can engineer some kind of shorthand. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 19:59, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
* '''Strong support 100%''': ''All'' quotations here should have a source ''and'' a reliable source quoting said quotation to prove that the quotation is notable. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 21:27, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
* '''Comment''': The problem I have with this potential requirement is that it only really fits with more recent quotes or works. It is not very likely that a quote from a literary work from the more distant past as an example is quoted in a secondary source. But that shouldn't disqualify its inclusion here. If the author or the work from which the quote is taken is clearly notable, I do not believe we should force the need for some other source to have quoted it. For example, the following quote by [[James Fenimore Cooper]] in ''The Last of the Mohicans'' is clearly notable, but is not likely to be quoted elsewhere, except maybe for another quotations collection (which may or may not be very well sourced itself). "It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience." It seems to me that a requirement that a quote be quoted in a secondary source really only fits with quotes taken from modern media or written/spoken by living people. But when quotes are from a literary work or film, etc., I'm not sure this is the best policy. If this were applied, I doubt that most film pages or TV show pages would exist. Yes, I know that many pages in these categories are not the best and may contain many quotes some consider not quoteworthy, but we would also lose many others that are quite memorable in the process. Oh, and I also do not favor the use of footnotes regardless of what is decided on sources. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 16:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
** This is an interesting thought. Suppose we have a cutoff date of 1925 (before which all works were in the public domain as of the establishment of Wikiquote and up until last year). This would cover all the public domain collection quotes I have added and others from historical figures less likely to be used in promotional contexts. We can presume quotes prior to that date are likely notable because they have been recorded and conveyed to the extent that they are still with us today. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 04:18, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
:::Yes, perhaps - but again, I am only in favor of this for people pages. Were this cutoff date used for pages for works, as an example, we would likely have to cut many of the quotes on the ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' page (published in 1951), as it is likely that only a few of the quotes on the page were ever cited in a secondary source. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 12:55, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
:This seems to be an argument against a requirement that [[Wikiquote:Quotability#Notability_of_quote_factor|quotes be notable]]. Your example, for example, is certainly by a notable person and is undeniably of [[Wikiquote:Quotability#Quality|high quality]]. But if that is all that is required then what prevents the Shakespeare page from becoming a dump of his complete works? Or the ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' page from including the entire script? [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 15:58, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
::There is always that risk (which has always existed), but we have a community here and other guidance that provides additional limits on how much material can be quoted. I am not arguing that quotes need not be notable - but notability is not only proved by being quoted by another. If we impose the quite high bar of only allowing quotes that have been quoted elsewhere, many quotes that are surely memorable and notable (especially from older works) will be excluded. As Kalki stated in this thread, I am against imposing such a strict requirement that will likely result in the exclusion of many quotes that until now have never caused an issue for anyone by being included in our site. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 16:24, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
:::Are you suggesting that we switch the test for notability of a quote from (a) "fame" and "endurance" to (b) "memorable"? - {{unsigned|Butwhatdoiknow}}
::::No, there is no "switch" necessary. Both (a) and (b) are factors for what is deemed quotable. There may be quotes said by a notable person that are in no way memorable - these should not be included, despite the notability of the speaker. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 16:54, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
:::Let me try this again. Are you suggesting that a memorable ([[Wikiquote:Quotability#Artfulness_factor|artful]]?) quote from an older work may be "notable" without [[Wikiquote:Quotability#Notability_of_quote_factor|fame and endurance]]? 03:46, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
::::Yes, I do believe this to be the case. There are many quotes, especially from works, that may never be quoted in modern media that definitely rise to the level of what we wish to include here. And I would hate to lose them just for the sake of a very high bar being set as a restriction for inclusion. I get it for quotes from people (especially living people), but when applied to other types of pages, it seems a bit restrictive. And I also believe that Kalki's point (made below) regarding the inability to provide contextual quotes around a more well-known part is valid. In the end, I believe that while we need to have some structure and rules, I do not want to be so rigid in their application that we lose the good with the bad. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 14:29, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
::::::If you'll permit me, I'd like to see whether we can come to some consensus regarding the "memorable can be enough" issue before moving on to Kalki's points. [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 16:10, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
:::Above you explain that the "community ... and other guidance ... provides additional limits on how much material can be quoted." Say I'm reading a P.G. Wodehouse novel and come across what I believe to be an memorable turn of phrase. If not fame and endurance, what "community" or "guidance" would prevent me from adding that to Wikiquote? IF none, does anything prevent me from adding hundreds of such quotes? [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 16:10, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
::::Yes, that is the nature of a wiki. Nothing would prevent you from adding them. What I meant by the community and other guidance is that we do have some limits already established (for example I could not quote every line from my favorite film, even I thought they were all good) that would lead to many of the added quotes being removed, as well as we have a community that would likely not agree with every choice made in the circumstance you mention and would either trim or argue to trim some of the quotes you added. It's not a perfect system, in that it might take time to get a page to a good level, but that is the system we have and is the very nature of a wiki, where users may freely edit pages. I am just not in favor of establishing overly strict and rigid rules - that's not how wikis as I know them function well. Yes, this leads to problems occurring on occasion (or even frequently in some cases), but if we wanted to have a closed site with only the very best and famous quotes, without freedom to edit the pages within, IMHO it wouldn't be the same project as it is now. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 17:32, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
* '''I strongly OPPOSE this whole idea.''' There are properly guidelines which are for the most part proper which have long existed, regarding notability of authors and various works which I believe are certainly not flawless, but usually sufficient. I generally believe it better, when possible, to maintain rather loose guidelines which can permit many incidental considerations within potential disputes than any alternatives which for the most part ignore or deny the deficiencies and problems of absolute mandates. The mandates proposed not only would constrain some clear excesses which exist presently, and are often problematic, but as UDScott mentions, create a host of worse problems and radically diminish or eliminate most options for quotes and many pages for modern films, TV shows, and most other media, including very noted and notable works of literature. ~ ♞[[User:Kalki/Kalkiswords|☤]][[User:Kalki/Magic|☮]]♌︎[[User:Kalki|Kalki]] [[User talk:Kalki|⚚]][[User:Kalki/index|⚓︎]]⊙[[User:Kalki/Chronology|☳]][[User:Kalki/Vox Box|☶]]⚡ 13:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
: Such mandates would also potentially even eliminate the option for extending quotes for proper context — as throughout history, and especially in modern times, there have often been quotations of only portions of statements deliberately or incidentally presented out of context, in quite misleading and deceptive ways, and such situations are quite often best remedied by extending well circulated quotes to retain and present such context as have often remained relatively unknown and rarely or never quoted. ~ ♞[[User:Kalki/Kalkiswords|☤]][[User:Kalki/Magic|☮]]♌︎[[User:Kalki|Kalki]] [[User talk:Kalki|⚚]][[User:Kalki/index|⚓︎]]⊙[[User:Kalki/Chronology|☳]][[User:Kalki/Vox Box|☶]]⚡ 13:27, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
: I also oppose the idea of switching to footnote citations rather than interlinear citations or sub-heading sectional citations. ~ ♞[[User:Kalki/Kalkiswords|☤]][[User:Kalki/Magic|☮]]♌︎[[User:Kalki|Kalki]] [[User talk:Kalki|⚚]][[User:Kalki/index|⚓︎]]⊙[[User:Kalki/Chronology|☳]][[User:Kalki/Vox Box|☶]]⚡ 13:32, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

== WikiMedia Foundation Steward elections start February 5, 2021 ==

Since I have not seen invitations posted on Wikiquote for the upcoming Steward elections I decided to share here what I discovered by following links supplied in the Wikiquote discussion at [[Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard#User:Babe_kebab|ANI babe kebab]] by other generous users.

* The [[Meta:Stewards/Elections|annual election of stewads]] starts in '''four days'''.
* There is a [[meta:Stewards/Confirm/2021|list of current Stewards]] who need to be confirmed.
** Even though the community gets to ask Stewards who want to maintin their status [[questions/]] and make [[comments/]] the final decision rests with the Stewards themselves.
** The talkpage of the page linked above cannot be used for commenting on the proceedings by regular users because it is reserved for the Stewards during their final deliberations
* I see no list of new candidates. Anyone? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
* More info [about current Stewards] is posted at [[Meta:Stewards%27_noticeboard#Admin_activity_review/2020]], I think
* I can't see which wmf-wikis are supervised by Stewards and which ones are not. For example we know that Wikiquote is under Steward supervision, but the english wikipedia is not. Anyone?

As I went through the statements made by current Stewards one thing struck me: Most Stewards claimed that they did not spend as much time last year on Steward activities as they had hoped. Some/most attributed this reduced activity level to:
* Being offline due to Covid
* WikiMedia Foundation's "We don't care about community" attitude?

Warning: the statements by Stewards on the election list utilize acronyms extensively. So if you plan to follow the discussions, a crash course in SRP / SRGP /WMF/ bigdelete / SRM / LTA etc is recommended :-)

Comments? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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:During [[w:Wikipedia:rfa|Requests for adminship]] at enwiki the community is allowed to question the candidates, the ensuing discussion is divided by Support votes, Oppose votes, Neutral voted and General comments. The final decision is made by bureaucrats and requires at least 65% support. ([[w:Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Hammersoft|recent example of an RFA]])

:Can you please explain to the English Wikiquote Community how this process works during Steward elections? Thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 23:37, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
::so, the list of candidates is available in [[meta:Stewards/Elections 2021|here]]. You are free to ask questions in two ways: for all candidates or to the specific one. Users who gain 80% of supports will become stewards. As for the confirmations: you are free to post comments about current stewards, but true, there is no formal process of asking questions. And just to clarify: after the confirmations stewards got to decide if comments are rather positive or negative: if the user is to be steward for next term or is not. It's the community to decide, we need just to work out the community input. Concerning the ''stewards supervision'': in different wikis we can act in different ways. Steward is a technical role for wiki without local admins/'crats/CUs/OS or to act globally (locking of accounts/ globally block IP / performing cross wiki CU). In English Wikipedia we do not usually act since local 'crats can remove admin status. BUT, if the local ArbCom of enwiki announce decision about new CUs - it's steward to grant the flag. Hope this makes thing easier to catch. [[User:Einsbor|Einsbor]] ([[User talk:Einsbor|talk]]) 07:11, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

== Racist quote ==

[[Leon Trotsky]] contains a quote by the anti-semitic Holocaust denier [[:w:Eustace Mullins]]:
* What is the ethic of the parasite-host relationship? Is it immoral? No, it is natural for the parasite to seek a host on which it can feed, and it is natural for the host to attempt to dislodge him. The Jew is obeying his God when he fulfills his life mission of being a parasite, of finding and controlling a host. It is the sense of his own historical rightness, as Trotsky formulated it in Communism, which led the Jew to believe that he was indeed a Chosen People, born to live off the work of others, and to take their goods and lands.
** Eustace Mullins, The Biological Jew (1967)
Trotsky was an atheist Jew. The words are by Mullins and may be badly misrepresenting Trotsky. I don't know Wikiquote policy but considering how racist it is, I think is should be removed. Feel free to also remove my post with the quote. It was brought up at [[:w:Wikipedia:Help desk#Trotsky]]. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 13:27, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
*I removed the quote because it "is not about Trotsky but, rather, an analysis of one small point in his philosophy." It also doesn't seem particularly [[Wikiquote:Quotability|quotable]]. [[User:Butwhatdoiknow|Butwhatdoiknow]] ([[User talk:Butwhatdoiknow|talk]]) 16:20, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
:* Thank you {{Yo|PrimeHunter|Butwhatdoiknow }}!
::The racist quote was added by [[user:75.169.31.20]] on 30 July 2013 (see: https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Leon_Trotsky&diff=1608139&oldid=1606426}
::So it has been on wikiquote for over 7 years, but has only been reported on enwiki (why there?) now? The contributor of this quote was welcomed to WQ shortly after posting, I think. I doubt the welcomer saw the quote, but it would be interesting to hear from someone who was around at the time. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 05:30, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

User talk:Einsbor

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== removal of advanced permissions on en.wikiquote ==

Hi {{PAGENAME}} & {{Yo|علاء}} I see you have removed the advanced permissions of [[User:Jeffq]] who used to be an admin here. I assume you must be a Stewards? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:33, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
:Hello [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]], yes, you can see [[:m:Stewards#List_of_current_stewards|list of current stewards]] --[[User:علاء|علاء]] ([[User talk:علاء|talk]]) 08:34, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
::{{ping|talk:Ottawahitech}} indeed, I am a steward. [[User:Einsbor|Einsbor]] ([[User talk:Einsbor|talk]]) 08:43, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

User talk:Jeffq

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Why do you feel the need to attempt to silence Martin Fleishmann. Scientists conitinuing his work are progressing so well. I hope you feel shame when you are proved wrong

FYI - I know science isn’t about emotion. But it is for me, when it’s about my grandfather

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== Dead Like Me ==

OK, so I shorted the article up, now all the quotes have 5 or less :-) [[User:Stormin' Foreman|Stormin' Foreman]] 06:09, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

== sockpuppet hell! ==

JeffQ, it's wally!!! How the heck aren't you, brother, anyhow? look, ok, it's true: I was dead for awhile in federal prison for selling melted lollypops to Lucifer’s cousin but the way I saw it was just another dime... I wanted to drop by and send you a special hello and wish you the best for the previous year and lasting best wishes for the up-coming elections; may the best woman be laid by the second runner down. Anyway, look nothing personal Jeff, you know I do like you and all but get the hell out of this place before it eats your life up!! Look what happened to 0waldo, and personally speaking, I can attest to it all.... I posted the link to the youtube video clip - satisfy your rabid curiosity and watch it because it's just a total hoot! I've been doing some more artwork lately; mostly portraits and don't ask me why? Please go look and give me thumbs up or down as the case may be'nt!. OK, enough said and have a great week/month/year/decade/century, etc., and so on..... Wallace Munchovie, aka and all kinds of derivations thereto...
—The preceding [[Wikiquote:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:24.214.64.9|24.214.64.9]] ([[User talk:24.214.64.9|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/24.214.64.9|contribs]]) 05:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

== Saw your message ==

Hello, Jeff! Thanks for marking me as inactive. I enjoy being here, but unfortunately my RL life has gotten busy (though fun!). ~ [[User:MosheZadka|MosheZadka]] [[User talk:MosheZadka|(Talk)]]
— posted at 11:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

== Thanks on Mitch Hedberg ==

Jeff..thank you for your contribution to Mitch Hedberg's Wikiquote page - Lynn Shawcroft
—The preceding [[Wikiquote:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:76.171.26.246|76.171.26.246]] ([[User talk:76.171.26.246|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/76.171.26.246|contribs]]) 00:03, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

== re: Sockpuppets ==

Done. --[[User:C|C]] 14:29, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

== just in case... ==

I wanted to ask you one more question: Was I doing anything wrong that Im still doing?--[[User:Nijikon|Nijikon]] 14:24, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

== Will Smith ==

Will do!--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 18:21, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

== closing VFDs ==

I'll be glad to help close them on time, but I'm not sure how to do it. Obviously I can delete the original. But how do you put the discussion into the archives, and have the nice blue background copy of it in the VFD area for a few days? --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 23:45, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

: Well, I was going to point you to the documentation for this process. But I notice that we don't seem to have updated [[Wikiquote:Deletion policy]] (which doubles as our "deletion process" page) to reflect the new VfD process. And ''that'' is because we haven't even officially ratified the new VfD system which is nearly a year old!

: I blame myself for this. I've always tried to make sure our documentation reflects our practices, and I've been doing far too little of this lately. While I bump up the priority on ''dotting these i's and crossing these t's'' (the "word of the day" two days ago on Wiktionary, an interesting omen), here's the basic process:

:# Close the discussion by editing the whole page (not just the section). Add <code><nowiki>{{vt|RESULT}} ~ ~~~~</nowiki></code> to the top and <code><nowiki>{{vb}}</nowiki></code> to the bottom. This turns the discussion blue. (If you forget the vb tag, like I sometimes do, it'll turn the entire remainder of the VfD page blue until it's fixed.)
:# Take the chosen action on the page.
:#* For delete, don't forget to delete talk pages and remove references from articles where appropriate (e.g., remove an obvious unnotable from [[List of people by name]], but you can leave truly famous people for future creation).
:#* For keep or no-consensus, remove the VFD tag (which I frequently forget!) and add a {{tlx|vfd-kept-new|TITLE}} tag to the talk page (TITLE being the name of the ''discussion'', usually but not always the same as the page). There's also a {{tlx|vfd-redirect-new|TITLE|REDIRECTED-TO}} template for redirects and merges without deletion.
:#* There are other oddities, like "pending action", but don't worry about that. 99% are covered by the two usual classes of results, and someone else can jump in on anything weird.
:# Archive by adding the discussion to the appropriate month page in [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Log]].
:## Cut the discussion line from WQ:VFD and paste it into the month page, placing it in '''reverse''' chronological order by date of '''nomination''' (most recently nominated at the top). Copy over or add the HTML nomination-date comment if necessary to make it easier for folks to keep them in order.
:## Save the changes with an appropriate edit summary on both pages. (I like to include a list with each closed discussion title, to make it easier to find them in the WQ:VFD and log page histories, but most folks just say something like "archived 3 discussions".)

: You don't need to archive the discussion immediately after closing. If there's been some interesting discussion or controversy, I like to leave the discussion in place on WQ:VFD for a day or two. But you can move it there right away also. I'm afraid, too, that some closers still feel uncomfortable about the archive process, which is actually much easier than it use to be. (Those docs really need to get updated!) The nice thing is that we no longer have to do both steps immediately.

: Let me know if you have any questions or problems. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 00:23, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, that was very clear. As long as you bring it up, most of our pages on deletion are out of date -- which is mainly why I bring so many things to VFD that get reactions like "should have been speedy" or "should have used prod". I think we need to revise the whole thing, and have a new chart that says when to speedy, when to prod, and when to VFD. I don't feel competent to do that myself, but I'll be glad to help. Let me know if you can use any. --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 00:31, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

== More on deletions ==

What's your take on pages with a single phrase, obviously intended to be offensive, but which ''might'' be a quote from a person or group which ''might'' be notable? For instance, [[User:Ubiquity/Some Obscure Rapper]]. No intro, no sources, no indication that the text is a quotation. But assume I recognize or get ghits for "Some Obscure Rapper" — enough to convince me he ''might'' be notable. Does this qualify for SD/nonsense, SD/vandalism, SD/no quotes, or does it require prod or vfd? Or should I assume good faith and provide an intro and format the article properly? I suppose that if it ''were'' intended as vandalism, making it a proper article might take some of the fun out of it for the perpetrator. --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 13:32, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

: Well, for musicians, if they have neither an [http://www.allmusic.com All Music Guide] nor a Wikipedia entry, I'm inclined to assume they're non-notable. With an unoriginal quote like in your example, even though it's something that a rapper might find lyrical, I think that combination would justify an SD/unremarkable subject. (It may be vandalism or a hoax, but SD/A4 puts the burden of proof in an appropriate place if someone wants to argue the point.) If they do have some arguable notoriety, and it seems like someone just pasted it in without any intention of building up a decent article, ''that's'' where I think {{tl|prod}} is useful (i.e., careless, abandoned article). But if it seems like someone is planning to create an article about an arguably notable person with a bunch of inane "quotes", I tend to send them to WQ:VFD, as I do with wrestlers, obscure fictional characters, and other articles that collect lots of unpithy, unoriginal, and unsourced material, as they could conceivably be made useful (however unlikely). ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 17:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

== Mow ==

Hi Jeff. I'm gonna mow your grass to the dirt. --[[User:Andrew Monahan|Andrew Monahan]] 18:50, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

: Thanks, but I don't need a lawnmower. I'm fine. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 05:37, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

=== Apologies ===

Jeff, I'd like to personally apologize to a certain member of this project, and to express my gratitude for having invited me to the project. Where do I go about doing this, and in which protocol should I address such concerns? -B
{{unsigned2|16:08, 20 August 2010|X3773}}

PS, in going beyond this, I also would like to address the concerns of all involved. The responsibility for bad-decisions was without a doubt mine, and the shame and disgust have stayed with me to this day.
{{unsigned2|16:12, 20 August 2010|X3773}}

:: I'm afraid I have no idea what you're talking about, and your posting of these oddly vague statements into a 2-year-old topic started by an apparent [[meta:What is a troll?|troll]] only adds to the confusion. Would you care to explain what your specific situation and intentions are? Thank you. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 20:40, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

== Response to Email ==

: This is me, Zarbon, letting you know that I received your email confirmation and have responded to you through email and am responding here as well just to make sure you get this response and a complete confirmation tying my ip with my email. - [[Special:Contributions/72.229.48.178|72.229.48.178]] 02:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

:: Thank you, Zarbon. You're one step ahead of me by posting this message. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 05:10, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

:::Thank you Jeffq for finally unblocking me. This is my first post under my user name in a long time and I wanted it to be a thanks. In some ways, I would also like for it to be an apology if I may have been annoying at all. You have been very patient. Thanks again. - [[User:Zarbon|Zarbon]] 01:27, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

== Re: 24 recent reversion ==

Rats, I'm not yet bold enough. I saw that one put in and thought a reversion might be in order since it was bordering on transcription. -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 21:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

== New Year's resolution ==

Happy New Year! One of my New Year's resolutions is to finish [[Wikiquote:Bartlett's 1919 Index]] - but I can't do it alone. There are 234 red links for which articles need to be created, and 275 blue links for which articles need to be checked. Although I've been trying to get one done each day, lately I have not had time to do even that! Please consider making a commitment to help me keep my resolution by creating or checking one entry on this page per week. Help public domain quotes find their home in 2008! Cheers! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 05:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

== Checkuser request - Huards ==

After a spate of vandalism began with a few associated usernames, I have blocked [[User talk:Huard114|Huard114]], [[User talk:Huard115|Huard115]], and [[User talk:Huard116|Huard116]], and am prepared to block the very probably associated username [[User:Kalki Hunter]] if it is misused, but it might be good to run a check on the IPs of these accounts when you have the chance. Thanks. ~ [[User:Kalki|Kalki]] 00:21, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

: I've confirmed all of these (and Huard117) as sockpuppets, and blocked Kalki Hunter and their IP per my findings. Thanks for calling attention to this. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 01:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== Need of Letter ==

Hey, what did you need Letter for? Something that requires the book or something I might be able to look up for you from remote? -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 00:21, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

: No, I need the book itself. I want to re-read it to see if I might recommend it to someone for a project. Thanks for the offer! ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 02:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

== Probable troll-impersonator ==

There was an apparent dispute which occurred earlier today between [[User:Johney]] and [[User:82.203.139.241]]; The IP has been used for previous linking to articles on the Finnish Wikiquote, so it's use by the Johney there might be genuine, but there has thus far been no confirmation of this on the Finnish user's talk page. The user "Johney" seems to have been engaged in nothing but disputing on the talk page of the IP and myself, and I blocked this username as a probable troll for 3 days after its request for a block on both itself and the IP. I afterwards deleted its user page which seems to have been created as an attack page by an impersonator. If you or Aphaia have time to check in on this any time soon it might be helpful. ~ [[User:Kalki|Kalki]] 18:08, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

: Yeah, I'd noticed that and have been doing a little research on the Finnish WP. These two seem to be having a disagreement there as well, although I can't quite decipher Finnish well enough to understand what it is. [[w:fi:Käyttäjä:Johney|Finnish "Johney"]] seems to be a substantial and serious contributor there, so I'm reluctant to do a CU that might tell me his IP (possibly the same across projects) without more background. I've [http://fi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keskustelu_k%C3%A4ytt%C3%A4j%C3%A4st%C3%A4%3AJohney&diff=4063822&oldid=4061668 asked him to explain] on his Finnish talk page, in English, what he thinks is going on. If I don't get a reply or the explanation doesn't tell us enough, I'll do the CU. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 19:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

::I have translated some of [[User:Johney|Johney's]] contributions to English on [[User talk:Kalki#Probable troll-impersonator|Kalki's talk page]]. [[User:Finlux|Finlux]] 20:29, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

::: Johney from fi:WP has responded that the IP is his, but the existing "Johney" here is not him. The IP behind that user happens to be from a network operated by a hosting service with a history of compromised servers, so I've blocked the IP for a year as an open proxy/zombie. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 20:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

::::Ok. Thanks for your help. −[[User:Finlux|Finlux]] 21:03, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

== VfD on Free Willzyx ==

Jeff: can we move that VfD out of [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Log/Pending action]] yet?--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 22:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

: Sorry for the delay in responding, Cato. I wanted to review the state before replying, but I'm so preoccupied in meatspace right now that I'm unfairly holding things up by my attempt at preparation. If you feel the merge issues have been dealt with, by all means place it into the regular archive. If not, I'll try to look it over ''sometime soon'' (I hope) to see if I can do something about it. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 00:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:: Looks OK to me - moved.--[[User:Cato|Cato]] 10:13, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

== Restaurant menus ==

''I have reverted your edit to [[Scott Adams]] that added a list of "quotes" apparently from restaurant menus at Stacey's At Waterford. This looks like a commercial advertisement, and I can't see what it has to do with Scott Adams. Can you explain why you felt this was an appropriate addition to this article? I'm quite puzzled. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 21:22, 11 December 2007 (UTC)''

: Scott Adams is part owner (I think) of the restaurant and he wrote those things for the menu. They are both sourced and funny so I'll revert your blanking. // [[User:Liftarn|Liftarn]]

:: Thanks for responding on this matter. I re-removed these items because the cited webpage did not indicate that Adams wrote these jokes. Then I thought to dig a little and quickly found such a statement on the website's "About Us" page, so I restored them again. I took a little rejiggering, but I recast the first source to indicate both the quote and the attribution sources (usually not something we have to do separately). Technically this should be repeated for every single quote, but I thought we might get away with just including the sourced attribution for the first quote. Since the other quotes are clearly sourced to the restaurant's online menu, this should suffice. (There may be better ways to do this, but I'm in too much of a hurry right now to make a mini-project of this.)

:: This doesn't resolve the the question of whether it makes sense to include so many quips from a restaurant menu. They don't strike me as the "very best" of Scott Adams, which is what Wikiquote articles are intended to be. There's also a question of whether quoting nearly half the menu's jokes is a copyright violation. In any case, some of this should probably be trimmed. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 19:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

== RE: Sourcing Quotes ==

In reference to your comment on my talk page: I would not normally edit an attribution on Wikiquote without a proper source. In fact, I wouldn't normally edit Wikiquote at all because I consider it a conflict of interest; I run the web's oldest and most popular quotation site and would rather focus my energies there. As for the quote in question, it was attributed to "Laura Moncur" and I know that to be incorrect because Laura is my wife and she complained to me about the attribution. Due to running a popular quotation site we are often mistakenly cited as the authors of quotes. User DJFLAVIN has repeatedly attributed this quote to Laura Moncur and I felt I should correct this. Thanks for adding more detail about the (dubious) sources of this quote. [[User:Mmoncur|Mmoncur]] [[User talk:Mmoncur|(talk)]] 01:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

: Thanks for the note, and for your effort to correct DJFLAVIN's misapprehension. I imagine it was caused by Googling the quote to find <code><nowiki>[http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/38458.html Quotation #38458 from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations]</nowiki></code> as the most professionally presented citation with a name attached to it, and failing to notice that this was a collection of your wife's personal favorites, not an attempt to claim origin. Google Search is great, but folks tend to confuse popular with accurate, and read far more into the information they find than is meant by the publishers. My hasty research suggests that the quote predates all the sources I could easily find in Google Book Search, so I felt it necessary to cite what I had until another Wikiquotian could tackle this more thoroughly.

: I've enjoyed reading quotes from <code><nowiki>[http://www.quotationspage.com/ The Quotations Page]</nowiki></code>, and admire the work you and your wife have put into your immensely popular site. I always tell people that we can't consider such websites as reliable sources, given Wikimedia's needs and goals, but many (including yours) are nevertheless quite useful (and often more relevant for a surfer's inquiries, I must admit). I only wish we all had an easier job nailing down original sources. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 04:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

== Offensive quote in [[Rush Limbaugh]] ==

Please take a look at the last quote on the [[Rush Limbaugh]] page. There is an edit war going on about this quote. Two camps, one insists on having it, one refuses to have it. {{user|Greyed}} (in the "remove" camp) asked in [[Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard#Protection of Rush Limbaugh]] that the page be protected. You can see my answer there; no other admin expressed interest. But the two camps are still having revert-wars over the quote. Got any advice? Is it possible (or desirable) to have a VFD on a single quote? Are there other decisive ways to determine something like this when both sides are implacable? --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 01:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

: Thanks for your intervention on this. Now I know how to handle it ''next'' time. --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 08:15, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

== Concerns ==

Hi Jeff,

First, thank you for allowing me to edit here. I didn't arrange anything with Huard. He heard about me on ''Wikipedia'' and was just curious about me. He wanted to know what the situation was there, nothing more. I don't think he's a bad guy. I asked him to e-mail me because, as you wrote, our conversation looked bad. I am also trying to be on good terms with the community here. I tried to remain on good terms with people at ''Wikipedia,'' too, but someone from ''Wiktionary'' started complaining to them about me.

I plan to add more quotes to ''Wikiquote''. I have a bunch of really good ones lying around. I hope you don't mind my user page, by the way. It has a sad tone, so if you like, I can blank it. I'm trying to leave ''Wikipedia'' behind me, anyway.

Sincerely,

[[User:Primetime|Primetime]] 02:54, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Don't put too much faith into that page on ''Wikipedia''.

:: Thank you for your quick response. Huard was a proven serial sockpuppeteer who insisted on creating patently junk articles, then created a username clearly meant as an attack on the admin trying to stop his junk creation. Junk articles are forgiveable if a new editor chooses to learn Wikiquote goals; repeated creation of junk articles is considered vandalism; and serial sockpuppetry is a fast track for a permanent ban. The last username was gratuitous; it's hard to credit anyone with the wiki knowledge and energy to be persistently disruptive with [[WQ:AGF|good faith]], and his post about teaming up with you clearly indicated that he not only wanted to appear to be a vandal, but knew enough about Wikimedia events to seek you out for collaboration. He may be a real nice guy in real life, but he's a proven disrupter here.

:: As long as you do not violate policies here and are not using Wikiquote resources to cause problems for other projects, I think your fellow Wikiquotians would prefer to give you the benefit of the doubt. Unless I'm told otherwise by the Foundation, or other events force a re-evaluation, I'll take no further action on this.

:: I don't want you to feel that I expect you to blank your anti-Wikipedia statement. I do recall some of my own writings that, while expressing heartfelt anger at difficult situations, in retrospect said more about me than it did about the situations (and not particularly flattering things, either). You seize on the idea of your opponents calling themselves "janitors", but don't seem to realize that this is intentional humility used as a means of respecting the custodial nature of doing necessary maintenance on a project that only works because the contributors vastly outnumber the admins. (Jimmy Wales & co. tried using only credentialled people (see [[w:Nupedia|Nupedia]]), but that proved unworkable. I think just about everyone has been surprised how useful Wikipedia has proven to be, despite its many and obvious flaws. In the end, it's the utility that matters, and we must learn how to work together knowing that not everyone has the same skill set.)

:: We don't require that people edit, although I certainly hope you will resume your contributions. I only ask that you be very careful about [[Wikiquote:Copyrights|copyright issues]]. Copyvio is a far more serious problem here than at Wikipedia. Nearly ''all'' of our content is copyrighted, so we must work hard to avoid using any more than an insignificant portion of any creative work in each and every article (and in many cases, even in each and every section of an article). In case you weren't aware of this, French Wikiquote was shut down for nearly a year, and had to start ''completely from scratch'' because their copyvio problems became unacceptable to the government and infringed parties there. We ourselves continue to struggle with this problem. In fact, the most useful work anyone could do here is to ''weed out'' lesser quotes, as well as source the better ones, so that we are both compliant and accurate. Let me know if you have any questions about any of this. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 03:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

:::Sounds good. My main concern with the name ''janitor'' is that it makes it look like administrators on ''Wikipedia'' do not take their jobs seriously. "Jimbo" encourages this type of thinking, both by his writing on the matter and by his example. Consequently, the bar is set too low for promotion, and many administrators act carelessly. Many think that it's not a big deal if they block someone or delete an entry. In my managerial studies, I learned that respect and reasoning are pivotal in getting people to do what you want of them. Administrators on ''Wikipedia'' seem to rely on blocking people because users don't respect them. Users should do what administrators ask simply because they like and admire them. Many of the users on ''Wikipedia'' are also computer people, so they tend to think of conflict as a problem requiring a technical solution. The statements on my user page about my qualifications and block are arguments against the validity of my ban and against certain negative statements made about me.I agree that ''Wikipedia'' can be useful, although I only use it after I've consulted published sources. (I think that the ''Nature'' study overstated the reliability of the site.) I also use ''Wikipedia'' for its external links to reliable sources. My greatest concern about the site, though, is its hostile atmosphere. In addition to my concerns above, editors are not recognized for their contributions, and civility rules are not enforced. Other things, like bans, are over enforced. "Jimbo" should really visit his sites more often and give users a sense of direction.--[[User:Primetime|Primetime]] 05:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

== New template ==

I assumed you wanted it used! For my next trick, I have to make an article on [[Robert Service]]. [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Poetlister&diff=669210&oldid=665907]--[[User:Poetlister|Poetlister]] 22:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

== Re: Importing ==

Thank you for your message. I have wondered whether imported pages with their edit history should be prefixed "Transwiki". Mike.lifeguard has said yes. I have not heard of other comments. How about you?--[[User:Jusjih|Jusjih]] 02:01, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

: This is the kind of question I don't feel competent to consider until I've had a chance to study exactly what the results of an import look like, including every detail of the results. I haven't looked at any suggested examples recently because I know they'll generate questions, requiring more study, requiring more testing, etc., to satisfy me that I understand all the implications. This is what I've been hoping to do since December and have failed to accomplish.

: That said, my basic feeling would be that if I were satisfied that the edit history of an imported page somehow gave credit to the original project's editors for each editor (e.g., had links akin to what I used at [[Talk:Big Brother (UK)#Transwiki merge]]), I would probably find direct importing to the resulting article title fine. Anything less and I'd be concerned about misleading edit histories. But I understand this may be highly impractical. I just don't know enough yet to give my own opinion on the trade-off between proper crediting and making material transfer easy enough to ensure it gets done. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 05:29, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

::If you check my log here, you will see [[American history quotes]], [[American history quotes New Deal]], and [[American history quotes Roaring 20s]]. When I imported them with temporary undeletion on English Wikipedia, they ended up in article namespace without "Transwiki". As Mike.lifeguard is so far the only one for "transwiki" prefixing while no one else has said anything, I merged these three articles into their corresponding pages prefixed "Transwiki" for now. All edit history is preserved here even though deleted from English Wikipedia. If the majority of users here favor prefixing "Transwiki", I will follow it while I will know the better procedure than the above three pages, but our Village pump has not got better opinions.--[[User:Jusjih|Jusjih]] 03:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

::: I appreciate the info, and when I can finally get to it, I'm sure I'll find it useful in seeing how things have developed. But one of the most important things I've learned in Wikimedia is that many processes proceed and succeed as they do ''not'' because lots of people have contributed robust, comprehensive analyses of well-researched situations, but because individual, responsible, energetic editors like yourself are bold and simply get things done in the absence of broad community input.

::: I trust you to do good things. I may or may not agree with them eventually, but I also know that most good work goes on here and elsewhere without my input. (I mean that completely without hidden implications. It's just that I am so overcommitted that just about the only time I have anymore to contribute to Wikimedia is to do stuff related to checkusers, and explain to people why I am not participating in their areas of interest. I wish I could do more, but it's just not possible right now.) Please don't worry about explaining things to me now. Just do your good work for the project. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 03:28, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

== Saikano ==

hi therefriend! Why did you do that to my saikano artical(or did you)?--[[User:Nijikon|Lolicon]] 15:18, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

: First of all, it's not ''your'' article, even if you created it. It's Wikiquote's article. None of us owns the articles we create. The article's edit history provides the legal list of contributors (which is much more detailed than required by law, as it's usually possible to see every single character added or deleted by each contributor), but the overall copyright for the composition belongs to the Wikimedia Foundation, which releases the material under [[w:GFDL|GFDL]].

: Second, if you're going to ask someone, especially an editor that works on thousands of pages, "why did you do that", it's a very good idea to be specific about what "that" is. The more work you make someone go through to figure out what you're talking about, the less likely they are to respond, or at least to respond favorably. Furthermore, this is essential when you are editing with one username ("Nijikon"), representing it as something else ("Lolicon"), and (inappropriately) claiming ownership under two others ("Saikano" and "Saikano II"). Two basic ways to be more specific would be:
:* Say "why did you delete most of [[Saikano]] 2 days ago and write an insulting edit summary?". You don't need to be this detailed, but just saying "my saikano artical" isn't as clear as you might think. For one thing, since you adopted the name "Saikano", the phrase "my saikano artical" could refer to anything you've worked on. You must learn to realize that other people, whose concerns and experiences are different from yours, may not understand the same points from your posts that you are trying to make. (It doesn't help that you don't seem to know the basic spelling of common words here like "article", and don't seem to know how to use capital letters or spaces properly. This kind of [[w:SMS language|txtspk]] implies a general lack of interest in being literate, in a project that is devoted to a literary purpose. You could hardly do more harm to your cause than if you were to regularly "shout" at your fellow editors.)
:* Use links. Wikiquote has an easy way to point people to an edit:
:*# Look at the edit history of the article. Each edit in the list has two round "buttons" to its left.
:*# Select the left button of the version before an edit (or edits), and the right button of the edit (or the last edit, if there were several in a row).
:*# Click on the "compare selected versions" button to see a page that displays the exact edit(s) listed.
:*# Copy the URL (the web address in the "address" window of your browser).
:*# In your posted comment, paste the URL you copied into something like the following:
:*#:: <code>Why did you do '''<nowiki>[http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Saikano&diff=671352&oldid=592208</nowiki>''' this'''<nowiki>]</nowiki>''' to my article?</nowiki></code>
:*#: When you save your post, it will look like this:
:*#:: Why did you do [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Saikano&diff=671352&oldid=592208 this] to my article?
:*#: Now whoever reads this can click on the link to see what you mean by "this".

: Finally, as the edit history shows, I did ''not'' do "that". An anonymous (and incredibly rude) one-time editor removed much of your [[wikt:boilerplate|boilerplate]] text, leaving only a single quote. Any editor could have reverted the edit on the basis that it was a mass removal without explanation (tossing out an insult is ''not'' an explanation for a content change). If no one did, it is perhaps because much of the material that was removed didn't follow Wikiquote style guidelines (like inserting pointless and inaccurate comments like "*UNDERCONSTRUCTION!!!", failing to identify episodes by number to make ordering easier) and/or were not very good examples of quotes memorable for their words instead of their visual or aural elements, which aren't usefully communicated in a text medium like Wikiquote. We must recognize that Wikiquote's purpose is not to be a collection place for ''all'' quotes of anything, and especially not a place for fans to post their favorite ''scenes'' or ''moments'' that must be seen to be appreciated. There are many fan websites that do this, and it's easy these days to create your own as well. Wikiquote's purpose is to collect a subset of the very best, most memorable ''words'' from different works.

: All of this does not excuse the rudeness of the anon's edit. If I were more active right now, I might have posted a note to his/her talk page and restored some of the quotes and maybe even the headings. You are welcome to do so, but please consider what I've said above in making your future edits. (And please leave out the "*UNDERCONSTRUCTION!!!" comments!) Thank you. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 20:28, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Uh-oh, generally agreed with Jeff, but a major-minor-picking. I am totally happy to agree on that there is no article ''mine'' or ''yours'', since when we are releasing our submission under GFDL, then we agree it will be mercilessly edits and consequently possible collaborative edits, so we have no right to claim to keep it in a shape we prefer, but copyright is never transferred to any others, including the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WMF has a plain and strong attitude about it, and has never acted as a publisher (= the entity which is responsible for its content and also one of its copyright holder vice versa), but as a Internet service provider which hosts users' submissions eventually and without any pre-review before publishing. But again, since all editors are assumed to accept their submissions will be able to edit, it is totally unacceptable to claim to keep it fitting your preferences only because it is "your" article. --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 20:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

: Oops. I'd forgotten that bit about the Foundation's careful drawing of the line of copyright holding so that the rights are retained by the actual contributors. Sorry for the confusion. I think I let my contemplation of [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#103 "compilation copyright"] issues confuse me. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 21:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

:Nit-nitpick, publishers of written work often are not the copyright holders, either. Unlike the recording and film/tv industries most authors retain copyright over their work and publishers are given exclusive publishing rights for a set amount of time. -- [[User:Greyed|Greyed]] 22:54, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
::Greyed is right about written works in general. And I might be confused it with the right to publish (based on a certain printing muster). On the other hand, as far as I understand, it is rather common for encyclopedias or dictionaries or other types of complations that the publisher is credited as the copyright holder. Anyway unless it is explicitly said like logos, Wikimediua Foundation is generally no copyright holder of the content on the website which they host, but people who are traceable from "history" page. --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 01:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

== [[WQ:RFA]] reminder ==

The (postponed) close of the current request is coming within a day. Since you reserved your vote, it is a reminder for you to review your vote before its closure. Cheers, --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 20:08, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

== Jeff Beck ==

Are you Jeff Beck? Because I know Jeff Beck was one of the guitar gods. --[[User:Bill Cosby|Cosby]] 17:23, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

: No, I'm not Jeff Beck. (And I believe he is still considered a guitar god by many.) I'm afraid that I don't believe you are Bill Cosby, the famous comedian, either. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 21:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

== Copying from Wikipedia ==

Hello JeffQ, I was just wondering if its the same vice versa?--[[User:McNoddy|McNoddy]] 11:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC) P.S Thanks for the heads up, i'll have to remember that one.

: Not sure what you mean:
:: '''Do you need to include a link back to Wikiquote for material moved to Wikipedia?''' Most certainly. The idea is that without an imported or cut-and-pasted edit history, the destination project is no different from any other website that must credit the originating Wikimedia page and include a link back to that page. Technically, one might argue that the link shouldn't be in the edit summary but in the article itself, although that is not appropriate content for our articles. We're really just trying to use this shortcut to a full transwiki or cumbersome history-copy to stem the flood of GFDL violations, and we're hoping this is better than nothing.
:: '''Do you need to point to the Wikiquote article you moved the material to?''' I don't think so, since the action is merely a deletion of material on WP. But it's a good idea to do so, especially as a courtesy to the editors whose material has been moved. The formal transwiki process requires a link to the target page on the project one is moving material to.
: Hope this helps. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 11:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

== Transwiki ==

OK, I get it now. I was misled by the source at the bottom of the page into thinking the page had come ''directly'' from the other site, and didn't realize what Sceptre was trying to do. Thanks, Jeff, for explaining the process. --[[User:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]] 18:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
:BTW, the history of the page was actually copied, [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Transwiki:Quotations_by_Pablo_Picasso here]. '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' {[[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 20:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

''Here's a copy of the subject of these responses, for my own records:''

----

:: ''[Posted to both [[User talk:Sceptre]] and [[User talk:Ubiquity]]]'' … FYI, the process to transwiki into Wikiquote is described in detail at [[Help:Transwiki]]. It is completely appropriate for a transwikier to copy quote material from a Wikipedia article into a page called "Transwiki:''name of article''". (I probably would have used "Transwiki:Pablo Picasso" instead of [[Transwiki:Quotations by Pablo Picasso]] based on the likely destination page, but using the WP article title also makes perfect sense. It's a temporary page anyway and is in the Transwiki: space primarily so that the transfer process does not have to be completed by someone who may not know the policies and guidelines of the target project.) While Will did log its transfer from WP, he did not log its transfer '''to''' WQ in [[Transwiki]] per our policy (which follows Wikimedia-wide practice per [[m:Help:Transwiki]]). This informs people from both projects where articles are coming from and going to. (Some projects delete their logs after the transwiki is completed; we leave ours for future reference, as one never knows when someone might wonder what happened to their pet article.)

:: What is supposed to happen on the destination end is that a Wikiquotian will notice either the log entry or the new addition to [[:Category:Move into Wikiquote]]. (That assumes the WP "Copy to Wikiquote" template is changed to {{tl|Move to Wikiquote}}, which was not done here. I notice that our help page doesn't specify this step. Either I forgot to add that requirement, or WP's practice changed from using the template we still specify to using something that no longer works here. A redirect should fix that problem.) ''Anyway'', the receiving Wikiquotian then decides whether to move, merge, or delete the incoming transwiki. Will did nothing wrong in leaving the merge to another editor.

:: Many editors bypass all the formalities and simply copy the material from WP to WQ. '''This is very bad and should be discouraged vehemently.''' It violates GFDL by providing no clear credit, link, or even association with the originating article. In the past year or so, we've tried to cut corners by at least mandating the inclusion of an unlabeled link back to the WP article (e.g., "[[w:Quotations by Pablo Picasso]]") in the edit summary (or on the discussion page if the copying editor forgets this step). Will did not do this, either, so there is no record on Wikiquote of where this page came from. We must have either the log or the edit-summary link as a very minimum record. '''NOTE''', however, that if the transwikied material is an article that may be deleted, as this one was, this shortcut link is not appropriate, because the edit history will be lost to the general public when the source article is deleted. In these cases, one must provide a copy of the source article's edit history on the discussion page of the Transwiki page, which will then need to be transferred to the discussion pages of any articles that receive merged information. (If the Transwiki: page is simply deleted — and logged as deleted at [[Transwiki]]! — this is not necessary, just as it is not necessary to have a public record of contributions to any ordinary deleted article.)

:: It's now possible for some editors to export and import material between projects, which provides proper links and/or credits without much of the hassle of transwiki. I'm afraid I've been too distracted to investigate and document this, but [[User:Jusjih|Jusjih]] has been working on this recently.

:: Ubiquity says this material came from [http://www.artquotes.net/masters/picasso_quotes.htm another website]. That's good WQ detective work, but the misunderstading might have been avoided or lessened if he'd had the log to see that it was from WP and not this other website that Will transferred the material. However, it is not the responsibility of the transwikier to determine whether the transwikied material is acceptable to the project. We have the two-step process precisely to allow the destination project to make that determination, as Ubiquity did by finding that the WP material appears to be merely a copy of another website. (Even when the transwikier is a Wikiquotian, too, as Will is, one should consider that the transwiki process is enough of a bear not to expect them to do the full process at once. Of course, we have a serious backlog of material to finish transwikiing, but that's just one of our many backlogs.)

:: Ubiquity, in completing the transwiki, also failed either to log the transwiki completion or to credit the originating WP article in any edit summary, instead noting the apparent origin of the WP material. Technically, even this violates GFDL, as it fails to credit the WP editor(s) even if their work is borrowed. (One might ultimately determine they have no right to a copyright of their contributions, but it's a lot harder to work that out than just to add the article pointer or log the darn transfer and let others worry about the legal issues.)

:: I don't want to sound too critical about this. Most transwiki work that I've seen on Wikimedia projects, at least that done by non-bots, is horrendously improper. It's so bad that it could be used as an argument by Wikimedia copyright violators that we don't take our own licensing policies seriously, so why should they? But that won't change unless we read the instructions, improve them where needed, and follow them whenever possible.

:: My lack of participation in this work in the past 2 years has certainly contributed to these ongoing problems, which is one of many reasons I'm hoping to hand over some responsibilities that I think others would like to do. Meanwhile, I'd be happy to answer questions about this. Despite this critical review, I would like to thank you both for trying to get this right, which is more than most editors do. ~ ''[[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]], originally at 18:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)''
----

: By the way, I finished the formal transwiki by copying the edit history from [[Talk:Transwiki:Quotations by Pablo Picasso]] to [[Talk:Pablo Picasso#Wikipedia transwiki]] (in a slightly different format that adds WP links to the users to avoid confusion w/ possibly different WQ users), deleted the transwiki talk page, and logged the 3-part transfer (well, 2 steps with 3 pages involved) at [[Transwiki#Articles moved into Wikiquote]]. I'm afraid it's not hard to see why so many folks prefer to avoid this process. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 03:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

== Logo ==

Thanks for managing it! We got it :)--[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 07:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

==Tolkien==
I hope this note catches you. Thanks for your comments about the excessive number of quotes by JRRT. Please check out the page I started on [[Eric Rücker Eddison‎]] (Tolkien's evil twin. ;-) ) I included just 4 quotes and picked ones that I thought could stand on their own. [[User:Steve Dufour|Steve Dufour]] 21:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

== Vandalism Topic ==

Thanks Jeffq I'll keep that in mind--[[User:McNoddy|McNoddy]] 14:04, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
:Yea thats no problem, have to file off the rough edges some day--[[User:McNoddy|McNoddy]] 14:15, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

== Vandalism ==

Thanks. It's rather annoying, actually, because now the page move vandals now have a foothold - me :( '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' {[[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 18:25, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

== AWB approval ==

Thank you for adding me to the AWB checkpage. I apologize for my lack of understanding of the local policy. Regarding the diff you provided, I was merely removing what I considered to be vandalism. I was not aware of the user who made the comment, and I certainly was not attempting to assume bad faith of him/her in any way. In any case, it was probably an isolated incidence and I will be careful not to use any potentially offensive edit summaries. Thanks again. — '''[[User:Wenli|Wenli]]''' ([[User talk:Wenli|reply here]]) 22:09, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

: Well, it's hard to understand a policy that doesn't exist. I had no idea we even had a checkpage set up. (I assume that some time after I got AWB-enabled, it became useful and/or necessary to create one in order for AWB to work here. I don't recall any discussion on the matter.) Wikiquote still does quite a bit of stuff informally, but that becomes a problem when no one responds to requests like yours in a reasonable time. (You did, after all, post your request to [[WQ:AN]], just as [[WQ:AWB/CP]] said to do.) I'm afraid we're still working on how much formalism we need to ensure that the editors we have can get the required tasks done as they're needed. Like most things in this world, there are no obvious "right" answers. Thanks again for your patience on this matter. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 03:28, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

== Re: Interwiki links ==

: ''I've moved and merged the interwiki links this bot ''([[User:AnankeBot|AnankeBot]])'' recently added to [[Wikiquote:Village pump]] (WQ:VP) into the proper page, [[Wikiquote:Village pump/Header]], which we use because WQ:VP is designed to automatically add all new topics to the bottom of the page. Several maintenance and community pages follow this mechanism. I ask the owner of this bot to consider tweaking its operation, if possible, to accomodate this system, so that we don't have to keep moving and merging any changes that it makes to such pages. Thank you for your assistance. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 00:10, 2 August 2008 (UTC)''

Thank you. --[[User:Nemo bis|Nemo]] 06:48, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

== Portal ==

Hey, can you check on [[User:Arbok]]? He keeps restoring the excessive copyvios. Not to mention other people are doing it on the Portal page... :/ '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' ([[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 21:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Because you're not explaining why! Look at what Jeff told you on your talk page. - [[User:Arbok|Arbok]] 21:53, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
:Oh, stop it. You know what you're doing is wrong. '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' ([[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 22:02, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
::No, you're the one at fault here. - [[User:Arbok|Arbok]] 22:04, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Read [[Wikiquote:Vandalism]] and [[Wikiquote:Copyrights]]. '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' ([[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 22:07, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
::::No! You read what Jeff clearly told you! Quit being dumb. - [[User:Arbok|Arbok]] 22:11, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Arbok has more than worn out several admins' attempts to [[Wikiquote:assume good faith|assume good faith]] through his many failures to follow advice and then warnings, and now his obviously deliberately one-sided interpretation of my advice to both him and Will (Sceptre). I endorse (A) his block (which should be extended if he resumes ''any'' disruption after it expires); (B) the cancellation of his clearly retaliatory [[WQ:VIP]] post against [[User:98.220.177.162|98.220.177.162]]; and (C) a permanent opposition to his pointless request for adminship. I'm afraid I don't see any way in which Wikiquote will benefit from his further activity here. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 00:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

:By the way, I said copyright vandalism in the sense of the policy: "Copyrighted material vandalism: Knowingly adding copyrighted material to Wikiquote articles in violation of Wikiquote policy is vandalism. Because users may be unaware that the information is copyrighted, or of Wikiquote policy in this regard, such action only becomes vandalism if it continues after the relevant policy and copyrighted nature of the material have been established." '''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' ([[User talk:Sceptre|talk]]) 11:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

:: Ouch! I hadn't noticed the poor state of [[Wikiquote:Vandalism]]. This is yet another [[User:Essjay|Essjay]]-copied WP policy that we haven't really adapted for Wikiquote. But I can hardly blame you for using it to cite problems. My apologies.

:: I've posted a bit of a diatribe at [[Wikiquote talk:Vandalism]] expressing my displeasure at the absurd number of unproductive actions that have been labelled "vandalism" by Wikipedia, no doubt out of their own frustration with uncooperative editors. I hope I can convince ''our'' community that there are better ways to deal with problem editors than treating them all like virtual graffiti artists. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 14:24, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

== Your comments re the blocking of the Crum account ==

Thanks for your detailed comments on the administrator's noticeboard regarding my blocking of the Crum account. Thanks especially for trying to diffuse tensions and improve budding ill-feelings. I still disagree with you on whether my block was in line with the letter and spirit of our WQ blocking policy, but you have more experience than I do in how WQ policies are actually applied. I have read everything you've said regarding my actions and my grasp (or lack thereof) of Wikiquote policy, and I take it seriously.

My goal in bringing this to AN was to get more eyes on the situation, to see if my actions (and, I suppose, Poetlister's) were in line with policy, and to make sure this situation was handled by community consensus and not any one or two admins. I think that's worked. There seems to be sharp disagreement about whether the Crum account is prima facie evidence of impersonation, but I'm confident the community will work this out.

Although you might not guess it, I'm really not fond of drama, and I certainly didn't mean to trigger something that would cause this much controversy between admins. So far as what happens to the Crum account(s), I'm quite happy, even relieved, to stay out of it and allow those with more experience to hash out the issues. All the best, [[User:Quadell|Quadell]] 23:23, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

== Requesting removal of checkuser access ==

I hereby confirm that I am requesting removal of my checkuser access for English Wikiquote, per my earlier announcement at [[WQ:RFA]] ([http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote%3ARequests_for_adminship&diff=791909&oldid=791856]). ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 15:27, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== Twin Peaks ==

I was recently looking over the ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' page, which is one of the articles tagged for [[Wikiquote: Copyright Cleanup Project|copyvio review]]. Under the new guidelines we've been working on, a TV series would be nominated for deletion (on the grounds of possible copyvio) if none of the quotes were identified by episode. Since ''Twin Peaks'' had 30 episodes, however, it seems to me that this page might not be in violation (i.e., five quotes maximum for an hour-long show) if only the quotes were identified by episodes. As you had created the article and supplied many of its quotes, I was wondering if you would like to work on it as a part of the copyright project. - [[User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun]] 18:18, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

: That would be karmic punishment, eh? Yes, I'll do it. But I'll have to steel myself before I tackle ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', my true debt to the project. <big>☺</big> ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 19:22, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks for the Village pump reply ==

Thanks Jeff, I was getting bug-eyed as I read that article and thinking what a load of crap, and hoping that it was a random poorly written article. After continuing my random reads, I indeed came upon some very well written content, but sadly there remains a LOT of out of scope stuff when taking into account the linked guidelines and policies you provided. That [[2 Stupid Dogs]] article is so far out of my interest scope that I wouldn't even attempt to wikiquote it. My idea of a quotable is something that makes you go hmm after reading it and seeing how it could apply in a real world context, not just a random selection of meaningless dialogue out of context which can not qualify it's applicability as notable. I shall press on, if it doesn't all overwhelm my senses :) I'm try my luck at the [[Richard J. Daley]] aticle at the moment, trying to add sources and work on format. If you have a chance, let me know if I'm working within guidelines. I'm a wikipedian, and after over 6000 edits there, I'm trying not to impose my WP bias while editing too much here. Cheers and thanks again.--[[User:JavierMC|'''Javier''']][[User talk:JavierMC|'''MC''']] 04:53, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

==Matt Sanchez==

Can I get your help on the Matt Sanchez quotes? The Alan Colmes show quotes are 1. incomplete 2. Not sourced

==GreenBalls==
Hi, can you protect those pages which were vandalised 4 hours ago by [[User:GreenBalls]]. that person is actually a cross-wiki vandal who has been doing that for over 2 years now and since admins don't protect those pages after deleting, its recreated, he did a similar thing on wikipecies a few days ago, which I took care off, and he may hit this wiki again, recreating those pages, SALTing them will be a good idea...--[[User:Cometstyles|Comet]][[User talk:Cometstyles|styles]] 10:55, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

==Matt Sanchez==

Can we get some help on the [[Matt Sanchez]] article. There's someone, Silvowitz, who keeps putting in unsourced quotes on the page.[[User:Bluemarine|Bluemarine]] 22:48, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

:The quote in question is sourced to the ''Alan Colmes'' show. The subject of the article -- Matt Sanchez -- is trying, for the umpteenth time, to delete it from the page. Matt Sanchez was banned from Wikipedia for similar activity. --[[User:Slivowitz|Slivowitz]] 11:29, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

:: I'm having considerable problems right now devoting any time to Wikiquote. You both will probably get quicker action by posting to [[WQ:AN]] and gaining the attention of the more active admins. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 01:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

:::Thanks, Jeff. By the way, if you check the Sanchez article, you'll find the only user advocating for Sanchez was the Cato/Poetlister/Yehudi sock, that has now been de-sysopped and banned. We went around in circles with this sock a few months ago, and it's good to know we can dismiss its lies out of hand. --[[User:Slivowitz|Slivowitz]] 02:58, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

:::: I try not to dismiss anything someone says unless they are obvious vandals. I think it's important to separate the message from the messenger. Despite the policy violations that led to the aforementioned bans, Cato/Poetlister/Yehudi contributed quite a bit of good work to Wikiquote which remains. Frankly, Slivowitz, I wish you (and others) would work on being more civil, which gets more, not less, important when things get heated. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 03:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

:::::Jeff, I take your note on civility. But Cato/Poetlister/Yehudi, et al. actually engaged in ''terrorizing'' and ''stalking'' Wiki editors offline, and that far outweighs any efforts on WQ. Any purported "good work" done here was used to get himself into positions of bureaucratic power, which he then abused to no end, until he was caught. ''Nothing'' about his contributions has been valuable, in the full context of his disgraceful actions. --[[User:Slivowitz|Slivowitz]] 03:23, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

:::Also, there was a VFD on Sanchez's page a while ago that was hijacked by the Cato/Poetlister/Yehudi sock. The page would most likely have been deleted if that idiot hadn't weighed in. Would you recommend I run another VFD? --[[User:Slivowitz|Slivowitz]] 03:16, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

== Question ==

Jeff, I know you are not as active lately, but I was wondering if you could provide some historical perspective on a question posed on my talk page (see [[User_talk:UDScott#Boilerplates]]). I'm not sure if there would be any objection to this template. Do you have any thoughts? Thanks. ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] 01:21, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

: Will reply on your talk page shortly. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 00:08, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

:: And by "shortly", I mean soon (probably within 12 hours), not briefly. I expect my answer to be fairly long, but hopefully useful toward accomplishing your intent. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 01:01, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

::: Uh… did I mention that I meant "12" in base-46 (i.e., 4810 hours)? <big>☺</big> Sorry for the delay. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 05:54, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

== cite * ==

Put in its most general form, I don't like {{tl|cite web}} and the other Wikipedia citation templates because they use what I learned as "bibliography style" rather than "footnote style", and I believe the latter is more appropriate for the Web. (Plus, if you're not doing the vile APA-style in-line citations, there's no reason to front the date of publication; indeed, it's much easier to read if it's at the end.) Bibliography style is particularly bad at dealing with the case (common here) where the author is already fixed and does not need to be restated at every citation. [[User:121a0012|121a0012]] 02:53, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

== Just some help? ==

Hi, I haven't done much editing to wikiquote (though I have worked with it for a while, my favorite [and only] major addition being [[Edward Ravenscroft]]), but I'm just starting to try to get involved. I have been trying to clean some things up, and I ended up at Dragon Ball Z (which I never watch or have any interest in, but I thought I could do some objective tidying). I was reading the talk page before doing anything, and read your lengthy and informative entry. The article (which is now articles) has gotten slightly out of hand again it appears--with gems such as:

::'''Frog Face''': For you, Lord Frieza. (Zarbon and Dodoria step forward as Frog Face hands a dragonball to Dodoria)
::'''Frieza''': Very good. Just three more to go now. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
::'''Dodoria''': Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
::'''Zarbon''': (softly) Hmm Heh Heh...

Now my real question is how do I appropriately go about attempting to trim an article. I have versed myself pretty well in policies such as Wikiquote:Quotability, and Wikiquote:Limits on Quotations, but I still feel as if I start trying to objectively and appropriately trim down an article such as this (and Eminem's article, which is questionable, especially with regards to Limits on Quotation for Records), due to the nature of its subject (as well as Eminem's), it will probably just end up reverted without even comments on the talk page. As I'd like to be a responsible editor, do you have any advice about how I can begin such a task and how such a cleanup is normally done? What usually happens when someone tries to clean up an article with what one would predict would be a rather rabid fan-base? Is it usually taken well, or is it rather a useless attempt?

Please reply here, as my IP does strange things (and I edit from multiple locations). '''Chris''' [[Special:Contributions/66.183.69.201|66.183.69.201]] 22:16, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

P.S. If I can ever remember my old password, I may sign in again as Chris S.

Wow, I just really started reading through the Dragon Ball Z Season One, and it's just whole scenes, not quotes. It's full of material inappropriate for inclusion, including descriptions of what the characters are doing. This isn't Wikiscript! '''Chris''' [[Special:Contributions/66.183.69.201|66.183.69.201]] 22:34, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

: Chris, if you're still reading this, I apologize for not responding to your questions and points. I remember reading your first post and deferring it for a day or so because I always try to respond to newer editors with comprehensive answers that include plenty of links for further information, but I was in a hurry at the time. Then life happened and I all but disappeared for a while.

: I'm happy to see that you did quite well without my assistance. I hope that the end of edits under your above IP two months later only means that you changed IPs, and that you continue to enjoy contributing to Wikiquote. If you're back (or still here), I'll try to answer any new questions much more quickly. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 18:37, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

== You might find this amusing ==

I read an entry of yours way back when which very nicely elucidated some points with respect to Wikiquote. I was looking for it to reference it, and had no idea where it was, so I thought I'd do a site-specific Google search (as I knew it had one specific word I could remember: pithy). So I tried: ([http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=jeffq+pithy+site%3Aen.wikiquote.org&aq=f&oq=jeffq+pithy+site%3Aen.wikiquote.org&aqi=&aq=&oq=&aqi=&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=flbC24gbdiA Search: JeffQ pithy site:en.wikiquote.org]). '''''39 results!''''' I thought I'd had a specific enough word--guess not! After reading through the 39 results I couldn't even tell which one I was looking for as I had read too much! ''[[User:Peace and Passion|Peace and Passion]] ([[User talk:Peace and Passion|"I'm listening...."]])'' 00:57, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

: Belated thanks, Peace – I certainly do find this amusing. Every time I write the word "pithy", I cringe a little because I don't like to repeat myself unnecessarily. But pithy is so... ''pithy''. It succinctly expresses the concept of being succinctly significant, which is quite significant at Wikiquote. But I am surprised that Google found ''only'' 39 pages in which I'd used it. <big>☺</big> ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 18:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

== User Wikipedia template ==

It doesn't look like User Wikipedia|Username works if the username there is different? That will work on Wikipedia, so I'm not sure why it won't here. [[User:Шизомби|Шизомби]] 20:31, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

: English Wikiquote's templates are often simpler than English Wikipedia's, mostly because they've got far more people to develop and maintain them. We tend to avoid overly sophisticated templates unless they have an experienced editor committed to maintaining them. Furthermore, with the unified login now available, the need for different names is significantly less than it used to be.

: However, this change is pretty simple and doesn't interfere with existing use of the template, so I went ahead and added the current [[w:en:Template:User Wikipedia]]'s two parameters – en:WP username and alternative phrase for "a page" – to our [[Template:User Wikipedia]]. Hope this helps. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 07:33, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

== Abuse filter issue ==

Hi Jiff Q. You may have noticed me on [[User talk:Шизомби]] having helped him with the UBX on his user page as part of his being renamed on ENWP. You're an admin here on Wikiquote so i am coming to you with this. As the rename has been competed i went to remove the pasted code and allow for the simple transclusion of the UBX. (I am a bit of a "full service" CHU clerk.) Anyways, it seems that i was prohibited from doing so, [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Deliriousandlost accumulating a nice sized abuse filter log for it] ('''it tells you to click save again if this is a false positive'''). I have also been denied autoconfirmed user because of this, something which [[:m:Registered user|according to Meta]] i was supposed to already have. I was chatting with [[:w:User:Gurch|gurch]] a little while ago and he tried too; [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Gurch&wpSearchTitle= see his abuse filter log]. The abuse filter really needs to be edited. Punitive measures for false positives with an encouragement to try again and thus get another log entry is very unbecoming any project and their abuse filter. Just to test the scope of the filter i blanked my own user page of it's interwiki redirects and gave the edit summary "test". That it allows! I was not actually blanking Шизомби's user page. Having come to this project initially because of the rename on ENWP i was impressed and with my love of quotes thought i might participate here. Being permanently relegated to unconfirmed user status is a huge turn-off, especially considering my rather impeccable record elsewhere. [[User:Deliriousandlost|delirious & lost]] ☯ [[User talk:Deliriousandlost|~hugs~]] 10:23, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

: I see that [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] has already replied to your request on your talk page. I hope that helps. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 18:09, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

::See my talk page for a longer response re the abuse filter. As to the autoconfirmed user status, any explanation as to why Meta says i should have it but clearly i ''never'' did have it? My enwq account was [http://toolserver.org/~vvv/sulutil.php?user=Deliriousandlost automatically created on 19 September 2009] and i had 7 edits before i first was introduced to the abuse filter here. If there is some difference in getting autoconfirmed here then it should be noted on the page on Meta or/and the ENWQ page should not be redirecting to Meta. For ENWP it is four days '''and''' ten edits to be autoconfirmed; perchance is it likewise so here? [[User:Deliriousandlost|delirious & lost]] ☯ [[User talk:Deliriousandlost|~hugs~]] 21:24, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

::: I'm not very active on Wikiquote right now. I highly recommend you take this to [[Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard]] so that someone who is up-to-speed on abuse filters can help you with this. I would make one point: Wikiquote, like many non-WP projects, tends to have only a tiny fraction of the participation of the main project. This tends to lead to simpler processes and somewhat longer resolution times. I'm really not familiar with abuse filters at the moment, and Ningauble's post suggests to me that our admins might still be getting used to them. Post to [[WQ:AN]] and please be patient with us. Thank you. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 00:56, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

::::Ok so the same post telling me the same thing is a bit of a hint you are not too active. However i had a different question here on your talk page, which is why i wrote here. I get the hint. Bye. [[User:Deliriousandlost|delirious & lost]] ☯ [[User talk:Deliriousandlost|~hugs~]] 03:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

== Regarding the subsection: Anyone can be fooled by a magician ==

You link towards http://www.harrisonline.com/links/2007/05/color-changing-card-trick.htm but this url doesn't seem to work anymore?
After some googling I found it here: http://paulharrisonline.blogspot.com/2007/05/color-changing-card-trick.htm -- [[User:GideonKlok|GideonKlok]] 16:01, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

: Thanks for the head-up on this broken link! ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 20:28, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

== VfD: Rumor in African American culture ==

Since you commented at [[Talk:Rumor in African American culture]], you may be interested in discussing [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Rumor in African American culture]]. ~ [[User:Ningauble|Ningauble]] 18:14, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

== Suspicious edits by [[User:GunLobbyist]], [[User:BornInTheUSA]], and [[User:TexasTown]] ==

For some reason, I get an error message when I try to post on the Admin noticeboard. In any case, [[User:GunLobbyist]], [[User:BornInTheUSA]], and [[User:TexasTown]] all seem to be the same person, going through subject pages alphabetically and posting "quotes" from Wickedictionary, which is sort of a joke version of Wiktionary (although one version has been published in print). Here are a few diffs: [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Motivation&curid=126611&diff=1350610&oldid=1347686], [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Doubt&curid=126363&diff=1350532&oldid=1350530], [http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Luxury&curid=126491&diff=1350599&oldid=1334852]. I am inclined to revert all of these additions, but would value a second look. Cheers! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 23:21, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

: I think the Wikimedia servers had a brief problem that has now passed. I'll take a look shortly, but you might want to try to repost to [[WQ:AN]] as well. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 23:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
:: Thanks, I have. [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 00:05, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

== [[Vietnam War]] ==

I added a few quotes to the page, and I thought you might be interested in [[Wikiquote:Transwiki/American History Primary Sources Cold War]], which has about a dozen more quotes about this topic (although they are in need of better sourcing). Cheers! [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 15:53, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

: Ah, a juicy sourcing project – and a transwiki at that! I'm a bit busy at the moment, but I'll take a look at it sometime in the next week. Thanks for the suggestion. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 04:14, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

== Inactive? ==

I noticed that you are noted as ''inactive'' on the list of administrators, but you seem to be around from time to time. Do you want to remove that note? [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 04:15, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

: Well, I haven't been especially active as a user, but I feel the [[WQ:ADMIN]] tag of "inactive" is merited because I haven't done any admin work for quite a while. I don't really feel I ''should'' do anything unless & until I re-read relevant policies and practices, for the same reason I always cautioned many admin candidates in their hurry to get admin powers. In fact, several times a year I consider requesting a de-listing as admin. I guess I hang onto it for the possibility I might become active again, but I'd probably agree to a de-listing if folks don't feel comfortable with my absence and rusty skills. ~ [[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]] 07:00, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
:: I'd rather have you back as an editor/admin! :-) [[User:BD2412|''BD2412'']] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 13:04, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

== Global auto-block ==

Hello. My account was compromised during my absence. Can you indefinitely block my account globally to prevent damage to all sister wiki projects? Thanks for collaborating! --[[User:BScMScMD|BScMScMD]] ([[User talk:BScMScMD|talk]]) 04:37, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

== Ancient Greek quote ==

I noticed you have conducted research on a quote attributed to an ancient Greek, the one about exercising vital powers along lines of excellence. I thought you might be interested to know that the same quote appears in a 1991 episode of "Murder, She Wrote" called "Lines of Excellence". It is attributed to an unnamed ancient Greek over 2000 years ago. [[User:Deepdeepocean|Deepdeepocean]] ([[User talk:Deepdeepocean|talk]]) 02:40, 10 February 2018 (UTC) [[User:Deepdeepocean|Deepdeepocean]] ([[User talk:Deepdeepocean|talk]]) 02:41, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

== [[:Category:Japanese poets]] ==

[[user:Risto hot sir|Risto hot sir]] has requested that I ask the community about what should be done regarding the numerous articles listed under [[:Category:Japanese poets]]. You will know what I mean after you read a few and start to see the trend. They are all a possible copyright violation, they are all of non-notable people who don't even have a Wikipedia article, they are all from one source and they all clog up this category. You can read more about this [[user talk:DanielTom#User:Risto hot sir's Japanese Poet Articles|here]], [[talk:Fuso|here]], [[Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Doyu|here]], and [[User talk:Risto hot sir#Atsujin|here]]. [[User:Just A Regular New Yorker|Just A Regular New Yorker]] ([[User talk:Just A Regular New Yorker|talk]]) 01:19, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

== Request for comment on MonsterHunter32 ==

I am asking the community to comment about the censorship of this user that I have already alerted about here [[Talk:India#Censorship_of_sourced_quotes_by_User:MonsterHunter32]] and at other places, but it didn't help. What should be done about the continued massive removal of sourced quotes by {{Userlinks|MonsterHunter32}} when he refuses to even move the quotes to the talkpage with full reasoning for each quote as was asked by multiple users many many times? You can read more about it at the link above, and at the other discussions linked in that discussion.

What would be most helpful would be if other editors could add comments to the summary table here [[Talk:India#Summary_table]].

Since you are an admin, I would also welcome your view on the following.

Other editors and me have previously told {{U|MonsterHunter32}} many times that the following rule based on [[Template:Remove]] should be strictly observed by him:

:*'''All quotes removed by [[User:MonsterHunter32]] must always be moved by him to the article talkpage with a note that they were removed from the article, giving full reasoning (for each removed quote), as required by [[Template:Remove]]. Otherwise, the status quo (uncensored) version should be kept and/or restored.'''

This really is the bare minimum that must be enforced. If MonsterHunter32 as a rule continues to refuse to do this, I don't see how any meaningful discussion of the deleted quotes is possible at all.

Please note that this was asked to him dozens of times, and dozens of times he continues to ignore it.

Can you please help ensure that MonsterHunter32 observes this? He has been told this dozens of times by multiple users, but I will notify him again about this on his talkpage (my last notification was promptly deleted by him). If he starts edit warring again without observing this rule, he should be blocked, or at least the page be protected.

Please let me know if you have a different interpretation of any of the above. Thanks.

:Observing the rule above based on Template:Remove is the bare minimum, but it will not solve the tendentious edit warring of MonsterHunter32:

*'''{{U|MonsterHunter32}} has done blanked and censored dozens of quotes, most of them without ANY discussion on the talkpage, without moving the censored quotes to talk, and with very poor excuses (like that he only needs to "explain" his mass-blanking of many quotes in the same edit in his edit summary)'''
*'''He refuses to discuss to discuss his censorship on talk, and just continues edit-warring.'''
*'''{{U|MonsterHunter32}} has admitted that he is "monitoring me constantly". That is called stalking and is extremely disruptive.'''
*'''{{U|MonsterHunter32}} has done numerous personal attacks, baiting and attacking me and others for my or their alleged religious beliefs or opinions or alleged bias, using religious or political smears against me and others.'''

:MonsterHunter32 as a rule refuses to make the slightest concession that the quotes might be notable for other people than him. He will never admit that he was wrong, he will never make the slightest concession to me. That is not good faith discussing. Discussion with someone who as a rule and always refuses to make the slightest concession that he might be wrong, or that others may have different opinions than him, is becoming a waste of time. Maybe even worse are the misrepresentations, dishonesty and personal attacks.

:This is what '''other editors''' have said about {{U|MonsterHunter32}}:

*'''"I believe [[User:MonsterHunter32|MonsterHunter32]] is being extremely annoying and disruptive."'''

*"I was originally under the impression that to take part in this argument would require extensive research. I started by looking at Monsterhunter’s edits. '''It did not take long to indentify a general theme. He appears to be blanking large selections of quotes, with the poor justification that he was fixing the articles so that they would have a neutral point of view. However, that did not seem to be the case.''' Even if it was true, I don’t see why people that claim is important. Wikiquote serves as a site that collects quotes from reliable sources, and if the people being quoted were biased, that doesn’t mean the quote should be removed. If he feels that Jedi3 is adding too many of these quotes, than he may “combat” it by adding other quotes that he feels are appropriate. '''Edit-warring is not the answer."'''

*" I would simply suggest that rather than trying to delete the page one should instead try to find properly sourced and relevant quotes that might represent an alternative POV. "

*"I see no creditable reason for eliminating a page .... because the creator of the page is disliked...."

*"Since when do users need to add an explanation for why they are adding quotes? '''Explanations are needed to remove quotes.''' If a quote is from a notable person, and has a reliable source, you can’t take I down just because you disagree with the views expressed by the quote. “Wikiquote is a free online compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works...” ~Main Page~ "

*"I’m not sure how any of this answers what I wrote." (in response to MonsterHunter32)

*"No more of this time-wasting dispute here. I don't want my talk page to be used to call people vandals, liars, etc..... "

*"Stop with the '''misleading''' edit summaries (and now section headings too). "

* "and IF you revert this again you WILL be BLOCKED."

*"I am sick of you trying to drag me into it. Never bother me again, about this or anything else. If you persist, I will take this to administrators and you can explain it to them. Leave me alone. "

* '''"it certainly IS censorship to ATTEMPT to allow ONLY one side to a discussion "'''

* "if you keep this up you will be blocked"

:I have attempted to solve it with discussion with him, but by his refusal of even the most elementary things, like giving full reasoning for each deleted quote on the talkpage, he is making it extremely difficult. What really is needed, and I asked many times for this, are comments from other users on the quotes. Please see [[Talk:India#Summary_table]] for my latest attempt to ask others for comments.

:Ultimately, I agree with what another editor has said on the Admin noticeboard:

::*'''"If MonsterHunter32 has reasonable objections to the quotes themselves, he may discuss them on the article's talk page, but ''not'' remove them unilaterally.''' He may proceed to remove the disputed quotes from the articles '''only if in those discussions he manages to get some other editor to agree with him"''' (that other editor should either be a Wikiquote admin or an editor with more than one year of experience at Wikiquote.)

:Please let me know if you too agree with this.

:Wikiquote is not prepared to handle persistent, disruptive editors like {{Userlinks|MonsterHunter32}} who by his own admission is "constantly monitoring" me, attacking me for alleged religious bias or my alleged religious beliefs, and reverting all my additions with poor excuses that in most cases he refuses even to discuss. It cannot be in Wikiquotes interest when such editors can by constant edit warring and refusal to discussion get away with censoring and blanking quotes. --[[User:Jedi3|Jedi3]] ([[User talk:Jedi3|talk]]) 01:16, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

==Jedi3's disruptive edits==

What does [[User:Jedi3]] hopes to achieve by repeatedly complaining instead of any actual cooperation? When I discuss he either abruptly leaves or keeps on repeating the same things. He keeps on edit-warring over and over and even started edit-warring right after [[User:UDScott]] block on him expired.

All of the "complains" of his based on poor fact- reading and hiding the truth again. Oh he doesn't mention some of the comments made by other users about him:

* [[User:Jedi3]] wrongly keeps claiming [[Template:Remove]] doesn't allow for removal of quotes and mandates moving and discussion. But I found out he hasn't read it properly. Templat:Remove itself says the quotes can be removed with edit summaries. Moving and discussing is required in almost all cases. It says: ''Quotes should never be removed without a comment in the edit summary, and should almost always be moved to the Talk page with a note that they were removed from the article, giving full reasoning.''
:Despite moving and discussing not being mandatory in every case, I've often tried to discuss and move one article at a time but Jedi3 keep son edit-warring over one quote. SO HOW WILL I GET TIME FOR OTHER QUOTES? SO while he claims I am "not moving and discussing", he forgets that i can't do everything at once and the major cause is his disruption asides from being humanely impossible to discus everything at once. He's a vandal who's making up claims like he did about [[Template:Remove]] who needs to be immediately blocked.

* While Jedi3 is talking about "comments against me', jedi3 forgets [[User:Kalki]] has [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Kalki&diff=2374935&oldid=2374931 criticized his behavior as well].

* What Jedi3 forgot to mention [[User:DanielTom]] said about me at AN, "Jedi3 is obviously concerned that MonsterHunter32 is actively censoring quotes critical of Islam and wikihounding him." How? The only thing most of the articles relate to Islam is that the Muslim rulers were Muslims or some of their actions may be because of Islamic fundamentalism. Most quotes I removed are not about Islam except maybe a few non-notable ones added by Jedi3 which he added into articles of Muslim rulers or a particular religious conflict/riot like [[Noakhali riots]].
:He claims it despite me adding quotes about negative acts done by Muslims. At [[Aurangzeb]] I myself added a quote talking about [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=2364614&oldid=2364585 temple destruction by Aurangzeb]. Even at [[Noakhali riots]] I added a quote holding a Muslim responsible. I added them only because they were notable. Also I made few changes to ancient India as well. I however only remove content that is clearly not notable or memorable. The user has similarly made quotes against Christian colonial rulers in India only to further his agenda. Even if his quotes are not memorable he has added them.

* While [[User:Jedi3]] talks about "Bare-minimum", he doesn't '''stop to the do the most disruptive thing: Edit-warring'''. What's more he resumed edit-warring right after [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2370214&oldid=2364891 '''UDSCOTT warned him], he edit-warred''' at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Malabar_rebellion&diff=prev&oldid=2370261], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda&diff=prev&oldid=2370262], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Historical_negationism&diff=prev&oldid=2370263], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Noakhali_riots&diff=prev&oldid=2370264], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Liberation_War&diff=prev&oldid=2370265] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=prev&oldid=2370267].

* He has also made some utterly false claims of "blanking", even though my removal of his quotes didn't involve more than 1 or 2 quotes and removed only a small part of the article. Some of his utterly false claims of "blanking" are [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Historical_negationism&action=history here], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda&diff=prev&oldid=2370209 here] and [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Malabar_rebellion&diff=prev&oldid=2370208 here].

*As earlier mentioned after UDScott [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2370296&oldid=2370266 blocked him] for a week, '''he resumed edit-warring right after the block expired''. See [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Historical_negationism&diff=2373980&oldid=2370273 here], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=prev&oldid=2373904 a sly attempt to befool others in edit summary at Aurangzeb of "article under construction"], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Vivekananda&diff=prev&oldid=2373983 at Malabar rebellion].

* There is nothing wrong in checking another editor when they are being disruptive like [[User:Jedi3]]. And what I actually said was me categorically proving I never censored him. I was checking whether his edits are non-notable and non-memorable. "While Jedi3 keeps claiming censorship, he knows I've checked many of his recent edits on other articles where we don't have any issues. I've mostly removed quotes from his older articles. But even there I've let some of his quotes remain there. That's because on any article whenever I've found his quotes are really memorable and notable, I have not removed them."

* He claims I "refused to discuss". This despite me discussing at [[Talk:Somnath temple]], [[Talk:Aurangzeb]] and [[Talk:India]]. '''At all of those talk pages my comment is the latest'''. You can check them.

* I already suggested at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2375025&oldid=2375021 talk:India], let's discuss all quotes one by one at the relevant article talk pages. '''He refuses to do so'''.

* Jedi3 keeps on '''smearing and making false allegations''' of "censorship" just because I disagree with many of his quotes being relevant. That too me telling it plainly '''I have only removed non-memorable/non-notable quotes''': "While Jedi3 keeps claiming censorship, he knows I've checked many of his recent edits on other articles where we don't have any issues. I've mostly removed quotes from his older articles. But even there I've let some of his quotes remain there. That's because on any article whenever I've found his quotes are really memorable and notable, I have not removed them."

* He says I'm done numerous "personal attacks" against [[User:DanielTom]] and [[User:Kalki]]. I never committed any personal attacks like Jedi3 who started calling me a vandal and claimed I was censoring baselessly. And Jedi3 doesn't reveal DanieTom needlessly kept on edit-warring with me at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&action=history Everybody Draw Mohammed Day] despite me already inviting him to talk and offering him a [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&diff=2366222&oldid=2366172 compromise]. What's more he revealed his [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&diff=2366247&oldid=2366246 reason to be a baseless belief of me attempting to censor] even though I already offered to [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&diff=2366177&oldid=2366175 talk right after his first revert].

* After Daniel Tom [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=prev&oldid=2374502 reverted me] at [[Talk:India]] for removing Jedi3's vandal comments of baseless accusations and taking the issue to an entirely unrelated article while the actual discussion should have been at [[Talk:Aurangzeb]] and other articles where I actually removed his quotes. His actions were very similar to Jedi3 by baselessly accusing me of censorship despite me discussing and compromising despite the quote being not notable, I asked him not to take sides with jedi3 over any ideolgical affinity. I told DanielTom about this [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=next&oldid=2374484] and also tried to prevent another edit-war at [[Talk:India]] like it happened on [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&action=history Everybody Draw Mohammed Day]. I also told him the [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DanielTom&diff=prev&oldid=2374513 same at his own talk page].

* After Kalki [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2374930&oldid=2374929 reverted me] twice at talk:India and warned me, that was my last revert. I didn't start edit-warring and reverting like Jedi3. At [[User talk:Kalki#What censorship at Talk:India]] I asked him to effectively moderate and enforce the rules by blocking Jedi3 for his consistent disruptive editing. He kept saying he didn't have time but I pointed out I already made Jedi3's disruptive edits clear and if he moderated then this place would have been a much better place as i believe Jedi3 is not fit for here. I asked him to act against Jedi3 as the latter kept edit-warring right after after being warned and blocked by UDScott.

*Jedi3 has no problem in making false claims about quotes. [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Sikandar_Butshikan&diff=2354345&oldid=2354342 Sikandar Butshikan], indirectly admitting to verbatim to verbatrim copying from Wikipedia before checking the source, even though it isn't about Martand temple. He also added a quote at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_bin_Qasim&diff=prev&oldid=2374280 Muhammad bin Qasim] that isn't about the topic. He made up a false reason to remove a quote at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Muslim_conquest_of_the_Indian_subcontinent&diff=2365614&oldid=2365547 Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent]. Or he keeps making up his quotes eloquent, poignant, witty etc despite the "quotes" not even falling at all within the definition. He does this just to have his edits there at all costs. I've told him several times about this including [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aurangzeb&diff=2370038&oldid=2369457 here].

* He has no problem in his reverts [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=2374566&oldid=2374564 removing my quotes] and later not adding them in "some cases" as he claims, but he only has a [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2375031&oldid=2375027 problem] when I [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=2374260&oldid=2373999 reverted his edits] to stop his attempt at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Aurangzeb&diff=prev&oldid=2373904 edit-warring] at [[Aurangzeb]].

* Jedi3 tried to [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2370430&oldid=2370296 justify his edit-warring] claiming he had no choice as "I wasn't discussing". This despite me telling him that [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MonsterHunter32&diff=2370260&oldid=2370259 I already tried to discuss]. I never said there will be no discussion ever. All i said was I couldn't discuss all of them at once. I have already asked him to discuss the quotes one a time.

* He keeps on telling me to follow [[Template"Remove]]. But when I asked him to follow [[WQ:WQ]], [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jedi3&diff=2364220&oldid=2364214 he indicated he won't and said it wasn't a policy or guideline]. [[template:Remove]] doesn't claim to be a policy or guideline either. Regardless I've posted several quotes and tried to discuss with him, But Jedi3 keeps making false claims and abruptly stops discussion.

*DanielTom called me "annoying" which is an extremely negative connotation and a real personal attack. I [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=2364965&oldid=2364946 told him about this]. Then Jedi3 claims it is not a [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=2365655&oldid=2365648 personal attack and calls my comments annoying.] So I [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiquote:Vandalism_in_progress&diff=next&oldid=2365655 told him] that annoying means irritating and harassing or making angry. i asked him tocontrol himself if he felt so.

*Just a Regular New Yorker laimed in his comment that quotes canot be removed if they are sourced. He doesn't seem to have read tyhe policies.
*Except [[Wikiquote:Wikiquote]], [[WQ:Q]] and [[Template:Fame]] saying this is for notable quotes. And the [[Template:Remove]] Jedi3 keeps talking about itself says the quotes can be removed with edit summaries. Moving and discussing is required in almost all cases. "Quotes should never be removed without a comment in the edit summary, and should almost always be moved to the Talk page with a note that they were removed from the article, giving full reasoning." I've often tried to discuss and move one article at a time but Jedi3 keep son edit-warring over one quote. SO HOW WILL I GET TIME FOR OTHER QUOTES?

*Jedi3 points to the comment "I see no creditable reason for eliminating a page .... because the creator of the page is disliked...." Except I never said such a thing. But I do dislike is Jedi3's disruptive edits and him not giving two hoots about notability.

*"*"Stop with the '''misleading''' edit summaries (and now section headings too). " Jedi3 doesn't explain where it is from. I never made any misleading edit summaries unlike DanielTom's claims. i had [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=prev&oldid=2374484 plainly explained] it was "vandalism" by Jedi3 at [[Talk:India]]. I [[https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=prev&oldid=2374502 explained clearly Jedi3's issues were not related] to [[Talk:India]] and he was not discussing where the quotes were removed from.

* '''"it certainly IS censorship to ATTEMPT to allow ONLY one side to a discussion "''' Will Jedi3 say it is Kalki claiming so about me removing his unrelated vandal comments at [[Talk:India]] which had nothing to do with [[India]]. I had even [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=prev&oldid=2374929 explained this to him in my only revert of his] unlike jedi3 who still edit-wars after being warned or blocked. And I have repatedly said I don't remove any quote I found notable: "While Jedi3 keeps claiming censorship, he knows I've checked many of his recent edits on other articles where we don't have any issues. I've mostly removed quotes from his older articles. But even there I've let some of his quotes remain there. That's because on any article whenever I've found his quotes are really memorable and notable, I have not removed them."

* Also after he failed to prove his quotes as notable, he keeps on falsely calling them eloquent, poignant, witty, pithy etc despite me already [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Somnath_temple&diff=2356320&oldid=2356319 explaining] to him at [[Talk:Somnath temple]] as well as [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Aurangzeb&diff=2370038&oldid=2369457 talk:Aurangzeb] that his quotes aren't even near to what he claims. This is aside from the fact that especially a user merely calling something as notable or poignant or witty doesn't make it notable. But then again he doesn't even care about the dictionary meaning of the words he's talking about. From Oxford dictionary Poignant - "evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret". Witty - "showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humor." Anyone who reads a dictionary can understand he's making it up about any of his edits being eloquent, poignant or witty etc. yet he makes the same claim at [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2375299&oldid=2375291 Talk:India] yet again despite already being made aware his quotes are not near what he's falsely claiming them to be.

*All policies say this website is about notable quotes. [[Wikiquote:Wikiquote]] - "Wikiquote is an accurate and comprehensive collection of notable quotations." Note it doesn't say simply sourced. [[WQ:Q#Notability of author or work factor]] - "Notability of the author is not required for a quote to be included in a page on a theme. It is the quote itself that must be notable." [[Template:Fame]] - "Thank you for your effort to contribute to our project, but Wikiquote exists for the collecting of notable quotations of famous people and famous works, not for the posting of quotations of people not yet famous in some field." Yet he keeps on [https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:India&diff=2375282&oldid=2375281 using the notability of author] to say it should be included, despite [[WQ:Q]] saying "With regards to quotes about people, notability of a person as the subject of quote can be even more difficult to quantify, but it is clear that a person may be notable as a subject, even if that person has said nothing quotable." Not to mention the quote itself being notable criteria mentioned by it as well.

Jedi3 needs to be blocked for his constant disruption, caring for nothing except POV-pushing at all costs even if becomes disruptive, bad faith edits and accusations as well as false claims. [[User:MonsterHunter32|MonsterHunter32]] ([[User talk:MonsterHunter32|talk]]) 06:41, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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Henri Fayol

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[[File:Fonds henri fayol.jpg|thumb|<center>''To manage is to forecast and plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control.'' - Henri Fayol, 1916.</center>]]
'''[[:w:Henri Fayol|Henri Fayol]]''' ([[29 July]] [[1841]], Istanbul – [[19 November]] [[1925]], Paris) was a French mining engineer and director of mines who developed a general theory of business administration.

== Quotes ==
* To [[management|manage]] is to forecast and plan, to organize, co-ordinate and to control.
** Fayol (1916) cited in: Gerald A. Cole (2003) ''Management theory and practice''. p. 6

* To [[management|manage]] is to forecast and plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control. To foresee and plan means examining the future and drawing up the plan of action. To organize means building up the dual structure, material and human, of the undertaking. To command means binding together, unifying and harmonizing all activity and effort. To control means seeing that everything occurs in conformity with established rule and expressed demand.
** Fayol (1916) cited in: Russell C. Swansburg (1996) ''Management and Leadership for Nurse Managers'', p. 1

* The control of an undertaking consists of seeing that everything is being carried out in accordance with the plan which has been adopted, the orders which have been given, and the principles which have been laid down. Its object is to point out mistakes in order that they may be rectified and prevented from recurring.
** Fayol (1916) cited in: Ralph Currier Davis (1951) ''The fundamentals of top management''. p. 157. This quote was already cited in multiple sources in 1938.

* There is no one doctrine of administration for [[business]] and another for affairs of state; administrative doctrine is universal. Principles and general rules which hold good for business hold good for the state too, and the reverse applies.
** Fayol (1917) "Préface à Administration industrielle et générale" in: Dunod and Pinat eds. (1918) ''l’éveil de l’esprit public''. p. 6

* [In France] a minister has twenty assistants, where the ''Administrative Theory'' says that a [[manager]] at the head of a big undertaking should not have more than five or six.
** Fayol cited in: Morgen Witzel (2001) ''Organization Behaviour, 1890-1940, Volume 1''. p. 191

=== ''Henri Fayol addressed his colleagues in the mineral industry 23 June 1900'' ===
Henri Fayol (1900). "Henri Fayol addressed his colleagues in the mineral industry 23 June 1900." Translated by J.A. Coubrough. In: Fayol (1930) ''Industrial and General Administration''. pp. 79-81 (republished in: [[Daniel A. Wren|Wren]], Bedeian & Breeze, (2002) "[http://bus.lsu.edu/management/faculty/abedeian/articles/Fayol.pdf The foundations of Henri Fayol’s administrative theory]". Text passed into the public domain, see M. Vitry, M. (2000) ''Dunod Editor for permissions, to Wren, D.A.''. p. 19)

* The technical and commercial functions of a [[business]] are clearly defined, but the same cannot be said of the administrative function. Not many people are familiar with its constitution and powers; our senses cannot follow its workings - we do not see it build or forge, sell or buy - and yet we all know that, if it does not work properly, the undertaking is in danger of failure.
** p. 907-908
[[File:Musterarbeitsplatz.png|thumb|240px|<center>''Industry... needs young men who are healthy, tractable, unpretentious and, I would even say, full of illusions...'' - Fayol, 1900</center>]]
* The administrative function has many duties. It has to foresee and make preparations to meet the financial, commercial, and technical conditions under which the concern must be started and run. It deals with the [[organization]], selection, and management of the staff. It is the means by which the various parts of the undertaking communicate with the outside world, etc. Although this list is incomplete, it gives us an idea of the importance of the administrative function. The sole fact that it is in charge of the staff makes it in most cases the predominant function, for we all know that, even if a firm has perfect machinery and manufacturing processes, it is doomed to failure if it is run by an inefficient staff.
** p. 908

* Every [[employee]] in an undertaking, then, takes a larger or smaller share in the work of administration, and has, therefore, to use and display his administrative faculties. This is why we often see men, who are specially gifted, gradually rise from the lowest to the highest level of the industrial hierarchy, although they have only had an elementary education. But young men, who begin practical work as engineers soon after leaving industrial schools, are in a particularly good position both for learning administration and for showing their ability in this direction, for in administration, as in all other branches of industrial activity, a man’s work is judged by its results.
** p. 908

* Would you like to know, for instance, to what extent higher mathematics is used in our two great industries? Well, it is never used at all. Having found this to be the case in my own experience, after quite a long career, I wondered whether I was not an exception; so I made enquiries, and I found that it was a general rule that neither [[engineer]]s nor [[manager]]s used higher mathematics in carrying out their duties. We must, of course, learn mathematics that goes without saying but the question is how much must we learn? Up to the present this point has nearly always been decided simply by professors, but it seems to me to be a question in which professors do not count very much, and in which they count less as they become more learned and more devoted to their work. They would like to pass on all their scientific knowledge and they find that their pupils always leave them too soon.
** p. 909

* [[Industry]], which needs young men who are healthy, tractable, unpretentious and, I would even say, full of illusions, often receives engineers who are tired out, weak in body, and less ready than one could wish to take modest jobs and work so hard that everything seems easy to them. I am convinced that they could begin practical work much earlier and just as well prepared, by leaving things which are not used in practice out of their school education.
** p. 909

* Administration, which calls for the application of wide knowledge and many personal qualities, is above all the art of handling men, and in this art, as in many others, it is practice that makes perfect. This is one of the reasons why we should release our future engineers for practical work as early as possible; there are many drawbacks to staying too long at school.
** p. 909

* In my opinion, it is the industry concerned which should have the chief say in the question of the amount of theoretical training required. It is the industry which uses the products of the schools, and, like every consumer, it has the right to make its wishes known.
** p. 909

=== ''1908 presentation from Henri Fayol’s personal papers'' ===
Henri Fayol, H (1908a). "L’exposee des principles generaux d’administration". Unpublished paper, translated by J.D Breeze. published in: [[Daniel A. Wren]], Arthur G. Bedeian, John D. Breeze, (2002) "[http://bus.lsu.edu/management/faculty/abedeian/articles/Fayol.pdf The foundations of Henri Fayol’s administrative theory]", ''Management Decision'', Vol. 40 Iss: 9, pp.906 - 918
[[File:Ecole des mines3.jpg|thumb|<center>''Are there principles of administration? Nobody doubts it. What do they consist of? That is what I propose to discuss today...'' - Henri Fayol, 1908.</center>]]

* According to the dictionary, ''to administer'' is to govern, or to manage a public or private [[business]]. It means, therefore, to seek to make the best possible use of the resources available in achieving the goal of the enterprise. ''Administration'' includes, therefore, all the operations of the enterprise. But as a result of the usual way of organizing things to facilitate the running of the business, a certain number of activities constitute the special departments; the technical department, the commercial department, the financial department, etc., and the scope of the administrative department is found to be reduced accordingly.
** p. 911

* One could define the administrative department by saying that it includes everything that is not part of the other departments, but one can define it in a more positive manner by saying that it is specifically responsible for;
*# ensuring that unity of action, discipline, anticipation, activity, order, etc., exist in all parts of the enterprise;
*# recruiting, organizing and directing the workforce;
*# ensuring good relations between the various departments and with the outside world;
*# coordination of all efforts towards the overall goal;
*# satisfying shareholders and employees; labor and management.
** p. 911

* Are there principles of administration? Nobody doubts it. What do they consist of? That is what I propose to discuss today. The subjects of recruitment, organization and direction of personnel will form the subject of the second part of this study.
** p. 912
**''Comment:'' The principles of administration Fayol presented in this publication (p. 910) were:
**# Unity of command
**# Hierarchical transmission of orders (''chain-of-command'')
**# Separation of powers - authority, subordination, responsibility and control
**# Centralization
**# Order
**# Discipline
**# Planning
**# [[Organization chart]]
**# Meetings and reports
**# [[Accounting]]
**''Comment:'' [[Daniel A. Wren|Wren]], Boyd and Bedeian (2002) commented with the words: "This previously untranslated and unpublished 1908 presentation from Henri Fayol’s personal papers indicates the progress he had made in developing his theory of administration."

=== ''General and industrial management'', 1919/1949 ===
* [[Management]] plays a very important part in the government of undertakings: of all undertakings, large or small, industrial, commercial, political, religious or other. I intend to set forth my ideas here on the way in which that part should be played.
** p.xxi cited in: Harold R. Pollard (1974) ''Developments in management thought''. p. 88

* This code is indispensable. Be it a case of commerce, industry, politics, religion, war or philanthropy in every concern there is a management function to be performed and for its performance there must be principles, that is to say acknowledged truths regarded as proven on which to rely.
** p. 42-43 cited in: John B. Miner (2006) Historical Origins, Theoretical Foundations, And the Future''. p. 114

* [Planning] means both to assess the future and make provision for it.
** p. 43 cited in: George A. Steiner (1997) ''Strategic Planning''. p. 346

=== ''The administrative theory in the state'', 1923 ===
Henri Fayol (1923). "[http://archive.org/stream/papersonscienceo00guli#page/n115/mode/2up The administrative theory in the state]". Translated by S. Greer. In: Gulick, L. and Urwick. L. Eds. (1937) ''Papers on the Science of Administration, Institute of Public Administration''. New York. pp. 99-114

* The manner in which the subordinates do their work has incontestably a great effect upon the ultimate result, but the operation of management has much greater effect.
** p. 102 cited in: Göran Svensson, Greg Wood, (2006) "Sustainable components of leadership effectiveness in organizational performance", ''Journal of Management Development'', Vol. 25 Iss: 6, pp.522 - 534

* The meaning that I have given to the word ''administration'' and which has been generally adopted, broadens considerably the field of administrative science. It embraces not only the public service but enterprises of every size and description, of every form and every purpose. All undertakings require planning, organization, command, co-ordination and control, and in order to function properly, all must observe the same general principles. We are no longer confronted with several administrative sciences but with one alone, which can be applied equally well to public and to private affairs and whose principal elements are today summarized in what we term the ''Administrative Theory''.
** p. 116 )

== About Henri Fayol ==
* Henri Fayol (1949) is generally considered the father of [[planning]]. As early as 1917, he led a nationally owned French mining concern from the brink of bankruptcy to international dominance. This was clearly the result of his development of a specific system. This system involved forecasts from various levels and persons within the organization. [[Manager]]s from each level submitted their best estimates of the coming years activity and, based on this information, the Chief Executive Officer would make up a one to five year plan. Financial evaluations and control of departments were then based upon these projections. Based on the [[business]] practices and policies of 1917, this was a radical and unsettling approach. Prior to Fayol’s innovation, the charisma and entrepreneurial abilities of the firm’s [[leadership]] was believed to be the major factor leading to its success. As more firms became corporations and the size of business entities continued to grow, Fayol’s planning approach became widely accepted. General Motors adopted this approach (luring the 1930s and 1940s and provided an excellent example of this (Sloane, 1963) in the United States. Since World War II, the evolution of planning approaches can be viewed as three distinct phases (Camillus, 1986). The first of these phases lasted through the 1950s and was, in actuality, an evolution of Fayol’s approach. Its base of operation was in the [[accounting]] department of a business. Budgeting and financial projections were used by management to develop future projections and to control operational decisions. From this writer’s experience, this appears to he the primary planning process used in the field of child and youth care today. How many of our present day agencies are operated (in reality) by a business office...
** Frank Sullivan (1989) "The total agency planning model". In: ''The Child and Youth Care Administrator''. Vol.2 No.2 pp 44-46: cited in: [http://www.cyc-net.org/quote2/quote-346.html Quote of the Day], Nr 346, 1 Sept 2003

* Fayol was the first person to attempt to systematise management by accentuating the higher levels of control (Robbins, 1991:37).
** J. Kroon (1995) ''General management''. p. 32

* He wrote a monograph in French in 1916, entitled "General and Industrial Administration". Until this book was translated into English in 1929, little was known about him by the western world
** Tripathi (2008) ''Principles Of Management''. p. 18

== External links ==
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* [http://mip-ms.cnam.fr/servlet/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?ID_FICHIER=1295877017978 Fiche de lecture d'Administration industrielle et générale], Claude Remila, Cours d’organisation et systèmes d’information. (in French)

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World War I

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[[File:Klatschmohn fg01.jpg|thumb|right|In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row... ~ [[John McCrae]] ]]
[[File:Meuse-Argonne, 26 September–1 October 1918.gif|thumb|right|[[God]] would never be cruel enough to create a cyclone as terrible as that [[w:Meuse-Argonne Offensive|Argonne battle]]. Only man would ever think of doing an awful thing like that. ~ [[Alvin C. York]] ]]
[[File:Henry Johnson.PNG|thumb|right|During [[w:World War I|the war]] 500,000 colored men and boys were called up under the draft, not one of whom sought to evade it. They took their places wherever assigned in defense of [[United States|the nation of which they are just as truly citizens]] as are any others. ~ [[Calvin Coolidge]]]]
'''[[w:World War I|World War I]]''' was a world conflict, raging from August 1914 to the final Armistice on November 11, 1918. The [[w:Allies of World War I|Allied Powers]], led by the British Empire, France, Russia until March 1918, and the United States after 1917, defeated the [[w:Central Powers|Central Powers]], led by the German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

== Quotes ==
:Alphabetized by author 
*If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international obligation … an obligation of honor which no self-respecting man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.
**Premier Asquith, Statement, to House of Commons, Declaration of War with Germany, August 4, 1914.

* Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field.
** [[Winston Churchill]], first lord of the Admiralty, memorandum to Prime Minister Sir Edward Grey and Lord Kitchener (September 5, 1914); Winston S. Churchill, ''The World Crisis, 1911–1914'' (1923), 2d ed., vol. 1, p. 272.

*I think a curse should rest on me — because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment — and yet — I can't help it — I enjoy every second of it.
**[[Winston Churchill]], A letter to a friend (1916).

*No compromise on the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong -- that is the Declaration of July 4th, 1918.
** [[Winston Churchill]] At a joint Anglo-American rally in Westminster, July 4, 1918, speaking against calls for a negotiated truce with Germany. As printed in War aims & peace ideals: selections in prose & verse (1919), edited by Tucker Brooke & Henry Seidel Canby, Yale University Press, p. 138.

* The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought. … Europe and large parts of Asia and Africa became one vast battlefield on which after years of struggle not armies but nations broke and ran. When all was over, Torture and Cannibalism were the only two expedients that the civilized, scientific, Christian States had been able to deny themselves: and they were of doubtful utility.
** [[Winston Churchill]], From ''The World Crisis, 1911-1918'' : Chapter I (The Vials of Wrath), Churchill, Butterworth (1923).

* If you hadn't entered the World War we would have made peace with Germany early in 1917. Had we made peace then there would have been no collapse in Russia followed by communism, no break-down in Italy followed by fascism, and Germany would not have signed the Versailles Treaty, which has enthroned nazi-ism in Germany. In other words, if America had stayed out of the war all of these "isms" wouldn't today be sweeping the Continent of Europe and breaking down parliamentary government, and if England had made peace early in 1917, it would have saved over 1,000,000 British, French, American, and other lives.
** Attributed to [[Winston Churchill]], but denied by him. William Griffin, sworn statement (September 8, 1939), reprinted in the ''Congressional Record'' (October 21, 1939), vol. 84, p. 686. Griffin, publisher of the ''New York Enquirer'', said the conversation had taken place in London during August 1936. Griffin brought a $1,000,000 libel suit against Churchill in October 1939, but the charges were dismissed on October 21, 1942, when Griffin or his lawyers failed to appear when the case was called. At that time Griffin was under indictment in Washington, D.C., on charges of conspiring to lower the morale of the armed forces of this country. In his answer to the suit, Churchill admitted the 1936 interview, but denied the statement. ''The New York Times'' (October 22, 1942), p. 13. The proceedings against Griffin were later quashed after a hearing in federal court on January 26, 1944.

*'''During the war 500,000 colored men and boys were called up under the draft, not one of whom sought to evade it. They took their places wherever assigned in defense of the nation of which they are just as truly citizens as are any others.''' The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, however it might be received in some other quarters, could not possibly be permitted by one who feels a responsibility for living up to the traditions and maintaining the principles of the [[w:Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. '''[[United States Constitution|Our Constitution]] guarantees equal rights to all our citizens, without discrimination on account of race or color. I have taken my oath to support that Constitution. It is the source of your rights and my rights. I propose to regard it, and administer it, as the source of the rights of all the people, whatever their belief or race.'''
**[[Calvin Coolidge]], [https://archive.org/stream/foundationsofrep00unit/foundationsofrep00unit_djvu.txt Letter to Charles F. Gardner] (9 August 1924).

* Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?
** Daniel Daly, Battle cry at the Battle of Belleau Wood, World War I, June 1918

*'''This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years.'''
** [[Ferdinand Foch]], Said after the [[w:Treaty of Versailles|Treaty of Versailles]], as quoted in ''Memoires'' (1963) by Paul Reynaud, vol. 2, p. 457.

*Are we virtuous merely because we are restrained by the fetters of the law? We hear men prophecy that this war means the death of [[Christianity]] and an era of [[Pandeism]] or perhaps even the destruction of all which we call modern civilization and culture. We hear men predict that the ultimate result of the war will be a blessing to humanity.
** Louis S. Hardin, '17, "The Chimerical Application of Machiavelli's Principles", ''[[w:Yale Sheffield Monthly]]'', pp 461–465, [[w:Yale University]], May 1915, p. 463.

* '''This war, like the next war, is a war to end war.'''
** [[David Lloyd George]], Statement, sometimes dated to have been made in 1916, as quoted in Reading, Writing and Remembering : A Literary Record (1932) by Edward Verrall Lucas, p. 296.

* '''At eleven o’clock this morning came to an end the cruellest and most terrible War that has ever scourged mankind. I hope we may say that thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars.'''
** [[David Lloyd George]], Speech in the House of Commons, (11 November 1918).

* '''The lamps are going out all over Europe: we shall not see them lit again in our life-time'''."
** [[Edward Grey]], Vol. 2, ch. 18, [http://books.google.de/books?id=d68gSzbih8QC&q="lamps+are+going" p. 20 books.google]
** On his famous remark, in August of 1914, about the impending outbreak of the First World War
** Cf. John Alfred Spender: ''Life, Journalism and Politics'', Vol. 2, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York 1927. Chp. 20, [http://www.archive.org/stream/lifejournalismpo02jasprich#page/14/mode/2up p. 14 archive.org] and [[w:The lamps are going out]].

* '''In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place'''; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short day ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
**[[John McCrae]], ''[[w:In Flanders Fields|In Flanders Fields]]'' (1915).

* What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
** [[w:Wilfred Owen|Wilfred Owen]], from ''[[w:Anthem for Doomed Youth|Anthem for Doomed Youth]]''.

* In war-time the word [[patriotism]] means suppression of [[truth]].
** [[w:Siegfried Sassoon|Siegfried Sassoon]] in ''Memoirs of an Infantry Officer''.

*The First World War had begun – imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age.
**[[A. J. P. Taylor]], ''The First World War'' ([1963] 1970) p. 20
* '''The First World War killed fewer victims than the [[Second World War]], destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions — but in many ways it left even deeper scars both on the mind and on the map of Europe. The old world never recovered from the shock.'''
** Edmond Taylor, in ''The Fossil Monarchies''.

* It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
** [[Woodrow Wilson]], address to a joint session of Congress recommending that Germany's course be declared war against the United States (April 2, 1917), Albert Shaw, ed., ''The Messages and Papers of Woodrow Wilson'' (1924), vol. 1, p. 382–83.

* '''[[God]] would never be cruel enough to create a cyclone as terrible as that [[w:Meuse-Argonne Offensive|Argonne battle]]. Only man would ever think of doing an awful thing like that.''' It looked like "the abomination of desolation" must look like. And all through the long night those big guns flashed and growled just like the lightning and the thunder when it storms in the mountains at home. And, oh my, we had to pass the wounded. And some of them were on stretchers going back to the dressing stations, and some of them were lying around, moaning and twitching. And the dead were all along the road. And it was wet and cold. And it all made me think of the Bible and the story of the Anti-Christ and Armageddon. And I'm telling you the little log cabin in Wolf Valley in old Tennessee seemed a long long way off.
** [[Alvin C. York]], in his account of 7 October 1918, in the ''Diary of Alvin York''.

* ''Gott strafe England.''
** May God punish England.
** A [[w:Gott strafe England|common slogan]] of the German Army, attributed to [[w:Ernst Lissauer|Ernst Lissauer]].

* It have been one of the richest experiences of my life...feeling that I was being really useful to the boys on the other side.
** Unidentified actress about working in a war factory. From an excerpt in Adriane Ruggiero, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qbvmJzwwB7EC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA79 American Voices from World War I]'' (2003), p. 79–80, citing Norma B. Kastl, "Wartime, the Place and the Girl", ''Independent'' magazine (unidentified issue).

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Rain Man

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'''''[[w:Rain Man|Rain Man]]''''' is a [[w:1988 in film|1988 film]] starring [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Tom Cruise]] about abrasive Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his father has left all of his estate to an autistic savant brother, Raymond.
:''Directed by [[w:Barry Levinson|Barry Levinson]]. Written by [[w:Barry Morrow|Barry Morrow]]

== Raymond Babbitt==
* I'm an excellent driver.

* 15 minutes to Judge Wapner and ''The People's Court''.

* Are you taking any prescription medication?

* One for bad, two for good.

* If the syrup is on the table after the pancakes, then it will definitely be too late.

* Charlie Babbitt made a joke.

== Dialogue ==
:'''Dr. Bruner''': Wouldn't you be more comfortable in your K-mart clothes, Raymond?
:'''Charlie''': Tell him, Raymond.
:'''Raymond''': K-mart sucks.

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:'''Doctor''': Are you autistic?
:'''Raymond''': I don't think so. No. Definitely not.

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:'''Susanna''': You use me, you use Raymond, you use everybody.
:'''Charlie''': Using Raymond? Hey, Raymond, am I using you? Am I using you, Raymond?
:'''Raymond''': ''[absentmindedly]'' Yeah.
:'''Charlie''': Shut up! He's answering a question from a half hour ago!

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:'''Raymond''': Gotta get my boxer shorts at K-Mart.
:'''Charlie''': ''[pulls over and gets out of the car]'' I'm going out of my mind! Outta my mind! WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHERE YOU BUY UNDERWEAR?! WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?! UNDERWEAR IS UNDERWEAR! IT IS UNDERWEAR WHEREVER YOU BUY IT! IN CINCINNATI OR WHEREVER!!
:'''Raymond''': K-Mart.
:'''Charlie''': You know what I think, Ray? I think this autism is a bunch of shit! Because you can't tell me that you're not in there somewhere!
:'''Raymond''': Boxer shorts. K-Mart.

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:'''Charlie''': I'll see you in two weeks, okay, Raymond?
:'''Raymond''': One for bad, two for good.
:'''Charlie''': Bet two for good.
:'''Raymond''': Yeah.

== Cast ==
* [[Dustin Hoffman]] - Raymond Babbitt
* [[Tom Cruise]] - Charlie Babbitt
* [[w:Valeria Golino|Valeria Golino]] - Susanna

== External links ==
{{wikipedia}}
* {{imdb title|id=0095953|title=Rain Man}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|id=rain_man|title=Rain Man}}

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Queen (band)

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[[File:Queen logo.svg|right|thumb|'''We are the champions - my [[friends]]''']]
'''[[w:Queen (band)|Queen]]''' is a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of [[Freddie Mercury]] (lead vocals, piano), [[w:Brian May|Brian May]] (guitar, vocals), [[w:John Deacon|John Deacon]] (bass guitar, vocals), and [[w:Roger Meddows Taylor|Roger Taylor]] (drums, vocals). Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works, incorporating more diverse and innovative styles in their music.

== Song lyrics ==
All lyrics written by [[Freddie Mercury]], except as noted

* Oh my [[love]] we've had Our share of tears Oh my [[friends]] we've had Our [[hopes]] and [[fears]] Oh my friend it's been A long hard year But now it's [[Christmas]] Yes it's Christmas Thank [[God]] it's Christmas.
** ''[[w:Thank God It's Christmas|Thank God It's Christmas]]'', written by Brian May and Roger Taylor (1984)

=== ''[[w:Queen (Queen album)|Queen]]'' (1973) ===
* I was told a million times Of all the troubles in my way Tried to grow a little wiser Little better ev'ry day But if I crossed a million rivers And I rode a million miles Then I'd still be where I started Bread and butter for a smile.
** ''[[w:Keep Yourself Alive|Keep Yourself Alive]]'', written by Brian May

* Liar oh ev'rybody deceives me. Liar why don't you leave me alone? Liar I have sailed the seas Liar from Mars to Mercury. Liar I have drunk the wine. Liar time after time. Liar you're lying to me. Liar you're lying to me. Father please forgive me. You know you'll never leave me.
** ''[[w:Liar (Queen song)|Liar]]''

=== ''[[w:Queen II|Queen II]]'' (1974) ===
* There's no living in my life anymore The seas have gone dry and the rain stopped falling Please don't you cry anymore Can't you see? Listen to the breeze, whisper to me please Don't send me to the path of nevermore.
** ''[[w:Nevermore (song)|Nevermore]]''

* Fear me you lords and lady preachers I descend upon your Earth from the skies I command your very souls you unbelievers Bring before me what is mine The seven seas of Rhye.Can you hear me you peers and privy counsellors? I stand before you naked to the eyes I will destroy any man who dares abuse my trust I swear that you'll be mine The seven seas of Rhye.
** ''[[w:Seven Seas of Rhye|Seven Seas of Rhye]]

=== ''[[w:Sheer Heart Attack|Sheer Heart Attack]]'' (1974) ===
* She's a Killer Queen Gunpowder, gelatine Dynamite with a laserbeam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime. Ooh, recommended at the price Insatiable an appetite. Wanna try?
** ''[[w:Killer Queen|Killer Queen]]''

* Drop of a hat she's as willing as Playful as a pussy cat Then momentarily out of action Temporarily out of gas To absolutely drive you wild, wild.. She's all out to get you.
** ''Killer Queen''

* Dislocate your spine if you don't sign he says I'll have you seeing double (double) Mesmerise you when he's tongue-tied Simply with those eyes, ooh ooh ooh Synchronise your minds and see The beast within him rise.
** ''[[w:Flick of the Wrist|Flick of the Wrist]]''

* Yeah, ooh, a thin moon me in a smoke-screen sky Where the beams of your lovelight chase Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain With the rain running down my face.
** ''[[w:Now I'm Here|Now I'm Here]]'', written by Brian May

=== ''[[w:A Night at the Opera (Queen album)|A Night at the Opera]]'' (1975) ===
* Aah You suck my blood like a leech You break the law and you preach Screw my brain till it hurts You've taken all my money - and you want more.
** ''[[w:Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...)|Death on Two Legs]]''

* Ooh, you make me live Whatever this world can give to me It's you, you're all I see. Ooh, you make me live now honey Ooh, you make me live.Oh, you're the best friend That I ever had. I've been with you such a long time; You're my sunshine. And I want you to know That my feelings are true I really love you. (Ooh) Oh, you're my best friend.
** ''[[w:You're My Best Friend (Queen (song)|You're My Best Friend]]'', written by John Deacon

* Love of my life - you've hurt me You've broken my heart and now you leave me Love of my life can't you see Bring it back, bring it back Don't take it away from me, because you don't know What it means to me.
** ''[[w:Love of My Life (Queen song)|Love of My Life]]''

[[File:Hannover7909.jpg|thumb|right|Is this the real [[life]]? Is this just [[fantasy]]? Caught in a landslide, No escape from [[reality]].]]
[[File:Queen 1984 0009.jpg|thumb|right|I've paid my dues [[Time]] after time I've done my sentence But committed no [[crime]].]]

* '''Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality.''' Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.
** ''[[w:Bohemian Rhapsody|Bohemian Rhapsody]]''

* '''Mama Just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama Life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, Ooh Didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on As if nothing really matters.
** ''Bohemian Rhapsody''

* Too late My time has come, Sends shivers down my spine, Body's aching all the time. Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go, Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth. Mama, ooh (anyway the wind blows) I don't wanna die I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
** ''Bohemian Rhapsody''

* '''I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango? Thunderbolts and lightning Very very frightening me! Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo Figaro Magnificooooo! I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me He's just a poor boy, from a poor family, spare him his life from this monstrosity! Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. Let him Go! Bismillah! We will not let you go! Let him Go! Bismillah! We will not let you go! Let me go! Will not let you go! Let me go! Will not let you go! Oh, let me gooooo! No, no, no, no,no, no, no! Oh mama mia, mama mia! Mama mia let me go Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me! For me! For meeeee!
** ''Bohemian Rhapsody''

*So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh baby! - Can't do this to me baby! Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here!
** ''Bohemian Rhapsody''

* Nothing really matters Anyone can see Nothing really matters - nothing really matters to me. Any way the wind blows.
** ''Bohemian Rhapsody''

=== ''[[w:A Day at the Races (album)|A Day at the Races]]'' (1976) ===
* Your Mamma says you don't Your Daddy says you won't And I'm boilin' up inside Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time - oh no.
** ''[[w:Tie Your Mother Down|Tie Your Mother Down]]'', written by Brian May

*Tie your mother down, tie your mother down Take your little brother swimming with a brick, that's all right Tie your mother down, tie your mother down Or you ain't no friend of mine!
** ''Tie Your Mother Down''
* You might believe in Heaven I would not care to say For every star in Heaven There's a sad soul here today Wake up in the morning with a good face Stare at the moon all day Lonely as a whisper on a star chase Does anyone care anyway? For all the prayers in Heaven So much of life's this way.
** ''[[w:Long Away|Long Away]]'', written by Brian May

* Ooh, each morning I get up I die a little; Can barely stand on my feet. (Take a look at yourself) Take a look in the mirror and cry (and cry) Lord what you're doing to me? (yeah yeah) I have spent all my years in believing you. But I just can't get no relief, Lord! Somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (somebody) Can anybody find me somebody to love?
** ''[[w:Somebody to Love (Queen song)|Somebody to Love]]''

* Got no feel, I got no rhythm I just keep losing my beat (You just keep losing and losing) I'm OK, I'm alright (he's alright - he's alright) I ain't gonna face no defeat (yeah yeah) I just gotta get out of this prison cell One day (someday) I'm gonna be free, Lord! Find me somebody to love.
** ''Somebody to Love''

* I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things We can do the tango just for two I can serenade and gently play on your heart strings Be your Valentino just for you.Ooh love - ooh loverboy What're you doin' tonight, hey boy? Set my alarm, turn on my charm That's because I'm a good old-fashioned lover boy.
** ''[[w:Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy|Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy]]''

=== ''[[w:News of the World (album)|News of the World]]'' (1977) ===

* Buddy you're a boy make a big noise Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day You got mud on yo' face You big disgrace Kickin' your can all over the place Singin'We will, we will rock you! We will, we will rock you!
** ''[[w:We Will Rock You|We Will Rock You]]'', written by Brian May

*Buddy you're a young man, hard man Shouting in the street gonna take on the world some day You got blood on your face You big disgrace Waving your banner all over the place Singin' We will, we will rock you! We will, we will rock you!
** ''We Will Rock You''

* Buddy you're an old man, poor man Pleadin' with your eyes, gonna make You some peace some day You got mud on your face Big disgrace Somebody betta put you back into your place.We will, we will rock you! We will, we will rock you!
** ''We Will Rock You''

* '''I've paid my dues, Time after time. I've done my sentence, But committed no crime.''' And bad mistakes, I've made a few. I've had my share of sand, Kicked in my face, But I've come through.And we mean to go on and on and on and on.'''We are the champions - my friends And we'll keep on fighting Till the end. We are the champions, We are the champions. No time for losers, 'Cause we are the champions of the World!'''
** ''[[w:We Are the Champions|We Are the Champions]]''

* Spread your wings and fly away Fly away, far away Spread your little wings and fly away Fly away, far away Pull yourself together 'Cos you know you should do better That's because you're a free man.
** ''[[w:Spread Your Wings|Spread Your Wings]]'', written by John Deacon

* You say you love me And I hardly know your name And if I say I love you in the candle light There's no-one but myself to blame But there's something inside That's turning my mind away Woh - how I could love you If I could let you stay.
** ''[[w:It's Late|It's Late]], written by Brian May

* She came without a farthing A babe without a name So much ado 'bout nothing Is what she'd try to say So much ado my lover So many games we played Through ev'ry fleeted summer Through ev'ry precious day All dead all dead All the dreams we had And I wonder why I still live on All dead all dead And alone I'm spared My sweeter half instead All dead and gone
** ''[[w:All Dead, All Dead|All Dead, All Dead]], written by Brian May

=== ''[[w:Jazz (Queen album)|Jazz]]'' (1978) ===
* Are you gonna take me home tonight? Ah down beside that red firelight? Are you gonna let it all hang out? Fat bottomed girls, You make the rockin' world go round.
** ''[[w:Fat Bottomed Girls|Fat Bottomed Girls]]'', written by Brian May

* Bicycle Bicycle Bicycle I want to ride my Bicycle Bicycle Bicycle I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike. I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like.
** ''[[w:Bicycle Race|Bicycle Race]]''

* You say black, I say white. You say bark, I say bite. You say shark, I say hey man [[Jaws (film)|Jaws]] was never my scene. And I don't like [[Star Wars]]. You say Rolls, I say Royce You say God give me a choice. You say Lord, I say Christ. I don't believe in [[w:Peter Pan|Peter Pan]], [[w:Frankenstein|Frankenstein]] or [[w:Superman|Superman]].
** ''Bicycle Race''

* Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out, Yeah! I'm floating around in ecstasy So don't stop me now don't stop me 'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time. I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies Like a [[tiger]] defying the laws of gravity I'm a racing car passing by, like Lady Godiva, I'm gonna go go go There's no stopping me. I'm burning through the sky yeah! Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit I'm trav'ling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic man out of you Don't stop me now
** ''[[w:Don't Stop Me Now|Don't Stop Me Now]]'', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM Official video at YouTube] · [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-OTYT02W7E Cover by Foxes, recapping ''Doctor Who'' Series 8 (2014)]

* I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars On a collision course I am a satellite I'm out of control I am a sex machine ready to reload Like an atom bomb about to Oh oh oh oh oh explode I'm burning through the sky Yeah! Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit I'm trav'ling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic woman of you Don't stop me…
** ''Don't Stop Me Now''

=== ''[[w:The Game (Queen album)|The Game]]'' (1980) ===
* Open up your mind and let me step inside Rest your weary head and let your heart decide It's so easy when you know the rules It's so easy all you have to do Is fall in love Play the game Everybody play the game of love Ooh yeah.
** ''[[w:Play the Game (song)|Play the Game]]''

* Are you ready, hey, are you ready for this? Are you hangin' on the edge of your seat? Out of the doorway the bullets rip To the sound of the beat - yeah.Another one bites the dust. Another one bites the dust. And another one gone and another one gone; Another one bites the dust, eh. Hey, I'm gonna get you too, Another one bites the dust.
** ''[[w:Another One Bites the Dust|Another One Bites the Dust]]'', written by John Deacon

* There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a man And bring him to the ground You can beat him You can cheat him You can treat him bad and leave him When he's down, yeah But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you I'm standing on my own two feet Out of the doorway the bullets rip Repeating to the sound of the beat.
** ''Another One Bites the Dust''

* This thing (this thing) Called love (called love) It cries (like a baby) In a cradle all night It swings (woo woo) It jives (woo woo) It shakes all over like a jelly fish I kinda like it Crazy little thing called love.
** ''[[w:Crazy Little Thing Called Love|Crazy Little Thing Called Love]]''

* There goes my baby She knows how to rock 'n' roll She drives me crazy She gives me hot and cold fever Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweatI gotta be cool, relax, get hip And get on my track's Take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motorbike Until I'm ready Crazy little thing called love.
** ''Crazy Little Thing Called Love''

* Hey little babe you're changing Babe, are you feeling sore? Ain't no use in pretending You don't wanna play no more It's plain that you ain't no baby What would your mother say You're all dressed up like a lady How come you behave this way Sail Away Sweet Sister Sail across the sea Maybe you find somebody Who loves you half as much as me My heart is always with you No matter what you do Sail away sweet sister Always be in love with you
** ''[[w:Sail Away Sweet Sister|Sail Away Sweet Sister]]'', written by Brian May

=== ''[[w:Hot Space|Hot Space]]'' (1982) ===
* Some sleepless nights in wait for you Some foreign presence you feel Comes creeping through Some stream of hope The whole world through Spread like some silent disease You'll get yours too.
** ''[[w:Calling All Girls|Calling All Girls]]'', written by Roger Taylor

* Don't touch me now Don't hold me now Don't break the spell darling, now you are near Look in my eyes And speak to me Those special promises I long to hear ''Las palabras de amor'' Let me hear the words of love.
** ''[[w:Las Palabras de Amor|Las Palabras de Amor]]', written by Brian May

* It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming 'Let me out' Pray tomorrow - gets me higher higher high Pressure on people people on streetsTurned away from it all like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn Why - why - why? Love love love love loveInsanity laughs under pressure we're breaking Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
** ''[[w:Under Pressure|Under Pressure]]'', written by [[David Bowie]], Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon

=== ''[[w:The Works (Queen album)|The Works]]'' (1984) ===
* Radio - radio I'd sit alone and watch your light My only friend through teenage nights And everything I had to know I heard it on my radio.
** ''[[w:Radio Ga Ga|Radio Ga Ga]]'', written by Roger Taylor

* So don't become some background noise A backdrop for the girls and boys Who just don't know or just don't care And just complain when you're not there You had your time, you had the power You've yet to have your finest hour Radio - radio.
** ''Radio Ga Ga''

All we hear is Radio Ga Ga Radio Goo Goo Radio Ga Ga All we hear is Radio Ga Ga Radio Blah Blah Radio, what's new? Radio, someone still loves you.
** ''Radio Ga Ga''

* Yeah yeah It's a hard life To be true lovers together To love and live forever in each others hearts It's a long hard fight To learn to care for each other To trust in one another right from the start When you're in love.
** ''[[w:It's a Hard Life|It's a Hard Life]]''

* Here we stand or here we fall History won't care at all Make the bed, light the light Lady mercy won't be home tonightYeah, you don't waste no time at all Don't hear the bell but you answer the call It comes to you as to us all Hey, we're just waiting For the hammer to fall - yeah.
** ''[[w:Hammer to Fall|Hammer to Fall]]'', written by Brian May

=== ''[[w:A Kind of Magic|A Kind of Magic]]'' (1986) ===
* I had a dream When I was young A dream of sweet illusion A glimpse of hope and unity And visions of one sweet union But a cold wind blows And a dark rain falls And in my heart it shows Look what they've done to my dream, yeah.
** ''[[w:One Vision|One Vision]]'', written by [[Freddie Mercury]], [[w:Brian May|Brian May]], [[w:Roger Meddows Taylor|Roger Taylor]], and [[w:John Deacon|John Deacon]]

* One dream, one soul, one prize One goal, one golden glance of what should be It's a kind of magic One shaft of light that shows the way No mortal man can win this day It's a kind of magic The bell that rings inside your mind Is challenging the doors of time It's a kind of magic The waiting seems eternity The day will dawn of sanity.
** ''[[w:A Kind of Magic (song)|A Kind of Magic]]'', written by [[w:Roger Meddows Taylor|Roger Taylor]]

* Just one year of love Is better than a lifetime alone One sentimental moment in your arms Is like a shooting star right through my heart It's always a rainy day without you I'm a prisoner of love inside you I'm falling apart all around you - yeah
** ''[[w:One Year of Love|One Year of Love]]'', written by [[w:John Deacon|John Deacon]]

* When your plans go wrong - you turn out the light But inside of your mind you put up a fight Where are the answers that we're all searching for? There's nothing in this world to be sure of anymore Some days you're feeling good, some days you're feeling bad But if you're feeling happy someone else is always sad Let the sweetness of love wipe the tears from your face For better for worse, so let's make the best of the rest of our years.
** ''[[w:Pain Is So Close to Pleasure|Pain Is So Close to Pleasure]]'', written by [[w:John Deacon|John Deacon]] and [[Freddie Mercury]]

* It's not easy love, but you've got friends you can trust Friends will be friends When you're in need of love they give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you're through with life and all hope is lost Hold out your hand 'cos friends will be friends - right till the end.
** ''[[w:Friends Will Be Friends|Friends Will Be Friends]]'', written by [[Freddie Mercury]] and [[w:John Deacon|John Deacon]]

* Here we are, born to be kings We're the princes of the universe Here we belong, fighting to survive In a world with the darkest powers, heh And here we are, we're the princes of the universe Here we belong, fighting for survival We've come to be the rulers of you all.
** ''[[w:Prince of the Universe|Prince of the Universe]]''

=== ''[[w:The Miracle (album)|The Miracle]]'' (1989) ===
* Every drop of rain that falls the Sahara Desert says it all It's a miracle. All God's creations great and small, the Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal That's a miracle. Test tube babies being born, mothers, fathers dead and gone It's a miracle We're having a miracle on Earth, mother nature does it all for us. The wonders of this world go on The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Captain Cook and Cain and Abel Jimi Hendrix and The Tower of Babel It's a miracle It's a miracle It's a miracle The one thing we're all waiting for Is peace on earth and an end to war It's a miracle we need The miracle
** ''[[w:The Miracle (song)|The Miracle]]'', written by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon

* Breakthru, these barriers of pain Breakthru, yeah, to the sunshine from the rain Make my feelings known towards you Turn my heart inside and out for you now Somehow I have to make this final breakthru.
** ''[[w:Breakthru (song)|Breakthru]]'', written by Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury

* Scandal - now you've left me all the world's gonna know Hey scandal, they're gonna turn our lives into a freak show They'll see the heart-ache, they'll see our love break They'll hear me pleading, we'll say for God's sakes Over and over and over again.
** ''[[w:Scandal (song)|Scandal]]'', written by Brian May

=== ''[[w:Innuendo (album)|Innuendo]]'' (1991) ===
* While we live according to race, colour or creed While we rule by blind madness and pure greed Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion Through the eons and on and on.Oh, yes, we'll keep on trying, yeah We'll tread that fine line Oh oh we'll keep on trying Till the end of time.
** ''[[w:Innuendo (song)|Innuendo]]'', written by Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury

* When the outside temperature rises And the meaning is oh so clear One thousand and one yellow daffodils Begin to dance in front of you - oh dear Are they trying to tell you something? You're missing that one final screw You're simply not in the pink my dear To be honest you haven't got a clue I'm going slightly mad.
** ''[[w:I'm Going Slightly Mad|I'm Going Slightly Mad]]''

* And you're rushing headlong you've got a new goal And you're rushing headlong out of control And you think you're so strong But there ain't no stopping no there's nothin' You can do about it.
** ''[[w:Headlong (song)|Headlong]]'', written by Brian May

* I can't live with you But I can't live without you I can't let you stay Oh but I can't live if you go away I don't know just how it goes All I know is I can't live with you Yeah, I'm having a hard time I'm walking a fine line Between hope and despair You may think that I don't care But I travelled a long road to Get a hold of my sorrow I tried to catch a dream But nothing's what it seems Love is saying baby it's all right When deep inside you're really petrified.
** ''[[w:I Can't Live With You|I Can't Live With You]]'', written by Brian May

* Sometimes I get to feelin' I was back in the old days - long ago When we were kids, when we were young Things seemed so perfect - you know? The days were endless, we were crazy - we were young The sun was always shinin' - we just lived for fun Sometimes it seems like lately - I just don't know The rest of my life's been - just a show.
** ''[[w:These Are the Days of Our Lives|These Are the Days of Our Lives]]'', written by Roger Taylor

*Those were the days of our lives. Bad things in life were so few. Those days are all gone now, but one thing's still true. When I look, and I find, I still love you.
** ''These Are the Days of Our Lives''

* Empty spaces - what are we living for Abandoned places - I guess we know the score On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for... Another hero, another mindless crime Behind the curtain, in the pantomime Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore The show must go on The show must go on, yeah Inside my heart is breaking My make-up may be flaking But my smile still stays on.
** ''[[w:The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]]'', written by Brian May

=== ''[[w:Made in Heaven|Made in Heaven]]'' (1995) ===
* I'm taking my ride with destiny Willing to play my part Living with painful memories Loving with all my heart.
** ''[[w:Made in Heaven (song)|Made in Heaven]]''

* Why don't you take another little piece of my heart Why don't you take it and break it And tear it all apart? All I do is give And all you do is take Baby why don't you give me A brand new start?
** ''[[w:Let Me Live|Let Me Live]]'', written by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon

* I was born to love you With every single beat of my heart Yes, I was born to take care of you Every single day of my life.
** ''[[w:I Was Born to Love You (song)|I Was Born to Love You]]''

* In these days of cool reflection (reflection) You come to me and everything seems alright In these days of cold affections You sit by me - and everything's fine.This could be heaven for everyone This world could be fed, this world could be fun This could be heaven for everyone This world could be free, this world could be one.
** ''[[w:Heaven for Everyone|Heaven for Everyone]]'', written by Roger Taylor

* Too much love will kill you If you can't make up your mind Torn between the lover And the love you leave behind You're headed for disaster 'Cos you never read the signs Too much love will kill you - every time.
** ''[[w:Too Much Love Will Kill You|Too Much Love Will Kill You]]'', written by Brian May, [[w:Frank Musker|Frank Musker]], and Elizabeth Lamers

== External links ==
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*{{Official website|http://www.queenonline.com/home}}

[[Category:Bands]]

The Last Samurai

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[[File:Tanka-tsuba-p1010068 Rama 300.jpg|thumb|right|What does it mean to be Samurai? To devote yourself utterly to a set of [[moral]] [[principles]]. To seek a stillness of your [[mind]]. And to master the way of the [[sword]].]]
'''''{{w|The Last Samurai}}''''' is a [[w:2003 in film|2003]] {{w|alternate history}} film about an American army [[w:captain (OF-2)|captain]] Nathan Algren who is hired to train [[w:Japan|Japanese]] troops during the {{w|Meiji Restoration}}. In his first battle against the oppositional {{w|samurai}}, Algren is taken prisoner by Lord Katsumoto who gradually converts him to his cause. Although not historically accurate, the film covered several major issues of the {{w|Japanese history}} and was received better in Japan than in the US.
:''Directed by {{w|Edward Zwick}}. Written by [[w:John Logan (writer)|John Logan]]''
<center>'''In the face of an enemy, in the Heart of One Man, Lies the Soul of a Warrior'''</center>

==Nathan Algren==
* There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea, no past, no future.
* My thanks, on behalf of those who died in the name of better mechanical amusements and commercial opportunities.
* Imagine someone who hates you with the utmost intensity grabbing a handful of you hair while you're lying prostrate and helpless. Then scraping the dull blade of a rusty knife across you scalp. And let your imagination grasp if you can, Mr. Graham, the effect that a strong, quick jerk on the turf of your hair to release any clinging particles would have on your nervous system.
* Mr. Graham, tell this man to fire at me. Tell this man that if he does not shoot me I will kill him.
* You want me to kill the enemies of Jappos, I'll kill the enemies of Jappos. Rebs or Sioux or Cheyenne; for 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free.
* ''[to the Silent Samurai]'' I know why you don't talk. You're angry. You're angry because they make you wear a dress.
* ''[speaking with the Silent Samurai, after being beaten to the ground by Uijo]'' I just realized, I've been remiss. Forgive me, I forgot to thank you for looking out for me yesterday. That is your job, correct? Protecting me. Well done 'Bob.' You don't mind if I call you Bob, do you? I knew a Bob once; God, he was ugly as a mule. Are you a ladies man, Bob?
* ''[kneeling in front of Emperor]'' If you believe me to be your enemy, command me, and I will gladly take my life.
* [narrating] Winter, 1877. What does it mean to be Samurai? To devote yourself utterly to a set of moral principles. To seek a stillness of your mind. And to master the way of the sword.
*[narrating] Spring, 1877. This marks the longest I've stayed in one place since I left the farm at 17. There is so much here I will never understand. I've never been a church going man, and what I've seen on the field of battle has led me to question God's purpose. But there is indeed something spiritual in this place. And though it may forever be obscure to me, I cannot but be aware of its power. I do know that it is here that I've known my first untroubled sleep in many years.
* They are an intriguing people. From the moment they wake, they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue. I have never seen such discipline.
* I do not presume to understand the course of my life.
* I should have died so many times before.

==Katsumoto==
* Many of our customs seem strange to you. And the same is true of yours. For example, not introducing yourself is considered extremely rude, even among enemies.
* I have introduced myself. You have introduced yourself. This is a very good conversation.
* The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.
* ''[returning Algren's things before leaving the samurai village]'' When I took these, you were my enemy...
* ''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[fictional last words in films|last words]], about cherry blossoms]'' Perfect. They... are all... perfect...
*My name is Katsumoto. What is your name?

==Omura==
* We must resist the [[w:the west|Western powers]] by becoming powerful ourselves. [[w:Imperial Japanese Army|Our army]] and [[w:Economy of Japan|our economy]] must be strong.
* If Katsumoto attracts other samurai to his cause, we will have 10 years of rebellion. This is something I will not allow. Either I will stop him at the council today or you will lead my army against him. And with these new weapons, you will crush him.
* [increasingly fearful] This is madness. He's going to attack? He's defeated. He must accept his shame. Kill him. Kill all of them.
* Bring out the new [[w:Gatling gun|gun]].. Quickly.. Quickly.. Fire.. Idiots keep on firing.

==Others==
* '''Colonel Bagley''': ''[to Algren]'' Just tell me one thing. ''What'' is it about your own people that you ''hate'' so much?
* '''{{w|Emperor Meiji}}''': I dreamed of a unified Japan. Of a country strong and independent and modern... Now we have railroads and cannon, Western clothing, but we cannot forget who we are or where we come from.
* '''Simon Graham''' ''[opening narration]'': They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a cold blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor.
* '''Simon Graham''' ''[closing narration]'': And so the days of the Samurai had ended. Nations, like men, it is sometimes said, have their own destiny. As for the American Captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say that he died of his wounds. Others, that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have at last found some small measure of peace, that we all seek, and few of us ever find.

==Dialogue==
:'''Omura''': Katsumoto is an extraordinary man, is he not?
:'''Algren''': He is a tribal leader. I've known many of them.
:'''Omura''': But none who are samurai. Their ways have great appeal.

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:'''Colonel Bagley''': Katsumoto has attacked the railroad next to his province.
:'''Omura''': We cannot govern a country in which we cannot travel freely. He must be stopped now. My railroad is a priority for this country.
:'''Algren''': ''[about the army]'' They're not ready.
:'''Colonel Bagley''': The rebels don't have a single rifle among them. They're savages with bows and arrows.
:'''Algren''': Whose sole occupation for the last one thousand years has been war.

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:'''Katsumoto''': With this sword I guarded the Emperor...
:'''Omura''': We are a nation of laws.
:'''Katsumoto''': We are a nation of whores selling ourselves...
:'''Omura''': If we are whores, the samurai made us this way.

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:'''Omura''': Commence firing.. You see, even the mighty samurai cannot stand up to the {{w|howitzer}}s. Signal the attack.
:'''Colonel Bagley''': I advise sending in skirmishers first.
:'''Omura''': Nonsense! Full attack!

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:''[The commanders see smoke rising from the battlefield]''
:'''Colonel Bagley''': What on earth?!
:'''Omura''': What is happening?
:'''Colonel Bagley''': The attack has been stopped.
:'''Omura''': Send in rest of the regiment.

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:'''Omura''': What is this? This is madness. Is he going to attack?
:'''Colonel Bagley''': Yes.
:'''Omura''': ''[fearful, referring to Algren]'' He is defeated, he must accept his shame. Kill him, all of them now.
:'''Colonel Bagley''':[''Ignores Omura's request to use the howizers and gives him the binoculars, intending to finish off Algren, Katsumoto and the rebellion by using the soldiers.''] My Horse.

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:'''Colonel Bagley''': Nathan. I did what I was ordered to do, and I have no regrets. So what do you say we put the past behind us?
:'''Nathan Algren''': You want me to kill Jappos? I'll kill Jappos.
:'''Colonel Bagley''': I'm not asking you to kill anybody.
:'''Nathan Algren''': You want me to kill the ''enemies'' of Jappos, I'll kill the ''enemies'' of Jappos... Rebs, Sioux, Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month, I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill ''you'' for free.

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:'''Nathan Algren''': Sergeant Gant, did you hear my order?
:'''Zebulon Gant''': I did indeed, sir.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Good, then you will obey it. Now!
:'''Zebulon Gant''': No disrespect intended, sir, but shove it up your arse.

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:'''The Silent Samurai''': Algren-san! ''[rushes in front of Algren to protect him from being shot and takes the bullet]''
:'''Nathan Algren''': Bob!

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:'''{{w|Emperor Meiji}}''' ''[about Katsumoto]'': Tell me how he died.
:'''Nathan Algren''': I will tell you how he lived.

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:'''Emperor Meiji''': I dreamed of a unified Japan, of a country strong and independent and modern. And now we have railroads and cannon, Western clothing. But we cannot forget who we are, or where we come from. Ambassador Swanbeck, I have concluded that your treaty is NOT in the best interests of my people.
:'''Ambassador Swanbeck''': Sir, if I may...
:'''Emperor Meiji''': So sorry, but you may not.
:'''Ambassador Swanbeck''': This is an outrage!
:''[He and his aide leave.]''

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:'''Omura''': Enlighted One, we must discuss this-
:'''Emperor Meiji''': Omura, you have done quite enough.
:'''Omura''': Everything I have done, I have done for my country.
:'''Emperor Meiji''': Then you will not mind when I seize your family's assets and present them as my gift to the people.
:''[Algren while on his knees is seen pleased at Omura's downfall.]''
:'''Omura''': ''[furious]'' You disgrace me!
:'''Emperor Meiji''': If your shame is too unbearable, I offer you ''this'' sword!
:''[Emperor Meiji holds up Katsumoto's sword in front of Omura. Unwilling to committ seppuku, he backs down.]''

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:'''Zebulon Gant''' ''[to Japanese recruits]'': Alright, you little bastards! You will stand up straight or I will personally shit kick every Far Eastern buttock that appears before my eyes! ''[the recruits quickly come to attention]''
:'''Nathan Algren''': Well done, Sergeant.
:'''Zebulon Gant''': When you understand the language, sir, everything falls into place.

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:'''Nobutada''': Please forgive, too many mind.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Too many mind?
:'''Nobutada''': Hai. Mind the sword, mind the people watch, mind the enemy, too many mind... ''[pause]'' No mind.

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:'''Higen''': I would be afraid to die in battle.
:'''Algren''': So would I.
:'''Higen''': But you have been in many battles.
:'''Algren''': ...and I was always afraid.
:'''Higen''': ''(realizing the nature of what could happen to Algren, the father figure he came to love)'' I don't want you to go.

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:'''Emperor Meiji''':[upon learning Katsumoto's death] You were with him until the very end.
:'''Algren''': Hai.
:'''Omura''': Emperor, this man fought against you.
:'''Algren''': Your highness, if you believe me to be your enemy. Command me and I'll gladly take my life.

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:''[As Algren and Katsumoto rides up to meet Omura, an unnamed commander and Col. Bagley. Bagley is shocked to see Algren in a red samurai armor.]''
:'''Colonel Bagley''': Good God! ''[Recovers to face both Algren and Katsumoto]'' Sir, the Imperial Army of Japan demands your surrender. If you and your fellows lay down your arms, you will not be harmed.
:'''Katsumoto''': This is not possible as Mr. Omura knows.
:''[Omura gives Katsumoto a nod as a sign of respect. Bagley then faces Algren]''
:'''Colonel Bagley''': Captain Algren, we will show you no quarter. You ride against us and you're the same as they are.
:'''Algren''': I'll look for you in the field.

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:''[While conversing with Graham and General Hasegawa.]''
:'''Algren''': Who supplies their weapons?
:''[Graham asks Hasegawa about Katsumoto's rebellion and firearms. He tells Graham in Japanese.]''
:'''Graham''': Katsumoto no longer dishonors himself by using firearms, you see.
:'''Algren''': He uses no firearms?
:'''Graham''': To those who honor the old ways, Katsumoto is a hero.
:'''Algren''': ''[Regarding General Hasegawa]'' How well does he know this man?
:'''Graham''': Well he and Katsumoto fought together for the emperor.
:'''Algren''': He fought with the samurai.
:'''Graham''': He is Samurai.

==Katsumoto and Algren==
:'''Nathan Algren''': What do you want?
:'''Katsumoto''': To know my enemy.
:'''Nathan Algren''': I've seen what you do to your enemies.
:'''Katsumoto''': Warriors in your country do not kill?
:'''Nathan Algren''': They don't cut the heads off defeated, kneeling men.
:'''Katsumoto''': General Hasegawa asked me to help him end his life. A samurai cannot stand the shame of defeat. I was honored to cut off his head.

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:'''Katsumoto''': And who was your general?
:'''Nathan Algren''': Don't you have a rebellion to lead?
:'''Katsumoto''': People in your country do not like conversation?
:'''Nathan Algren''': He was a {{w|lieutenant colonel}}. His name was {{w|Custer}}.
:'''Katsumoto''': I know this name. He killed many warriors.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Oh, yes. Many warriors.
:'''Katsumoto''': So he was a good general.
:'''Nathan Algren''': No. He wasn't a good general. He was arrogant and foolhardy. And [[w:Battle of Little Bighorn|he got massacred because he took a single battalion against two thousand angry Indians]].
:'''Katsumoto''': Two thousand Indians? How many men for Custer?
:'''Nathan Algren''': Two hundred and eleven.
:'''Katsumoto''': I like this General Custer.
:'''Nathan Algren''': He was a murderer who fell in love with his own legend. And his troopers died for it.
:'''Katsumoto''': I think this is a very good death.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Well, maybe you can have one just like it someday.

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:'''Katsumoto''': The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one and it would not be a wasted life.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Who sent those men to kill you?
:'''Katsumoto''': I'm writing a poem about a dream I had. 'The tiger's eyes are like my own, but he comes from across a deep and troubled sea...'
:'''Nathan Algren''': Was it the Emperor? Omura?
:'''Katsumoto''': If the Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask.
:'''Nathan Algren''': So it was Omura.
:'''Katsumoto''': I'm having trouble finishing the poem. Can you suggest a last line?
:'''Nathan Algren''': I'm not a writer.
:'''Katsumoto''': Yet you have written many pages since you came here.
:'''Nathan Algren''': What else has she told you?
:'''Katsumoto''': You have nightmares.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Every soldier has nightmares.
:'''Katsumoto''': Only one who is ashamed of what he has done.
:'''Nathan Algren''': You have no idea what I've done.
:'''Katsumoto''': You have seen many things.
:'''Nathan Algren''': I have.
:'''Katsumoto''': And you do not fear death, but sometimes you wish for it. Is this not so?
:'''Nathan Algren''': Yes.
:'''Katsumoto''': I also. It happens to men who have seen what we have seen. But then I come to this place of my ancestors, and I remember. Like these blossoms, we are all dying. To know life in every breath, every cup of tea, every life we take. The way of the warrior....
:'''Nathan Algren''': Life in every breath...
:'''Katsumoto''': That is Bushido.

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:'''Nathan Algren''': Who sent those men to kill you? Was it the Emperor? Omura?
:'''Katsumoto''': If the Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask.
:'''Nathan Algren''': So it was Omura.

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:'''Katsumoto''': You believe a man can change his destiny?
:'''Nathan Algren''': I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed.

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:'''Katsumoto''': What happened to the warriors at [[w:Battle of Thermopylae|Thermopylae]]?
:'''Nathan Algren''' ''[smiling]'': Dead to the last man.

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:'''Katsumoto''': The Emperor could not hear my words. His army will come. For nine hundred years, my ancestors have protected our people. Now... I have failed them.
:'''Nathan Algren''': So you will take your own life? In shame? Shame for a life of service? Discipline? Compassion?
:'''Katsumoto''': The way of the Samurai is not necessary anymore.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Necessary? What could be more necessary?
:'''Katsumoto''': I will die by the sword. My own, or my enemy's.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Then let it be your enemy's.
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:''[After narrowly defeating the first Imperial attack amidst heavy losses]''
:'''Nathan Algren''': They'll bring two more regiments up here soon. We won't be able to stop them again.
:'''Katsumoto''': You do not have to die here.
:'''Nathan Algren''': I should have died so many times before.
:'''Katsumoto''': And now you live again.
:'''Nathan Algren''': Yes.
:'''Katsumoto''': It was not your time.
:'''Nathan Algren''': It's not over.

==Cast==
* {{w|Tom Cruise}} - Nathan Algren
* {{w|Ken Watanabe}} - Katsumoto
* {{w|Tony Goldwyn}} - Colonel Bagley
* {{w|Masato Harada}} - Omura
* {{w|Shichinosuke Nakamura}} - Emperor Meiji
* {{w|Shin Koyamada}} - Nobutada
* {{w|Timothy Spall}} - Simon Graham
* {{w|Seizo Fukumoto}} - the Silent Samurai ("Bob")
* {{w|Koyuki}} - Taka
* {{w|Billy Connolly}} - Zebulon Gant

==External links==
{{wikipedia}}
* {{imdb title|0325710}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|last_samurai}}
* [http://www.lastsamurai.com/ Official website]

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Citizenship

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[[File:Washington Before Yorktown.jpg|144px|thumb|right|It may be laid down, as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every citizen who enjoys the protection of a free government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defence of it... ~ [[George Washington]] ]]
'''[[w:Citizenship|Citizenship]]''' is membership in a political community. The term derives from membership of a city (as was the term ''citizen''), but now normally refers to a nation. Citizenship carries with it rights of political participation; many also consider it brings duties to exercise those rights responsibly.

==Quotes==
*Is not true that, in this world, before being paper citizens we are our mother's sons in the flesh. What is a human being in reality? To start from the beginning: What are peoples, cultures and what are then custom-houses, parliaments and states? Everybody carries a nursery rhyme in the soul, but nobody carries a passport or a custom-house in the soul.
** [[Joxe Azurmendi]], ''Demokratak eta biolentoak'' (1997), p. 48.

*'''This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.''' I come to speak to you in defence of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty—the cause of humanity.
** [[William Jennings Bryan]], Cross of Gold Speech at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, (9 July 1896)

* The effects of the late civil strife have been to free the slave and make him a citizen. Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. This is wrong, and should be corrected. To this correction I stand committed, so far as Executive influence can avail.
**[[Ulysses S. Grant]], Second Inaugural Address (1873).
* Good roads, good schools and good churches are a sure sign of the best citizenship produced by a free republic. How about our roads?
** Author unknown; reported in "Sign of Citizenship", ''Good Roads, A Monthly Journal Devoted to Our National Highways'' (December 1906), p. 176; ''Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations'' (1989).

* Citizenship is no light trifle to be jeopardized any moment Congress decides to do so under the name of one of its general or implied grants of power.
** [[Hugo Black]], ''Afroyim v. Rusk'', 387 U.S. 267–68 (1967).

*The power of citizenship as a shield against oppression was widely known from the example of [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]]'s Roman citizenship, which sent the centurion scurrying to his higher-ups with the message: "Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman".
** [[Robert H. Jackson]], ''[[w:Edwards v. California|Edwards v. California]]'', 314 U.S. 160, 182 (1941).

* It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.
** [[Robert H. Jackson]], ''American Communications Association v. Douds'', 339 U.S. 382, 442-43 (1950).

* Our government was designed to be run by informed, engaged citizens. We have an incredibly dangerous form of government for people who don't know how it works.
** Indiana State Senate Education Committee Chairman [[w:Dennis Kruse|Dennis Kruse]], recommending that high-school students be required to pass an immigrant civics test
** "[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/02/indiana-mulls-putting-high-schoolers-to-same-civics-test-immigrants-take/ Indiana mulls putting high schoolers to same civics test immigrants take]", FoxNews.com, January 2, 2015

* Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.
** [[James Russell Lowell]], "On the Capture of Certain Fugitive Slaves Near Washington", ''Boston Courier'', 19 July 1845; anthologized in ''Poems'' (1848)

The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight
**[[Theodore Roosevelt]], Speech at New York (11 November 1902).

* It may be laid down, as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every citizen who enjoys the protection of a free government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency.
** [[George Washington]], in "Sentiments on a Peace Establishment" in a letter to [[Alexander Hamilton]] (2 May 1783); published in ''The Writings of George Washington'' (1938), edited by John C. Fitzpatrick, Vol. 26, p. 289.

* What does naturalization give? All that belongs to the character of a British Subject. What does it take away? All that does not appertain to that character. It makes the party ''ipso facto'' a British Subject, to all intents and purposes.
** Wilde, C.J., ''Reg. v. Manning'' (1849), 4 Cox, C. C. 37; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, ''Dictionary of Legal Quotations'' (1904), p. 180.

== External links ==
{{Wikipedia}}
{{wiktionary|citizenship}}

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Mother Teresa

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[[File:MotherTeresa 090.jpg|thumb|right|[[Holiness]] is not the [[luxury]] of the few; it is a simply [[duty]]…]]
'''[[wikipedia:en:Mother Teresa|Mother Teresa of Calcutta]]''' ([[August 26]], [[1910]] – [[September 5]], [[1997]]), born '''Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu''', was an [[Albania]]n-born Indian citizen, [[:Category:Religious leaders|Roman Catholic Nun]], and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

== Quotes ==
[[File:Mother Teresa crno-bela.jpg|thumb|The [[darkness]] is so dark, and the [[pain]] is so painful. – But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes.]]
[[File:Puglia MartinaFranca6 tango7174.jpg|thumb|[[Love]] is a fruit in [[season]] at [[all]] [[times]], and within reach of every [[hand]]. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set.]]

=== 1950s ===
* What do I [[labour]] for? If there be no [[God]]—there can be no [[soul]].—If there is no soul then [[Jesus]]—You also are not true.
** Letter dated September 3, 1959 — as quoted in ''Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light'' (2007) edited by Brian Kolodiejchu, p. 193

=== 1960s ===
* Often I wonder what does really [[God]] get from me in this state — no [[faith]], no [[love]] — not even in [[feelings]]. The other day I can't tell you how bad I felt. — There was a moment when I nearly refused to accept. — Deliberately I took the Rosary and very slowly and without even meditating or thinking – I said it slowly and calmly. The [[moment]] passed — but the [[darkness]] is so dark, and the [[pain]] is so painful. – '''But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes'''. [[People]] say they are drawn closer to [[God]] — seeing my strong faith. – is this not deceiving people? Every time I have wanted to tell the truth – “that I have no faith” – the [[words]] just do not come – my mouth remains closed. – And yet '''I still keep on [[smiling]] at God and [[all]].'''
** Letter to Bishop [[w:Lawrence Picachy| Lawrence Trevor Picachy]] (September 1962), as quoted in [http://books.google.com/books?id=XDILw3N_jGoC&pg=PA238&dq=%22I+accept+whatever+He+gives+and+I+give+whatever+He+takes%22&hl=en&ei=3L9kTd-KEISBlAffqen5Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%20accept%20whatever%20He%20gives%20and%20I%20give%20whatever%20He%20takes%22&f=false ''Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light'' (2009) by Brian Kolodiejchuk, 2009, p. 238] ISBN 0307589234 ISBN 9780307589231 

=== 1970s ===
* '''The biggest [[disease]] today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the [[feeling]] of being unwanted.'''
** As quoted by [[w:Malcolm Muggeridge|Malcolm Muggeridge]] in ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=irO7hAQLmsMC&q="The+biggest+disease+today+is+not+leprosy+or+tuberculosis+but+rather+the+feeling+of+being+unwanted"&pg=PA73#v=onepage Something Beautiful for God]'' (1971)

* I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No. I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
** In: {{w|Malcolm Muggeridge}}, ''Mother Teresa of Calcutta, A Gift For God: Prayers and Meditations,'' New York: Harper & Row, 1975. p. 61; Cited in: M. Dhavamony. "Mother Teresa's mission of love for the poor" in: ''Studia missionalia,'' Vol 39. (1990), p. 137

* People are happier. There are more jobs. There are no strikes.
** Mother Teresa in [[:w:The Emergency (India)|Emergency Rule]] period, 1975-77; quoted in: David Aikman (1998), ''Great souls: six who changed the century,'' p. 244

* [[Jesus]] has a very special love for you. '''As for me, the [[silence]] and emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear. The tongue moves but does not speak.'''
** Letter to Michael van der Peet (September 1979), quoted in [http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/08/24/mother-teresa-did-not-feel-christ-presence-for-last-half-her-life-letters/ "Mother Teresa Did Not Feel Christ's Presence for Last Half of Her Life, Letters Reveal", ''Fox News'' (24 August 2007)]

=== 1980s ===
[[File:Mother Teresa.jpg|thumb|The [[hunger]] for [[love]] is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for [[bread]].]]

* From now on you must [[pray]] for your people and yourself three times a day.
**Remarks to [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] during the 1984-85 Ethiopian famine, as quoted by Dawit Wolde Giorgis in ''Red Tears: War, Famine and Revolution in Ethiopia'', (The Red Sea Press Inc. 1989), p. 213

* We are misunderstood, we are misrepresented, we are misreported. We are not nurses, we are not doctors, we are not teachers, we are not social workers. We are religious, we are religious, we are religious.
**As quoted in Angelo Devananda, ''Daily Prayers with Mother Teresa'' (Fount, 1987), p. 91

* '''Love is a fruit in [[season]] at all times, and within reach of every [[hand]]. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set. Everyone can reach this love through [[meditation]], [[spirit]] of [[prayer]], and sacrifice, by an intense inner [[life]].'''
** As quoted in [http://books.google.com/books?id=GqcnHzdPwPcC ''Love, A Fruit Always In Season : Daily Meditations from the Words of Mother Teresa of Calcutta'' (1987)] edited by Dorothy S. Hunt

* Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
** Mary Alice Warner, ‎Dayna Beilenson (1987) ''Women of faith and spirit: their words & thoughts,'' p. 42

* Be kind to each other in your homes. Be kind to those who surround you. I prefer that you make mistakes in kindness rather than that you work miracles in unkindness. Often just for one word, one look, one quick action, and darkness fills the heart of the one we love.
** Quoted in: Charlotte Gray. ''Mother Teresa: Her Mission to Serve God by Caring for the Poor.'' G. Stevens, (1988), p. 53

* I don't know what to say since I don't know what is happening [in [[Albania]]]. I can say only one thing. My Albanian people are always in my heart. I pray very much to our Lord that His peace may come to our hearts, in our families and in all the world. I pray for Albania, that the Lord may help its leaders to see clearly because if they want to live in peace, they should love one another.
** As quoted in Louis Zanga "Mother Teresa's visit to Albania", ''Radio Free Europe Research'', (23 August 1989)

* '''The [[hunger]] for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for [[bread]].'''
** Interview by Edward W. Desmond in ''TIME'' magazine (4 December 1989)

=== 1990s ===
[[File:SkopjeMoth T.jpg|thumb|I think it is very [[beautiful]] for the [[poor]] to accept their lot, to share it with the [[passion]] of [[Christ]].]]
[[File:The woman is always at the corner.jpg|thumb| We ourselves [[feel]] that what we are doing is just a drop in the [[ocean]]. But if the drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of the missing drop.]]
[[File:Sri-Chinmoy-and-Mother-Teresa.jpg|thumb|May we continue to [[work]] together and to share together [[all]] for the [[glory]] of [[God]] and for the [[good]] of [[man]].]]
[[File:Mother Teresa of Calcuta, portrait painting by Robert Pérez Palou.png|thumb|Spread [[love]] everywhere you go.]]

* '''[[Holiness]] is not the [[luxury]] of the few; it is a simply [[duty]]''', for you and for me, because [[Jesus]] has very clearly stated, "Be ye holy as my father in [[heaven]] is holy." So let us pray for each other that we grow in love for each other, and through this love become holy as Jesus wants us to be for he died out of love for us. One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say, "You know, this terrible pain is only the kiss of Jesus — a sign that you have come so close to Jesus on the cross that he can kiss you." And she joined her hands together and said, "Mother Teresa, please tell Jesus to stop kissing me".
** [http://www.ewtn.com/New_library/breakfast.htm Address to the National Prayer Breakfast (3 February 1994)].
** Unsourced variant or paraphrase: I think it is very good when people suffer. To me, that is like the kiss of Jesus.

* But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is [[abortion]], because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? … By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems. And, by abortion, that father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. The father is likely to put other women into the same trouble. So abortion just leads to more abortion. Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.
**[http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/abortion/ab0039.html National Prayer Breakfast speech, Washington, D.C. (3 February 1994)].

* I've never seen the poor people being so familiar with their head of state as they were with her. It was a beautiful lesson for me.
** On meeting [[wikipedia:Michèle Bennett|Michèle Duvalier]], quoted by [[Christopher Hitchens]] in [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTgJIjK67rEC&pg=PA11&dq=%22I+think+it+is+very+beautiful+for+the+poor+to+accept+their+lot%22 ''The Missionary Position''], (Verso, 1995), page 5

* I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I think the world is being much helped by the suffering of the poor people.
** As quoted by [[Christopher Hitchens]] in [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTgJIjK67rEC&pg=PA11&dq=%22I+think+it+is+very+beautiful+for+the+poor+to+accept+their+lot%22 ''The Missionary Position''], (Verso, 1995), page 11

* I do not know anything about [[wikipedia:Charles Keating|Charles Keating]]'s work or his business or the matters you are dealing with. I only know he has been kind and generous to God's poor, and always ready to help whenever there was a need... Whenever someone asks me to speak to a judge, I always tell them to pray, to look into [their] heart, and to do what Jesus would do in that circumstance. And this is what I am asking of you, your Honor.
** Letter to Judge Lance Ito, requesting clemency for [[wikipedia:Charles Keating|Charles Keating]] (January 18 1992), as quoted by [[Christopher Hitchens]] in [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTgJIjK67rEC&pg=PA11&dq=%22I+think+it+is+very+beautiful+for+the+poor+to+accept+their+lot%22 ''The Missionary Position''], (Verso, 1995), page 67

* I am so pleased with all the [[good]] [[work]] you are doing for [[world]] [[peace]] and for people in so many countries. May we continue to work together and to share together all for the [[glory]] of God and for the good of man.
** To [[Sri Chinmoy]], as quoted in ''The Wings of Joy : Finding Your Path to Inner Peace'' (1997) by [[Sri Chinmoy]]

* '''Spread love everywhere you go'''; first of all in your house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. '''Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.'''
** As quoted in ''Worldwide Laws of Life : 200 Eternal Spiritual Principles‎'' (1998) by [[John Templeton]], p. 448

=== 2000s ===
[[File:Mother Teresa statue, Tirana.jpg|thumb| If I ever become a [[Saint]] — I surely be one of "darkness". I will continually be absent from [[Heaven]] — to [[light]] the light of those in darkness on [[earth]].]]
[[File:Love heart.jpg|thumb|right|Don't look for big things, just do small things with [[great]] [[love]]....The smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.]]

* '''We ourselves [[feel]] that what we are doing is just a drop in the [[ocean]]. But if the drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of the missing drop.'''
** [http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=189 As quoted] in ''[http://books.google.de/books?hl=de&id=tdyw409qGgQC&q=ocean#search_anchor Mother Teresa's Reaching Out In Love - Stories told by Mother Teresa]'', Compiled and Edited by Edward Le Joly and Jaya Chaliha, Barnes & Noble, 2002, p. 122

* I do not agree with a big way of doing things. '''What matters is the [[individual]]. If we wait till we get numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers and we will never be able to show that love and [[respect]] for the person.'''
** [http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=189 As quoted] in ''[http://books.google.de/books?hl=de&id=tdyw409qGgQC&q=ocean#search_anchor Mother Teresa's Reaching Out In Love - Stories told by Mother Teresa]'', Compiled and Edited by Edward Le Joly and Jaya Chaliha, Barnes & Noble, 2002, p. 122

* I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I do know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, He will ''not'' ask, "How many good things have you done in your life?," rather He will ask, "How much ''love'' did you put into what you did?
** Quoted in: Honor Books, ‎W. B. Freeman (2004), ''God's Little Devotional Book for Girls,'' p. 205

* '''If I ever become a [[Saint]] — I surely be one of "darkness". I will continually be absent from Heaven — to [[light]] the light of those in darkness on [[earth]].'''
** As quoted in [http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=189 ''Mother Teresa : Come Be My Light'' (2007)] by Brian Kolodiejchuk 

* '''Don't look for big things, just do small things with [[great]] love....The smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.'''
** As quoted in ''Mother Teresa : Come Be My Light'' (2007) by Brian Kolodiejchuk
* I call, I cling, I want … and there is no One to answer … no One on Whom I can cling … no, No One. Alone … '''Where is my Faith … even deep down right in there is [[nothing]], but emptiness & darkness … My [[God]] … how painful is this unknown pain … I have no Faith … I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart … & make me suffer untold agony.''' So many unanswered questions live within me afraid to uncover them … because of the blasphemy … If there be God … please [[forgive]] me … When I try to raise my thoughts to [[Heaven]] there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives & hurt my very [[soul]]. I am told God loves me … and yet the reality of darkness & coldness & emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul.
** Undated letter indicating that, at least at times, Mother Teresa's [[theological]] [[doubts]] were strong enough to be regarded as [[Christian atheism]], reported by ''[[w:Time (magazine)|Time]]'' (9 March 2007), and quoted in [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/aug/24/wasmotherteresaanatheist "Was Mother Teresa an atheist?", in ''The Guardian'' (24 August 2007)]

=== 2010s ===
* '''If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.'''
** Mother Teresa Reflects on Working Toward Peace, ([http://www.scu.edu/ethics/architects-of-peace/Teresa/essay.html essay, Santa Clara University,] retrieved August 2012).{{fix cite}}

{{Misattributed begin}}

== Misattributed ==
[[File:Saint Mary Magdalen Church (Brighton, Michigan) - Mother Teresa icon.jpg|thumb|Give the [[world]] the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. ~ Kent M. Keith]]
* '''[[People]] are often unreasonable and self-centered. [[Forgive]] them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are [[honest]], people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find [[happiness]], people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the [[end]], it is between you and [[God]]. It was never between you and them anyway.'''
** This is a variant or paraphrase of ''[[w:The Paradoxical Commandments|The Paradoxical Commandments]]'', by Kent M. Keith, student activist, first composed in 1968 as part of a booklet for student leaders, which had hung on the wall of Mother Teresa's children's home in Calcutta, India, and have sometimes become misattributed to her. The version [http://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com posted at his site] begins:
<center>'''People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.'''
:''[[Love]] them anyway.''
: If you do [[good]], people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
:''Do good anyway.''
:If you are successful, you will win false [[friends]] and true [[enemies]].
:''[[Succeed]] anyway.'' </center>
::It ends:
<center>Give the [[world]] the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
:'''''Give the world the best you have anyway.'''''</center>

{{Misattributed end}}

==Quotes about Mother Teresa==
:See also, Wikipedia: [[w:Commemorations of Mother Teresa|Commemorations of Mother Teresa]]
[[File:SkopjeMoth Ter.jpg|thumb|She is unique in that all her requests for assistance are always approved. No one can say no to Mother Teresa. ~ Dawit Wolde Giorgis]]

* How can a girl like you become a nun? Do you realize that you are burying yourself?
** Lazar Bojaxhui, as quoted in Marlene T. Elias (1999), [http://www.motherteresaandme.com/mother-teresas-bio A Brief History Of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], ''Mother Teresa and Me''

* I could go on and on, filling page after page with dense examples of disasters and crises where Mother Teresa had had no involvement whatsoever. For me, a Calcuttan, born and bred, it does not come as surprise, as I know her order has no infrastructure — indeed it had never been her intention to create an infrastructure for such work, as she had frequently said, 'I'm not a social worker.' But what I find somewhat disturbing is that she remained inactive when children were hurt or killed, or were at the risk of being orphaned … this did not sit comfortably with her 'Child First' philosophy. But then, for her the unborn child was far more important than the actual child. Having gone through hundreds of her speeches I have wondered, when compared to the unborn child if the actual child mattered to her at all.
** Aroup Chatterjee (1998), ''Mother Teresa: The Final Verdict''

* Mother Teresa of Calcutta actually said, in her speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, 'The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion.' What? How can a woman with such cock-eyed judgement be taken seriously on any topic, let alone be thought seriously worthy of a Nobel Prize?
** [[Richard Dawkins]], ''The God Delusion'' (2006), Ch. 8: "What's wrong with religion? Why be so hostile?"

* She is truly a living [[saint]]. She serves as a source of inspiration for me to this day... She is unique in that all her requests for assistance are always approved. No one can say no to Mother Teresa.
**Dawit Wolde Giorgis, in ''Red Tears: War, Famine and Revolution in Ethiopia'', (The Red Sea Press Inc. 1989), p. 212

*MT was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. '''She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction'''. And she was a friend to the worst of the rich, taking misappropriated money from the atrocious [[wikipedia:Jean-Claude Duvalier|Duvalier]] family in Haiti (whose rule she praised in return) and from [[wikipedia:Charles Keating|Charles Keating]] of the Lincoln Savings and Loan. Where did that money, and all the other donations, go? The primitive hospice in Calcutta was as run down when she died as it always had been—she preferred California clinics when she got sick herself — and her order always refused to publish any audit. But we have her own claim that she opened 500 convents in more than a hundred countries, all bearing the name of her own order. Excuse me, but this is modesty and humility?
**[[Christopher Hitchens]], "[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2003/10/mommie_dearest.html Mommie Dearest: The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud.]", ''Slate'', {{#formatdate:2003-10-20}}

* Mother Teresa was a true patriot. A great Albanian. She showed the world how to help the poor and devoted her life to the neediest without interfering in political issues. Just like any religious leader should do... I don't believe in [[God]]. I'm a [[Marxist]]. I believe in man and in the people. But we liked Mother Teresa. You know, she felt at home here. She came with an open mind and praised our achievements.
**[[w:Nexhmije Hoxha|Nexhmije Hoxha]], widow of [[Enver Hoxha]], as quoted in Riccardo Orizio, ''Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators'', (Walker and Company, 2003), pp. 102-103

* You urge [[wikipedia:Lance Ito|Judge Ito]] to look into his heart — as he sentences [[wikipedia:Charles Keating|Charles Keating]] — and do what Jesus would do. I submit the same challenge to you. Ask yourself what Jesus would do if he were given the fruits of a crime; what Jesus would do if he were in possession of money that had been stolen; what Jesus would do if he were being exploited by a thief to ease his conscience? I submit that Jesus would probably and unhesitatingly return the stolen property to its rightful owners. You should do the same. You have been given money by Mr. Keating that he has been convicted of stealing by fraud. Do not permit him the 'indulgence' he desires. Do not keep the money. Return it to those who worked for it and earned it!
** Paul W. Turley, Deputy District Attorney Los Angeles, in response to Mother Teresa's request for clemency for [[wikipedia:Charles Keating|Charles Keating]], as quoted by [[Christopher Hitchens]] in [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTgJIjK67rEC&pg=PA11&dq=%22I+think+it+is+very+beautiful+for+the+poor+to+accept+their+lot%22 ''The Missionary Position''], (Verso, 1995), pp. 70

==External links==
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* [http://www.motherteresa.org/ Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center, India – Official Site]
* [http://www.mcbrothers.org/ Missionaries of Charity Brothers (Active Branch)]
* [http://www.thereseoflisieux.org/blessed-mother-teresa-of-calcu/ Mother Teresa and her patron saint, St. Therese of Lisieux]
* [http://www.ewtn.com/motherteresa/ Mother Teresa Memorial Page]
* [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html Nobel Laureate Biography (Nobel Foundation)]
* [http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/teresa01.html The TIME 100: The Most Important People of the Century – Mother Teresa]
* [http://mcpriests.com/02_bio.htm Missionaries of Charity Fathers (MC Fathers / MC Priests) – Official Website: Biography of Mother Teresa]
* [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1655415,00.html Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith (TIME.com)]
* [http://www.priestsforlife.org/brochures/mtspeech.html Speech at National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C. (3 February 1994)]
* [http://www.peggynoonan.com/article.php?article=31 Peggy Noonan, "Still, Small Voice," ''Crisis'', (1 February 1998)] (account of the National Prayer Breakfast speech)
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* [http://www.cmswr.org/member_communities/MC.htm Missionaries of Charity Active and Contemplative Sisters with U.S. contact information (CMSWR member page)]
* [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9709/06/teresa.mourning/index.html?iref=newssearch India to give Mother Teresa state funeral, at ''CNN'' (6 September 1997)]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2090083 "Mommie Dearest"] by [[Christopher Hitchens]], in ''[[w:Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' (20 October 2003)
* [http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/22/4727/ "Mother Teresa, John Paul II, and the Fast-Track Saints" (22 October 2007)] by [[Michael Parenti]], at CommonDreams.org,
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[[File:Ludovico Mazzolino - God the Father.jpg|thumb|One boy would not get it through his head that for all adults God is not an old man in a white beard sitting on a cloud... ~ [[Madeleine L'Engle]] ]]
'''[[w:God|God]]''' and '''[[Godhead|Godhead]]''' are English words (Old English ''god'', “deity”; Old High German ''got'', a rank of deity; Proto-Germanic ''*gudą''; Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto- “invoked one”; from ''*ǵʰewH-'' “to call”)  used in referring to various notions of a supreme being or [[deity]], often conceived to be the [[w:Transcendence|transcendent]] ruler or creator of the [[universe]], or an [[w:omnipresent|omnipresent]] [[essence]] or [[entity]] [[w:Immanence|immanent]] within it.

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== A ==
[[File:Carina Nebula by ESO.jpg|thumb|In the Beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. ~ [[Douglas Adams]] ]]
:Quotations listed alphabetically by author or work.
[[File:TenCommandmentsAustinStateCapitol.jpg|thumb|I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. ~ [[Susan B. Anthony]] ]]
[[File:Allah-green.svg|thumb|right|When the hour of reality approaches, the zero hour, wholeheartedly welcome death for the sake of God. Always be remembering God. ~ [[Mohamed Atta]]]]
* '''In the Beginning, the [[Universe]] was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.'''
** [[Douglas Adams]] in ''[[w:The Restaurant at the End of the Universe|The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]'' (1980), Chapter 1.

* When we say God is a spirit, we know what we mean, as well as we do when we say that the pyramids of Egypt are matter. Let us be content, therefore, to believe him to be a spirit, that is, an essence that we know nothing of, in which originally and necessarily reside all energy, all power, all capacity, all activity, all wisdom, all goodness.
** [[John Adams]], in a letter to [[Thomas Jefferson]] (17 January 1820).

* Nearer, my God, to Thee— Nearer to Thee— E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
** [[Sarah Flower Adams]], ''Nearer, my God, to Thee!'' (c. 1841). An article in Notes and Queries states that the words were written by her sister, Mrs. Byrdes Flower Adams, and the music only by Sarah Flower Adams.

* '''Never place a period where God has placed a comma.'''
** [[Gracie Allen]], in her last letter to [[George Burns]], as quoted in ''Two Minutes for God : Quick Fixes for the Spirit'' (2007) by Peter B. Panagore, p. 73; this was later used in a slogan for the United Church of Christ: '''Never place a period where God has placed a comma. God Is Still Speaking.'''

* Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.
** [[Woody Allen]], ''Getting Even'' (1971).

* If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
** [[Woody Allen]], ''[[w:Without Feathers|Without Feathers]]'' (1975).

* The important thing, I think, is not to be bitter... if it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he is evil. I think that the worst thing you could say is that he is, basically, an under-achiever. If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse.
** [[Woody Allen]], ''[[w:Love and Death|Love and Death]]'' (1975); also quoted in ''What Do Jews Believe? : The Customs and Culture of Modern Judaism'' (2007) by Edward Kessler, p. 66.

* To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
** [[Woody Allen]], ''[[w:Stardust Memories|Stardust Memories]]'' (1980).

* How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
** [[Woody Allen]], as quoted in ''Love, Sex, Death & The Meaning of Life : The Films of Woody Allen'' (2001) by Foster Hirsch, p. 50.

* '''I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.'''
** [[Susan B. Anthony]], in an address to the National American Woman Suffrage Association (1896).

* ''Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.''
** Man proposes, and God disposes.
** [[Ludovico Ariosto]], ''Orlando Furioso'' (1516), Chapter XLVI. 35.

* '''If I were not an [[atheist]], I would believe in a [[God]] who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their [[lives]] and not the pattern of their [[words]].''' I think he would prefer an [[honest]] and [[righteous]] atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul.
** [[Isaac Asimov]], ''I. Asimov: A Memoir'' (1994).

*'''When the hour of reality approaches, the zero hour, wholeheartedly welcome death for the sake of God.''' Always be remembering God. Either end your life while praying, seconds before the target, or make your last words: There is no God but God, Muhammad is his messenger.
** [[Mohamed Atta]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610204712/http://college.cengage.com/history/primary_sources/world/the_last_night.htm ''The Last Night''].

* '''If you comprehend, it is not God.'''
** [[Augustine of Hippo]], ''Sermon'' 52, 16.

* ''Deus scitur melius nesciendo.''
** God is best known in not knowing him.
** [[Augustine of Hippo]], ''De Ordine'', II, 16.

* '''A God who cannot smile could not have created this humorous universe.'''
** [[Sri Aurobindo]], ''Thoughts and Aphorisms''.

* '''God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by [[space]], nor touched by [[time]]; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change.''' The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the [[soul]], abstracted from all material constraints.
** [[Avicenna]], as quoted in ''366 Readings From Islam'' (2000), edited by Robert Van der Weyer

== B ==
[[File:Joseph Smith first vision stained glass.jpg|thumb|''For behold, this is my work and my glory — to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.'' God as portrayed in the ''[[w:Book of Moses|Book of Moses]]'' (1830), as dictated by [[Joseph Smith]], 1:39.]]

* A jealous lover of human liberty, and deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of [[Voltaire]], and say that ''if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.''
** [[Mikhail Bakunin]] in "On God and the State".

* '''God was a clever idea … The human race came up with a winner there.'''
** [[J. G. Ballard]], as quoted in [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/sep/06/fiction.jgballard "The benign catastrophist" by Susie Mackenzie in ''The Guardian'' (6 September 2003)].

* '''The glory of God is not contingent on man's good will, but all existence subserves his purposes.''' The system of the universe is as a celestial poem, whose beauty is from all eternity, and must not be marred by human interpolations. '''Things proceed as they were ordered, in their nice, and well-adjusted, and perfect harmony; so that as the hand of the skilful artist gathers music from the harp-strings, history calls it forth from the well-tuned chords of time.''' Not that this harmony can be heard during the tumult of action. Philosophy comes after events, and gives the reason of them, and describes the nature of their results. The great mind of collective man may, one day, so improve in self-consciousness as to interpret the present and foretell the future; but as yet, the end of what is now happening, though we ourselves partake in it, seems to fall out by chance. '''All is nevertheless one whole; individuals, families, peoples, the race, march in accord with the Divine will; and when any part of the destiny of humanity is fulfilled, we see the ways of Providence vindicated. The antagonisms of imperfect matter and the perfect idea, of liberty and necessary law, become reconciled. What seemed irrational confusion, appears as the web woven by light, liberty and love.''' But this is not perceived till a great act in the drama of life is finished. The prayer of the patriarch, when he desired to behold the Divinity face to face, was denied; but he was able to catch a glimpse of Jehovah, after He had passed by; and so it fares with our search for Him in the wrestlings of the world. '''It is when the hour of conflict is over, that history comes to a right understanding of the strife, and is ready to exclaim: "Lo! God is here, and we knew it not." '''
** [[George Bancroft]] ''Literary and Historical Miscellanies'' (1855), p. 491.

* For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
** [[Alben W. Barkley]], address to a mock Democratic convention, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia (April 30, 1956), reported in ''Memorial Services Held in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Alben William Barkley, Late a Senator from Kentucky'' (1956), p. 106. After speaking these words, Senator Barkley collapsed and died. In her book, ''I Married the Veep'' (1958), Jane R. Barkley says (p. 312), "I am not sure, even now, how these words came into being, where they came from. I believe they were original with him but were based on the Old Testament, 84th Psalm: 10, 'I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.'"

* When the mind is not dissipated upon extraneous things, nor diffused over the world about us through the senses, it withdraws within itself, and of its own accord ascends to the contemplation of God.
** [[Basil of Caesarea]], Letter to [[w:Gregory of Nazianzus|Gregory]], ''Saint Basil: The Letters'', R. Deferrari, trans. (1926), vol. 1, p. 15.

* If by Godot I had meant God I would have said God, and not Godot.
** [[Samuel Beckett]], on the title of one of his most famous plays, ''[[w:Waiting for Godot|Waiting for Godot]]'', as quoted in ''The Essential Samuel Beckett : An Illustrated Biography'', by Enoch Brater (revised edition, 2003), p. 75.

* How many questions arise in this place! Constantly the question comes up: Where was God in those days? Why was he silent? How could he permit this endless slaughter, this triumph of evil? . . . We must continue to cry out humbly yet insistently to God: Rouse yourself! Do not forget mankind, your creature!
** [[Pope Benedict XVI]], who visited the former concentration camp at [[Auschwitz]], Poland, on May 28, 2006. Quoted in ''[[w:The Watchtower|The Watchtower]]'' magazine, in the article: ''“Why, Lord, Did You Remain Silent?”'', May 15, 2007.

* '''[[w:Zeus|Zeus]]''', ''n''. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]] and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog. Some explorers who have touched upon the shores of America, and one who professes to have penetrated a considerable distance to the interior, have thought that these four names stand for as many distinct deities, but in his monumental work on Surviving Faiths, Frumpp insists that the natives are monotheists, each having no other god than himself, whom he worships under many sacred names.
** [[Ambrose Bierce]], ''The Cynic's Word Book'' (1906), later retitled ''[[w:The Devil's Dictionary|The Devil's Dictionary]]''.

* For behold, this is my work and my glory — to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
** God as portrayed in the ''[[w:Book of Moses|Book of Moses]]'' (1830), as dictated by [[Joseph Smith]], 1:39.

* '''Only what is fated to die is capable of living. Only what dies lives.''' Why do you think [[Jesus|Christ]] was killed? They killed him to prove that he wasn’t a god. But in killing him, they immortalized the perishable and transformed man into a god.
** [[Giannina Braschi]] in "Empire of Dreams".

* Goddes love is unescapable as nature's environment, which if a man ignore or think to thrust it off he is the ill-natured fool that runneth on to death.
** [[Robert Bridges]], ''The Testament of Beauty'' (1929), Book IV, line 1419.

* That we devote ourselves to God is seen In living just as though no God there were.
** [[Robert Browning]], ''Paracelsus'' (1835), Part I.

* '''God is the perfect [[poet]], Who in his person acts his own creations.'''
** [[Robert Browning]], ''Paracelsus'' (1835), Part II.

* '''God's in His [[Heaven]] — All's right with the world!'''
** [[Robert Browning]], ''Pippa Passes'' (1841), Part I.

* All service is the same with God, With God, whose puppets, best and worst, Are we: there is no last nor first.
** [[Robert Browning]], ''Pippa Passes'' (1841), Part IV.

* '''All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak ''of'' God but also to speak ''to'' him.'''
** [[Martin Buber]], ''[[w:I and Thou|I and Thou]]'' (1923).

* '''Some would deny any legitimate use of the word God because it has been misused so much. Certainly it is the most burdened of all human words. Precisely for that reason it is the most imperishable and unavoidable.''' And how much weight has all erroneous talk about God's nature and works (although there never has been nor can be any such talk that is not erroneous) compared with the one truth that all men who have addressed God really meant him? For '''whoever pronounces the word God and really means Thou, addresses, no matter what his delusion, the true Thou of his life that cannot be restricted by any other and to whom he stands in a relationship that includes all others.'''
** [[Martin Buber]], ''[[w:I and Thou|I and Thou]]'' (1923).

* When we rise out of [the night] into the new life and there begin to receive the signs, what can we know of that which—of him who gives them to us? Only what we experience from time to time from the signs themselves. If we name the speaker of this speech God, then it is always the God of a moment, a moment God.
** [[Martin Buber]], ''Between Man and Man'' (1965), p. 15.

* God's merits are so transcendent that it is not surprising his faults should be in reasonable proportion.
** [[Samuel Butler]] "Rebelliousness" in ''Note-Books'' (1912).

* '''There is no god but God! — to prayer — lo! God is great!'''
** [[Lord Byron]], ''[[Childe Harold's Pilgrimage]]'', Canto II (1812), Stanza 59, this is a translation of standard Islamic exclamations.

== C ==

* '''Except during my childhood, when I was probably influenced by [[Michelangelo]]'s Sistine Chapel depiction of God with a flowing white beard, I have never tried to project the Creator in any kind of human likeness. The vociferous debates about whether God is male or female seem ridiculous to me.''' I think of God as an omnipotent and omniscient presence, a [[spirit]] that permeates the [[universe]], the essence of [[truth]], [[nature]], being, and [[life]]. To me, these are profound and indescribable concepts that seem to be trivialized when expressed in [[words]].
** [[Jimmy Carter]], ''Living Faith'' (2001), p. 222.

*The thesis that the human being seeks [[God]] because of the [[chaos|disorder]] he perceives in himself does not take into account that the human being seems to prefer disorder.
** [[Fausto Cercignani]] in: Brian Morris, ''Simply Transcribed. Quotations from Fausto Cercignani'', 2014, p. 35.

* '''I tell you this, that you will have found out the [[truth]] of the last [[tree]] and the top-most [[cloud]] before the truth about [[Self|me]].''' You will [[understand]] the [[sea]], and I shall be still a [[Mystery|riddle]]; you shall [[Knowledge|know]] what the [[stars]] are, and not know [[The All|what I am]]. Since the [[beginning]] of the [[world]] all [[men]] have hunted me like a [[wolf]] — [[Monarchy|kings]] and [[Philosophy|sages]], and [[poets]] and [[Law|lawgivers]], all the [[Church|churches]], and all the [[Philosophy|philosophies]]. But '''I have never been caught yet, and the [[Sky|skies]] will fall in the [[time]] I turn to bay.''' I have given them a [[good]] run for their [[money]], and I will [[Present|now]].
** [[G. K. Chesterton]], ''[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]'' (1908), [[s:The Man Who Was Thursday/Chapter XIII|Ch. XIII : The Pursuit of the President]], "Sunday" representing God speaking to the ostensible [[Anarchism|anarchists]] who have just realized they were were all policemen and spies, but who still haven't realized their role or Sunday's in the comic nightmare Chesterton devised.

* God can only set in motion: He cannot control the things he has made.
** [[T'ao Ch'ien]], ''Substance, Shadow, and Spirit'', "Spirit expounds" (transl. by Arthur Waley).

* Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
** [[w:Book of Chronicles|1 Chronicles]] 29:11-13.

* God: a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays.
** [[Emile Cioran]], ''The Trouble with Being Born''.

* God is [[Death|dead]] not because He doesn't exist, but because we live, play, procreate, govern, and die as though He doesn't.
** [[Charles Colson]], ''Kingdoms in Conflict'' (1990), p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=tIV5YCh49qsC&dq=%22God+is+dead+not+because+He+doesn't+exist%22 275]

* God never meant that man should scale the [[Heavens]] By strides of human [[wisdom]]. In his works, Though wondrous, he commands us in his word To seek him rather where his [[mercy]] shines.
** [[William Cowper]], ''The Task'' (1785), Book III, line 217.

* But who with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all.
** [[William Cowper]], ''The Task'' (1785), Book V. The Winter Morning Walk, line 745.

* '''Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would'st taste His works.''' Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou wast blind before: Thine [[eye]] shall be instructed; and thine [[heart]] Made pure shall relish with divine delight Till then unfelt, what [[hands]] divine have wrought.
** [[William Cowper]], ''The Task'' (1785), Book V, line 782.

== D ==
* The hair of his head was like clean wool. His throne was flames of fire; its wheels were a burning fire. There was a stream of fire flowing and going out from before him. There were a thousand thousands that kept ministering to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand that kept standing right before him. The Court took its seat, and there were books that were opened.
** [[Daniel]], [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/bi12/books/daniel/7/ Book of Daniel 7:9-10]

*God don't like complaints.
** [[Rick Danko]], as quoted in ''Rolling Stone'', January 20th, 2000.

* A man who recognizes no God is probably placing an inordinate value on himself.
** [[Robertson Davies]] in ''Conversations''.

* The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.
** [[Richard Dawkins]], ''The God Delusion'' (2006), p. 31.

* The trouble is that God in this sophisticated, physicist's sense bears no resemblance to the God of the Bible or any other religion. If a physicist says God is another name for Planck's constant, or God is a superstring, we should take it as a picturesque metaphorical way of saying that the nature of superstrings or the value of Planck's constant is a profound mystery. It has obviously not the smallest connection with a being capable of forgiving sins, a being who might listen to prayers, who cares about whether or not the Sabbath begins at 5pm or 6pm, whether you wear a veil or have a bit of arm showing; and no connection whatever with a being capable of imposing a death penalty on His son to expiate the sins of the world before and after he was born.
** [[Richard Dawkins]], from a lecture, extracted from ''The Nullifidian'' (Dec 94).

[[File:Stellar spire eagle nebula.jpg|thumb|It is solemn to remember that Vastness — Is but the Shadow of the Brain which casts it — ~ [[Emily Dickinson]] ]]
* They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
** [[Emily Dickinson]], Letter to Mrs. J. G. Holland [L551] (Spring 1878).

* It is solemn to remember that Vastness — Is but the Shadow of the Brain which casts it — All things swept sole away This — is immensity —
** Emily Dickinson Letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson [L551] (1881).

* If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.
** [[Marlene Dietrich]], as quoted in ''Rave'' magazine (November 1986).

* God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.
** [[Paul Dirac]], as quoted in ''The Cosmic Code : Quantum Physics As The Language Of Nature'' (1982) by Heinz R. Pagels, p. 295; also in ''Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac : Reminiscences about a Great Physicist'' (1990) edited by Behram N. Kursunoglu and Eugene Paul Wigner, p. xv.

== E ==

[[File:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg|thumb|God created men to enjoy, not destroy, the fruits of the earth and of their own toil. ~ [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] ]]

* If we pray to God as a corporeal person, this will prevent us from relinquishing the human doubts and fears which attend such a belief, and so we cannot grasp the wonders wrought by infinite, incorporeal Love, to whom all things are possible.
** [[w:Mary Baker Eddy|Mary Baker Eddy]] in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures".

* I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can be held responsible; in my opinion, only His nonexistence could excuse Him.
** [[Albert Einstein]], letter to Edgar Meyer (2 January 1915).

* What I see in nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of ‘humility.’ This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism. . . . My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself in the little that we, with our weak and transitory understanding, can comprehend of reality. . . . I want to know how God created this world. I want to know his thoughts, the rest are details.
** [[Albert Einstein]], quoted by [[Timothy Ferris]], in his article “The Other Einstein”, ''[[w:Awake!|Awake!]]'' magazine, 1/22 1992.

* It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious, then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.
** Albert Einstein from a letter to an atheist, written in English (24 March 1954). It is included in ''Albert Einstein: The Human Side'', edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman.

* My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.
** Albert Einstein, letter to M. Berkowitz (25 October 1950).

* These proposals spring, without ulterior purpose or political passion, from our calm conviction that the hunger for peace is in the hearts of all peoples--those of Russia and of China no less than of our own country. They conform to our firm faith that '''God created men to enjoy, not destroy, the fruits of the earth and of their own toil.'''
** [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in his [[s:The Chance for Peace|The Chance for Peace]] speech shortly after taking office and following the death of [[Joseph Stalin]].

* God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
** ''[[w:Exodus|Exodus]]'' 3:14 (King James Version)
** Variant: God said to Moses, 'I will be what I will be'

== F ==

* By positing God as unknowable, man excuses himself to what is still left of his religious conscience for his oblivion of God, his surrender to the world. He negates God in practice – his mind and his senses have been absorbed by the world – but he does not negate him in theory. He does not attack his existence; he leaves it intact. But this existence neither affects nor incommodes him, for it is only a negative existence, an existence without existence; it is an existence that contradicts itself – a being that, in view of its effects, is indistinguishable from non-being.
** [[Ludwig Feuerbach]], ''The Essence of Christianity'' (1843), Z. Hanfi, trans., in ''The Fiery Brook'' (1972), p. 112

* If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.
** "God" in ''[[Futurama]]''.

* I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?
** [[Benjamin Franklin]], debates in the Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (June 28, 1787); reported in James Madison, ''Journal of the Federal Convention'', ed. E. H. Scott (1893), p. 259–60. Franklin suggests that the Convention begin its sessions with prayers "imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations".

== G ==
[[File:Gandhi smiling 1942.jpg |thumb|It is beyond my power to induce in you a belief in God. There are certain things which are self proved and certain which are not proved at all. ~ [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]] ]]
[[File:Goyathlay-x.jpeg|thumb|I cannot think we are useless or Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each. ~ [[Geronimo]] ]]

* I looked and looked but I didn't see God.
** Attributed to [[Yuri Gagarin]] after becoming the first person to orbit the Earth, as quoted in ''To Rise from Earth'' (1996) by Wayne Lee; the authenticity of this remark is disputed; [http://www.interfax-religion.ru/orthodoxy/?act=interview&div=73&domain=1 Colonel Valentin Petrov stated in 2006] that the cosmonaut never said such words, and that the quote originated from [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU about the state's anti-religion campaign, saying "Gagarin flew into space, but didn't see any god there."
** Sometimes misquoted as "I see no God up here" as if he said this in space, but there are no transcripts or recordings indicating that he ever did.

* '''I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.'''
** [[Galileo Galilei]]. in his [[w:Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina|Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina]] (1615), an [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.html essay published in 1615], in response to enquiries of [[w:Christina of Lorraine|Christina of Tuscany]], as quoted in ''Aspects of Western Civilization : Problems and Sources in History'' (1988) by Perry McAdow Rogers, p. 53
** Variant translation: '''I do not think it is necessary to believe that the same God who has given us our senses, reason, and intelligence wished us to abandon their use, giving us by some other means the information that we could gain through them.'''

* Mathematics is the language in which God wrote the universe.
** Attributed to [[Galileo Galilei]] in ''Statistics: Concepts and Applications'' (1994) by Harry Frank and Steven C. Althoen, p. xxi.

* '''It is beyond my power to induce in you a belief in God. There are certain things which are self proved and certain which are not proved at all.''' The existence of God is like a geometrical axiom. It may be beyond our heart grasp. I shall not talk of an intellectual grasp. Intellectual attempts are more or less failures, as a rational explanation cannot give you the faith in a living God. For it is a thing beyond the grasp of reason. It transcends reason. There are numerous phenomena from which you can reason out the existence of God, but I shall not insult your intelligence by offering you a rational explanation of that type. '''I would have you brush aside all rational explanations and begin with a simple childlike faith in God. If I exist, God exists. With me it is a necessity of my being as it is with millions. They may not be able to talk about it, but from their life you can see that it is a part of their life. I am only asking you to restore the belief that has been undermined.''' In order to do so, you have to unlearn a lot of literature that dazzles your intelligence and throws you off your feet. Start with the faith which is also a token of humility and an admission that we know nothing, that we are less than atoms in this universe. '''We are less than atoms, I say, because the atom obeys the law of its being, whereas we in the insolence of our ignorance deny the law of nature. But I have no argument to address to those who have no faith.'''
** [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in ''Young India'' (24 September 1931); also in [http://www.archive.org/details/teachingsofmahat029222mbp ''Teachings Of Mahatma Gandhi'' (1945), edited by Jag Parvesh Chander, p. 458]

* People are even more reluctant to admit that man explains nothing, than they were to admit that God explains nothing.
** [[Ernest Gellner]], ''Legitimation of Belief'' (1974), p. 99.

* '''I cannot think we are useless or Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each.'''
** [[Geronimo]], as quoted in ''Geronimo's Story of His Life'' (1907) as told to S.M. Barrett in 1905 and 1906, "Usen" is the Apache word for God.

* Either half my colleagues are enormously stupid, or else the science of Darwinism is fully compatible with conventional religious beliefs.
** [[Stephen Jay Gould]], in "Impeaching a Self-Appointed Judge" in ''Scientific American'' (July 1992).

* '''God is within you''', and you can do and have anything you want. '''You must [[love]] yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.'''
** [[Cary Grant]], as quoted in [http://www.carygrant.net/articles/thinks%20about.htm "Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About"] by [[w:Sheilah Graham Westbrook|Sheilah Graham Westbrook]] in ''Motion Picture'' (June 1964).

== H ==

* Give according to your means, or God will make your means according to your giving.
** Reverend [[John Hall (Presbyterian pastor)|John Hall]], reported in Tryon Edwards, ''A Dictionary of Thoughts'' (1908), p. 194.

* Futurist [[w:Aldo Palazzeschi|Aldo Palazzeschi]]... exhorts us in ''L'antidolore'' (1913) to laugh heartily at the mortality built into the plan of creation not out of spite, as has traditionally been the case, but because suffering and death are nothing but pranks of the prime trickster, God. If anything it is the devil who is the spirit of gravity, and it is in taking him seriously that we plummet from grace.
** [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3806/is_200605/ai_n17220907/print Thomas Harrison, in "Laughter and the Tree Of Knowledge" in the ''Romanic Review'' (May-November 2006)].

* No matter how much I probe and prod,   I cannot quite believe in God; But oh, I hope to God that He   Unswervingly believes in me.
** [[Yip Harburg]], ''Rhymes for the Irreverent'', (1965).

* I've never understood how God could expect his creatures to pick the one true religion by faith — it strikes me as a sloppy way to run a universe.
** "Jubal Harshaw", in ''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]]''.

* God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent — it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these divine attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills.
** {{cite book
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| authorlink = Robert A. Heinlein
| title = [[w:Time Enough for Love|Time Enough for Love]]
| section = Intermission
| year = 1973
| publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons
| location = New York
| page = 264
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* The most preposterous notion that H. sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history. The second most preposterous notion is that copulation is inherently sinful.
** {{cite book
| author = Robert A. Heinlein
| authorlink = Robert A. Heinlein
| title = [[w:Time Enough for Love|Time Enough for Love]]
| section = Intermission
| year = 1973
| publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons
| location = New York
| page = 266
| isbn = 9780399111518
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* How much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it necessary to include such phenomena as phlegm and tooth decay in his divine system of creation?
** [[Joseph Heller]], ''Catch 22''.

* Restore to God His due in tithe and time; A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.
** [[George Herbert]], ''The Temple'' (1633), ''The Church Porch'', Stanza 65.

* Only a humorless tyrant could want a perpetual chanting of praises that, one has no choice but to assume, would be the innate virtues and splendors furnished him by ''his'' creator, infinite regression, drowned in praise!
** [[Christopher Hitchens]], ''Letters to a Young Contrarian'' (2001).

* Consciousness is Gods' gift to mankind.
** Dr. [[w:Albert Hofmann|Albert Hofmann]] discoverer of LSD. (15 January 2006).

* God only speaks to those who understand the language
** Dr. [[w:Albert Hofmann|Albert Hofmann]] discoverer of LSD. (15 January 2006).

== I ==
* Would God give a bird wings and make it a crime to fly? Would he give me brains and make it a crime to think? Any God that would damn one of his children for the expression of his honest thought wouldn't make a decent thief. When I read a book and don't believe it, I ought to say so. I will do so and take the consequences like a man.
** [[Robert Ingersoll]] (14 October 1879).

* '''God is dead. [[Karl Marx|Marx]] is dead. And I don’t feel so well myself.'''
** [[Eugène Ionesco]], as quoted in ''Jewish American Literature : A Norton Anthology'' (2000) by Jules Chametzky, "Jewish Humor", p. 318.

* I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create calamity: I the LORD do all these things.
** ''[[Isaiah]]'' 45:5-7 (King James Version)
** Variant: I am the Lord and there is no other. Who forms light and creates darkness, Who makes peace and creates calamity; I am the Lord, who makes all these.

== J ==
[[File:Brueghel Jan II God creating.jpg|thumb|The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. ~ [[Thomas Jefferson]] ]]
[[File:Dieu Tout-Puissant Chapelle Royale Versailles ceiling.jpg|thumb|It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ~ [[Thomas Jefferson]] ]]
[[File:Sabaoth icon (Russia, 19 c.) 2.jpeg||thumb|Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. ~ [[Thomas Jefferson]] ]]
[[File:Guercino Padreterno.jpg|thumb|God is [[love]]. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. ~ [[w:John the Apostle|John the Apostle]] ]]

* '''The God who gave us [[life]], gave us [[liberty]] at the same time.'''
** [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[s:A Summary View of the Rights of British America|Summary View of the Rights of British America]] (1774).

* It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
** [[Thomas Jefferson]], Query 17 in ''Notes on the State of Virginia'' (1781-1785).

* Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.
** [[Thomas Jefferson]], Query 18 in ''Notes on the State of Virginia'' (1781-1785).

*''' Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of [[reason]], than that of blindfolded [[fear]].'''
** [[Thomas Jefferson]], in a letter to his nephew Peter Carr from Paris, France, (10 August 1787).

* No historical fact is better established, than that the doctrine of one God, pure and uncompounded, was that of the early ages of Christianity … Nor was the unity of the Supreme Being ousted from the Christian creed by the force of reason, but by the sword of civil government, wielded at the will of the fanatic [[w:Athanasius|Athanasius]].
** [[Thomas Jefferson]], in a letter to James Smith (1822).

* The doctrines of [[Jesus]] are simple, and tend all to the happiness of man.
: 1. That there is one only God, and he all perfect.
: 2. That there is a future state of rewards and punishments.
: 3. That to [[love]] God with all thy heart and thy neighbor as thyself, is the sum of [[religion]].
::* [[Thomas Jefferson]], in a letter to Benjamin Waterhouse, (26 June 1822).

* '''You cannot serve both God and [[w:Mammon|Mammon]].'''
**[[Jesus]], ''Matthew'' 6:24.

* Some foolish men declare that creator made the world. The doctrine that the world was created is ill advised and should be rejected. If God created the world, where was he before the creation? If you say he was transcendent then and needed no support, where is he now? How could God have made this world without any raw material? If you say that he made this first, and then the world, you are faced with an endless regression. If you declare that this raw material arose naturally you fall into another fallacy, For the whole universe might thus have been its own creator, and have arisen quite naturally. If God created the world by an act of his own will, without any raw material, then it is just his will and nothing else — and who will believe this silly nonsense? If he is ever perfect and complete, how could the will to create have arisen in him? If, on the other hand, he is not perfect, he could no more create the universe than a potter could. If he is form-less, action-less and all-embracing, how could he have created the world? Such a soul, devoid of all morality, would have no desire to create anything. If he is perfect, he does not strive for the three aims of man, so what advantage would he gain by creating the universe? If you say that he created to no purpose because it was his nature to do so, then God is pointless. If he created in some kind of sport, it was the sport of a foolish child, leading to trouble. If he created because of the karma of embodied beings [acquired in a previous creation] He is not the Almighty Lord, but subordinate to something else. If out of love for living beings and need of them he made the world, why did he not take creation wholly blissful free from misfortune? If he were transcendent he would not create, for he would be free: Nor if involved in transmigration, for then he would not be almighty. Thus the doctrine that the world was created by God makes no sense at all, And God commits great sin in slaying the children whom he himself created. If you say that he slays only to destroy evil beings, why did he create such beings in the first place? Good men should combat the believer in divine creation, maddened by an evil doctrine. Know that the world is uncreated, as time itself is, without beginning or end, and is based on the principles, life and rest. Uncreated and indestructible, it endures under the compulsion of its own nature.
** [[w:Jinasena|Jinasena]] (9th Century) in the ''[[w:Mahapurana (Jainism)|Mahāpurāna]]'', as translated in ''Primal Myths'' (1979) by Barbara Sproul

* God is greater than we can know; The number of his years is beyond comprehension.
** [[Job]] 36:26, [http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwt/E/2013/18/36#h=919:0-920:0 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures]

* For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
** [[w:John the Apostle|John the Apostle]], in John 3:16.

* '''God is [[light]]; in him there is no darkness at all.'''
** [[w:John the Apostle|John the Apostle]] in 1 John 1:5.

* '''God is [[love]]. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.'''
** [[w:John the Apostle|John the Apostle]] in 1 John 4:16.

* '''The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence.'''
** St. [[John of the Cross]] in ''The Sayings of Light and Love'' as translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez (1991).

* God is a dark night to man in this life.
** St. [[John of the Cross]], ''The Ascent of Mt. Carmel'', I, 2, 1.

* '''[[All]]-thing hath the Being by the [[love]] of God.'''
** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (c. 1393), Ch. 5.

* '''God is all that is [[Goodness|good]], as to my sight, and the goodness that each thing hath, it is He.'''
** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (c. 1393), Ch. 8.

* God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it.
** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (c. 1393), Ch. 40.

* '''[[Truth]] seeth [[God]], and [[Wisdom]] beholdeth God, and of these two cometh the third: that is, a holy marvellous [[delight]] in God; which is [[Love]]. Where Truth and Wisdom are verily, there is Love verily, coming of them both.''' And all of God’s making: for He is endless sovereign Truth, endless sovereign Wisdom, endless sovereign Love, unmade; and man’s Soul is a creature in God which hath the same properties ''made'', and evermore it doeth that it was made for: it seeth God, it beholdeth God, and it loveth God. Whereof God enjoyeth in the creature; and the creature in God, endlessly marvelling.''' In which marvelling he seeth his God, his Lord, his Maker so high, so great, and so good, in comparison with him that is made, that scarcely the creature seemeth ought to the self. But the clarity and the clearness of Truth and Wisdom maketh him to see and to bear witness that he is made for Love, in which God endlessly keepeth him.
** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (c. 1393), Ch. 44.

* '''Highly ought we to rejoice that God dwelleth in our soul, and much more highly ought we to rejoice that our soul dwelleth in God.''' Our soul is ''made'' to be God’s dwelling-place; and the dwelling-place of the soul is God, Which is ''unmade''. And high understanding it is, inwardly to see and know that God, which is our Maker, dwelleth in our soul; and an higher understanding it is, inwardly to see and to know that our soul, that is made, dwelleth in God’s Substance: of which Substance, God, we are that we are. And I saw no difference between God and our Substance: but as it were all God; and yet mine understanding took that our Substance is in God: that is to say, that '''God is God, and our Substance is a creature in God.'''
** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (''c''.1393), Ch. 54.

* '''As truly as God is our [[Father]], so truly is God our [[Mother]].'''
** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (c.1393), Ch. 59.

* I beheld with reverent dread, and highly marvelling in the sight and in the feeling of the sweet accord, that '''our Reason is in God'''; understanding that it is the highest gift that we have received; and it is grounded in [[nature]].
** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (''c''.1393), Ch. 83.

* I saw full surely that ere God made us He loved us; which love was never slacked, nor ever shall be. And in this love He hath done all His works; and in this love He hath made all things profitable to us; and in this love our life is everlasting. '''In our making we had beginning; but the love wherein He made us was in Him from without beginning: in which love we have our beginning. And all this shall we see in God, without end.'''
** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (c. 1393), Ch. 86.

== K ==

* The Christian God is spirit and Christianity is spirit, and there is discord between the flesh and the spirit but the flesh is not the sensuous-it is the selfish. In this sense, even the spiritual can become sensuous-for example, if a person took his spiritual gifts in vain, he would then be carnal. And of course I know that it is not necessary for the Christian that Christ must have been physically beautiful; and it would be grievous-for a reason different from the one you give-because if beauty were some essential, how the believer would long to see him; but from all this it by no means follows that the sensuous is annihilated in Christianity.
** [[Soren Kierkegaard]] ''Either/Or Part II'', Hong p. 50 1843.

* If everything is assumed to be in order with regard to the Holy Scriptures-what then? Has the person who did not believe come a single step closer to faith? No, not a single step. Faith does not result from straightforward scholarly deliberation, nor does it come directly; on the contrary, in this objectivity one loses that infinite, personal, impassioned interestedness, which is the condition of faith, the everywhere and nowhere in which faith can come into existence. Has the person who did believe gained anything with regard to the power and strength of faith? No, not in the least; in this prolix knowledge, in this certainty that lurks at faith’s door and craves for it, he is rather in such a precarious position that much effort, much fear and trembling will be needed lest he fall into temptation and confuse knowledge with faith. Whereas up to now faith has been a beneficial taskmaster in uncertainty, but it would be its worst enemy in this certainty. If passion is taken away, faith no longer exists, and certainty and passion do not hitch up as a team.
** ''Soren Kierkegaard, Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments'', Hong, p. 29 (1846).

* God is cruel, sometimes he makes you live.
** [[Stephen King]], ''Desperation''.

* God said take what you want...and pay for it.
** [[Stephen King]], ''Desperation'' (character of "Johnny Marinville").

== L ==
[[File:God the Father with His Right Hand Raised in Blessing.jpg|thumb|The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. ~ [[Abraham Lincoln]]]]

* It isn't always the middle-aged who refuse to listen, who will not even try to understand another point of view. One boy would not get it through his head that for all adults God is not an old man in a white beard sitting on a cloud. As far as this boy was concerned, this old gentleman was the adult's god, and therefore he did not believe in God.
** [[Madeleine L'Engle]] in ''The Crosswicks Journal, Book One : A Circle of Quiet'' (1972).

* ''Homo proponit et Deus disponit.''
** And governeth alle goode virtues.
** [[William Langland]], ''Vision of Piers Ploughman'' (Ed. 1824), Volume II, p. 427, line 13,984. [[John Gerson]] is credited with same. Saying quoted in ''Chronicles of Battel Abbey'' (1066 to 1177). Translation by Lower, 1851, p. 27. [[Homer]], ''Iliad'', XVII. 515. [[Pindar]], ''Olymp'', XIII. 149. [[Demosthenes]], ''De Corona.'', 209. [[Plautus]], ''Bacchid.'' I, 2, 36. [[Ammianus Marcellinus]], ''Hist'', XXV. 3. [[Francois Fenelon]], ''Sermon on the Epiphany'', 1685. [[Montaigne]], ''Essay'', Book II, Chapter XXXVII. [[Seneca the Younger]], ''Epistles'', 107. [[Cleanthus]], ''Fragment''. [[Cervantes]], ''Don Quixote'', I. 22. [[Dante]], ''Paradise'', VIII, line 134. [[Friedrich Schiller]], ''Wallenstein's Death'', I, 7. 32. [[Ordericus Vitalis]], ''Ecclesiastica Historia'', Book III (1075).

* God is only a great imaginative experience.
** [[D.H. Lawrence]], ''Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence'' (1936) pt. 4, edited by E. McDonald.

* God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
** [[John Lennon]], ''God'' (1970).

* Is it not better to place a question mark upon a problem while seeking an answer than to put the label "God" there and consider the matter solved? Does not the word "God" only confuse and make more difficult the solution by assuming a conclusion that is utterly groundless and palpably absurd?
** [[Joseph Lewis]], ''The Philosophy of Atheism''.

* I know that the LORD is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the LORD'S side.
** [[Abraham Lincoln]], reported in Francis B. Carpenter, ''Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln'' (1867), p. 282. Reply to a clergyman who said to Lincoln that he hoped "the Lord was on our side".

* I am much indebted to the good christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more than to yourself. '''The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.''' We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible [[w:American Civil War|war]] long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein. Meanwhile we must work earnestly in the best light He gives us, trusting that so working still conduces to the great ends He ordains. Surely He intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion, which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay.
** [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s Letter to Eliza Gurney (4 September 1864); quoted in Roy P. Basler, ed., ''The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 7'' (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953), p. 535.

* An' you've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God.
** [[James Russell Lowell]], ''The Biglow Papers'' (1848), First Series. No. 1, Stanza 5.

== M ==
[[File:Thanksgiving chapel interior.jpg|thumb|To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that [[Love]] is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name. ~ [[Thomas Merton]] ]]

* But the thing that's really disturbing about Noah isn't the silly, it's that it's ''immoral''. It's about a psychotic mass murderer who gets away with it, and his name is God. Genesis says God was so angry with himself for screwing up when he made mankind so flawed (grr!), that he sent the flood to kill everyone. Everyone. Men, women, children, babies. What kind of tyrant punishes everyone just to get back at the few he's mad at? I mean, ''besides'' {{w|Chris Christie}}. Hey God, you know you're kind of a dick when you are in a movie with [[Russell Crowe]], and you're the one with anger issues. You know, conservatives are always going on about how Americans are losing their values and their morality. Well, maybe it's because you worship a guy who drowns ''babies''.
** [[Bill Maher]], ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' {{#formatdate:2014-03-14}}

* [...] the Eternal turned his attention to the three shades who stood humbly and yet hopefully before him. The quick, with so short a time to live, when they talk of themselves, talk too much; but the dead, with eternity before them, are so [[verbosity|verbose]] that only angels could listen to them with civility.
** [[W. Somerset Maugham]], ''Collected short stories 1'', "The judgement seat", p. 314.

* '''What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support'''; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
** [[John Milton]], ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' (1667; 1674), Book I, line 22.

* '''These are thy glorious works, Parent of good.'''
** [[John Milton]], ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' (1667; 1674), Book V, line 153.

* Bright and clear mind — that we call God.
** [[Namboku Mizuno]], ''Food Governs Your Destiny'', p. 103.

* '''God is living in people's hearts, and in God there is no distinction or rank. Therefore God lives in everyone.''' That's why traditionally it is said that all deities are the same. They say God comes to a person who is very humble and honest.
** [[Namboku Mizuno]], ''Food Governs Your Destiny'', p. 105.

* If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in a good cause.
** [[Joseph McCabe]] in ''A History of Torture''.

* '''Creator — A [[Comedy|comedian]] whose audience is afraid to [[laugh]].'''
** [[H.L. Mencken]], ''A Mencken Chrestomathy,'' ch. 30 (1949).

* God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in his arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos; He will set them above their betters.
** [[H. L. Mencken]], ''Minority Report'' (1956).

* '''To say that I am made in the image of [[God]] is to say that [[Love]] is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.'''
** [[Thomas Merton]], ''Seeds of Contemplation'' (1949).

* '''Persons are not known by intellect alone, not by principles alone, but only by love. It is when we love the other, the enemy, that we obtain from God the key to an understanding of who he is, and who we are.''' It is only this realization that can open to us the real nature of our duty, and of right action.
** [[Thomas Merton]], in a letter to [[Dorothy Day]] (20 December 19.

* '''O God, we are one with You. You have made us one with You. You have taught us that if we are open to one another, You dwell in us. Help us to preserve this openness and to fight for it with all our hearts.''' Help us to realize that there can be no understanding where there is mutual rejection. O God, in accepting one another wholeheartedly, fully, completely, we accept You, and we thank You, and we adore You, and we love You with our whole being, because our being is Your being, our spirit is rooted in Your spirit. '''Fill us then with love, and let us be bound together with love as we go our diverse ways, united in this one spirit which makes You present in the world, and which makes You witness to the ultimate reality that is love. Love has overcome. Love is victorious.''' Amen.
** [[Thomas Merton]], in his closing prayer to an informal address delivered in Calcutta, India (October 1968), from ''The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton'' (1975); quoted in ''Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master : The Essential Writings'' (1992), p. 237.

* There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided
** [[Charles de Montesquieu]], ''Lettres persannes''.

* One thing I can't stand, it's people groveling.
** God, in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''.

* If there is anything so precious that without it history and the world will be destroyed, where will you keep it? You will naturally want to keep it in the deepest part of your mind. If you desire to place it in the depths of your mind, it needs to be invisible. It is for this very reason that God exists as an invisible being. It is fortunate that He is invisible, for if He were visible how could a great contest to gain Him be avoided? It would be difficult for God to endure the pain of seeing it.
** [[Sun Myung Moon]], [http://www.unification.net/wogw/wogw1-01.html ''The Way of God's Will'' Chapter 1-1. The Will of God] Translated [[1980]]

* '''God is not stupid.'''
** [[Sun Myung Moon]], [http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/WofGW/wogw1-05.htm ''The Way of God's Will'' Chapter 1-5. Tradition, Official Business, and Responsibility] (translated 1980).

* God for all anyone knows could be [[Cary Grant]].
** [[Carole Morin]], ''Dead Glamorous'' (1996).

* '''God isn’t in the details, He’s in the structure.'''
** [[Carole Morin]], ''Spying on Strange Men'' (2013).

* You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
** [[Moses]], [[w:Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]] 6:5-9 ([[w:New Revised Standard Version|NRSV]]).

== N ==


* '''The Ultimate [[Truth]] is called God.''' This one can realize in the state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi. '''A circle can have only one centre but it can have numerous radii. The centre can be compared to God and the radii to religions.''' So, no one sect, no one [[religion]] or [[book]] can make an absolute claim of It. '''He who works for It gets It.'''
**[[Swami Narayanananda]], ''Selected Articles 1933-86'' (2002), p. 301.

* '''This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.''' This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all, and on account of His dominion He is wont to be called Lord God, Universal Ruler.
** [[Isaac Newton]], ''[[w:Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica|Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'' (1687).

* All these things being considered, it seems probable to me, that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion to space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them; and that these primitive particles, being solids, are incomparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of them; even so very hard, as never to wear or break in pieces; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation.
** [[Isaac Newton]], ''[[w:Opticks|Opticks, or A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light]]'', 4th edition (1730).

* A Heavenly Master governs all the world as Sovereign of the universe. We are astonished at Him by reason of His perfection, we honor Him and fall down before Him because of His unlimited power. From blind physical necessity, which is always and everywhere the same, no variety adhering to time and place could evolve, and all variety of created objects which represent order and life in the universe could happen only by the willful reasoning of its original Creator, Whom I call the Lord God.
** [[Isaac Newton]], as quoted in ''Our Humanist Heritage'' (2010) by George Frater, p. 75.

* '''God is a thought which makes crooked all that is straight.'''
** [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], "Upon the Blessed Isles", ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra''.

* '''God is dead: but considering the state Man is in, there will perhaps be caves, for ages yet, in which his shadow will be shown.'''
** Friedrich Nietzsche, in ''The Gay Science'' (1882), section 125
** The reduction of Nietzsche's thought to … the first-liner of a graffito sometimes found in certain modern tiled cells and catacombs:
:: '''God is dead''' — Nietzsche Nietzsche is dead — '''God'''
: This reduction could appear to be the creative interpretation of masterful will to power — if Nietzsche's thought and style are as uncontrolled as the critics suggest. … Nietzsche himself anticipates the strife of revengeful graffiti at the conclusion of his text: "Wherever there are walls I shall inscribe this eternal accusation against Christianity upon them — I can write in letters which make even the blind see." …Nietzsche says in his preface that his readers must have a "predestination for the labyrinth" and "new ears for new music" if they are to understand this difficult writing.
:* Gary Shapiro in ''Nietzschean Narratives'' (1989), p. 126.

* '''I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.'''
** Friedrich Nietzsche, as quoted in ''20,000 Quips & Quotes'' (1995) edited by Evan Esar, p. 347.

* '''God is a mean kid sitting on an anthill with a magnifying glass, and I'm the ant.''' He could fix my life in five minutes if He wanted to, but he'd rather tear off my feelers and watch me squirm.
** "Bruce [[Giordano Bruno|Nolan]]" in ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' (2003).

* '''There probably is a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't.'''
** [[John von Neumann]], as quoted in ''John Von Neumann : The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer , Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence and Much More'' (1992) by Norman Macrae, p. 379.

== O ==

*Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.
**[[Eugene O'Neill]], [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks04/0400091h.html The Great God Brown] (1926).

* ''Cura pii Dis sunt, & qui coluere coluntur.''
** Heaven rewards the pious; those who cherish God Themselves are cherished.
** [[Ovid]], ''Metamorphoses'', VIIL, 725.

== P ==
[[File:General George S. Patton gravesite, Luxembourg.jpg|thumb|It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who [[Death|died]]. Rather we should thank God that such men [[Life|lived]]. ~ [[George S. Patton, Jr.]] ]]
[[File:Terry Pratchett Arms.svg|thumb|I don't think I've found God, but I may have seen where [[gods]] come from. ~ [[Terry Pratchett]] ]]

* '''Those of us who are [[Gnosticism|Gnostics]] believe that [[all]] [[people]] are ultimately saved and that God always [[Love|loves]] us, no matter what we do. These beliefs are [[Truth|true]], but they can very easily be simplified and misunderstood.''' God is never [[Anger|angry]] with us in the way in which a vengeful [[human]] would reject us, but God’s love for us has a dark side and one which we should rightfully [[fear]]. '''God loves us not in a sentimental way which aims at our ease and [[pleasure]] but, rather in a way which aims at our highest [[good]] and with an intensity which no one, even the highest [[angels]], can understand.''' God is absolutely determined, with an [[infinite]] determination, to rid us of all that does not reflect His Goodness. As one of our hymns puts it,
::''“But unto wrong what is His Name? Our God is a consuming [[flame]] To every [[wrong]] beneath the [[sun]]!”''
: And, because of that, '''God’s [[punishments]] are terrible, and it is wise to fear them.'''
:* Edward J. Parkinson, in [http://www.catholicgnostics.com/node/17 "Divine Justice: Gnostic Reflections on Some Often Terrifying Realities" at ''CatholicGnostics.com''].

* Compare not thyself with others, but with Me. If thou dost not find Me in those with whom thou comparest thyself, thou comparest thyself to one who is abominable. If thou findest Me in them, compare thyself to Me. But whom wilt thou compare? Thyself, or Me in thee? If it is thyself, it is one who is abominable. If it is I, thou comparest Me to Myself. Now I am God in all.
** [[Blaise Pascal]], ''[[Pensées]]'' (1669), § 554.

* Posterity will one day [[laugh]] at the [[Fools|foolishness]] of modern materialistic philosophers. The more I study [[nature]], the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory.
**[[Louis Pasteur]], as quoted in ''The Literary Digest'' (18 October 1902).

* Science, which brings man nearer to God
**[[Louis Pasteur]], quoted in René Vallery-Radot, ''The Life of Pasteur'' (1902), vol. 1, p. 194.

* '''It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who [[Death|died]]. Rather we should thank God that such men [[Life|lived]]..'''
** General [[George S. Patton, Jr.]], in a speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston Massachusetts (7 June 1945), quoted in ''Patton : Ordeal and Triumph'' (1970) by Ladislas Farago.

* For the invisible things of him since the creation of the [[world]] are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting [[power]] and divinity; that they may be without excuse.
** [[Paul of Tarsus]] in ''[[w:Epistle to the Romans|Romans]]'' 1:20 (ASV).

* '''What if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the [[faith]] of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar'''; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
** [[Paul of Tarsus]] in {{Bibleverse||Romans|3}}:3-8.

* '''We conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the [[law]].''' ''Is he'' the God of the Jews only? ''is he'' not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Seeing ''it is'' one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. '''Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.'''
** [[Paul of Tarsus]], ''Romans'' 3:19-31.

* O the depth of God’s riches and [[wisdom]] and [[knowledge]]! How unsearchable his judgments are and beyond tracing out his ways are! For “who has come to know [[Jehovah]]’s mind, or who has become his [[adviser]]?” Or, “who has first given to him, so that it must be repaid to him?” Because from him and by him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.
** [[Paul of Tarsus]], [[Romans]] 11:33-36, [http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwt/E/2013/45/11#h=63:0-63:129 New World Translation].

* '''The word "God," so "capitalised" (as we Americans say), is ''the'' definable proper name, signifying ''Ens [[Necessity|necessarium]]''; in my belief Really creator of all three Universes of Experience.
** [[Charles Sanders Peirce]], in "[[s:A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God|A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God]]" (1908), § I. ''Ens necessarium'' is a latin expression which signifies "Necessary being, necessary entity".

* '''The hypothesis of God is a peculiar one, in that it supposes an infinitely incomprehensible object, although every hypothesis, as such, supposes its object to be truly conceived in the hypothesis.''' This leaves the hypothesis but one way of understanding itself; namely, as vague yet as true so far as it is definite, and as continually tending to define itself more and more, and without limit. The hypothesis, being thus itself inevitably subject to the law of growth, appears in its vagueness to represent God as so, albeit this is directly contradicted in the hypothesis from its very first phase. But this apparent attribution of growth to God, since it is ineradicable from the hypothesis, cannot, according to the hypothesis, be flatly false. Its implications concerning the Universes will be maintained in the hypothesis, while its implications concerning God will be partly disavowed, and yet held to be less false than their denial would be. Thus the hypothesis will lead to our thinking of features of each Universe as purposed; and this will stand or fall with the hypothesis. Yet a purpose essentially involves growth, and so cannot be attributed to God. Still it will, according to the hypothesis, be less false to speak so than to represent God as purposeless.
** [[Charles Sanders Peirce]], in "A Neglected Argument for the Reality of God" (1908), § II.

* All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. '''This [[mind]] is the matrix of all matter.'''
** [[Max Planck]], as he accepted the Nobel Prize (1919).

* Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''An Essay on Man'' (1733-34), Epistle I, line 15.

* Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''An Essay on Man'' (1733-34), Epistle I, line 99.

* To Him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all!
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''An Essay on Man'' (1733-34), Epistle I, line 277.

* He mounts the [[storm]], and walks upon the [[wind]].
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''An Essay on Man'' (1733-34), Epistle II, line 110.

* Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''An Essay on Man'' (1733-34), Epistle IV, line 331.

* '''I don't have much truck with the "[[religion]] is the cause of most of our wars" school of thought because that is manifestly done by mad, manipulative and power-hungry men who cloak their ambition in God.''' I number believers of all sorts among my friends. Some of them are praying for me. I'm happy they wish to do this, I really am, but I think science may be a better bet.
** [[Terry Pratchett]], in [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1028222/I-create-gods-time--I-think-exist.html "I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist, says fantasy author Terry Pratchett" in ''The Daily Mail'' (21 June 2008)].

* '''I don't think I've found God, but I may have seen where gods come from.'''
** [[Terry Pratchett]], in "I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist, says fantasy author Terry Pratchett" in ''The Daily Mail'' (21 June 2008).

* '''God is our refuge and [[strength]], a very present help in trouble. '''Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the [[mountains]] shake with the swelling thereof.
** ''[[Psalms]]'' 46:1 - 3.

* There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
** ''[[Psalms]]'' 46:4 - 7.

* Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. '''Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.'''
** ''[[Psalms]]'' 46:8 - 10.

* The [[fool]] says in his [[heart]] "There is no God".
** ''[[Psalms]]'' 53:1.

*Indeed the inscrutable One is out of the reach of every rational process. Nor can any words come up to the inexpressible Good, this One, this Source of all unity, this super-existent Being. Mind beyond mind, word beyond speech, it is gathered up by no discourse, by no intuition, by no name. It is and it is as no other being is.
** Pseudo-Dionysius, ''The Divine Names'', 1, 1.

== Q ==

* God! There is no god but He, — the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there that can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? he knoweth what before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme.
** ''[[Qur'an]]''.

== R ==
[[File:Ngc1999.jpg|thumb|The [[Wisdom]] of God Manifested in the [[Works]] of the [[Creation]]. ~ [[John Ray]] ]]
[[File:Electric iron stand.jpg|thumb|God is an iron. ~ [[Spider Robinson]] ]]
[[File:AnttlersNewM45.jpg|thumb|In the presence of [[infinite]] might and infinite wisdom, the [[strength]] of the strongest man is but weakness, and the keenest of mortal [[eyes]] see but dimly. ~ [[Theodore Roosevelt]] ]]

* '''He who is called [[Brahman]] by the [[w:Jnana|jnanis]] is known as [[w:Atman|Atman]] by the [[w:yogi|yogis]] and as [[w:Bhagavan|Bhagavan]] by the [[w:Bhakti|bhaktas]].''' The same brahmin is called priest, when worshipping in the temple, and cook, when preparing a meal in the kitchen. '''The ''jnani'', following the path of knowledge, always reason about the Reality saying, "not this, not this." Brahman is neither "this" nor "that"; It is neither the universe nor its living beings. Reasoning in this way, the mind becomes steady.''' Finally it disappears and the aspirant goes into [[w:samadhi|samadhi]]. This is the Knowledge of Brahman. It is the unwavering conviction of the jnani that Brahman alone is real and the world is illusory. '''All these [[names]] and forms are illusory, like a [[dream]]. What Brahman is cannot be described.''' One cannot even say that Brahman is a Person. This is the opinion of the jnanis, the followers of Vedanta. But '''the bhaktas accept all the states of consciousness. They take the waking state to be real also. They don't think the world to be illusory, like a dream. They say that the universe is a manifestation of the [[God]]'s [[power]] and [[glory]]. God has created all these — [[sky]], [[stars]], [[moon]], [[sun]], [[mountains]], [[ocean]], [[men]], [[animals]]. They constitute His glory.''' He is within us, in our hearts. Again, He is outside. The most advanced devotees say that He Himself has become all this — the 24 cosmic principles, the universe, and all living beings. '''The devotee of God wants to eat sugar, and not become sugar.''' (All laugh.) Do you know how a lover of God feels? His attitude is: "O God, Thou art the Master, and I am Thy servant. Thou art the Mother, and I Thy child." Or again: "Thou art my Father and Mother. '''Thou art the Whole, and I am a part.'''" He does not like to say, "I am Brahman." They yogi seeks to realize the [[w:Paramatman|Paramatman]], the Supreme Soul. '''His ideal is the union of the embodied soul and the Supreme Soul.''' He withdraws his mind from sense objects and tries to concentrate on the Paramatman. Therefore, during the first stage of his spiritual discipline, he retires into solitude and with undivided attention practices meditation in a fixed posture. But the reality is one and the same; the difference is only in name. He who is Brahman is verily Atman, and again, He is the Bhagavan. He is Brahman to the followers of the path of knowledge, Paramatman to the yogis, and Bhagavan to the lovers of God.
** [[Ramakrishna]], ''The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna'' (1942), p. 132.

* '''The [[Wisdom]] of God Manifested in the [[Works]] of the [[Creation]].'''
** [[John Ray]], title of a book (1691).

* The god of many cannot remain the true god.
** [[James Richardson]], ''Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays'' (2001), #138.

* When I speak of All That Is, you must understand my position within it. All That Is knows no other. This does not mean that there may not be more to know. It does not mean, and here words quite fail us, it does not mean that All That Is, in any terms we can conceive of, may not be limited. It knows of no other.
** [[Jane Roberts]], 1997.

* '''God is an [[Irony|iron]]''' … If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then '''God is an iron.'''
** [[Spider Robinson]], in "God is an Iron" (1977).

* '''In the presence of infinite might and infinite wisdom, the strength of the strongest man is but weakness, and the keenest of mortal eyes see but dimly.'''
** [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s Christian Citizenship Address before the Young Men's Christian Association, Carnegie Hall, New York, 30 December 1900.

* Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone and you are a God.
** [[Jean Rostand]], ''Thoughts of a Biologist'' (1939).

* '''If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to boast of as the final result of all my efforts.'''
** [[Bertrand Russell]], ''Religion and Science''.

* If there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence.
** [[Bertrand Russell]], quoted in ''Bertrand Russell's Best'' (1958), "On Religion".

== S ==
[[File:Tree of Life 2009 large.png |thumb|Individual things are nothing but modifications of the attributes of God, or modes by which the attributes of God are expressed in a fixed and definite manner. ~ [[Baruch Spinoza]] ]]

* I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it. Now I cannot bring myself to fear a God who is either spiteful or weak. I defy Him without fear and care not a fig for his thunderbolts.
** [[Marquis de Sade]], ''Justine or The Misfortunes of Virtue'' (1787) [This quote is strikingly similar to Epicurus' above.]

* The existence of the world without God seems to me less absurd than the presence of a God, existing in all his perfection, creating an imperfect man in order to make him run the risk of Hell.
** [[w:Armand Salacrou|Armand Salacrou]] in ''Ceritudes et incertitudes'' (1943).

* Respectable society believed in God in order to avoid having to speak about him.
** [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], ''The Words'' (1964).

* '''We are all writing God's poem.'''
** [[Anne Sexton]], as quoted by [[Erica Jong]], in [http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2000/oct/26/features11.g2 "Into the lion's den" in ''The Guardian'' (26 October 2000)].

* God is our fortress, in whose conquering name Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks.
** [[William Shakespeare]], [[Henry VI, Part 2|''Henry VI'', Part II]] (c. 1590-91), Act II, scene 1, line 26.

* God shall be my hope, My stay, my guide and lantern to my feet.
** [[William Shakespeare]], [[Henry VI, Part 2|''Henry VI'', Part II]] (c. 1590-91), Act II, scene 3, line 24.

* And to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died fearing God.
** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]'' (1613), Act IV, scene 2, line 67.

* Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]'' (1613), Act III, scene 2, lines 455–57. Cardinal Wolsey is speaking to his servant, Cromwell. During the Watergate hearings on June 12, 1973, Senator Sam Ervin quoted these words to Herbert Porter.

* If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, why should we have doubts concerning our future? If he knows all, why warn him of our needs and fatigue him with our prayers? If he is everywhere, why erect temples to him? If he is just, why fear that he will punish the creatures that he has filled with weaknesses?
** [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], ''The Necessity of Atheism'' (1811).

* '''Lisa Simpson''': I still ''believe'' in God. I just think there's another path to him, or her. '''Marge Simpson''': Her?! [addressing God] She's just kidding, Mister Lord!
** ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "[[The Simpsons/Season 13#She of Little Faith|She of Little Faith]]" ({{#formatdate:2001-12-16}}), season 13 episode 6, at 11:54.

* '''Nothing remains, under God, but those passions which have often proved''' the best ministers of His vengeance, and '''the surest protectors of the world.'''
** [http://www.archive.org/stream/elementarysketc03smitgoog#page/n440/mode/2up Lecture XXVIL: On Habit - Part II, in “Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy”, delivered at The Royal Institution in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806 by the late Rev. Sydney Smith, M.A. (Spottiswoodes and Shaw (London: 1849))], p. 424
*** Another Variant: '''When the usual hopes and the common aids of man are all gone, nothing remains under God but those passions which have often proved the best ministers of His purpose and the surest protectors of the world.'''
*** Quoted by [[w:Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt]] in his "[http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/txtspeeches/668.pdf Brotherhood and the Heroic Virtues]" Address at the Veterans' Reunion, Burlington, Vermont, September 5, 1901 and published in Theodore Roosevelt's "The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses" by Dover Publications (April 23, 2009) in its Dover Thrift Editions (ISBN: 978-0486472294), p. 127.

* '''Stan''': Why would God let Kenny die, Chef? Why? Kenny's my f-f-friend. Why can't God take someone else's f-f-friend? '''Chef''': Stan, sometime God take those closest to us, because it makes him feel better about himself. He's a very vengeful God, Stan. He's all pissed off about something we did thousands of years ago. He just can't get over it. So he doesn't care who he takes: children, puppies, it don't matter to him, so long as it makes us sad. Do you understand? '''Stan''': Then why does God give us anything to start with? '''Chef''': Well, look at it this way: if you want to make a baby cry, first, you give it a lollipop. Then, you take it away. If you never give it a lollipop to begin with, then you would have nothing to cry about. That's like God, who gives us life and love and health, just so that he can tear it all away and make us cry, so he can drink the sweet milk of our tears. You see, it's our tears, Stan, that give God his great power. '''Stan''': I think I understand.
** ''[[South Park]]'', "[[South Park#Kenny Dies .5B5.13.5D|Kenny Dies]]" ({{#formatdate:2001-12-05}}), season 5 episode 13, at 16 min.

* It is sometimes hard, in times like these, to understand God's way. Why would he allow nine innocent people to be run down in the prime of their lives by a senior citizen who, perhaps, shouldn't be driving? It is then that we must understand, God's sense of humor is very different from our own. He does not laugh at the simple "man walks into a bar" joke. '''No, God needs complex irony and subtle farcical twists that seem macabre to you and me. All that we can hope for is that God got his good laugh, and a tragedy such as this will never happen again.'''
** ''[[South Park]]'', "[[South Park#Grey Dawn .5B7.10.5D|Grey Dawn]]" ({{#formatdate:2003-11-05}}), season 7 episode 10, at 1 min.

* '''By ''God'', I mean a being absolutely infinite — that is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality.''' Explanation — I say absolutely infinite, not infinite after its kind: for, of a thing infinite only after its kind, infinite attributes may be denied; but '''that which is absolutely infinite, contains in its essence whatever expresses reality, and involves no negation.'''
** [[Baruch Spinoza]], in [[s:Ethics (Spinoza)|''Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata'' [''Ethics Geometrically Demonstrtated''] (1677)]], Definition 6.

* '''Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.'''
** Baruch Spinoza, in ''Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata'' (1677), Prop. 15.

* '''God and all attributes of God are eternal.'''
** Baruch Spinoza, in ''Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata'' (1677), Prop. 19.

* '''Individual things are nothing but modifications of the attributes of God, or modes by which the attributes of God are expressed in a fixed and definite manner.'''
** Baruch Spinoza, in ''Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata'' (1677), Prop. 25.

* '''God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.'''
** Baruch Spinoza, in ''Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata'' (1677).

* '''Things could not have been brought into being by God in any manner or in any order different from that which has in fact obtained.'''
** Baruch Spinoza, in ''Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata'' (1677).

* The [[universe]] is God’s son.
** [[Dejan Stojanovic]], ''The Sun Watches the Sun'' (1999) “God’s Son” (Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”).

== T ==
[[File:Brocken-tanzawa2.JPG|thumb|God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part. God alone exists truly. Man manifests Him in time, space and matter. ~ [[Leo Tolstoy]] ]]
[[File:FDC-emb.jpg|thumb|God, from a beautiful [[necessity]], is [[Love]] in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume... ~ [[Martin Farquhar Tupper]] ]]

* '''Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.'''
** [[Rabindranath Tagore]], ''Stray Birds'' (1916); paraphrased variant: Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of humanity.

* '''God seeks comrades and claims [[love]], The devil seeks [[slaves]] and claims [[obedience]].'''
** [[Rabindranath Tagore]], ''Fireflies'' (1928).

*It is a mistake to suppose that God is only, or even chiefly, concerned with religion.
** [[w:William Temple (bishop)|William Temple]], quoted in [[w:R. V. C. Bodley|R. V. C. Bodley]], ''In Search of Serenity'' (1955), ch. 12.

* What, but God? Inspiring God! who boundless Spirit all, And unremitting Energy, pervades, Adjusts, sustains, and agitates the whole.
** [[James Thomson (poet)|James Thomson]], ''The Seasons'', ''Spring'' (1728), line 849.

* If you do not believe in a personal God, the question: 'What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable.
** [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], Letter to Camilla Unwin (20 May 1969). ''[[w:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien|The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien]]'' (1981), Letter 310.

* '''Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.''' Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
** [[Leo Tolstoy]] in ''[[w:War and Peace|War and Peace]]'' Bk XIII, Chapter 16.

* '''The Kingdom of God is within you... and all beings.'''
** [[Leo Tolstoy]]

* The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the [[w:Kingdom of God|kingdom of God]]; and this can be done only by means of the acknowledgment and profession of the truth by each one of us.
** [[Leo Tolstoy]] in ''[[w:The Kingdom of God is Within You|The Kingdom of God is Within You]]'' (1894) Ch. 12.

* '''God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part. God alone exists truly. Man manifests Him in time, space and matter.''' The more God's manifestation in man (life) unites with the manifestations (lives) of other beings, the more man exists. This union with the lives of other beings is accomplished through love. God is not love, but the more there is of love, the more man manifests God, and the more he truly exists... '''We acknowledge God only when we are conscious of His manifestation in us.'''
** [[Leo Tolstoy]] in his diary (1 November 1910).

*'''Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying — but when God talks to us, we're said to be schizophrenic?'''
**[[Lily Tomlin]], Contributions of Jane Wagner.

* I am what you call "The World". Or perhaps "The Universe". Or perhaps "God". Or perhaps "Truth". Or perhaps "Everything". Or perhaps "One". And, '''I am "You".'''
** [[Truth]] Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

* '''God, from a beautiful [[necessity]], is [[Love]] in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume''': The wicked work their woe by looking upon love, and hating it: '''The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever.'''
** [[Martin Farquhar Tupper]], in "Of Immortality" in ''Proverbial Philosophy'' (1849).

== U ==

== V ==

* '''I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.'''
** [[Voltaire]], in a letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville (16 May 1767).

* '''If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.'''
** [[Voltaire]] in ''Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs'' (10 November 1770).

* "If God did not exist, He would have to be invented." But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it.
** Voltaire quoting himself in a letter to Prince Frederick William of Prussia (28 November 1770), as quoted in ''Voltaire in His Letters'' (1919) by [[Evelyn Beatrice Hall|S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall)]]

* I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.
** [[Voltaire]], as quoted in ''More Random Walks in Science : An Anthology'' (1982) by Robert L. Weber, p. 65.

* '''Take Care of the People, and God Almighty Will Take Care of Himself.'''
** [[Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.]] in ''[[w:The Sirens of Titan|The Sirens of Titan]]'' (1959).

* If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: &emsp; THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED &emsp; FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD &emsp; WAS MUSIC.
** [[Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.]], [http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0205-29.htm "Vonnegut's Blues for America"], ''[[w:Sunday Herald|Sunday Herald]]'', February 5, 2006.

== W ==
[[File:Rosace.jpg|thumb|To believe that the desire for good is always fulfilled — that is faith, and whoever has it is not an atheist. ~ [[Simone Weil]] ]]
[[File:Дервиш руми.jpg|thumb|Dear God … Everyone I [[know]] admits they’ve never seen your [[face]], they’re not sure where you [[live]] and have no map to [[Kingdom of God|the place]]. ~ [[Dawud Wharnsby]] ]]
[[File:The Storm Spirits.jpg|thumb|"[[w:Elohim|Elohim]]," the name for the creative power in ''[[w:Book of Genesis|Genesis]]'', is a female plural, a fact that generations of learned rabbis and Christian theologians have all explained as merely grammatical convention. The King James and most other Bibles translate it as "God," but if you take the grammar literally, it seems to mean "goddesses." [[w:El Shaddai|Al Shaddai]], god of battles, appears later, and [[w:Tetragrammaton|YHWH]], mispronounced [[Jehovah]], later still. ~ [[Robert Anton Wilson]] ]]
[[File:US Navy 060608-N-6501M-005 The U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), anchored off of the coast of Jolo City.jpg|thumb|I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see. If we wish to know the truth concerning anything, we'll find it in the nature of that thing. ~ [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] ]]

* Don't you know there ain't no devil? There's only God when He's drunk.
**[[Tom Waits]], in "[[w:Heartattack and Vine (song)|Heartattack and Vine]]" on ''[[w:Heartattack and Vine|Heartattack and Vine]]'' (1980).

* '''God's greatness and goodness are measured by the fact that he gives us choices.''' He doesn't require us to thank him for our food. (In case you hadn't noticed.) God is not a Modernist. He doesn't view us as nails. God expects us to behave like carpenters. Indeed, he gave us a carpenter as an example. So I think God is postmodern. '''He has his own ideas of what rules, and what sucks, and he doesn't expect everyone else to agree with him.'''
** [[Larry Wall]] in [http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/03/pm.html "Perl, the first postmodern computer language" (9 March 1999)].

* '''One of the most exquisite pleasures of human love — to serve the loved one without his knowing it — is only possible, as regards the love of God, through atheism.'''
** [[Simone Weil]], ''Last Notebook'' (1942).

* In order to obey God, one must receive his commands. How did it happen that I received them in adolescence, while I was professing atheism? '''To believe that the desire for good is always fulfilled — that is faith, and whoever has it is not an atheist.'''
** [[Simone Weil]], ''Last Notebook'' (1942).

* '''No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope. consequently, the only choice is between worshipping the true God or an idol.''' Every atheist is an idolater — unless he is worshipping the true God in his impersonal aspect. '''The majority of the pious are idolaters.'''
** [[Simone Weil]], ''Last Notebook'' (1942).

* '''There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God.'''
** [[Simone Weil]], as quoted in ''The New Christianity'' (1967) edited by William Robert Miller.

* '''No man — prince, peasant, pope, — has all the light, who says else is a mountebank. I claim no private lien on truth, only a liberty to seek it, prove it in debate, and to be wrong a thousand times to reach a single rightness.''' It is that liberty they fear. They want us to be driven to God like sheep, not running to him like lovers, shouting joy!"
** [[Morris West]], in his play about [[Giordano Bruno]], ''''The Heretic'' (1968).

* Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! '''We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside!'''
** [[Morris West]], ''The Heretic'' (1968).

* '''If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.'''
** [[Morris West]], ''The Heretic'' (1968).

* '''Once you accept the existence of God — however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him — then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.''' You are also caught with the fact that man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.
** [[Morris West]], ''The Clowns of God'' (1981).

* Dear God I've heard your [[name]] from [[teachers]], [[family]] and friends, you made the [[universe]] and so will live on when it [[ends]]. '''Everyone I [[know]] admits they’ve never seen your [[face]], they’re not sure where you [[live]] and have no map [[Kingdom of God|to the place]].'''
** [[Dawud Wharnsby]], in "Dear God", in ''A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden'' (2011).

* No reason can be given for the nature of God, because that nature is the ground of rationality.
** [[Alfred North Whitehead]], ''Science and the Modern World'' (1925), Chapter XI. New York: Mentor Books, 1948, p. 179.

* The worship of God is not a rule of safety—it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable. The death of religion comes with the repression of the high hope of adventure.
** [[Alfred North Whitehead]], ''Science and the Modern World'' (1925), Chapter XII. New York: Mentor Books, 1948, p. 192.

* '''All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.'''
** [[Tennessee Williams]], ''The Night of the Iguana'' (1963).

*''' "[[w:Elohim|Elohim]]," the name for the creative power in ''[[w:Book of Genesis|Genesis]]'', is a female plural, a fact that generations of learned rabbis and Christian theologians have all explained as merely grammatical convention.''' The King James and most other Bibles translate it as "God," but if you take the grammar literally, it seems to mean "goddesses." [[w:El Shaddai|Al Shaddai]], god of battles, appears later, and [[w:Tetragrammaton|YHWH]], mispronounced [[Jehovah]], later still.
** [[Robert Anton Wilson]], ''Everything Is Under Control : Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups'' (1998), p. 197.

* I believe in God, only I spell it "[[Nature]]".
** [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], ''Quote'' magazine (14 August 1966).

* '''God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature and it has been said often by philosophers, that nature is the will of God.''' And, I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see. '''If we wish to know the truth concerning anything, we'll find it in the nature of that thing.'''
** Frank Lloyd Wright, quoted in ''Truth Against the World : Frank Lloyd Wright speaks for an organic architecture'' (1987) edited by Patrick J. Meehan.

* Maybe the growth of "God" signifies the existence of God. That is: if history naturally pushes people toward moral improvement, toward moral growth, and their God, as they conceive their God, grows accordingly, becoming morally richer, then maybe this growth is evidence of some higher purpose, and maybe — conceivably — the source of that purpose is worthy of the name divinity.[… I]f it is a natural outgrowth of history — then it is more likely that this "growth of God" signifies the existence of God, or at least the existence of something you might call divine, however unlike ancient conceptions of God.
** [[Robert Wright]], ''[[w:The Evolution of God|The Evolution of God]]'' (2009). New York: Little, Brown and Company, pp. 286–7.

* Is God love? Like all characterizations of God, this one presumes more insight than I feel in possession of. But there's certainly something to the idea that love is connected to, indeed emanates from, the kind of God whose existence is being surmised here. The connection comes via love's connection to the moral order of which that God is the source. The moral order has revealed itself through ever-widening circles of [[w:Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny|non-zero-sumness]] that draw people toward the moral truth that mutual respect is warranted. As we saw […], it is the moral imagination whose growth often paves the way for that truth, and it does so through the extension of a kind of sympathy, a subjective identification with the situation of the other. And as sympathy intensifies it approaches love. Love, you might say, is the apotheosis of the moral imagination; it can foster the most intimate identification with the other, the most intense appreciation of the moral worth of the other.
** [[Robert Wright]], ''The Evolution of God'' (2009), p. 456.

== X ==

== Y ==
* A God all mercy is a God unjust.
** [[Edward Young]], ''Night Thoughts'' (1742-1745), Night IV, line 234.

* By night an atheist half believes in God.
** Edward Young, ''Night Thoughts'' (1742-1745), Night V, line 177.

* A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured. Each branch of piety delight inspires.
** Edward Young, ''Night Thoughts'' (1742-1745), Night VIII, line 720.

* A God alone can comprehend a God.
** Edward Young, ''Night Thoughts'' (1742-1745), Night LX, line 835.

* Thou, my all! My theme! my inspiration! and my crown! My strength in age—my rise in low estate! My souls ambition, pleasure, wealth!—my world! My light in darkness! and my life in death! My boast through time! bliss through eternity! Eternity, too short to speak thy praise! Or fathom thy profound of love to man!
** Edward Young, ''Night Thoughts'' (1742-1745), Night IV, line 586.

== Z ==
* '''Arthur Frayn:''' "And you, poor creatures, who conjured you out of the clay? Is God in show business, too?"
** [[Zardoz]] (1974).

==''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations''==
:Quotes reported in ''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations'' (1922), p. 315-21.

* Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
** Acts, XVII. 23.

* ''Homo cogitat, Deus indicat.''
** Man thinks, God directs.
** [[Alcuin]], ''Epistles''.

* At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
** [[Anacharsis]].

* Man says—"So, so." Heaven says—"No, no."
** Chinese Aphorism.

* God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!—Ah, but fools Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more. Wisdom and goodness they are God!—what schools Have yet so much as heard this simpler lore. This no Saint preaches, and this no Church rules: 'Tis in the desert, now and heretofore.
** [[Matthew Arnold]], ''The Divinity'', Stanza 3.

* They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.
** [[Francis Bacon]], ''Essays'', ''Of Atheism.

* From thee all human actions take their springs, The rise of empires, and the fall of kings.
** [[Samuel Boyse]], ''The Deity''.

* O Rock of Israel, Rock of Salvation, Rock struck and cleft for me, let those two streams of blood and water which once gushed out of thy side … bring down with them salvation and holiness into my soul.
** [[Brevint]], ''Works'' (Ed. 1679), p. 17.

* He made little, too little of sacraments and priests, because God was so intensely real to him. What should he do with lenses who stood thus full in the torrent of the sunshine.
** [[Phillips Brooks]], ''Sermons'', ''The Seriousness of Life''.

* It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for which he listened.
** [[Phillips Brooks]], ''Sermons'', ''The Seriousness of Life''.

* Of what I call God, And fools call Nature.
** [[Robert Browning]], ''The Ring and the Book'', ''The Pope'', line 1,073.

* A picket frozen on duty— A mother starved for her brood— Socrates drinking the hemlock, And Jesus on the rood; And millions who, humble and nameless, The straight, hard pathway trod— Some call it Consecration, And others call it God.
** [[W. H. Carruth]], ''Evolution''.

* ''Nihil est quod deus efficere non possit.''
** There is nothing which God cannot do.
** [[Cicero]], ''De Divinatione'', II. 41.

* God! sing, ye meadow-streams, with gladsome voice! Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, God!
** [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], ''Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouni''.

* God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty.
** I Corinthians. I. 27.

* I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
** I Corinthians, III. 6.

* God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm.
** [[William Cowper]], ''Hymn'', ''Light Shining out of Darkness''.

* There is a God! the sky his presence shares, His hand upheaves the billows in their mirth, Destroys the mighty, yet the humble spares And with contentment crowns the thought of worth.
** [[Charlotte Cushman]], ''There is a God''.

* My God, my Father, and my Friend, Do not forsake me in the end.
** [[Wentworth Dillon]], translation of ''Dies Iræ''.

* 'Twas much, that man was made like God before: But, that God should be made like man, much more.
** [[John Donne]], ''Holy Sonnets'', Sonnet XXII.

* By tracing Heaven his footsteps may be found: Behold! how awfully he walks the round! God is abroad, and wondrous in his ways The rise of empires, and their fall surveys.
** [[John Dryden]], ''Britannia Rediviva'', line 75.

* Too wise to err, too good to be unkind,— Are all the movements of the Eternal Mind.
** Rev. [[John East]], ''Songs of My Pilgrimage''.

* God is divine Principle, supreme incorporeal Being, Mind, Spirit, Soul, Life, Truth, Love.
** [[Mary Baker Eddy]], ''Science and Health'', Chapter XIV. Ed. 1906, p. 465.

* There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind, and its infinite manifestation, for God is All in All. Spirit is immortal Truth; Matter is mortal error.
** [[Mary Baker Eddy]], ''Science and Health'', Chapter XIV. Ed. 1906, p. 468.

* When the Master of the universe has points to carry in his government he impresses his will in the structure of minds.
** [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], ''Letters and Social Aims'' (1876), ''Immortality''.

* He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
** [[Euripides]], ''Sisyphus''.

* Henceforth the Majesty of God revere; Fear him and you have nothing else to fear.
** [[Fordyce]], ''Answer to a Gentleman who Apologized to the Author for Swearing''.

* ''Wie einer ist, so ist sein Gott, Darum ward Gott so oft zu Spott.''
** As a man is, so is his God; therefore God was so often an object of mockery.
** [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], ''Gedichte''.

* I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.
** [[Robert Greene]], ''Looking-Glass for London and England''.

* Some men treat the God of their fathers as they treat their father's friend. They do not deny him; by no means: they only deny themselves to him, when he is good enough to call upon them.
** J. C. and A. W. Hare, ''Guesses at Truth''.

* I askt the seas and all the deeps below My God to know, I askt the reptiles, and whatever is In the abyss; Even from the shrimps to the leviathan Enquiry ran; But in those deserts that no line can sound The God I sought for was not to be found.
** [[Thomas Heywood]], ''Searching after God''.

* Forgetful youth! but know, the Power above With ease can save each object of his love; Wide as his will, extends his boundless grace.
** [[Homer]], ''The Odyssey'', Book III, line 285. Pope's translation.

* O thou, whose certain eye foresees The fix'd event of fate's remote decrees.
** [[Homer]], ''The Odyssey'', Book IV, line 627. Pope's translation.

* Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name, yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him; and our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, when we confess without confession that his glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our capacity and reach.
** [[Hooker]], ''Ecclesiastical Polity'', Book I, Chapter II. 3.

* Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the heavens of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade; To write the love of God above, Would drain the ocean dry; Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretch'd from sky to sky.
** Rabbi [[Mayir ben Isaac]]. Translation of Chaldee Ode, sung in Jewish Synagogues during the service of the first day of the Feast of the Pentecost. Given in the original Chaldee in Notes and Queries, Dec. 31, 1853, p. 648. In Grose's Olio, p. 292, and in Book of Jewish Thoughts, p. 155. Same idea in Chaucer—Balade Warnynge Men to Beware of Deceitful Women. Also in Remedie of Love. See Modern Universal History, p. 430. Note. Miss C. Sinclair—Hill and Valley, p. 35. (Same idea.) Smart given as English translator by one authority. See also Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

* But if the sky were paper and a scribe each star above, And every scribe had seven hands, they could not write all my love.
** ''Dürsli und Bäbeli''; old public house ditty of the Canton de Soleure or Solothurn. Original in Swiss dialect. Given in ''Notes and Queries'' (Feb. 10, 1872), p. 114.

* From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,— Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
** [[Samuel Johnson]], ''Motto to The Rambler'', No. 7.

* The sun and every vassal star, All space, beyond the soar of angel's wings, Wait on His word: and yet He stays His car For every sigh a contrite suppliant brings.
** [[John Keble]], ''The Christian Year'', ''Ascension Day''.

* ''Nam homo proponit, sed Deus disponit.''
** Man proposes, but God disposes.
** [[Thomas à Kempis]], ''Imitation of Christ'', Book I, Chapter XIX. Thomas Dibdin's translation.

* O God, I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee.
** [[Johannes Kepler]], when studying astronomy.

* All but God is changing day by day.
** [[Charles Kingsley]], ''The Saints' Tragedy'', ''Prometheus''.

* God! there is no God but he, the living, the self-subsisting.
** Koran, Chapter II, Part III.

* There is no god but God.
** Koran, Chapter III.

* ''L'impossibilité où je suis de prouver que Dieu n'est pas, me decouvre son existence.''
** The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discloses to me His existence.
** [[Jean de La Bruyère]], ''Les Caractères'', XVI.

* ''Sire, je n'avais besoin de cet hypothèse.''
** Sire, I had no need for that hypothesis.
** [[La Place]] to [[Napoleon]], who asked why God was not mentioned in ''Traite de la Méchanique Céleste''.

* ''Denn Gott lohnt Gutes, hier gethan, auch hier noch.''
** For God rewards good deeds done here below—rewards them here.
** [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]], ''Nathan der Weise'', I, 2.

* "We trust, Sir, that God is on our side." "It is more important to know that we are on God's side."
** [[Abraham Lincoln]], reply to deputation of Southerners during Civil War.

* God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting.
** [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], ''The Courtship of Miles Standish'', IV.

* ''Estne dei sedes nisi terra et pontus et aër Et cœlum et virtus? Superos quid quærimus ultra? Jupiter est quodcumque vides, quodcumque moveris.''
** Is there any other seat of the Divinity than the earth, sea, air, the heavens, and virtuous minds? why do we seek God elsewhere? He is whatever you see; he is wherever you move.
** [[Marcus Annaeus Lucanus]], ''Pharsalia'', IX. 578.

* ''Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Ein gute Wehr und Waffen, Er hilft uns frei aus aller Not, Die uns jetzt hat betroffen.''
** A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing, Our helper he amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing.
** [[Martin Luther]], ''Ein feste Burg''. Translation by F. H. Hedge.

* I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
** [[Henry Francis Lyte]], ''Eventide''.

* A voice in the wind I do not know; A meaning on the face of the high hills Whose utterance I cannot comprehend. A something is behind them: that is God.
** [[George MacDonald]], ''Within and Without'', Part I, scene 1.

* ''Exemplumque dei quisque est in imagine parva.''
** Every one is in a small way the image of God.
** [[Marcus Manilius]], ''Astronomica'', IV. 895.

* ''Quis cœlum possit nisi cœli munera nosse? Et reperire deum nisi qui pars ipse deorum est?''
** Who can know heaven except by its gifts? and who can find out God, unless the man who is himself an emanation from God?
** [[Marcus Manilius]], ''Astronomica'', II. 115.

* The Lord who gave us Earth and Heaven Takes that as thanks for all He's given. The book he lent is given back All blotted red and smutted black.
** [[John Masefield]], ''Everlasting Mercy'', Stanza 27.

* One sole God; One sole ruler,—his Law; One sole interpreter of that law—Humanity.
** [[Giuseppe Mazzini]], ''Life and Writings'', ''Young Europe'', ''General Principles'', No. 1.

* Too wise to be mistaken still Too good to be unkind.
** [[Samuel Medley]], ''Hymn of God''.

* Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best: his state Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest.
** [[John Milton]], ''Sonnet'', ''On His Blindness''.

* ''Gott-trunkener Mensch.''
** A God-intoxicated man.
** [[Novalis]] (of Spinoza).

* Trumpeter, sound for the splendour of God! . . . . . . Trumpeter, rally us, up to the heights of it! Sound for the City of God.
** [[Alfred Noyes]], ''Trumpet Call'', last lines.

* ''Est deus in nobis; et sunt commercia cœli.''
** There is a God within us and intercourse with heaven.
** [[Ovid]], ''Ars Amatoria'', Book III. 549. (Milton's "Looks commercing with the skies" said to be inspired by this phrase).

* ''Est deus in nobis: agitante calescimus illo.''
** There is a God within us, and we glow when he stirs us.
** [[Ovid]], ''Fasti'', Book VI. 6.

* ''Sed tamen ut fuso taurorum sanguine centum, Sic capitur minimo thuris honore deux.''
** As God is propitiated by the blood of a hundred bulls, so also is he by the smallest offering of incense.
** [[Ovid]], ''Tristium'', II. 75.

* ''Nihil ita sublime est, supraque pericula tendit Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo.''
** Nothing is so high and above all danger that is not below and in the power of God.
** [[Ovid]], ''Tristium'', IV. 8. 47.

* Fear God. Honour the King.
** I Peter, II. 17.

* One on God's side is a majority.
** [[Wendell Phillips]], speech at Harper's Ferry (Nov. 1, 1859).

* God is truth and light his shadow.
** [[Plato]].

* God is a geometrician.
** Attributed to [[Plato]], but not found in his works.

* ''Est profecto deus, qui, quæ nos gerimus, auditque et videt.''
** There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate'er we do.
** [[Plautus]], ''Captivi'', II. 2. 63.

* He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day.
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''Messiah''.

* Thou Great First Cause, least understood.
** Alexander Pope, ''Universal Prayer''.

* The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
** Psalms, XIX. 1.

* He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
** Psalms, XXIII. 2.

* God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
** Psalms. XLVI. 1.

* ''Je crains Dieu, cher Abner, et n'ai point d'autre crainte.''
** I fear God, dear Abner, and I have no other fear.
** [[Jean Racine]], ''Athalie'', Act I, scene 1.

* There is no respect of persons with God.
** Romans, II. 11. Acts X. 34.

* Fear of God before their eyes.
** Romans, III. 18.

* If God be for us, who can be against us?
** Romans, VIII. 31.

* Give us a God—a living God, One to wake the sleeping soul, One to cleanse the tainted blood Whose pulses in our bosoms roll.
** [[C. G. Rosenberg]], ''The Winged Horn'', Stanza 7.

* We may scavenge the dross of the nation, we may shudder past bloody sod, But we thrill to the new revelation that we are parts of God.
** [[Robert Haven Schauffler]], ''New Gods for Old''.

* ''Es lebt ein Gott zu strafen und zu rächen.''
** There is a God to punish and avenge.
** [[Friedrich Schiller]], ''Wilhelm Tell'', IV. 3. 37.

* ''Nihil ab illo [i.e. a Deo] vacat; opus suum ipse implet.''
** Nothing is void of God; He Himself fills His work.
** [[Seneca the Younger]], ''De Beneficiis'', IV. 8.

* ''Deum non immolationibus et sanguine multo colendum: quæ enim ex trucidatione immerentium voluptas est? sed mente pura, bono honestoque proposito. Non templa illi, congestis in altitudinem saxis, struenda sunt; in suo cuique consecrandus est pectore.''
** God is not to be worshipped with sacrifices and blood; for what pleasure can He have in the slaughter of the innocent? but with a pure mind, a good and honest purpose. Temples are not to be built for Him with stones piled on high; God is to be consecrated in the breast of each.
** [[Seneca the Younger]], ''Fragment'', V. 204.

* God helps those who help themselves.
** [[Algernon Sidney]], ''Discourse Concerning Government'', Chapter II. Ovid—Metamorphoses. X. 586. [[Pliny the Elder]], viewing the Eruption of Vesuvius, Aug., 79. [[Friedrich Schiller]], ''William Tell'', I. 2. [[Simonides]] is quoted as author by Claudian. [[Sophocles]], ''Fragments''. [[Terence]], ''Phormio''. I. 4. [[Vergil]], ''Æneid'' (29-19 BC), X, 284. Quoted as a proverb by old and modern writers.

* From Piety, whose soul sincere Fears God, and knows no other fear.
** [[W. Smyth]], ''Ode for the Installation of the Duke of Gloucester as Chancellor of Cambridge''.

* ''Ad majorem Dei gloriam.''
** For the greater glory of God.
** Motto of the Society of Jesus.

* The divine essence itself is love and wisdom.
** [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], ''Divine Love and Wisdom'', Par. 28.

* God, the Great Giver, can open the whole universe to our gaze in the narrow space of a single lane.
** [[Rabindranath Tagore]], ''Jivan-smitri''.

* ''Ha sotto i piedi il Fato e la Natura. Ministri umili; e'l moto e chi'l misura.''
** Under whose feet (subjected to His grace), Sit nature, fortune, motion, time, and place.
** [[Torquato Tasso]], ''Gerusalemme'', IX, 66.

* At last I heard a voice upon the slope Cry to the summit, "Is there any hope?" To which an answer pealed from that high land, But in a tongue no man could understand; And on the glimmering limit far withdrawn, God made himself an awful rose of dawn.
** [[Alfred Tennyson]], ''Vision of Sin'', V.

* I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
** [[Francis Thompson]], ''The Hound of Heaven''.

* But I lose Myself in Him, in Light ineffable! Come then, expressive Silence, muse His praise. These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling Year Is full of Thee.
** [[James Thomson (poet)|James Thomson]], ''Hymn'', line 116.

* The being of God is so comfortable, so convenient, so necessary to the felicity of Mankind, that, (as Tully admirably says) Dii immortales ad usum hominum fabricati pene videantur, if God were not a necessary being of himself, he might almost seem to be made on purpose for the use and benefit of men.
** [[Archbishop Tillotson]], ''Works'', Sermon 93, Volume I, p. 696. (Ed. 1712). Probable origin of Voltaire's phrase.

* Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee.
** [[Augustus Toplady]], ''Living and Dying Prayer''. "Rock of Ages" is translation. from the Hebrew of "everlasting strength." Isaiah, XXVI. 4.

* None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it.
** [[Richard Chenevix Trench]], ''Notes on the Parables'', ''Prodigal Son''.

* God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
** [[Martin Farquhar Tupper]], ''Of Immortality''.

* I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is no matter whether there is any God or no.
** "The Unbeliever's Creed", ''Connoisseur No. IX'' (March 28, 1754).

* Si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi.
** If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.
** [[Virgil]], ''[[w:Aeneid|Æneid]]'' (29-19 BC), I. 542.

* ''Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer.''
** If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.
** [[Voltaire]], ''Epitre à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs'', CXI. See Œuvres Complètes de Voltaire, Volume I, p. 1076. Ed. Didot, 1827. Also in letter to Frederick, Prince Royal of Prussia.

* ''Je voudrais que vous écrasassiez l'infâme.''
** I wish that you would crush this infamy.
** Voltaire to D'Alembert June 23, 1760. Attributed to Voltaire by Abbé Barruch—Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism. Generally quoted "Écrasez l'infâme." A. De Morgan contends that the popular idea that it refers to God is incorrect. It refers probably to the Roman Catholic Church, or the traditions in the church.

* God on His throne is eldest of poets: Unto His measures moveth the Whole.
** [[William Watson]], ''England my Mother'', Part II.

* The God I know of, I shall ne'er Know, though he dwells exceeding nigh. Raise thou the stone and find me there, Cleave thou the wood and there am I. Yea, in my flesh his spirit doth flow, Too near, too far, for me to know.
** [[William Watson]], ''The Unknown God''. Third and fourth lines are from "newly discovered sayings of Jesus." Probably an ancient Oriental proverb.

* The Somewhat which we name but cannot know. Ev'n as we name a star and only see Its quenchless flashings forth, which ever show And ever hide him, and which are not he.
** [[William Watson]], ''Wordsworth's Grave'', I, Stanza 6.

* God is and all is well.
** [[John Greenleaf Whittier]], ''My Birthday''.

* I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
** [[John Greenleaf Whittier]], ''The Eternal Goodness'', Stanza 20.

* Though man sits still, and takes his ease, God is at work on man; No means, no moment unemploy'd, To bless him, if he can.
** [[Edward Young]], ''Resignation'', Part I, Stanza 119.

== Anonymous ==
:Proverbs or widely known statements by unknown authors.

* '''GOD IS COMING, AND IS ''SHE'' PISSED!'''
** Anonymous bumper sticker as quoted in Michael Rumaker, ''My First Saturnalia'' (1981), p. 3.
** GOD IS COMING, AND BOY IS SHE PISSED!
*** Variant bumper sticker as quoted in A. Manette Ansay, ''River Angel: A Novel'' (1999), 107.

==See also==
* [[Atheism]]
* [[Death]]
* [[Jesus Christ]]
* [[Life]]
* [[Religion]]

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Mahatma Gandhi

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[[File:Gandhi 1944.jpg|thumb|right|[[Truth]] alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of [[time]]. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may [[today]] be a [[voice]] in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are [[silenced]], if it is the voice of Truth.]]
'''[[w:Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]''' ([[2 October]] [[1869]] – [[30 January]] [[1948]]), commonly known as '''Mahatma Gandhi''' (Sanskrit: महात्मा ''mahātmā'' "Great Soul"). In India he is generally regarded as '''Bapu''' (Gujarati: બાપુ ''bāpu'' "father"), '''Jathi Pitha''' and '''Raashtra Pita''' ("father of the nation"); he was an advocate and pioneer of [[w:nonviolence|nonviolent]] social protest and [[w:Direct action|direct action]] in the form he called [[w:Satyagraha|Satyagraha]]. He led the struggle for [[w:India|India]]'s independence from [[w:United Kingdom|British]] colonial [[rule]].

== Quotes ==
[[File:Gandhi London 1906.jpg|thumb|right|[[Victory]] attained by [[violence]] is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.]]
[[File:Siete chakras.jpg|thumb|right|The [[weak]] can never forgive. [[Forgiveness]] is the attribute of the [[strong]].]]
[[File:Ashoka Chakra.svg|thumb|right|If [[India]] adopted the doctrine of [[love]] as an active part of her [[religion]] and introduced it in her [[politics]], [[w:Swaraj|Swaraj]] would descend upon India from [[heaven]]. But I am painfully aware that that event is far off as yet.]]
[[File:Love is Freedom.jpg|thumb|right|The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered [[anarchy]]. That State is the best [[governed]] which is governed the least.]]
[[File:LuMaxArt_Golden_Family_With_World_Religions.jpg|thumb|right|[[Religions]] are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different road, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarrelling?]]
[[File:21st anniversary candlelight vigil 6.jpg|thumb|right|An unjust [[law]] is itself a species of [[violence]]. Arrest for its breach is more so.]]
=== 1890s ===
* Ours is one continual struggle against a degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the Europeans, who desire to degrade us to the level of '''the raw Kaffir whose occupation is hunting, and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with and, then, pass his life in indolence and nakedness.'''
** Address given in [[w:Mumbai|Bombay]] (26 September 1896), ''Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi'', Vol. 1, p. 410 (Electronic Book), New Delhi, Publications Division Government of India, 1999, 98 volumes.

=== 1900s ===
* '''One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that have arisen during the year, we hope that we have used the utmost moderation possible under the circumstances.''' Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe in the righteousness of the cause, which it is our privilege to espouse. We have an abiding faith in the mercy of the Almighty God, and we have firm faith in the British Constitution. That being so, we should fail in our duty if we wrote anything with a view to hurt. '''Facts we would always place before our readers, whether they are palatable or not, and it is by placing them constantly before the public in their nakedness that the misunderstanding between the two communities in South Africa can be removed.'''
** ''[[w:Indian Opinion|Indian Opinion]]'' (1 October 1903)

* Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all [[wikipedia:Kaffir (racial term)|kaffirs]] of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen.
** Letter to Dr. Porter, Medical Officer of Health for Johannesburg (15 February 1905); later published in ''The Indian Opinion''.

* In this instance of the fire-arms, the Asiatic has been most improperly bracketed with the native. The British Indian does not need any such restrictions as are imposed by the Bill on the natives regarding the carrying of fire-arms. The prominent race can remain so by preventing the native from arming himself. Is there a slightest vestige of justification for so preventing the British Indian?
** Comments on a court case in ''The Indian Opinion'' (25 March 1905)

* You say that the magistrate's decision is unsatisfactory because it would enable a person, however unclean, to travel by a tram, and that even the Kaffirs would be able to do so. But the magistrate's decision is quite different. The Court declared that the Kaffirs have no legal right to travel by tram. And according to tram regulations, those in an unclean dress or in a drunken state are prohibited from boarding a tram. Thanks to the Court's decision, only clean Indians or coloured people other than Kaffirs, can now travel in the trams.
** Comments on a court case in ''The Indian Opinion'' (2 June 1906)

* A general [[belief]] seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kaffir.
** During his time in South Africa from ''The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi'', Government of India (CWMG), Vol I, p. 150 

* Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilised—the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.
** "My Experience in Gaol", ''Indian Opinion'' (7 March 1908). Also: ''Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi'', op cit., Vol. 8, p. 199.

* '''[[Leo Tolstoy]]'s life has been devoted to replacing the method of violence for removing tyranny or securing reform by the method of nonresistance to evil. He would meet hatred expressed in violence by love expressed in selfsuffering.''' He admits of no exception to whittle down this great and divine law of love. He applies it to all the problems that trouble mankind.
** Introduction to the publication of Tolstoy's ''A Letter to a Hindu'', ''Indian opinion'', 25 December, (1909)

* We are our own slaves, not of the British. This should be engraved on our minds. The whites cannot remain if we do not want them. If the idea is to drive them out with firearms, let every Indian consider what precious little profit Europe has found in these.
** Introduction to the publication of Tolstoy's ''A Letter to a Hindu'', ''Indian opinion'', 25 December, (1909)

==== ''Hind Swaraj'' (1908) ====
[[File:Gandhi suit.jpg|thumb|right|One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand popular feeling and to give expression to it; another is to arouse among the people certain desirable sentiments; and the third is fearlessly to expose popular defects.]]
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* '''In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals.'''

* One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand popular feeling and to give expression to it; another is to arouse among the people certain desirable sentiments; and the third is fearlessly to expose popular defects.
** Sect. 1

* I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation. The people of Europe learn their lessons from the writings of the men of Greece or Rome, which exist no longer in their former glory. In trying to learn from them, the Europeans imagine that they will avoid the mistakes of Greece and Rome. Such is their pitiable condition. In the midst of all this India remains immovable and that is her glory. It is a charge against India that her people are so uncivilized, ignorant and stolid, that it is not possible to induce them to adopt any changes. It is a charge really against our merit. What we have tested and found true on the anvil of experience, we dare not change. Many thrust their advice upon India, and she remains steady. This is her beauty: it is the sheet-anchor of our hope. Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves. The Gujarati equivalent for civilization means “good conduct”.
** Sect. 13
** Variant translations: I believe that the civilisation into which India has evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestry. Rome went; Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become westernised; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation. Greece, Egypt, Rome — all have been erased from this world, yet we continue to exist. There is something in us, that our character never ceases from the face of this world, defying global hostility for centuries.

=== 1910s ===
* '''Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.'''
** ''Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13'' ( 3 May 1919)

=== 1920s ===
* I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection.
** "A Word of Explanation" on his work ''[[w:Swaraj|Hind Swaraj]]'' (1908) in ''Young India'' (January 1921)

* '''If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics. [[w:Swaraj|Swaraj]] would descend upon India from heaven. But I am painfully aware that that event is far off as yet.'''
** "A Word of Explanation" in ''Young India'' (January 1921)

* I have even seen the writings suggesting that I am playing a deep game, that I am using the present turmoil to foist my fads on India, and am making religious experiments at India's expense. I can only answer that [[w:Satyagraha|Satyagraha]] is made of sterner stuff. There is nothing reserved and nothing secret in it.
** "A Word of Explanation" in ''Young India'' (January 1921)

* I claim that in losing the spinning wheel we lost our left lung. We are, therefore, suffering from galloping consumption. The restoration of the wheel arrests the progress of the fell disease.
** ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=6XRDAAAAYAAJ&q=galloping The Great Sentinel]'' in ''[[w:Young India|Young India]]'' 13 October 1921

* '''A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.'''
** In ''Ethical Religion'', (Madras: S. Ganesan, 1922), Chapter 6, p. 61{{Failed verification}}

* The only tyrant I accept in this world is the "still small voice" within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.
** In ''[[w:Young India|Young India]]'' (2 March 1922). Quoted in ''The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas'' edited by Louis Fischer (2002), [http://books.google.com/books?id=gz6l-vCVgxQC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA160#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 160].

* '''If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.'''
** Statement during his trial for "exciting disaffection toward His Majesty's Government as established by law in India" (18 March 1922) {{fix cite}}

* '''Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.'''
** Opening words of his defense speech at his trial ''Young India'' (23 March 1922)

* '''Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.'''
** ''Young India'' (23 March 1924)

* I wanted to know the best of the life of one ([[Muhammad]]) who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind. I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.
** ''Young India'' (23 September 1924) [http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/cwmg.html ''Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi''], vol.29, "My Jail experiences", p. 133

* Some of my corresponents seem to think that I can work wonders. Let me say as a devotee of truth that I have no such gift. All the power I may have comes from God. But He does not work directly. He works through His numberless agencies. In this case it is the Congress.
** From ''Young India'' (8 October 1924). Quoted in ''Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi'' (1945), edited by Jag Parvesh Chander, Indian Printing Works, [http://archive.org/stream/teachingsofmahat029222mbp#page/n247 page 242].

* '''Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.'''
** A list closing an article in ''Young India'' (22 October 1925); ''Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi'' [http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/VOL033.PDF Vol. 33 (PDF) p. 135]
** Variant: The seven blunders that human society commits and cause all the violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principles.
*** A written list given to his departing grandson [[w:Arun Gandhi|Arun Gandhi]] (October 1947), as quoted in [http://marriottschool.byu.edu/marriottmag/pdf/1998_Spring.pdf ''Marriot'' (Spring 1998)]. Some alternative or erroneous translations exist that use intros "There are seven sins in the world:", "Seven Blunders of the world:", "The things that will destroy us are", and items "politics without principle", "education without character", or "business without morality".

* '''The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and women.''' An armed conflict between nations horrifies us. But the economic war is no better than an armed conflict. This is like a surgical operation. An economic war is prolonged torture. And its ravages are no less terrible than those depicted in the literature on war properly so called. We think nothing of the other because we are used to its deadly effects. … The movement against war is sound. I pray for its success. But I cannot help the gnawing fear that the movement will fail if it does not touch the root of all evil — man's greed.
** "Non-Violence — The Greatest Force" in ''The World Tomorrow'' (5 October 1926)

* I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.
** ''Young India'' (13 June 1929); also in ''All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections'' (2005) edited by Krishna Kripalani, p. 163

* '''The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.'''
** "Interview to the Press" in Karachi about the execution of [[Bhagat Singh]] (23 March 1931); published in ''Young India'' (2 April 1931), reprinted in [http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/cwmg.html ''Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi Online'' Vol. 51]. Gandhi begins by making a statement on his failure "to bring about the commutation of the death sentence of Bhagat Singh and his friends." He is asked two questions. First: "Do you not think it impolitic to forgive a government which has been guilty of a thousand murders?" Gandhi replies: "I do not know a single instance where forgiveness has been found so wanting as to be impolitic." In a follow-up question, Gandhi is asked: "But no country has ever shown such forgiveness as India is showing to Britain?" Gandhi replies: "That does not affect my reply. What is true of individuals is true of nations. One cannot forgive too much. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

* '''An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained.'''
** ''Young India 1924-1926'' (1927), p. 1285

* '''I’m a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience, which is God.'''
** ''Young India'' (21 January 1927)

* For one man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole.
** ''Young India'' (27 January 1927)

* I came to the conclusion long ago … that all religions were true and also that all had some error in them, and whilst I hold by my own, I should hold others as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we are Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu … But our innermost prayer should be a Hindu should be a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, a Christian a better Christian.
** ''Young India'' (19 January 1928)

* My ambition is much higher than independence. Through the deliverance of India, I seek to deliver the so-called weaker races of the Earth from the crushing heels of Western exploitation in which England is the greatest partner.
** ''Young India'' (12 January 1928). Quoted in ''The Essential Writings of Gandhi'', edited by Judith Brown. Oxford University Press, 2008, (p. 153).

==== The Doctrine Of The Sword (1920)====
[[File:1921 India flag.svg|thumb|I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment, forgiveness adorns a soldier.]]
[[File:1931 Flag of India.svg|thumb|I am not pleading for India to practice nonviolence because it is weak. I want her to practice nonviolence being conscious of her strength and power.]]
:[http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/D_sword.htm "The Doctrine Of The Sword", in ''Young India'' (11 August 1920)] 

* '''In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that anyone else could possibly reject the law of final supremacy of brute force.''' And so I receive anonymous letters advising me that I must not interfere with the progress of non-co-operation even though popular violence may break out. Others come to me and assuming that secretly I must be plotting violence, inquire when the happy moment for declaring open violence to arrive. They assure me that English never yield to anything but violence secret or open. Yet others I am informed, believe that I am the most rascally person living in India because I never give out my real intention and that they have not a shadow of a doubt that I believe in violence just as much as most people do. '''Such being the hold that the doctrine of the sword has on the majority of mankind, and as success of non-co-operation depends principally on absence of violence during its pendency and as my views in this matter affect the conduct of large number of people. I am anxious to state them as clearly as possible. I do believe that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence I would advise violence.'''

* I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. '''I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment, forgiveness adorns a soldier.''' But abstinence is forgiveness only when there is the power to punish, it is meaningless when it pretends to proceed from a helpless creature. A mouse hardly forgives cat when it allows itself to be torn to pieces by her. … '''I do not believe myself to be a helpless creature. Only I want to use India's and my strength for better purpose.''' Let me not be misunderstood. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

* We in India may in moment realize that one hundred thousand Englishmen need not frighten three hundred million human beings. A definite forgiveness would therefore mean a definite recognition of our strength. … '''I must not refrain from a saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment. We have better work to do, a better mission to deliver to the world.''' I am not a visionary. I claim to be a practical idealist. The religion of nonviolence is not meant merely for the [[w:Rishi|Rishis]] and [[saints]]. It is meant for the common people as well. Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law — to the strength of the spirit.

* '''Nonviolence in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering. It does not means meek submission to the will of the evil-doer, but it means the putting of one's whole soul against the will of the tyrant.''' Working under this law of being , it is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion, his soul and lay the foundation for the empire's fall or its regeneration. And so '''I am not pleading for India to practice nonviolence because it is weak. I want her to practice nonviolence being conscious of her strength and power.''' No training in arms is required for realization of her strength. We seem to need it because we seem to think that we are but a lump of flesh. I want India to recognize that she has a soul that cannot perish and that can rise triumphant above every physical weakness and defy the physical combination of a whole world.

* I invite even the school of violence to give this peaceful non-co-operation a trial. It will not fail through its inherent weakness. It may fail because of poverty of response. Then will be one time for real danger. The high-souled men, who are unable to suffer national humiliation any longer, will want to vent their wrath. They will take to violence.

* I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her. I believe absolutely that she has a mission for the world. She is not to copy Europe blindly, India's acceptance of the doctrine of the sword will be the hour of my trial. I hope I shall not be found wanting. My religion has no geographical limits. If I have a living faith in it, it will transcend my love for India herself. '''My life is dedicated to service of India through the religion of nonviolence which I believed to be the root of [[Hinduism]].''' Meanwhile I urge those who distrust me, not to disturb the even working of the struggle that has just commenced, by inciting to violence in the belief that I want violence I detest secrecy as a sin. Let them give nonviolence non co-operation a trial and they will find that I had no mental reservation whatsoever.

==== ''[[w:The Story of My Experiments with Truth|An Autobiography]]'' (1927) ====
[[File:Gandhi spinning.jpg|thumb|right| I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.]]
:''An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth'' (1927) These should eventually have citation by translation, edition, and section or page numbers

* '''It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.'''
** Introduction

* '''In judging myself I shall try to be as harsh as truth, as I want others also to be.''' Measuring myself by that standard I must exclaim with Surdas: ' Where is there a wretch So wicked and loathsome as I? I have forsaken my Maker, So faithless have I been.' For it is an unbroken torture to me that I am still so far from him, who, as I fully know, governs every breath of my life, and whose offspring I am. I know that it is the evil passions within that keep me so far from Him, and yet I cannot get away from them.
** Introduction

* I am a Hindu by birth. And yet I do not know much of Hinduism, and I know less of other religions. In fact I do not know where I am, and what is and what should be my belief. '''I intend to make a careful study of my own religion and, as far as I can, of other religions as well.'''
** Part II: First Day in Pretoria

* Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.
** From a leaflet urging Indians to serve with the British Army in World War I, Part V, Chapter 27, Recruiting Campaign

* Jealousy does not wait for reasons.
** Part I, Chapter 4, Playing the Husband

* Nothing is impossible for pure love.
** Part I, Chapter 4, Playing the Husband

* I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.
** Part I, Chapter 5, At the High School

* Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Sanskrit learning.
** Part I, Chapter 5, At the High School

* It is now my opinion that in all Indian curricula of higher education there should be a place for Hindi, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and English, besides of course the vernacular.
** Part I, Chapter 5, At the High School

* Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training.
** Part I, Chapter 5, At the High School

* '''A man of truth must also be a man of care.'''
** Part I, Chapter 5, At the High School

* About this time, I heard of a well known Hindu having been converted to Christianity. It was the talk of the town that, when he was baptized, he had to eat beef and drink liquor, that he also had to change his clothes, and that thenceforth he began to go about in European costume including a hat. These things got on my nerves. Surely, thought I, a religion that compelled one to eat beef, drink liquor, and change one's own clothes did not deserve the name. I also heard that the new convert had already begun abusing the religion of his ancestors, their customs and their country. All these things created in me a dislike for Christianity.
** Part I, Chapter 10, Glimpses of Religion

* One golden rule is to accept the interpretation honestly put on the pledge by the party administering it.
** Part I, Chapter 17, Experiments in Dietetics

* '''A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.'''
** Part I, Chapter 17, Experiments in Dietetics

* Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.
** Part I, Chapter 21, 'Nirbal Ke Bala Rama'

* '''Selfishness is blind.'''
** Part II, Chapter 4, The First Shock

* '''My joy was boundless. I had learnt the true practice of law. I had learnt to find out the better side of human nature and to enter men’s hearts. I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby - not even money, certainly not my soul.'''
** Part II, Chapter 14, Preparation for the Case

* But all my life though, the very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise. I saw in later life that this spirit was an essential part of Satyagraha. It has often meant endangering my life and incurring the displeasure of friends. But truth is hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.
** Part II, Chapter 18, Colour Bar

* I had learnt at the onset not to carry on public work with borrowed money.
** Part II, Chapter 19, Natal Indian Congress

*''' "Hate the sin and not the sinner" is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world'''... '''Man and his deed are two distinct things. It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and attacking one-self. For we are all tarred with the same brush and are children of one and the same Creator, and as such the divine powers within us are infinite. To slight a single human being is to slight those divine powers, and thus to harm not only that being, but with him, the whole world.'''
** In reference to the Christian precept that God "hates sin but loves the sinner". Part IV, Chapter 9, A Tussle with Power. pp. 230-231. Also quoted in The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas (2012), p. 83

* '''My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth.'''
** Farewell, p. 453

* '''To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face one must be able to love the meanest of creation as oneself. And a man who aspires after that cannot afford to keep out of any field of life.''' That is why my devotion to Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means. Identification with everything that lives is impossible without self-purification; without self-purification the observance of the law of Ahimsa must remain an empty dream; God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart. Self-purification therefore must mean purification in all the walks of life. And purification being highly infectious, purification of oneself necessarily leads to the purification of one's surroundings. But the path of self-purification is hard and steep. To attain to perfect purity one has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action; to rise above the opposing currents of love and hatred, attachment and repulsion. I know that I have not in me as yet that triple purity, in spite of constant ceaseless striving for it. That is why the world's praise fails to move me, indeed it very often stings me. To conquer the subtle passions seems to me to be harder far than the physical conquest of the world by the force of arms. Ever since my return to India I have had experiences of the dormant passions lying hidden within me. The knowledge of them has made me feel humiliated though not defeated. The experiences and experiments have sustained me and given me great joy. But I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. '''I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.'''
** Farewell, p. 454

=== 1930s ===
* '''To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.''' If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?
** ''Young India'' (4 October 1930)

* On all occasions of trial He has saved me. I know that the phrase 'God saved me' has a deeper meaning for me today, and still I feel that I have not yet grasped its entire meaning. Only richer experience can help me to a fuller understanding. But in all my trials — of a spiritual nature, as a lawyer, in conducting institutions, and in politics — I can say that God saved me. When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee', I experience that help arrives somehow, from I know not where.
** ''Young India'' (24 April 1931), p. 274

* '''It is beyond my power to induce in you a belief in God. There are certain things which are self proved and certain which are not proved at all.''' The existence of God is like a geometrical axiom. It may be beyond our heart grasp. I shall not talk of an intellectual grasp. Intellectual attempts are more or less failures, as a rational explanation cannot give you the faith in a living God. For it is a thing beyond the grasp of reason. It transcends reason. There are numerous phenomena from which you can reason out the existence of God, but I shall not insult your intelligence by offering you a rational explanation of that type. I would have you brush aside all rational explanations and begin with a simple childlike faith in God. If I exist, God exists. With me it is a necessity of my being as it is with millions. They may not be able to talk about it, but from their life you can see that it is a part of their life. I am only asking you to restore the belief that has been undermined. In order to do so, you have to unlearn a lot of literature that dazzles your intelligence and throws you off your feet. Start with the faith which is also a token of humility and an admission that we know nothing, that we are less than atoms in this universe. '''We are less than atoms, I say, because the atom obeys the law of its being, whereas we in the insolence of our ignorance deny the law of nature. But I have no argument to address to those who have no faith.'''
** ''Young India'' (24 September 1931); also in ''Teachings Of Mahatma Gandhi'' (1945), edited by Jag Parvesh Chander, [https://archive.org/stream/teachingsofmahat029222mbp#page/n463/mode/2up p. 458 archive.org]

* England has got successful competitors in America, Japan, France, Germany. It has competitors in the handful of mills in India, and as there has been an awakening in India, even so there will be an awakening in South Africa with its vastly richer resources — natural , mineral and human. The mighty English look quite pigmies before the mighty races of Africa. They are noble savages after all, you will say. They are certainly noble, but no savages and in the course of a few years the Western nations may cease to find in Africa a dumping ground for their wares.
** Statement at Oxford (24 October 1931), published in ''Young India'' Vol. 13 (1931), p. 355
* '''If we are to reach real peace in this world''' and if we are to carry on a real war against war, '''we shall have to begin with children'''; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won’t have to struggle, we won’t have to pass fruitless idle resolutions. But we shall go from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which, consciously or unconsciously, the whole world is hungering.
** ''Young India'' (19 November 1931, p. 361)

* '''I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.'''
** [http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/listen_to_gandhi/lec_11_france_genevawtrans/augven_geneva_01.html Speech at Victoria Hall, Geneva (10 December 1931)]

* '''For me the voice of God, of Conscience, of Truth or the Inner Voice or ‘the still small Voice’ mean one and the same thing. I saw no form. I have never tried, for I have always believed God to be without form. One who realizes God is freed from sin for ever.... But what I did hear was like a Voice from afar and yet quite near. It was as unmistakable as some human voice definitely speaking to me, and irresistible. I was not dreaming at the time I heard the Voice. The hearing of the Voice was preceded by a terrific struggle within me. Suddenly the Voice came upon me. I listened, made certain that it was the Voice, and the struggle ceased. I was calm. The determination was made accordingly, the date and the hour of the fast were fixed.... Could I give any further evidence that it was truly the Voice that I heard and that it was not an echo of my own heated imagination? I have no further evidence to convince the sceptic. He is free to say that it was all self-delusion or hallucination. It may well have been so. I can offer no proof to the contrary. But I can say this — that not the unanimous verdict of the whole world against me could shake me from the belief that what I heard was the true voice of God.'''
** ''Harijan'' (1933, July 8); also in ''Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi'' (Vol. 61), and in ''The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi'' (Prabhu and Rao, eds., 1967, pp. 33-34)

* Man's excellence lies in his readiness to let others live and lay down his own life. As he progresses, his food also changes for the better. He has the capacity to grow still further. There have been many more discoveries after [[Darwin]]'s. The book which you have been reading seems to be an old one. Whether it is old or new, the "Principle of the greatest good of the greatest number," or "survival of the fittest" is false.
** In his ''Letter to Premabehn Kantak'', in ''Collected Works'', , Delhi. Ministry of Information (1969-94)., 50:309-10

* '''I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him.'''
** ''An Autobiography'' (1936); also in ''All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections'' (2005) edited by Krishna Kripalani, p. 63

* '''It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today.''' It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world’s progress toward peace … Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?''
** ''Harijan'' (30 January 1937)

* If there ever could be a justifiable war in the name of and for humanity, a war against Germany, to prevent the wanton persecution of a whole race, would be completely justified. But I do not believe in any war. A discussion of the pros and cons of such a war is therefore outside my horizon or province.
** [http://web.archive.org/20021008131454/die_meistersinger.tripod.com/gandhi9.html Letter in ''Harijan'' (1938)]

* The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. The sanction for it is sought in the Bible and the tenacity with which the Jews have hankered after return to Palestine. Why should they not, like other peoples of the earth, make that country their home where they are born and where they earn their livelihood?
** ''Gandhi's Collected Works'', Vol 74 (1938)

* Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and in-human to impose the Jews on the Arabs.
** ''Gandhi's Collected Works'', Vol 74 (1938)

* Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. [http://books.google.com/books?id=VsMLYjEsyaEC&pg=PA446]
** ''Gandhi, An Autobiography'', p. 446 (Beacon Press paperback edition)

* Political power, in my opinion, cannot be our ultimate aim. It is one of the means used by men for their all-round advancement. The power to control national life through national representatives is called political power. Representatives will become unnecessary if the national life becomes so perfect as to be self-controlled. '''It will then be a state of enlightened anarchy in which each person will become his own ruler. He will conduct himself in such a way that his behaviour will not hamper the well-being of his neighbours.''' In an ideal State there will be no political institution and therefore no political power. That is why Thoreau has said in his classic statement that [[Henry_David_Thoreau#Civil_Disobedience_.281849.29|"that government is the best which governs the least"]]. [From Hindi] ''Sarvodaya'', January, 1939
** ''[[s:The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi|The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi]]'' "Enlightened Anarchy - A Political Ideal" Volume 74 p. 380

=== 1940s ===
[[File:Mahatma Gandhi laughing.jpeg|thumb|It is unwise to be too sure of one's own [[wisdom]]. It is [[healthy]] to be reminded that the [[strongest]] might [[weaken]] and the [[wisest]] might [[err]].]]

* '''It is unwise to be too sure of one's own [[wisdom]]. It is [[healthy]] to be reminded that the [[strongest]] might [[weaken]] and the [[wisest]] might [[err]].'''
** ''Harijan'' (17 February 1940)

* I do not want to see the allies defeated. But I do not consider [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability that is amazing and seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed. Englishmen are showing the strength that Empire builders must have. I expect them to rise much higher than they seem to be doing.
** Letter to [[w:Rajkumari Amrit Kaur|Rajkumari Amrit Kaur]], regarding the military situation between England and Germany (May 1940), quoted in ''Collected Works'' (1958), p. 70.

* Whatever Hitler may ultimately prove to be, we know what Hitlerism has come to mean, It means naked, ruthless force reduced to an [[exact science]] and worked with scientific precision. In its effect it becomes almost irresistible. Hitlerism will never be defeated by counter-Hitlerism. It can only breed superior Hitlerism raised to nth degree. What is going on before our eyes is the demonstration of the futility of violence as also of Hitlerism. What will Hitler do with his victory? Can he digest so much power? Personally he will go as empty-handed as his not very remote predecessor Alexander. For the Germans he will have left not the pleasure of owning a mighty empire but the burden of sustaining its crushing weight. For they will not be able to hold all the conquered nations in perpetual subjection. And I doubt if the Germans of future generations will entertain unadulterated pride in the deeds for which Hitlerism will be deemed responsible. They will honour Herr Hitler as genius, as a brave man, a matchless organizer and much more. But I should hope that the Germans of the future will have learnt the art of discrimination even about their heroes. Anyway I think it will be allowed that all the blood that has been spilled by Hitler has added not a millionth part of an inch to the world’s moral stature.
** ''Harijan'' (22 June 1940), after Nazi victories resulting in the occupation of France.

* A seeker after Truth cannot afford to indulge in generalisation.[[Darwin]] for the greater part of his book ''Origin of the Species'' [sic] has simply massed fact upon fact without any theorising, and only towards the end has formulated his conclusion which, because of the sheer weight of testimony behind it, becomes almost irresistible. Yes I have criticised even Darwin's generalisation as being unwarranted.Science tells us that a proposition may hold good in nine hundred ninety-nine cases and yet fail in the thousandth case and thus be rendered untenable as a universal statement.
** "Generalisation", from ''Harijan'' (6 July 1940). Quoted in ''Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi'' (1945), edited by Jag Parvesh Chander, Indian Printing Works, [http://archive.org/stream/teachingsofmahat029222mbp#page/n247 pages 243-244].

* '''The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best governed which is governed the least.'''
** From Discussion with BG Kher and others, August 15, 1940. ''Gandhi's Wisdom Box'' (1942), edited by Dewan Ram Parkash, p. 67 also in ''Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi'' [http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/VOL079.PDF Vol. 79 (PDF)], p. 122

[[File:QUITIN2.JPG|thumb|right|A non-violent soldier of freedom will covet nothing for himself, he fights only for the freedom of his country.]]
* Ours is not a drive for power, but purely a non-violent fight for India’s independence. In a violent struggle, a successful general has been often known to effect a military coup and to set up a dictatorship. But under the Congress scheme of things, essentially non-violent as it is, there can be no room for dictatorship. '''A non-violent soldier of freedom will covet nothing for himself, he fights only for the freedom of his country.'''
* I read Carlyle’s French Revolution while I was in prison, and Pandit Jawaharlal has told me something about the Russian revolution. But it is my conviction that inasmuch as these struggles were fought with the weapon of violence they failed to realize the democratic ideal. '''In the democracy which I have envisaged, a democracy established by non-violence, there will be equal freedom for all. Everybody will be his own master. It is to join a struggle for such democracy that I invite you today.''' Once you realize this you will forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims, and think of yourselves as Indians only, engaged in the common struggle for independence.
* '''We cannot evoke the true spirit of sacrifice and valour, so long as we are not free.''' I know the British Government will not be able to withhold freedom from us, when we have made enough self-sacrifice. We must, therefore, purge ourselves of hatred.
** The [[w:Quit India speech|Quit India speech]] made on August 8, 1942 in [[w:Mumbai|Bombay]], on the eve of the [[w:Quit India movement|Quit India movement]].

* '''Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different road, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarreling?'''
** Speaking of the conflict between Muslims and Hindus, in ''Hind Swaraj, Or Indian Home Rule'' (1946), p. 36

* If you want to give a message again to the West, it must be a message of 'Love', it must be a message of 'Truth'. There must be a conquest — ''[audience claps]'' — please, please, please. That will interfere with my speech, and that will interfere with your understanding also. I want to capture your hearts and don't want to receive your claps. Let your hearts clap in unison with what I'm saying, and I think, I shall have finished my work. Therefore, I want you to go away with the thought that Asia has to conquer the West. Then, the question that a friend asked yesterday, "Did I believe in one world?" Of course, I believe in one world. And how can I possibly do otherwise, when I become an inheritor of the message of love that these great un-conquerable teachers left for us? You can redeliver that message now, in this age of democracy, in the age of awakening of the poorest of the poor, you can redeliver this message with the greatest emphasis.
** [http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/listen_to_gandhi/lec_2_iarc/lec_2_iarc.html Speech in New Delhi to the Inter-Asian Relations Conference (2 April 1947)] - Parts of this speech became used in an Telecom Italia advertisement ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IatyFUDTRAs&eurl=http://www.duncans.tv/2006/telecom-italia-gandhi Video at YouTube] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1D2xMfVuNg B&W, English text version, better sound])

* '''Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over or we were in a position to wield conventional weapons.''' But as I have already said, we adopted it out of our helplessness. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.
** Speech (16 June 1947) as the official date for Indian independence approached (15 August 1947) , as quoted in ''Mahatma Gandhi: The Last Phase'' (1958) by [[w:Pyarelal Nayyar|Pyarelal Nayyar]], p. 326.

* The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need but not for every man's greed.
** Quoted by [[w:Pyarelal Nayyar|Pyarelal Nayyar]] in ''Mahatma Gandhi: The Last Phase (Volume 10)'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=sswBAAAAMAAJ&q="The+Earth+provides+enough+to+satisfy+every+man's+need+but+not+for+every+man's+greed" page 552] (1958)

* Truth never damages a cause that is just.
** ''Non-Violence in Peace and War'' (1948); also in ''Gandhi on Non-violence: Selected Texts from Mohandas K. Gandhi's Non-Violence in Peace and War'' (1965) edited by [[Thomas Merton]] [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AIrLed2w1lkC Google Books link] ISBN 0811200973 

* In the dictionary of Satyagraha, there is no enemy.
** ''Non-Violence in Peace and War'' (1948); also in ''Gandhi on Non-violence: Selected Texts from Mohandas K. Gandhi's Non-Violence in Peace and War'' (1965) edited by [[Thomas Merton]]

* It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our breasts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.
** [http://books.google.com/books?id=F3ofAAAAIAAJ&q=%22cloak+of%22&pg=PA254 ''Non-Violence in Peace and War'' p. 254] (1948); also in ''Gandhi on Non-violence: Selected Texts from Mohandas K. Gandhi's Non-Violence in Peace and War'' (1965) edited by [[Thomas Merton]]; this has also appeared in paraphrased form as "if there is violence in our hearts."

==== To Every Briton (1940) ====
: [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945851/posts Open letter, "To Every Briton", New Delhi (2 July 1940); published in ''Harijan'' (6 July 1940)]

* '''This war has descended upon mankind as a curse and a warning. It is a curse inasmuch as it is brutalizing man on a scale hitherto unknown. All distinctions between combatants and noncombatants have been abolished. No one and nothing is to be spared. Lying has been reduced to an art.''' Britain was to defend small nationalities. One by one they have vanished, at least for the time being. '''It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners.''' I read the writing when the hostilities broke out. But I had not the courage to say the word. God has given me the courage to say it before it is too late.

* '''I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence. You want to kill Nazism. You will never kill it by its indifferent adoption.''' Your soldiers are doing the same work of destruction as the Germans. The only difference is that perhaps yours are not as thorough as the Germans. If that be so, yours will soon acquire the same thoroughness as theirs, if not much greater. On no other condition can you win the war. In other words, you will have to be more ruthless than the Nazis. '''No cause, however just, can warrant the indiscriminate slaughter that is going on minute by minute. I suggest that a cause that demands the inhumanities that are being perpetrated today cannot be called just.'''

* '''I do not want Britain to be defeated, nor do I want her to be victorious in a trial of brute strength, whether expressed through the muscle or the brain.''' Your muscular bravery is an established fact. Need you demonstrate that your brain is also as unrivaled in destructive power as your muscle? '''I hope you do not wish to enter into such an undignified competition with the Nazis.''' I venture to present you with a nobler and a braver way, worthy of the bravest soldier. I want you to fight Nazism without arms, or, if I am to retain the military terminology, with non-violent arms. I would like you to lay down the arms you have as being useless for saving you or humanity. You will invite Herr [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and Signor [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] to take what they want of the countries you call your possessions. Let them take possession of your beautiful island, with your many beautiful buildings. You will give all these, but neither your souls, nor your minds. If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them. If they do not give you free passage out, you will allow yourself, man, woman and child, to be slaughtered, but '''you will refuse to owe allegiance to them.''' This process or method, which I have called non-violent non-co-operation, is not without considerable success in its use in India. Your representatives in India may deny my claim. If they do, I shall feel sorry for them. 

* '''This is no appeal made by a man who does not know his business. I have been practising with scientific precision non-violence and its possibilities for an unbroken period of over fifty years.''' I have applied it in every walk of life, domestic, institutional, economic and political. '''I know of no single case in which it has failed.''' Where it has seemed sometimes to have failed, I have ascribed it to my imperfections. '''I claim no perfection for my self. But I do claim to be a passionate seeker after Truth, which is but another name for God.''' In the course of the search the discovery of non-violence came to me. Its spread is my life-mission. I have no interest in living except for the prosecution of that mission.

* '''Whatever the ultimate fate of my country, my love for you remains, and will remain, undiminished. My non-violence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it. It is that love which has prompted my appeal to you.'''

* '''May God give power to every word of mine. In his name I began to write this, and in His name I close it.''' May your statesman have the wisdom and courage to respond to my appeal. I am telling His Excellency the Viceroy that my services are at the disposal of His Majesty’s Government, should they consider them of any practical use in advancing the object of my appeal.

=== Posthumous publications (1950s and later) ===
* Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs. As it is, they succumbed anyway in their millions.
** ''The Life of Mahatma Gandhi'' (1950) by Louis Fischer. The quote is in the context of Gandhi's argument to his biographer that collective suicide would have been a heroic response that would have "aroused the world and the people of Germany to Hitler's violence".

* '''Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.''' I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth.
** ''Basic Education'' (1951) p. 89

* '''You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.'''
** ''Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World'' (1954), by Louis Fischer, p. 177 

* '''An unjust law is itself a species of violence.''' Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment.
** ''Non-Violence in Peace & War'' (1962) Vol. 2, edited by [[w:Mahadev Desai|Mahadev Haribhai Desai]], p. 144

* '''My life is my message.'''
** Response to a journalist's question about what his message to the world was. [http://www.gandhiserve.org/video/mahatma/commentary13.html ''Mahatma: Life of Gandhi 1869-1948'' (1968) Reel 13]

* Poverty is the worst kind of violence.
** As quoted in ''A Just Peace through Transformation: Cultural, Economic, and Political Foundations for Change'' (1988) by the International Peace Association

* You assist an unjust administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. '''A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.'''
** ''Non-Violent Resistance'' - Often misquoted as "You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance."

* All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.{{source}}

* Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence but none to self-restraint, and let us daily progress in that direction.
** [http://books.google.com/books?id=lHnjAAAAMAAJ&q="Remember+that+there+is+always+a+limit+to+self-indulgence+but+none+to+self-restraint+and+let+us+daily+progress+in+that+direction" Article] in [[w:Young India|Young India]] (2 February 1928, Volume 10, Page 35)

* My own experience but confirms the opinion that the Musalman as a rule is a bully, and the Hindu as rule is a coward.
** [http://www.mkgandhi.org/g_communal/chap17.htm]

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* I know of no one who has done more for humanity than Jesus. In fact, there is nothing wrong with Christianity … The trouble is with you Christians. You do not begin to live up to your own teachings.
** [http://people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/jem/words/gandhi.html In conversation, attributed by James E. McEldowney]

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== Disputed ==
* '''We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.'''
**Arun Gandhi's summary indirect quotation in "Arun Gandhi Shares the Mahatma's Message" by Michel W. Potts, in ''India - West'' [San Leandro, California] Vol. XXVII, No. 13 (1 February 2002) p. A34. Not found as a direct Gandhi quotation in the 98-volume authorized ''Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi''. [''[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-03/ahmedabad/30238203_1_bapu-tushar-gandhi-gandhiji Misquotes that Bapu is forced to wear]''. {{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/opinion/falser-words-were-never-spoken.html|title=Falser Words Were Never Spoken|first= Brian|last=Morton|date=August 29, 2011|work=New York Times}}]
**Earlier variant: Be the change you wish to see. From "Be the change you wish to see: An interview with Arun Gandhi" by Carmella B'Hahn, ''Reclaiming Children and Youth'' [Bloomington] Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 2001) p. 6.

* '''Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.'''
** The earliest attribution of this to Gandhi yet located is in a T-shirt advertisement in ''Mother Jones'', Vol. 8, No. 5 (June 1983), p. 46

* '''First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.'''
** Describing the stages of a winning strategy of nonviolent activism. There is no record of Gandhi saying this. A close variant of the quotation first appears in a 1918 US trade union address by Nicholas Klein:
:: And, my friends, in this story you have a history of this entire movement. First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you. And that, is what is going to happen to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
::* [http://books.google.com/books?id=QrcpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53&dq=%22First+they+ignore+you%22 ''Proceedings of the Third Biennial Convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America'' (1918), p. 53] 
:* In Freedom's Battle (1922), Gandhi wrote this:
::* Unfortunately for His Excellency the movement is likely to grow with ridicule as it is certain to flourish on repression. No vital movement can be killed except by the impatience, ignorance or laziness of its authors. A movement cannot be 'insane' that is conducted by men of action as I claim the members of the Non-co-operation Committee are. … Ridicule is like repression. Both give place to respect when they fail to produce the intended effect. … It will be admitted that non-co-operation has passed the stage [of] ridicule. Whether it will now be met by repression or respect remains to be seen. … But the testing time has now arrived. In a civilized country when ridicule fails to kill a movement it begins to command respect.
:::* Source: The Project Gutenberg EBook of Freedom's Battle, 2nd edition, by Mahatma Gandhi, 1922 http://www.gutenberg.net/1/0/3/6/10366/10366-h/10366-h.htm

* If you don't ask, you don't get.
** Widespread late 20th century aphorism that appears to have been first attributed to Gandhi in various self-help books of the early 2000s. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&as_brr=0&q=%22If+you+don%27t+ask%2C+you+don%27t+get%22+Gandhi&btnG=Search+Books Google Books]

* Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
** Variant on aphorism "Study as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow" pre-dating Gandhi, variously attributed to [[Isidore of Seville]] (c. 560 – 636), in ''FPA Book of Quotations'' (1952) by Franklin Pierce Adams, or to Edmund Rich (1175–1240) in ''American Journal of Education'' (1877).
** The 1995 book "The good boatman: a portrait of Gandhi," states that Gandhi subscribed "to the view that a man should live thinking he might die tomorrow but learn as if he would live forever."
**In his 2010 Boyer lecture Glyn Davis (Professor of Political Science and Vice-Chancellor of Melbourne University) attributes the quote to Desiderius Erasmus. "He [Erasmus] reworked Pliny to urge 'live as if you are to die tomorrow, study as if you were to live forever'. Many students obey the first clause - the best heed both."
**There is a similar quote by [[Johann Gottfried Herder]]: "''Mensch, genieße dein Leben, als müssest morgen du weggehn; Schone dein Leben, als ob ewig du weiletest hier''." ["Man, enjoy your life as if you were to depart tomorrow; spare your life as if you were to linger here forever."] (''Zerstreute Blätter'', 1785).

* I have never advocated "passive" anything. We must never submit to unjust laws. Never. And our resistance must be active and provocative.
** This may be derived from lines in the movie ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982); such statements have not been located among published sources.

* The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
** Widely attributed to Gandhi, sometimes citing Ramachandra Krishna Prabhu, ''The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism'' (1959), but not verified. (Cf. Ralph Keyes, ''The Quote Verifier'' (2006), p. 74)

* '''I like your [[Jesus|Christ]]. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.''' The materialism of affluent Christian countries appears to contradict the claims of Jesus Christ that says it's not possible to worship both [[w:Mammon|Mammon]] and God at the same time.
** As quoted by William Rees-Mogg in ''The Times'' [London] (4 April 2005) {not found}. Gandhi here makes reference to a statement of Jesus: “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." (Luke 16:13); also partly quoted in ''Christianity in the Crosshairs: Real Life Solutions Discovered in the Line of Fire'' (2004, [http://books.google.de/books?id=I7_5OM2VWuMC&pg=PA74 p. 74 books.google]) by [[w:Bill Wilson (pastor)|Bill Wilson]].
** A variation is found in Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal & Gandhi Research Foundation's website [http://www.mkgandhi.org/africaneedsgandhi/gandhi's_message_to_christians.htm mkgandhi.org]. Christian missionary [[w:E. Stanley Jones|E. Stanley Jones]], who spent much time with Gandhi in India, is said to have askedː “Mr Gandhi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is it that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?". To this, Gandhi is said to have repliedː '''“Oh, I don’t reject your Christ. I love your Christ. It is just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ”.''' Jones would write a book called ''"[https://archive.org/details/mahatmagandhiani000019mbp Mahatma Gandhi: An Interpretation]"'' (1948), where he included excerpts of his personal correspondance with Gandhi.
** No further sources for Gandhi have been yet found; but a A similar quote is attributed to Bara Dadaː "Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians -- you are not like him." Source - Jones, E. Stanley. The Christ of the Indian Road, New York: The Abingdon Press,1925. (Page 114)

* [asked what he thought of modern civilization] That would be a good idea.
** variant: "I think it would be a good idea" when asked what he thought of Western civilization.
** On p. 75 of Ralph Keyes' book ''The Quote Verifier'' (2006), Keyes writes: 'During his first visit to England, when asked what he though of modern civilization, Gandhi is said to have told news reporters, "That would be a good idea." ''The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations'' cites E. F. Schumacher's ''Good Work'' as its source for this Gandhiism, as does Nigel Rees in the ''Cassell Companion to Quotations''. In that 1979 book, Schumacher said he saw Gandhi make this remark in a filmed record of his quizzing by reporters as he disembarked in Southampton while visiting England in 1930. Gandhi did not visit England in 1930. He did attend a roundtable conference on India's future in London the following year. Standard biographies of Gandhi do not report his making any such quip as he disembarked. Most often it has been revised to be Gandhi's assessment of "Western" civilization: "I think it would be a good idea." A retort such as this seems a little flip for Gandhi, and must be regarded as questionable. A comprehensive collection of his observations includes no such remark among twelve entries for "Civilization."'
** The quote was attributed to Gandhi in various sources prior to Schumacher's 1979 book mentioned by Keyes above, though none have been found that mention where and when he gave this answer. The earliest located on google books being ''Reader's Digest, Volume 91'' from 1967, p. 52, where it is attributed to a CBS News Special called "The Italians", described [http://www.larchmontgazette.com/news/bernard-birnbaum-cbs-award-winning-producer-dead-at-89/ here] as "a 1966 look at the nation and its people based on the book by Luigi Barzini", produced by Bernard Birnbaum and [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0151531.html one of the 1966/1967 Emmy award winners]. A discussion of the quote on "The Quote Investigator" website [http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/23/good-idea/ here] mentions that on "The Italians" the quote was attributed to Gandhi.

* What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.
** Earliest instance of this quote found on google books is the 1989 book ''Forest primeval: the natural history of an ancient forest'' by Chris Maser, but there it appears to be Maser's own thought (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=8EAHQM54E5gC&q=%a+mirror% p. 230] followed by a different supposed [http://books.google.com/books?id=8EAHQM54E5gC&q=gandhi Gandhi quote]).

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== Misattributed ==
* '''An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.'''
** 1914: "If…we were to go back to…'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,' there would be very few [Honourable] Gentlemen in this House who would not…be blind and toothless." — [[w:George Perry Graham|George Perry Graham]], during a debate on capital punishment before the Canadian House of Commons. [http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC1203_01/508 ''Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada'', Third Session-Twelfth Parliament, Vol CXIII, p. 496, February 5, 1914.]
** 1950: "An-eye-for-an-eye-for-an-eye-for-an-eye … ends in making everybody blind" in ''The Life of Mahatma Gandhi'' by [[w:Louis Fischer|Louis Fischer]] (1950), though Fischer did not attribute it to Gandhi and seemed to be giving his own description of Gandhi's philosophy.
** 1958: "The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind" in ''[[w:Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story|Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story]]'' by [[w:Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King, Jr.]], 1958.
** 1982: "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind" in the 1982 film, ''Gandhi''. In a 1993 biographical article about screenwriter [[w:John Briley|John Briley]], [[w:Jon Krampner|Jon Krampner]] wrote, "…Gandhi never said it. Michigan graduate John Briley put those pithy words in his mouth." From [http://michigantoday.umich.edu/93/Mar_and_Oct_93/Mar_93/briley.html "John Briley '51 - Epic Screenwriter", ''Michigan Today'', March 1993, p. 12.]
** 2006: There is a quaternary source in ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=w5-GR-qtgXsC&pg=PA269&dq=whole-world-blind+ Yale Book of Quotations]'' (2006), in which editor [[w:Fred R. Shapiro|Fred R. Shapiro]] ''states'' that the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence ''stated'' that Gandhi's family ''believes'' it authentic, but did not provide any further reference and provided no year, place or body of work.
** 2006: Discussed in ''The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When'', by [[w:Ralph Keyes (author)|Ralph Keyes]] (2006), 1st ed., p. 74.
** 2010: Research detailed by Garson O'Toole in [http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/12/27/eye-for-eye-blind/ "An Eye for an Eye Will Make the Whole World Blind"] in ''[http://quoteinvestigator.com/ Quote Investigator]''.

* God has no religion.
** Aphorism pre-dating Gandhi, ''e.g.'', in [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TZemW-uwcQ4C&pg=PA149 ''Re-statements of Christian Doctrine: In Twenty-five Sermons'', Henry Whitney Bellows, (1867)]; the attribution of this to Gandhi dates from the 1990s. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&as_brr=0&q=Gandhi+%22God+has+no+religion%22+date%3A1900-2000&btnG=Search+Books Google Books]

* Hate the sin and love the sinner.
** This is variant of a traditional Christian proverb; ''ie'': "'''Hate the sin, but love the sinner'''" in [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VwUeH-wTxZ8C&pg=PA132 ''Sermons, Lectures, and Occasional Discourses'' (1828) Edward Irving], and similar expressions date to those of [[Augustine of Hippo]]: "'''Love the sinner and hate the sin.'''" Gandhi did express approval of such sentiments in his ''An Autobiography'' (1927):''' "Hate the sin and not the sinner" is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.'''

* As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world — that is the myth of the "atomic age" — as in being able to remake ourselves.
** Prof. Michael N. Nagler in his foreword to [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v_hpUlMRjWsC&pg=PA8&dq=%22As+human+beings,+our+greatness+lies%22 ''Gandhi the Man'' (1978) by Eknath Easwaran, p. 8]

* Action expresses priorities.
** Apparently a rephrasing of "Actions express priorities," from [http://books.google.com/books?id=ztKNTGYyqokC&pg=PA78 ''Peak Performers''] (1987) by Charles A. Garfield. The phrase is last-name-alphabetically adjacent to a Gandhi quote in at least one list of quotations.

* There is enough wealth in the world to satisfy everyone's needs, ...'. This quote is actually credited to an American pastor of Swiss origin Frank Buchman, founder of the Moral Rearmament movement. ''[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-03/ahmedabad/30238203_1_bapu-tushar-gandhi-gandhiji Misquotes that Bapu is forced to wear]''.
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== Quotes about Gandhi==
[[File:Gandhi smiling 1942.jpg|thumb|right|Unorthodox though he might be, [[Mohandas K. Gandhi|Gandhi]] fitted into the traditional pattern of the [[w: Sannyasa|sanyassi]] who practices non‑attachment in the search for Truth; he was the [[w:Karma yoga|karma yogin]], the man who perfects and purifies himself through action. ~ [[George Woodcock]] ]]
:Alphabetized by author 
* '''Prior to reading Gandhi, I had about concluded that the ethics of [[Jesus]] were only effective in individual relationships. The "[[W:turn the other cheek|turn the other cheek]]" philosophy and the "[[w:love your enemies|love your enemies]]" philosophy were only valid, I felt, when individuals were in conflict with other individuals; when racial groups and nations were in conflict, a more realistic approach seemed necessary. But after reading Gandhi, I saw how utterly mistaken I was. Gandhi was probably the first person in history to lift the love ethic of [[Jesus]] above mere interaction between individuals to a powerful and effective social force on a large scale.'''
** [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], ''Stride Toward Freedom''

* It is sometimes said that Britain liberated India. In fact the reverse is the truth. '''Gandhi and Nehru liberated us. By winning their freedom, they freed us from the ignorance and prejudice that lay behind the myth of Britain's imperial destiny.'''
** [[Tony Benn]], 1964. Quoted in ''Gandhi'' by David Arnold. Pearson Education, 2001.

* '''It is impossible for me to ignore that you are in a different category from any person I have ever tried, or am likely to try.''' It is nevertheless my duty to sentence you – to six years imprisonment. ''[A stunned intake of breath from the whole courtroom, then in absolute silence the clerk scribbles the sentence in his notebook. A pause. The Judge lowers his eyes.]'' If however His Majesty's Government could – at some later date – see fit to reduce that term, no one would be better pleased than I.
** Judge Broomfield, sentencing Gandhi, as depicted in the film ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982)

* Gandhi proved it is possible to fight for one's people and win without for a moment losing the world's respect.
** [[Albert Camus]], ''Preface to Algerian Reports'', in ''Resistance, Rebellion and Death'', Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.

* It is alarming and also nauseating to see Mr. Gandhi, a seditious middle temple lawyer, now posing as a [[w:Fakir|fakir]] of a type well known in the east, striding half-naked up the steps of the viceregal palace, while he is still organizing and conducting a defiant campaign of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms with the representative of the king-emperor.
** [[Winston Churchill]] addressing the Council of the West Essex Unionist Association (23 February 1931); as quoted in "Mr Churchill on India" in ''The Times'' (24 February 1931)

* '''Mr. Gandhi has gone very high in my esteem since he stood up for the [[w:Dalit|untouchables]]''' … I do not care whether you are more or less loyal to Great Britain … Tell Mr. Gandhi to use the powers that are offered and make the thing a success.
** [[Winston Churchill]], in a letter to [[w:Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla|G.D. Birla]] (1935); published in ''Winston S. Churchill, Volume Five: The Coming of War 1922-1939'' (1979) by Sir [[w:Martin Gilbert|Martin Gilbert]]

* This Jonah of revolution, this general of unbroken disasters was the '''mascot of the bourgeoisie''' in each wave of the developing Indian struggle.Gandhi's strategy...was not a strategy intended to lead to the victory of independence, but to find the means in the midst of a formidable revolutionary wave to maintain leadership of the mass movement and yet place the maximum bounds and restraints upon it.
**[[w:Rajani Palme Dutt|R. Palme Dutt]], ''India Today'', Gollancz, 1940. The "mascot of the bourgeoisie". line is quoted in ''Gandhi'' by David Arnold, Pearson Education, 2001.

* '''A lot of people are waiting for [[Martin Luther King]] or Mahatma Gandhi to come back — but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.'''
** [[Marian Wright Edelman]], as quoted in ''The Art of Winning Commitment: 10 Ways Leaders Can Engage Minds, Hearts, And Spirits'' (2004) by Dick Richards, p. 11

* Gandhi and Lord Irwin, former Viceroy to India, were friends. On their return from the Round Table Conference at London, Lord Irwin paid a visit to the Mahatma in his ashram. During the conversation Lord Irwin put this question to his host: "Mahatma, as man to man, tell me what you consider to be the solution to the problems of your country and mine." Taking up a little book from the nearby lampstand, Gandhi opened it to the fifth chapter of Matthew and replied, "'''When your country and mine shall get together on the teachings laid down by Christ in this Sermon on the Mount, we shall have solved the problems not only of our countries but those of the whole world.'''"
** Frank E. Eden, reporting what was related to him "by a friend who has traveled through India in the interest of mission work", in ''Treasury of the Christian Faith (Association Press, 1949), [http://books.google.pt/books?id=Ll4wAAAAYAAJ&q=%22teachings+laid%22 p. 43]''

* '''Taken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time.''' We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence for fighting for our cause, but by non-participation of anything you believe is evil.
** [[Albert Einstein]], in a [http://www.gandhiserve.org/streams/einstein.html United Nations radio interview] recorded in Einstein's study, Princeton, New Jersey, (1950)

* '''Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth.'''
** [[Albert Einstein]], statement on the occasion of Gandhi's 70th birthday (1939); Einstein archive 32-601, published in ''Out of My Later Years'' (1950).
** Variants:
** Generations to come, it may be, will scarcely believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.
** Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth.

* Everyone concerned in the better future of mankind must be deeply moved by the tragic death of Mahatma Gandhi. He died as the victim of his own principles, the principle of nonviolence. He died because in time of disorder and general irritation in his country, he refused armed protection for himself. '''It was his unshakable belief that the use of force is an evil in itself, that therefore it must be avoided by those who are striving for supreme justice to his belief. With his belief in his heart and mind, he has led a great nation on to its liberation. He has demonstrated that a powerful human following can be assembled not only through the cunning game of the usual political manoeuvres and trickeries but through the cogent example of morally superior conduct of life.''' The admiration for Mahatma Gandhi in all countries of the world rests on recognition, mostly sub-conscious, recognition of the fact that in our time of utter moral decadence, he was the only statesman to stand for a higher level of human relationship in political sphere. '''This level we must, with all our forces, attempt to reach. We must learn the difficult lesson that an endurable future of humanity will be possible only if, also in international relations, decisions are based on law and justice and not on self-righteous power, as they have been upto now.'''
** [[Albert Einstein]], as quoted in ''Mahatma Gandhi and the U.S.A.‎'' (1949) by Pasupuleti Gopala Krishnayya, p. 399

* '''Mahatma Gandhi is the greatest living exponent of successful pacifism. He has demonstrated that pacifism in action can be a force in world politics. It proved itself, that is to say, a stronger instrument than the instrument of government by force and oppression'''. In South Africa, his success was complete; in India it was very considerable; and had his following been larger and more uniformly non-violent, his pacific instrument would have triumphed.
** [[w:Laurence Housman|Laurence Housman]], 1939, reprinted in S. Radhakrishnan, ''Mahatma Gandhi, essays and reflections on his life and work''. George Allen & Unwin, 1949.

* Gandhi, like [[Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson]], thought of politics in moral and religious terms. That is why his proposed solutions bear so close a resemblance to those proposed by the great American. '''That he went further than Jefferson — for example, in recommending economic as well as political decentralization and in advocating the use of satyagraha in place of the ward's "elementary exercises of militia"-is due to the fact that his ethic was more radical and his religion more profoundly realistic than Jefferson's.''' Jefferson's plan was not adopted; nor was Gandhi's. So much the worse for us and our descendants.
** [[Aldous Huxley]], "A Note on Gandhi", in S. Radhakrishnan, ''Mahatma Gandhi, essays and reflections on his life and work''. George Allen & Unwin, 1949.

* I could find no explanation worthy of the Mahatma for his decision to accept leadership of the [[w:Khilafat Movement|khilafat movement]]. The decision, it seemed to me, revealed the great man's proverbial [[w:Achilles' heel|Achilles' heel]].
** [[Girilal Jain]] in ''The Hindu Phenomenon'', p. 52 ISBN 81-86112-32-4 

* But, he was a [[w: Bhakti|bhakt]] not of [[w:Rama|Ram]] in his totality, that is of Ram the warrior also, but of Ram as [[w:Purushottama|Purushottam Purusha]], that is, of Ram who set the ideal for ethical life.
** [[Girilal Jain]] in ''The Hindu Phenomenon'', p. 152 ISBN 81-86112-32-4 

* Gandhi was the last political leader in the world who was a person, not a mask or a radio voice or an institution. The last on a human scale. The last for whom I felt neither fear nor contempt nor indifference but interest and affection...he was dear to me because he had no respect for railroads, assembly-belt production, and other knick-knacks of liberalistic progress, and insisted on examining their human (as against their metaphysical) value.
** [[Dwight Macdonald]], ''Politics'' Magazine, Winter 1948.

* In the Civil Disobedience Campaign of 1930, Gandhi demonstrated the living power of non-violence, a magnificent example to a world that increasingly understands no power but the sword, and which is seemingly incapable of learning that violence never defeats violence but merely begets it.
** [[w:Ethel Mannin|Ethel Mannin]], in S. Radhakrishnan, ''Mahatma Gandhi, essays and reflections on his life and work''. George Allen & Unwin, 1949.

* During the 1920’s and 1930’s young radicals like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[w:Subhas Chandra Bose|Subhas Bose]] and [[w:Jayaprakash Narayan|Jayaprakesh Narayan]] were straining at the leash: they fretted at the patient and peaceful methods of the Mahatma. The Indian communists dubbed him a charismatic but calculating leader who knew how to rouse the masses but deliberately contained and diverted their revolutionary ardour so as not to hurt the interests of British imperialists and Indian capitalists.
** [[w:Bal Ram Nanda|B. R. Nanda]], ''Gandhi and his Critics'', Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1985, (p. viii).

* "I am mindful that I might not be standing before you today, as President of the United States, had it not been for Gandhi and the message he shared with America and the world.
** [[Barack Obama]] in an address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of India

* Although no doubt he was shrewd enough in detecting dishonesty, he seems wherever possible to have believed that other people were acting in good faith and had a better nature through which they could be approached.
** [[George Orwell]], in [http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/work/essays/ghandi.html "Reflections on Gandhi", in ''Partisan Review'' (January 1949)]

* '''It is difficult to see how Gandhi's methods could be applied in a country where opponents of the regime disappear in the middle of the night and are never heard of again.''' Without a free press and the right of assembly, it is impossible not merely to appeal to outside opinion, but to bring a mass movement into being, or even to make your intentions known to your adversary.
** [[George Orwell]], in "Reflections on Gandhi", in ''Partisan Review'' (January 1949)

* '''One feels of him that there was much he did not understand, but not that there was anything that he was frightened of saying or thinking.''' I have never been able to feel much liking for Gandhi, but I do not feel sure that as a political thinker he was wrong in the main, nor do I believe that his life was a failure. … One may feel, as I do, a sort of aesthetic distaste for Gandhi, one may reject the claims of sainthood made on his behalf (he never made any such claim himself, by the way), one may also reject sainthood as an ideal and therefore feel that Gandhi's basic aims were anti-human and reactionary: but '''regarded simply as a politician, and compared with the other leading political figures of our time, how clean a smell he has managed to leave behind!'''
** [[George Orwell]], in "Reflections on Gandhi", in ''Partisan Review'' (January 1949)

* In the 1980s Gandhi began to influence European public life. '''He was acknowledged by non-violent revolutionaries in Eastern Europe-[[Lech Wałęsa]] in Poland and [[Václav Havel]] in Czechoslovakia. In the 1990s the [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] began to invoke Gandhi in his non-violent effort to gain automony for Tibet. In the 1990s [[Nelson Mandela]] was in position publicly to acknowledge that "the Gandhian influence dominated freedom struggles on the African continent until the 1960s".''' At the close of the 20th century, ''Time'' chose Gandhi along with [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Franklin Roosevelt]] as the three most influential persons of the century.
** Lloyd I. Rudolph, "Postmodern Gandhi", in ''Postmodern Gandhi and Other Essays'' (2006), edited by Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, (p.34).

* It was Gandhi who made the most significant personal contribution in the history of the nonviolent technique, with his political experiments in the use of noncooperation, disobedience and defiance to control rulers, alter government policies, and undermine political systems. With these experiments the character of the technique was broadened and its practice refined. Among the modifications Gandhi introduced were greater attention to strategy and tactics, a more judicious use of the armory of nonviolent methods, and a conscious association between mass political action and the norm of nonviolence.
** [[w:Gene Sharp|Gene Sharp]], ''The Politics of Nonviolent Action: Part One: Power and Struggle''. Porter Sargent, 1973, (p. 82).

* Gandhi linked many ideas to satyagraha which aren't essential to it. His religious ideas (non-possession, non-acquisition, chastity, fasting, vegetarianism, teetotalism) and his economic ideas (self-sufficiency, "bread labour", and agarianianism) don't necessarily have anything to do with post-Gandhian nonviolence.
** [[w:Nicolas Walter|Nicolas Walter]], ''Nonviolent Resistance: Men Against War'', Nonviolence 63, 1963.

* '''Gandhi was a completely unofficial man. He recognized the gulf that lay between the enjoyment of freedom and the exercise of authority.''' When the [[w:Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress]], which he had led intermittently as a movement dedicated to achieving liberation by legal and extra‑legal means, itself grasped for power and became a political party, he withdrew. '''With an extraordinary persistence he made and kept himself one of the few free men of our time.'''
** [[George Woodcock]], in ''Mohandas Gandhi'' (1971), p. 3

* '''Much in his career remains unexplained if we forget his insistence that religion and politics were bound inextricably in the common search for Truth.''' "To me," he said, "Truth is God and there is no way to find Truth except the way of nonviolence." Truth conceived as God is of course the Absolute. Truth perceived by man must always be relative, changing according to human contacts developing as men understand better each other, their circumstances and themselves. Gandhi never set out to develop a fixed and final doctrine, but emphasized that his practice of ''[[w:ahimsa|ahimsa]]'', or nonviolence, was always experimental, that his political struggle like his personal life was part of a continuing quest for Truth as manifested existentially, a quest that could never end because human understanding was incapable of comprehending the Absolute. The identification of Truth as the goal of political action, as well as of religious devotion, and the refusal to distinguish between religion and politics, form the background to the great divergences between Gandhi's revolutionary ideas and techniques and those of other contemporary revolutionists … '''Unorthodox though he might be, Gandhi fitted into the traditional pattern of the [[w: Sannyasa|sanyassi]] who practices non‑attachment in the search for Truth; he was the [[w:Karma yoga|karma yogin]], the man who perfects and purifies himself through action.''' Yogic disciplines of all kinds are held in India to confer power over destiny, and Gandhi believed that positive action — love and nonviolence — could intangibly influence men and therefore events. With Truth as the goal and at the same time as the principle of action (for in Gandhian terms ends are emergent from means and hence virtually indistinguishable from them), there was no place in Gandhi's idea of revolution for conspiratorial methods or guerrilla activities.
** [[George Woodcock]], in ''Mohandas Gandhi'' (1971), p. 8

* '''Gandhi on many occasions declared himself an anarchist — of his own kind — and he created, partly from his readings of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and [[Peter Kropotkin|Kropotkin]] and partly on the basis of Indian communitarian traditions, the plan of a decentralized society based on autonomous village communes.'''
** [[George Woodcock]], in [http://www.ditext.com/woodcock/anarch.html ''Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements'' (1962)] [http://www.ditext.com/woodcock/postscript.html Postscript (July 1973)]

* '''Gandhi has sound economic and cultural reasons for encouraging the revival of cottage industries, but he does not counsel a fanatical repudiation of all modern progress.''' Machinery, trains, automobiles, the telegraph have played important parts in his own colossal life! '''Fifty years of public service, in prison and out, wrestling daily with practical details and harsh realities in the political world, have only increased his balance, open-mindedness, sanity, and humorous appreciation of the quaint human spectacle.'''
** [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], in ''[[w:Autobiography of a Yogi|Autobiography of a Yogi]]'' (1946), Ch. 44 - With Mahatma Gandhi At Wardha

* [[w:Yukteswar Giri|Sri Yukteswar]] used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation. "A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If a man laments: 'My business has failed; my wife has left me; I will renounce all and enter a monastery,' to what worldly sacrifice is he referring? He did not renounce wealth and love; they renounced him!" '''Saints like Gandhi, on the other hand, have made not only tangible material sacrifices, but also the more difficult renunciation of selfish motive and private goal, merging their inmost being in the stream of humanity as a whole.'''
** [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], in ''[[w:Autobiography of a Yogi|Autobiography of a Yogi]]'' (1946), Ch. 44 - With Mahatma Gandhi At Wardha

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* [http://www.archive.org/details/teachingsofmahat029222mbp ''Teachings Of Mahatma Gandhi'' (1945), edited by Jag Parvesh Chander]
* [http://www.mkgandhi.org/philosophy/main.htm Gandhi's Philosophy] at [http://www.mkgandhi.org mkgandhi.org]
** [http://www.mkgandhi.org/momgandhi/chap01.htm The Mind of Mahatma]
** [http://www.mkgandhi.org/quots.htm Quotes by category (with sources)]
*[http://www.gandhiserve.org Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Service]
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** [http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/cwmg.html Collected Works online (as PDF files)]
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* [http://www.gandhiinstitute.org M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence]
* [http://www.gandhifoundation.org/ The Gandhi Foundation]
*[http://www.voi.org/books/pipp/ch7.htm Quotes from Gandhi (in the last section of the page)]
* [http://www.wikilivres.info/wiki/index.php/Mohandas_K._Gandhi Works of Mahatma Gandhi]
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'''''[[wikipedia:Raven's Gate|Raven's Gate]]''''' is a novel by [[wikipedia:Anthony Horowitz|Anthony Horowitz]] about a teenage boy named [[wikipedia:Matthew Freeman (Power of Five character)|Matthew Freeman]] who dreamed his parents were going to die before they did. After their deaths, which he failed to prevent, he was sent to live with his abusive aunt and uncle and then became a petty thief, but a botched operation in which his "friend" almost killed a security guard sends him to two options: Jail or a government scheme called the LEAF project, wherein delinquints are sent to remote rural areas to recover. To his dismay, Matthew discovers all of the townspeople in his new town in [[wikipedia:Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] are evil witches conspiring to release demons known as the [[wikipedia:Great Old Ones|Old Ones]] from their interdimensional prison.

== Quotes ==
===Matthew Freeman===
* Well if you haven't heard of it, then it obviously doesn't exist!
*OK, Mr Cole. I can see I've wasted my time coming here.
* There's been a murder. A man named Tom Burgess. He's dead. I saw the body.
*You saw the [[wikipedia:Black Shuck|dogs!]] Did you think they'd come from the [[wikipedia:Battersea Dog's and Cat's Home|Battersea Dog's Home?]]
*So maybe next time when I turn up floating face down in a river, maybe you'll decide it's worth investigating. And I'm telling you now, I won't have died from bad eyesight.
* (To Richard) So you don't believe in magic?
* (About Jayne Deverill) She had a picture of an ancestor. She said she got burned. Maybe she was burned as a witch... Anyway, if there were witches there four thousand years ago, why can't there be witches there now?
* (To his "friend" Kelvin when Kelvin stabs the security guard) I know that! But you didn't have to stab him! Do you realize what you've done? Do you realize what you are?
* (To Superintendent Stephen Mallory) You told me the LEAF project was voluntary. Well, I'm volunteering myself out. I don't care where you send me. You can lock me up in [[wikipedia:Alcatraz|Alcatraz]] if you want to. But [[wikipedia:Yorkshire|this place]] sucks and I want to go.

===Richard Cole===
*(To Matt) There were some parts of your story... Well, I couldn't get them out of your head. So I went by to investigate.
*That's when I heard someone shouting for help and then I found you.
*You're just lucky I didn't stay for another pint.
*How oatthew? ...Do you watch a lot of TV?
*Well look... What you've just told me is complete... Crap! Lanes that go round in circles| Strange looks from the villagers! I know I said I wanted a story, Matt! But I didn't mean a fairy story!
*OK, yes. I've heard of Omega One. They built it as a sort of prototype... Before they started building the real things. But they shut it down before I was born. There's nothing there now. It's just an empty shell.
*But the police came and nothing was there and so, maybe, you imagined the whole thing.
*You seem like a nice enough kid, Matthew.
*(About Matt's trainers) Are you kidding? The washing machine hasn't been built that could handle all that muck!
*Nice dogs... Stay!
*I'm going to put them down.
*(Sarcastically, to Professor Dravid) Let me get this straight, Professor. A very long time ago, the world was ruled by evil creatures called the Old Ones. However, five kids appeared and threw them out. The kids erected a barrier, which became known as Raven's Gate. Unfortunately the stones that marked the gate were knocked down by Medieval peasants who didn't know any better. But that doesn't matter that much because the gate is still there after all. Is that about it?

===Sanjay Dravid===
*If I told you everything I'm about to tell you now, my reputation, everything I've worked for, would disappear overnight. It makes no sense. Not in the real world, anyway. Susan Ashwood may have seemed eccentric to you. You might have thought she was a fraud. However, I'm telling you she was right. There is another world. We are surrounded by it. There is an alternative history as alive in the streets of twenty-first century London as it was many thousands of years ago, when it all began. But only cranks and lunatics are meant to believe in it, because you see, that way everyone feels safer...
Raven's Gate is at the very heart of that alternative history. Search for it on the Internet, as you did, and you won't find anything. But that doesn't make it any less real. It is the reason you are here now. It may even be the reason you were born.

===Sir Michael Marsh===
*Do you really think it's so crazy to draw parallels between the power of the [[wikipedia:atom bomb|atom bomb]] and the power of black magic? Do you really think that a weapon capable of destroying cities in seconds and killing thousands of people is so far removed from the Devil's work? To me it was obvious. I saw that the two different powers could be bought together and do what they had never done before.
*Do you think that someone is trying to start up Omega One?
*(To Matt) Are you interested in [[wikipedia:phillumeny|phillumeny]], young man?

===Dialogue===
*'''Richard Cole:''' (To Matt) What do you want?
*'''Matt''': I need help
*'''Richard Cole:''' What sort of help?
*'''Matt:'''I'm trying to find out about something.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Why?
*'''Matt:''' It's a school project.
*'''Richard Cole:''' What school do you go to?
*'''Matt:''' (Taken aback) I go to school in Lesser Malling.
*'''Richard Cole:''' And you're doing a school project?
*'''Matt:''' Yes.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Try the library.
*'''Matt:''' I have. They sent me here.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Sorry, I can't help you. I was busy.
*'''Matt:''' You don't look very busy.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Well, I was busy until you arrived.
*'''Matt:''' Busy doing what?
*'''Richard Cole:''' Busy being busy. Alright?
*'''Matt:''' Look, maybe I can help you. You're a journalist. Maybe I've got a story?
*'''Richard Cole:''' A story?
*'''Matt:''' I might have.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Alright. Come upstairs. My name is Richard Cole.
*'''Matt:''' I'm Matt.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Just Matt?
*'''Matt:''' That's right.
*'''Richard Cole:''' You said you were staying at Lesser Malling.
*'''Matt:''' Yes. Do you know it?
*'''Richard Cole:''' I've been through. I'm meant to cover it. Me, Kate and Julia - They're the girls you saw downstairs - We've all got our own territories. I've got Lesser Malling. Lucky me!

*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' You say there were electric lights at the power station? And the boy heard a humming noise?
*'''Richard Cole:''' Yes sir.
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' And he saw a lorry. Unloading some sort of box?
*'''Richard Cole:''' Yes.
*'''Sir Michael Marhs:'''And what conclusion have you drawn from all this, Mr Cole?
*'''Richard Cole:''' Matt couldn't see very much in the darkness, Sir Michael. But he said that the men were wearing [[wikipedia:radiation suits|strange, bulky clothes]]. I wondered if they might have been radiation suits.
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' You think that someone is trying to start up Omega One?
*'''Richard Cole:''' It is a possibility.
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' An impossibility, I'm afraid. (To Matt) How much do you know about nuclear power, young man?
*'''Matt:''' ...Not a lot.
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' Well, let me tell you a bit about it. I'm sure you don't want a [[wikipedia:nuclear physics|physics lesson]], but you have to understand. We'll start with the [[wikipedia:nuclear bomb|nuclear bomb]]. You know, of course, what that is.
*'''Matt:''' Yes.
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' A nuclear bomb contains devastating power. It can destroy an entire city, as it did, in the [[wikipedia:World War Two|last war]], at Hiroshima. In tests in the Nevada Desert, a small bomb blew out a crater so deep, you could have fitted the entire [[wikipedia:Empire State Building|Empire State Building]] into it. The power of the bomb is the energy released in the explosion. And that energy comes from splitting the atom. Are you with me so far? A nuclear power station works in much the same way. It splits the atom in a metal called [[wikipedia:uranium|uranium]] but instead of producing an explosion, which is uncontrolled, the energy is released gradually, in the form of heat. The heat is fantastic. It turns water into steam, which then turns the turbines of an energy generator and out comes electricity. That's all a nuclear power station does. It turns water into electricity.
*'''Matt:''' What's wrong with coal?
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' Gas, oil, coal... They're too expensive. And one day they'll run out. But uranium is incredible stuff. One tiny piece of it, if you held it in your hand, has enough power to keep a million electric heaters running non-stop for twenty-four hours.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Except it would kill you... If you held it in your hand.
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' Yes, Mr Cole. The radiation would indeed kill you. Which is why, when uranium is moved, it is carried in heavy, lead-lined boxes.
*'''Matt:''' Like the box I saw!
*'''Sir Michael Marsh''': (Ignoring Matt) At the heart of any nuclear power station is a nuclear reactor. The reactor is basically a massive concrete box - and it is in here that our controlled explosion takes place. The uranium is surrounded by long sticks called [[wikipedia:control rods|control rods]]. When you lift up the control rods, the explosion starts. And the higher you lift them, the more powerful the explosion becomes. The reactor is the most dangerous part of the station. You have to remember what happened at [[wikipedia:Chernobyl|Chernobyl]], in Russia. One mistake here and you risk what is known as an excursion, an explosion which might kill hundreds or even thousands of people and destroy a vast area of land for years. When the government began to think about building nuclear stations, about fifty years ago, they set up a number of experimental stations where they could study reactors in action and make sure they were safe. Omega One was the first of these experiments and I helped design and build it. It ran for less than eighteen months. And after we'd finished with it, we shut it down and left it to rot in the pine forest thaty surrounds it.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Maybe someone wants to get it running again.
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' They couldn't... For a number of reasons. As you know, you can't just buy uranium. Even dictators in countries like Iraq have found it impossible to get supplies. Let's suppose these villagers of yours owned a uranium mine. It still wouldn't help. How would they process th stuff? How would they get the technical know-how and the resources?
*'''Richard Cole:''' But Matt saw something...
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' He saw a box. For all we know, it could have contained a picnic. (Looks at his watch) I last visited Omega One twenty years ago. We removed anything that could possibly be dangerous when we dismantled the place. It was quite a job, I can tell you, transporting everything out of the wood.
*'''Richard Cole:''' Why did you build it there?
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' I'm sorry?
*'''Richard Cole:''' Why did you build it in the middle of a wood?
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' Well, it had to be somewhere out of the way. And there's an underground river that runs through the wood. That was the main reason. A nuclear power station requires a constant supply of water, you see.
*'''Richard Cole:''' I'm sorry, Sir Michael. It seems like we've wasted your time.
*'''Sir Michael Marsh:''' Not at all. At the very least it would seem like someone is trespassing on what is still government property and I shall certainly contact the appropriate authorities. Personally I wanted to knock the building down when we'd finished with it, but it was too expensive. As the minister put it, nature is the best demolition expert. However, let me assure you, you probably couldn't even spark a fire in that damp old place, let alone a nuclear explosion.

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'''''[[w:Adventure Time|Adventure Time]]''''' is an American animated TV series created by Pendleton Ward. It follows the bizarre adventures of a young hero named Finn and his magical dog named Jake. The season premièred on April 5, 2010.
==Season 1==

===Slumber Party Panic (1a)===

:'''Bubblegum''': Finn, the Candy People can't know about the zombies!
:'''Finn''': WHA''??''
:'''Bubblegum''': If they knew, they would flip out!
:'''Finn''': Whaddaya mean, "flip out?"
:'''Bubblegum''': I mean.. they would FLIP <big>'''''OUUUT!!'''''
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:'''Finn''': Algebraic''!''
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:'''Bubblegum''': "''You promised you wouldn't freakin tell ANYONE!! Aw, you're so cute Finn.''"
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:'''Finn''': MATHEMATICAL''!!''
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:'''Zombie''': Gimme some sugar baby....
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:'''Finn''': She just want this slumber party to be super fun, and if I did have something to tell you, then I would in a second, and it would make my life easier, unless there was something stopping me, like a promise, but there isn't, so I won't, so it's cool!
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:'''Finn''': If I break a royal promise, I get to fight zombies, throw slumber parties, awake Gumball Guardians, and-and...
:'''Bubblegum''': Alright, alright..
:'''Finn''': <big><big>'''''AND REVERSE DEATH ITSELF!!!!'''''
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:'''Mr. Cupcake''': Jake, truth or dare?
:'''Jake''': Truth!
:'''Mr. Cupcake''': Do you prefer chocolate or fudge?
:'''Jake''': I can't eat chocolate or fudge cos I'm a dog and they'll probably kill me but, hmm.. probably... NEITHER''!!''
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:'''Finn''': Starchy, you're not a zombie.
:'''Starchy''': I can't help it. Flesh is delicious.
:'''Finn''': ''You're'' delicious!
:'''Starchy''': He-hey, don't squeeze me, I'll fart! ''[PWOO!!]''

===Trouble in Lumpy Space (1b)===

:'''Finn''': LSP, please! Can you tell us how to reach Lumpy Space?
:'''LSP''': Yeah, I mean, there's a portal nearby. I can show you, whenever—
:'''Finn and Jake''': Take us now!! Take us now!!
:''[PB's stomach grumbles]''
:'''Bubblegum''': I should NOT have drank much tea!
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:'''Finn''': <big><big><big>'''''I'LL KILL YOU, LUMPY SPAAAAAAAACE!!!'''''
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:'''Jake''': Aw, Finn, this music ducks, right? ''[brbrbrbr]'' Aww, I love this sowng. We should tolly T.P. Shawndala's howse.
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:'''LSP''': Oh Glob. I forgot.
:'''Finn''': What'd she say?
:'''LSP''': Tonight is weekly Promcoming Dance! It's gunna be so flippin' awesome now!!
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:'''Brad''': You miss me yet, LSP?
:'''LSP''': Scootch over, Finn. I'monna sit in the back.
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:'''Finn''': This doesn't look like Make-out Point.
:'''Melissa''': This is Brad's house. YOU wanted a ride to Make-out Point!? You think ''I'' want to make-out with ''YOU''!??
:'''Finn''': Uhhh....
:'''Melissa''': Well, maybe I do, but.... Wait! I have a boyfriend, Finn!!
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:'''Jake''': This is... new. S'nothing ominous though, just a bump.
:'''Lumpy Space Princess''': Nah. That's no bump. It's the early stage of the lumps.
:'''Finn''': Is it serious?
:'''Lumpy Space Princess''': It just means he's changing into a lumpy space guy on account of my bite. It's just like uh, y'know... werewolf rules? Hurrurr...

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:'''Lumpy Space Princess''': WHATEVERS 2009!

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:'''Finn''': Sorry, but Jake's lumpiness is worsening!
:'''Jake''': Actually, I think I'm beating it back with sheer willpower. (''PHLAP!!'') Oh, my.

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:'''Lumpy Space Princess''': BUUUUUMPS.

===Prisoners of Love (2a)===

'''Finn''': Yeah, there's a big sleeping lava man in our front yard, he is ''so'' hot...

'''Jake''': [Hits Finn's arm suggestively] Mmm hmm. Hehe!

[Ice King glares at the two of them.]

'''Finn''': I mean, not like ''sexy'' hot, but...

'''Jake''': No, you ''do'' mean sexy hot.

'''Finn''': No, I mean...

'''Ice King''': I DON'T CARE!

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:'''Finn''': Ice King, don't do this. Just let the girls go. They DON'T want to be here.
:'''Ice King''': Of course they do! I would've killed them already if they didn't want to be here. Right, ladies? Zzz zzz?
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:'''Finn''': '''ICE KING!!''' YOU HAD BETTER EITHER SET US FREE, OR COME IN HERE AND FIGHT ME!! COS OTHERWISE.. I'M GONNA FLIP <big><big>'''''OUUT!!!'''''
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:'''Wildberry Princess''': I don't think I can...
:'''Ice King''': Just play it like I showed you..
:'''Finn''': Leave her alone, Ice King!
:'''Ice King''': <big>'''''PLAY IT OR I'LL SQUISH YOU INTO JUICE!!!'''''
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:'''Finn''': MY FLUTE!!
:'''Jake''': Ohh, nuts dude! You broke it when we tried picking the lock to that sad ogre's heart!
:'''Finn''': Darn it!
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(Princesses, Finn, and Jake cheering after they got away from the Ice king)

'''Slime Princess''': Thank you for saving us, Finn!

'''Finn''': You're welcome, Slime princess!

[Picks up slime princess.]

'''Slime Princess''': And remember when you said that you'd... Vow to marry us to that... Thing of heart choosing?

'''Finn''': Yeeeees...[Hesitant]

'''Slime Princess''': Weeeell, I'd like to marry youuuuu...[Smiles]

'''Jake''': Oooohhhhhoohhooohoh!!! [Other princesses cheering]

'''Finn''': OH! [Laughs nervously] Well, that- [Whispers] Jake, help me!

'''Jake''': Oh! Aah...Slime Princess, you shouldn't marry Finn, he pees his pants constantly all the time!

[Princesses go 'EEEEWWWW']

'''Slime Princess''': Oh, gross! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN!

'''Finn''': A-ahhaha, I'm sorry...[Puts slime princess down and turns to Jake] JAKE- Grwaaa![Glares]

[Jake laughs]

===[[w:Tree Trunks (episode)|Tree Trunks]] (2b)===

:'''Tree Trunks''': A fly landed on my pie! That's no good... ''[throws it away]'' Bye bye!
:'''Finn''': Why're you throwing the pie away!? ''[more flies onto pie]''
:'''Finn and Jake''': UGGHH!!!
:'''Tree Trunks''': Flies wanted it... they can HAVE IT....
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:'''Finn''': Hey, crystal guardian! Are you okay with Tree Trunks takin' a bite of that apple?
:'''Jake''': I'm okay with it!
:'''CG Jake''': I'm okay with it!
:'''Jake''': And I'm stupid!
:'''CG Jake''': And I'm stupid!
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:'''Tree Trunks''': Finn, what would you do if you can do anything?
:'''Finn''': Anything? Well, I'd catch a shooting star and travel to outer space, and fight space monsters!!
:'''Jake''': ''[muffling]'' I'd carve my face on the moon, so the moon will look like my face!
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:'''Finn''': Jake, I just realised that Tree Trunks is old and bonkers. We can't take her through that evil dark forest!
:'''Jake''': Ahh, she'll be fine, everything's fine.
:'''Finn''': But the monsters!
:'''Jake''': It's faine! It's faine!
:'''Finn''': Are you sure? Cos she has ZERO adventurer training.
:'''Jake''': Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, well it's fine! She'll be fine! Re-re-it's fine, it's fine, it's fine!
:'''Finn''': ''[laughs]'' Maybe it is fine.
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:'''Finn''': Whoo! How's it taste, Tree Trunks!?
:'''Jake''': Yeah! How is it?
:''[Tree Trunks looks dissatisfied for a beat—]''

:<big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big>'''''POPP!!!!!'''''
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:'''Tree Trunks''': I did it, I helped! I'm the sexiest adventurer in the world!
:'''Finn''': Tree Trunks! You're not an adventurer! You nearly got yourself killed, AGAIN! Do you wanna die, Tree Trunks?! Is that what you think adventurers do?! <big><big>'''''DIE AND MAKE ALL THEIR FRIENDS FEEL TERRIBLE 'CUZ THEY COULDN'T SAVE YOU!!?'''''

===The Enchiridion! (3a)===
:'''Princess Bubblegum''': It's called the ''Enchiridion''. It's a book meant only for heroes whose hearts are RIGHTEOUS. ''["PUCHHOO!!"]''
:'''Finn''': Shmowzow!
:'''Princess Bubblegum''': The book lies in the top of Mount Cragdoor, guarded by a manly Minotar. It's waiting for a truly righteous hero to claim it!
:'''Finn''': Do you think I've got the goods, Bubblegum? 'Cos I am ''[pounds floor]'' INTO THIS STUFF!

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:'''Finn''': Bye Princess! Ya know what time it is, buddy?
:'''Jake''': Adventure Time?! ''[fist bumps Finn]''
:'''Finn''': Yeah man!

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:'''Keeper''': The key is in you, child, but you can not use your brawn here. The door is MAGICALLY sealed!
:''[Finn picks up the Keeper and shoves him into the lock]''
:'''Keeper''': You've unlocked the riddle of the door! Ha ha! Brilliantly, young child! Please, reveal to me how you unraveled my clue.
:'''Finn''': I just thought you looked cute stuffed in that lock.
:'''Keeper''': Oh yes, that's how most people get in...

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:'''Jake''': Hey, bunk off you gnomes! That kid just save you guys! You should thank him! Not destroy old ladies! Do you even know what I'm talkin' about?! Say thank you! ''[beat]'' SAY.. "THANK YOU!"
:'''Gnome''': KILL IT!!
:'''Jake''': WHOA!! ''[grab the gnomes back into the pot]'' GET BACK IN THERE!!
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:'''Finn''': I'm not righteous. I'm wrong-teous! ...Stupid-teous.

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:'''Finn''': Give me back my friend!
:'''Giant''': But I ate him already!

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:'''Evil Wizard''': Now, as one last LAST trial; SLAY THIS ANT!
:'''Finn''': Is it evil?
:'''Evil Wizard''': No! But it's... not good, either. It's neutral. Will you slay it?
:'''Finn''': ...NO!
:'''Evil Wizard''': If you want the hero's Enchiridion, then slay this unaligned ant!
:'''Finn''': Never... ''Never.. NEVER!!
:'''Evil Wizard''': Wuh-oh... ''[Finn kicks the wizard to smoke]''
:'''Keeper''': ''[enters the room]'' Congratulations, Finn the Human. Now you have truly reached-

<big><big><big><big><big><big>''NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!''

:'''Finn''': ''[punches Keeper in the stomach]'' Oh no! Mr. Keeper, I'm sorry. Wha- Why are you wearing that little devil costume?
:'''Keeper''': These are my pajamas... I was getting weady for bed...

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:'''Jake''': Hey, crack open that book and read something for fun's sake, alright?
:'''Finn''': Oh yeah! Woah.. "How to Kiss Princesses"? Hehehehe...
:'''Jake''': Woooahh! What'd you just read?
:'''Princess Bubblegum''': ''[appearing in magical globe]'' 'Yeah, what does it say, Finn? Manish Man won't tell me.'
:'''Manish Man''': Hey, don't tell her, Finn.
:'''Finn''': It doesn't say anything, Princess.
:'''Princess Bubblegum''': 'Manish Man!'
:'''Finn''': Aaaaaahh... ''[jumps into air]'' YEAHHH...!

=== The Jiggler (3b)===

:'''Finn''': [synthesized singing] ''Baby''
:'''Jake''': Ooo!
:'''Finn''': ''I know what you need''
:'''Jake''': What's that?
:'''Finn''': ''You want your little baby socks For your little baby feet~''
:'''Jake''': Whoo!
:'''Finn''': ''Baby''
:'''Jake''': Yeah?
:'''Finn''': ''I know what you crave''
:'''Jake''': Oh yeah, what's that?
:'''Finn''': ''You want to poop your pants all day long Well, baby behave!''
:'''Jake''': Man, how can you sing like that?
:'''Finn''': Remember when I swallowed that little computer?
:'''Jake''': Oh yeah.
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'''Finn''': This guy is a pal for life! It looks like he's got two jiggly bellies stuck together.

'''Jake''': I've got that on my back. I call it my butt.

===[[w:Ricardio the Heart Guy|Ricardio the Heart Guy]] (4a)===

:'''Finn''': You stay away from Princess Bubblegum with all that stuff!
:'''Ricardio''': Now that my plan is nearly complete, there is no way you can stop me.
:'''Finn''': I could stop you if I wanted!
:'''Ricardio''': Oh, yeah?
:'''Finn''': YEAH!!
:'''Ricardio''': OH, ''YEAH!!?''
:'''Finn''': <big><big>'''''YEAHHH!!! YAHH!!!'''''
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:'''Princess Bubblegum''': Finn, what the cabbage?
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:'''Finn''': Ugh... I feel.. ''weird''...
:'''Jake''': It sounds like you're dealing with some new emotions you don't understand. Like jealousy.
:'''Finn''': BLARRRRG!!!
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:'''Jake''': I bet you wish you were my butt.
:'''Finn''': What?
:'''Jake''': I bet you wish YOU were my butt, because then the Princess, y'know... No, wait... I bet you wish YOU were the Ice King and the Princess was my butt!
:'''Finn''': What!?
:'''Jake''': Hm... OH!! I bet you wish Bubblegum would KISS you too! Like the Ice King and my butt!
:'''Finn''': That's ridiculous!
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:'''Princess Bubblegum''': You're totally jealous of Ricardio.
:'''Finn''': Not I'm not! I just don't like the way he talks to you. It makes me feel weird.
:'''Princess Bubblegum''': That's jealousy, hon.
:'''Finn''': I'm not jealous! ''[echo yell]'' <big>'''''I'M WEIRD!!!'''''
:'''Jake''': Woof, man. This is going bad!

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:'''Jake''': You and me, gut, together forever! Solving crimes and making up rhymes!
:'''Finn''': No way! This proves he's a ''super'' villain! More powerful than lesser villains, like the Ice King!
:'''Jake''': ''[sing-song] Your gut says he's evil,''
:''My gut says he's good!''
:''Why not put our guts together''
:''And end this funky feud?''

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:'''Ricardio''': You were right all along, Finn! Now I'm going to cut out Princess Bubblegum's heart and make out with it.

===Business Time (4b)===
:'''Finn''': I found another bike, and more computers! What do you got?
:'''Jake''': I keep finding baby shoes! ''[flamethrows another iceberg]'' What the heck, man, and they're all lefties!
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:'''LSP''': ''[thru herovision monitor]'' Oh my gosh! Leave me alone! All I said was "you're ugly", ''[chased from whipping swamp giant]'' which is totally true! Somebody help me!
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:'''Jake''': YA HEAR THAT GUYS!!? MAYBE I'M RIGHT!!
:'''Businessman''': Really? Job? With... ad-ven-tur-ers?
:'''Jake''': Yeah, mans!
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:'''Jake''': Aww... Building this gauntlet dock is hard, man. Hard work sucks!
:'''Finn''': Don't be lazy, Jake.
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:'''Businessman''': I'm going to kill you! Not-boss!
:'''Finn''': Wait, man! Wait! I wanna rehire you guys!
:'''Businessman''': Re-HIRE?? Really?!
:'''Finn''': Yeah, mans.
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:'''Finn''': I have to say Jake, my sword is totally shiny and stinking sharp!
:'''Jake''': Uh-huh!
:'''Finn''': And my shoes feel different! Not only are they clean—I feel radder, faster, more adequate.
:'''Jake''': Cool!
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:'''Finn''': I never knew being fat and lazy was so rewarding!
:'''Jake''': Yeah! Your gut's so huge and mouldable.
:'''Finn''': Hey!
:'''Jake''': Hold on a sec!
:'''Finn''': Hahahaha! Man, that tickles!
:'''Jake''': ''[moulded to IK]'' "I'm the Ice King! And I'll never find a bride because I'm such a tool."
:'''Finn''': ''[laughs]'' Alright, let me try. ''[moulds his gut to PB]'' "I'm Princess Bubblegum, and I'm a dork because I like science! I've also got a really annoying voice that Finn thinks is <big>''ATTRAC''TIVE!!"
:'''Jake''': Ha ha! That's a... Wait, what'd you say?

===My Two Favorite People (5a)===
:'''Jake''': Anyone have a joke?
:'''Finn''': Oh, I have a joke! Okay, okay. Knock knock!
:'''Lady Rainicorn''': ''Nuguseyo?'' (Who's there?)
:'''Jake''': She said, "who's there?"
:'''Finn''': Diarrhea!
:'''Jake''': ''Jyaega seolsalae.'' (He said, "Diarrhea.")
:'''Lady Rainicorn''': ''Eo, nado deul-eoss-eo. Mwoya, hanado jaemieobsjanh-a.'' (Yeah, I know. I don't think it was kinda that funny.) ''[sips goblet]''
:'''Finn''': Did she say "Diarrhea who?"
:'''Jake''': Uh... no. No, she didn't say "Diarrhea who". She didn't. ...Say it.
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:'''Finn''': Jake! Check out these power rings!
:'''Jake''': Whoa. That's cool! You got ten of them?
:'''Finn''': Yeah! Lady got some too.
:'''Jake''': Oh, that’s cool.
:'''Finn''': Uhh, you want one of mine? I've got so many.
:'''Jake''': Yeah! Thanks, man!
:'''Finn''': Oh... Wait, I can't take them off. I guess they're cursed. Still pretty cool though.
:'''Jake''': Yeah... they're awesome...
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:'''Finn''': Alright, this time, I'm gonna destroy you, Rainicorn!
:'''Lady Rainicorn''': [Old man voice] Okay. That sounds nice.
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:'''Jake''': I'm sorry I was an idiot. You forgive me?
:'''Finn''': Shut up man, I don't wanna hear that stuff! Let me get in there.
:''[Gets in between Lady Rainicorn and Jake]''
:'''Jake''': Let's never be stupid again!
:'''Finn''': Wait! Let's always be stupid. Forever!
:''[All laugh]''

===Memories of Boom Boom Mountain (5b)===

'''Head Marauder''': Get back here, you chicken!

'''Marauders''': Oooooh!

'''Finn''': ...What did you call me?

'''Head Marauder''': You can't just walk away from a ''roughhouse!''

'''Finn''': Hey! Listen up, you cold-hearted marauders! Somebody's out there crying for help and I'm not gonna ignore that!

'''Jake''': Aw, here it comes! Lay it down, Finn!

'''Finn''': A long time ago, when I was a baby, I went boom boom on a leaf. Then I fell backwards and sat in my own boom boom and cried for a day, but no one came to help me. That day I vowed to help anyone in need, no matter how small their problem! And that's why I need to go.

(Finn leaves, the marauders all clap and cheer.)

'''Jake''': He still cries when he poops. Thanks for being cool, guys. Wait up, Finn!

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'''Finn''': What do you think? Fixed all your problems, right?

'''Mountain''': No! That was ''terrible!'' Now the men are just punching animals! It's worse than before and it's ''in no way a good solution!''

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'''Mountain''': Please! No roughhousing! It's just...so...sad!

'''Finn''': What? Why?

'''Mountain''': Because they're so rough on each other.

'''Finn''': But a smooth, well-controlled roughhouse...bolsters the guts...and rejuvenates the muscle!

'''Mountain''': No! It's raunchy and maddening. All those men and their disgusting fantastic bodies.

'''Jake''': Whoa. This guy's got problems.

===Wizard (6a)===
:'''Reaper''': Hey kid... you want some magic powers? Magic powers for absolutely free?
:'''Finn''': Heck yeah!
:'''Jake''': Wait! Let's not be too rash! Just look at this guy! Check out the sunken lifeless eyes, the foul stench of decay! You know what that means?
:'''Finn''': ..Means he's evil, I guess.
:'''Jake''': Well evil, sure—but mostly, he's unattractive. And unattractive people are desperate.
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:'''Finn''': I'm responsible, dude!
:'''Jake''': So am I!
:'''Finn''': That's a lie!
:'''Jake''': It is a lie. And I take full responsibility for it!

===[[w:Evicted!|Evicted!]] (6b)===
''(song when Jake and Finn are thrown out of their house)''

:'''Singer''': ''So Finn and Jake''
:''Set out to find a new home''
:''It's gonna be tough''
:''For a kid and a dog on their own.''

:''Here's a little house''
:''Aw, Finn's stickin' his foot in''
:''Well, that's a bad idea, dude''
:''Cuz now that bird thinks you're a jerk, Finn!''

:''And now they're chillin' on the side of a hill''
:''And thinkin' livin' in a cloud would be totally thrillin',''
:''Unless they find something inside''
:''Like a mean cloud man and his beautiful cloud bride.''

:''A beehive, oh nooo~!''
:''Don't put your foot in there, guy!''
:''Y'all tried that before,''
:''And you know it didn't turn out right!''

:''Big shell, go inside,''
:''Look around, it seems all right''
:''A frog comes out and barfs a tiger,''
:''Throwin' down potions for food and fi-ahire~!''
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:''You know you should've stayed''
:''And fought that sexy vampire lady,''
:''But Jake was feelin' terrified''
:''He was super-scared of her vampire bite,''
:''Which is understandable''
:''As vampires are really powerful.''
:''They're unreasonable''
:''And burnt out on dealing with mortals.''
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:''Ooh, Marceline''
:''Why are you so mean?''
:'''Marceline''': ''I'm not mean, I'm 1000 years old''
:''And I just lost track of my moral code.''
:'''Singer''': ''Oh, Marceline''
:''Can't you see those guys are in pain?''
:'''Marceline''': ''No, I can't.''
:''I'm invested in this really cute video game.''

:'''Singer''': ''So there go our boys''
:''Walkin' on the icy ground,''
:''Headin' towards their destiny''
:''I'm sure they'll figure something out.''

===City of Thieves (7a)===

:'''Finn''': Hey, TURD-le! I'monna kick your butt! Also, have you seen this little girl's flower basket?!
:'''Jake''': You're goin down, turtle! ''[the turtle blasts off with its tailhole]'' Whoa! I want jets!
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:'''Penny''': Hey, my basket! That's my basket!
:'''Finn''': Don't worry, Penny! We'll get it right after I deal with this guy! <big>''STEALING'S WRONG, DOOFUS!!''
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:'''Phil''': ''[PJs ripped away from rock wall thief]'' My jammies! ''[a goblin steals his glasses and basket]'' ''MAH GLASSEEE~S!!''
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:'''Finn''': This good deed has purified us once again. We're Virgin Islands! ''[the two accompanied cherubs then steals his swords]''
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:'''Penny''': I'm going to miss you, Finn!
:'''Finn''': I'll miss you too.
:'''Penny''': G'bye! ''[runs out of tent]''
:'''Jake''': Woah, dude! Why are you naked?
:''[Finn looks down and sees he's only wearing his underwear]''
:'''Finn''': WHA-! PENNNYYYYYYYYYY!!

===The Witch's Garden (7b)===

:'''Witch''': Are you.. alright, my donut pretties? ..Wait a second. YOU'RE A ''BAGEL''!! ''LIAR!!'' ''["POOF"]'' LIARS EVERYWHERE..!!
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:'''Finn''': Jake! I never should've doubted you!
:'''Jake''': Well, I'm glad you learned your lesson – that in a crunch, there's nothin I wouldn't do for ya.
:'''Finn''': Ahhh, so is that how you got your powers back? ''["ting"]'' You apologized to the witch?
:'''Jake''': Uum... ''[sweats profusely]'' No way! I um.. must have found the right... mud puddle! Yeah... I don't remember. Heh... Rrrrr...

===What is Life? (8a)===
:'''Finn''': Aww! Butter pranked! I can't BELIEVE I didn't see that coming!
:'''Jake''': Yeah, I'm a genius.
:'''Finn''': YOU have offended my honor, sir. And in so doing, you have awoken the pranking demon that sleeps in my pits! The demon is coming for you, mortal. It is going to prank you so.. <big>''HAAAARD!!!''
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:'''NEPTR''': Creator, you have shown me the joys of pranking! I cannot wait to throw pies infinitely at Jake's face!
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:'''Jake''': ''[zzz]'' ..Might wake up at any moment! Nahh, I'm still asleep.
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:'''Ice King''': Something about that robot I tried to kill fills me with... deep longing...
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:'''Finn''': Did y'all smack me into that mountain on purpose?
:'''Balloons''': Yeeaah!
:'''Finn''': Take note, NEPTR. These guys are Grade A Pranksters. You guys hang out, in case we need a daring escape!
:'''Balloon 1''': Yeah, sure!
:'''Balloon 2''': Daring escape!
:'''Balloon 3''': Sure Finn!
:'''Balloon 4''': Absolutely, we got your back! ''[Finn enters IK's cave]''
:'''Balloon 5''': I got his wallet!

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:'''Balloons''': Quick, Finn! Jump!!
:''[Finn jumps, the balloons pull their strings away at the last second, causing Finn to fall and shout and the balloons laugh; Three balloons carry him back up]''
:'''Finn''': Heheh, you guys got me!

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:'''Finn''': ''[Releases the balloons]'' Okay guys, your blood oath is fulfilled!
:'''Balloons''': Yay! To the mesosphere!
:'''Single Balloon''': Finally, we can die!

===Ocean of Fear (8b)===

'''Finn''': Get me out of the water! Now, Jake, now!

[Jake is shown bruised, saying "ow" as Finn steps on him, screaming]

'''Jake''': Finn! Stop it, Finn! OWWW!!

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'''Finn''': [As one tiny drop of water flies onto Finn, slow motion] ''NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!'' I'm afraid of you, I'm afraid of you!

[Finn scoots away from the water, screaming, then flips on his back and sighs]

'''Finn''': [Drags himself to Jake's feet] Okay, yeah... Let's try tomorrow...

===When Wedding Bells Thaw (9a)===
:'''Finn''': Eat my sword, Ice King!
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:'''Ice King''': Sure wish someone would throw me a bachelorette party... oop! I mean, "manlorette party".
:'''Finn''': But we hate you.
:'''Ice King''': If you won't throw me a manlorette party then I'll never have my last hurrah before buckling down with that battle-axe! It'll drive me back to a life of stealing hot ''princesses!'' Is that want you want!!?
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:'''Finn''': Stop scratching your ear, man! It's gross!
:'''Jake''': It wasn't me. It was my foot, dude.
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:'''Jake''': All that's left is the lousy wedding.
:'''Finn''': I'm weady for the wedding!
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:'''Ice King''': Oh... Now I get what you guys are trying to tell me! Marriage is a thing that allows me to capture a princess forever and let her live inside of me! ''[cries ecstatically]'' Marriage is the most beautiful thing in the world...
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:'''Ice King''': No more... st-stealing princesses? Wow...
:'''Finn and Jake''': WHAT!!?
:'''Ice King''': I didn't realise I'd have to.. give up... stealing the ladies.
:'''Jake''': But you said you were fine with it!
:'''Ice King''': I know what I said! But you know, sometimes you say things and then you don't really mean them?
:'''Jake''': WHA— Are you serious!?
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:'''Ice King''': Now I can <big><big>'''''KILL YOU!!!''''' Oh wait... Wait, wait.. I am ''so'' stupid! Silly billy!
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:'''Ice King''': Come on, guys! Help me celebrate my un-marriage!
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:'''Ice King's "Bride"''': You lousy butt-faced pig! I hate you!

===Freak City (9b)===

:'''Finn''': Walking, walking, walking... HAMBONE BREAK!

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:'''Finn''': Nuts. I'm freakin' all about sugar, but I'm even more about FEEDING HOBOS!

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:'''Jake''': Now that you're a big foot, you're 100% kick, man!

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:'''Two-Headed Monster''': Our crotch! Our evil crotch!

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:'''Kim''': Get his eyes! Cut him in the aye-eyes!

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:'''Finn''': Kim! Get underneath Trudy!
:'''Kim''': No, man, please...I freakin' hate Trudy.
:'''Finn''': Kim, I will destroy you!
:'''Kim''': Okay, okay!

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:'''Finn''': Why'd you do that!?
:'''Magic Man''': Because this day, a magical life lesson comes to you!
:'''Finn''': No! Change me back!
:'''Magic Man''': Not until you appreciate what a jerk I am! ''Waazooo~!!''

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:'''Finn''': Thanks for being cool and all, but what do ya know about this Magic Man? How do we catch him?
:'''Gork''': Ohh, he can't be caught. He's got ''magic''. And we're worthless freaks, we can't ever beat him! So we've gathered here to wallow in our self-pity.

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:'''Finn''': Wait, so, what was the lesson we just learned?
:'''Jake''': Maybe it was, don't give your sugar to jerks?
:'''Finn''': Speaking of jerks—what the blubins, man!? Why wouldn't you help me turn back into a boy?
:'''Jake''': Well, because I always kind of wanted to... [mumbles]
:'''Finn''': What!?
:'''Jake''': I said, I always kind of wanted to be a foot myself.
:'''Finn''': You could be a foot right now! I saw you change into a foot twice yesterday!
:'''Jake''': It's complicated, man. You'll understand when you're older.

===Henchman (10a)===
:'''Jake''': I want to help you out of this, man, but she scares the filling out of my donut.

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:'''Finn''': That sounds bombastic, honey.

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:'''Duke of Nuts''': Why would you want to sack my nut-castle on my second son's first birthday?

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:'''Marceline''': Hey Finn, I need you to strangle some pixies!
:'''Finn''': Yeah, sure. That sounds good.
:'''Marceline''': Whoa, why are you being so casual about that? Killing pixies is some hardcore evil.
:'''Finn''': I'm not fallin' for your junk anymore, lady. You just like saying poop that jacks with my brain.

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:'''Finn''': Marceline is not how she seems! She's a radical dame who likes to play games.

===Dungeon (10b)===
:'''Demon Cat:''' Greetings, Frank the human boy.
:'''Finn:''' How did you almost know my name?
:'''Demon Cat:''' I have approximate knowledge of many things. For instance, I know that I am possibly going to slay you and munch on your eyeballs.

===The Duke (11a)===

:'''Jake''': Who cares if Bubblegum hates you forever? It's no biggie. Tons of people hate me.
:''[...]''
:'''Squirrel''': Why, Jake? Why won't you print my letters? I... I.... <big>''I HATE YOU!!!''
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:'''Finn & Jake''': The Marquess of Nuts!?
:'''Marquis''': Yes!! But I didn't come alone! ''[shripp!]''
:'''Squirrel''': Remember me, Jake!!?
:'''Jake''': ...Nope.
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:'''Finn''': There's something to tell you about that bottle that hit you in the face.
:'''Bubblegum''': I already know, Finn! The Duke of Nuts has ALWAYS been a bad guy! But now that he's done this, <big>''I'LL NEVER FORGIVE HIM!!!'' And it's not just because that I HATE the Duke! I'd never forgive ANYBODY who did THIS to me! I'd hate them!
:'''Finn''': Yeah, but—
:'''Bubblegum''': <big>'''''FOREVER!!!!'''''
:'''Finn''': Forever..!??
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:'''Duchess of Nuts''': Hello, Finn. Are you here to arrest the Duke?
:'''Finn''': How did you know?
:'''Duchess of Nuts''': The nuts told me. For I am the Duchess of Nuts!
:''[Jake eats a handful of nuts from a bowl.]
:'''Jake''': Ooh. I should've asked if these were, like, her eggs or something.

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:'''Duchess of Nuts''': Would you like to hear what ''MY NUTS HAVE TO SAY?!''
:'''Finn''': That won't be...um...necessary...

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:'''Jake''': I'm an assassin! I will kill you...and raise your children as my own!

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:'''Finn''': Princess, I have something pretty sucky to confess.

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:'''Squirrel''': Pick it up Jake! Pick it up! ''[Jake walks away with Finn]'' Oh, you son of a Bleeblob!

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:'''Finn''': Princess, I have something sucky to confess... I'm the one who threw the bottle!
:'''Princess Bubblegum''': Ah!
:'''Finn''': I'm sorry... But... I knew, if I told you - you'd hate me forever!
:'''Princess Bubblegum''': Mmhhhm... Well, I could never stay mad at you forever. And you seem genuinely penitent.
:'''Finn''': I don't even know what that means... But thank you!

===Donny (11b)===

:'''Finn''': You stay here and take care of Donny, while I take care of a unknown possibly-deadly emergency.

:'''Jake''': ''(as Finn is walking off)'' Dude, trade me jobs!

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:'''Donny''': Gotta get pants. Go get your pants. Button fly!

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:'''Finn''': Donny's problem is that he's treated as an outsider, like me!

:'''Jake''': You are NOT an outsider; you wear cute little blue shorts.

:'''Finn''': ''(Finn looks away, raising his hands)'' I... Am complicated...

===Rainy Day Daydream (12a)===
:'''BMO''': Whooo wants to play video gaa~mes?
:'''Finn and Jake''': BEEMO!!
:'''Jake''': What's on the menu, Beemo?
:'''BMO''': I've created a new game called "Conversation Parade."
:'''Finn and Jake''': Ha, alright! / Start it up, Beemo!
:'''BMO''': ''[singing] What do you think about the stars in the sky''
:'''Finn''': S'okay, I guess.
:'''Jake''': Yeah, they're cool.
:'''BMO''': ''That is an interesting response.'' Battery low! SHUTDOWN.
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:'''Finn''': I would rather <big>'''DIE''' than be imaginative. I mean that.
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:'''Jake''': Dude, I know something totally rocking we can do!
:'''Finn''': WHOA!! What?
:'''Jake''': Let's use our imaginations, man!
:'''Finn''': Barf that! Imagination is for turbo-nerds who can't handle how kickbutt reality is. I'm a kickbutt reality MASTERRR''!!!''
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:'''Finn''': Watch and learn as I master REALITY. ''[slowly steps onto floor]''
:'''Jake''': <big><big>'''NAAAAAOOOH''!!!'''''
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:'''Finn''': Imagine turning your imagination off!
:'''Jake''': I can't, dude! But I think I can imagine.. an imagination turning-off machine... that is upstairs, surrounded by a crud-load of traps, ghosts, monsters and poison fountains, and... and... GIRLS! Cute girls, and hamsters.
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:'''Jake''': Hello, Finn. I am awake and healthy.
:'''Finn''': Jake, what happened to your bombastic personality?
:'''Jake''': I do not know what you mean. I am perfectly bombastic.
:'''Finn''': Nah man, nah. Something's wrong. Tell me something amazing!
:'''Jake''': But Finn, I cannot tell you something amazing, as there is nothing amazing happening around us that I can describe for you.
:'''Finn''': Aw see man, you suck now!
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:'''Jake''': <big>'''''AAAAHH!!'' I CAN IMAGINE EVERYTHING!!!'''
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:'''Jake''': Dang, girl. If you weren't a figment of my imagination, I'd wanna have your baby. ''[Other imagined girl chuckles]'' What're you laughin' at?

===What Have You Done? (12b)===
:'''Jake:''' Settle down, prisoner. We gotta record your belonging. One magical crown. ''[whispering to Finn]'' Probably stolen.
:'''Ice King:''' I didn't steal it! I made that item! Made it with the magic that I stole! So hand it over, or I'll strike menacing poses at you!
 

:'''Finn:''' Oh yeah? Well, how about the helmets we found? And we got the Oculus of Rehabilitation.
:'''Oculus:''' Be better!
:'''Finn:''' And the Shelf of Penitence.
:'''Crown:''' I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
 
:'''Ice King:''' I'm toying with you, ha ha, psychologically. (laughs)

:'''Ice King:''' What am I being charged with?
:'''Jake:''' Five Counts of jerk-a-tearing

:'''Ice King:''' Slaps in disgust huh? Let's call them "SLAPPY-Ds"

:'''Finn:''' Biscuits!!! Now's my chance!!

===His Hero (13a)===

:'''Singer''': ''Who's the greatest warrior ever?''
:''A hero of renown!''
:''Who slayed an evil ocean''
:''Who cast the Lich King down!''

:''Billy! And that time the evil Fire Count''
:''Captured a damsel fair''
:''Who saved her with such bravery''
:''And she offered him hair!''

:''Billy! Also... ''
:''He fought a bear!''
:''BILLYYY!!!''
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:'''Finn''': Geez... I thought people would like that.
:'''Cobbler''': Why!? Why would ''anyone'' want that!?
:'''Finn''': So you can defend against evil monsters!
:'''Cobbler''': ''You're'' supposed to beat up monsters so we don't ''have'' to defend ourselves!
:'''Finn''': No, see? I'm helping you nonviolently!
:'''Cobbler''': Helping!? I can't even move my hands! I'm a cobbler, how'm I supposed to cobble with these useless chunk mitts!?
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:'''Billy''': Nothung!
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:'''Finn''': Alright, we're cobblers!
:'''Cobbler''': No, you're not! You're just watching my shop while I go to the dermatologist! And don't try to cobble ''anything!''
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:'''Finn''': How can we help?
:'''LSP''': I want surgery to make my body hot.
:'''Finn''': Yikes.
:'''LSP''': Yeah. I know I'm already pretty smokin'. But I bought this swimsuit, so I need a swimsuit butter...
:'''Jake''': ''[whoo!]'' You up for some serious plastic surgery?

===Gut Grinder (13b)===
'''Jake''': I'm not cute! I'll mess you up!

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'''Jake''': Hmm...Finn...What if I am the Gut Grinder?

'''Finn''': What?!

'''Jake''': What if I'm, like, stealing gold in my sleep?

'''Finn''': You can't be stealing gold in your sleep! ''[Eyes widen]'' I watch you while you sleep.

==Season 2==

===[[w:It Came from the Nightosphere|It Came from the Nightosphere]] (1a)===
:'''Marceline''': ''Daddy, why did you eat my fries...''
:''I bought them and they were mine.''
:''But you ate them, yeah you ate my fries''
:''And I cried, but you didn't see me cry.''

:''Daddy, do you even love me,''
:''Well I wish you'd show it, cos I wouldn't know it''
:''What kind of daddy eat his daughter's fries
:''and doesn't even look her in the eyes?''
:''Daddy, there were tears there''
:''If you saw them would you even care?''
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:'''Finn''': Lumpy Space Princess! He got your soul too?
:'''LSP''': What? Naw. I totally saw Hotdog Princess get sucked in here—and ''I'' wasn't invited?? I was all—what the lump?! So I'm crashin' this party.
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:'''Finn''': I'm gonna take 'im down!
:'''Marceline''': Finn, you're like an ant to him.
:'''Finn''': Oh ''yeah''!? Well this ant's about to get in his PANTS.
:'''Marceline''': What?
:'''Finn''': Wha... y'know! Because I'm going to make him uncomfortable while I release those souls!
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:'''Marceline''': Look, you wanna help him? Help me get my bass back.
:'''Finn''': How will that help him—
:'''Marceline''': <big><big>'''''MY DAD STOLE MY BASS GUITAR, FINN!!!'''''
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:'''Marceline's Dad''': Oh Marceline. I never know what's gonna set you off. Waoh! Is this the family axe?
:'''Marceline''': Huh? HEY!!
:'''Marceline's Dad''': Did you turn it into some kind of lute?
:'''Marceline''': GIVE IT BACK!! AND '''GET <big>''OUT!!!'''''
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:'''Marceline''': I've been meaning to ask you. What's with the pocket on your shirt?
:'''Finn''': Oh, Jake's in here. 'Sup Jake. ''[pip]''
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:'''Marceline's Dad''': Of all history's greatest monsters, you are by far the most evil thing I've encountered. Offer your soul to me, dark one.
:'''Gunter''': Wenk wenk.
:'''Marceline's Dad''': No! You can't have MY soul! I don't even... Look, just get in here. ''[... WACK]''
:'''Gunter''': Wenk wenk.
:'''Marceline's Dad''': ''[kick]'' Keep your crummy soul!
:''[...]''
:'''Ice King''': Gunter! Who told you you could fly?
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:'''Lumpy Space Princess''': Ohmigod, you guys! DRAMA BOMB!

===The Eyes (1b)===
:'''Jake''': Hey, get outta here, horse. I wanna go to sleep and you're creeping me the math out!
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:'''Jake''': ''[to the horse]'' What's your deal, screwy? Why're you messin' with us, huh?
:'''Finn''': Jake. That horse is whack with poo-brain.
:'''Jake''': Yeah, I know, Finn, I diagnosed this horse with whacked-out poo-brain five minutes ago.
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:'''Jake''': Dude... Let's kill the horse.

===Loyalty to the King (2a)===
:'''Princess''': Save me, Finn and Jake!
:'''Jake''': Shh!
:'''Princess''': Save me, Finn and Jake...
:'''Jake''': We ''ARE''!!
:''[...]''
:'''Princess''': Save me, Finn and Jake...
:'''Jake''': Why does she keep saying that?
:'''Finn''': I think she's traumatised, dude.
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:'''LSP''': Oh my gosh. ''[dials and porking rinds]'' Yeah. Guess what. Slime Princess is in the park, and she's like, talking to a new Nice King, and he's like, totally single. By the way, DON'T TELL ANYBODY.
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:'''Finn''': And I was like "Leave him alone!", and he was like "Make me!", and I was like "OK", and then he was like "ARRRGH MY HEAD!!!"
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:'''Nice King''': Hey! Nice Knights! Turtle Princess is about to walk out that door! I told her that I like her a lot, but I really don't like her all that much. Could you guys break it off for me?
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:'''Nice King''': The main enemy to the Nice King right now is the disorganisation of his love life.
:'''Finn''': Well, what do ya mean?
:'''Nice King''': The UGLY ones are all mixed up with the other ones!! I need you to catalog 'em, or something...
:'''Jake''': Tuhuhuh... But we punch monsters.
:'''Nice King''': After I choose my BRIDE, then you can go punch the monsters.
:'''Finn''': Managing admirers? We'll give it a try...
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:'''Nice King''': Your loyalty is in '''question?'''
:'''Finn''': No, it's not that! It's just that... princesses are supposed to be treated with niceness.
:'''Nice King''': ''[pinches Finn]'' Are you implying THAT I'M ''NOT'' THE NICE KING!??
:'''Finn''': What's wrong with you!?

===Blood Under the Skin (2b)===
:'''Finn''': ''[to ladybug]'' Don't you EVER let me catch you here again.
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:'''Phil''': MY MOST PRIVATE PARTS!!! PEEPED BY A BOY!!!
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:'''Sir Slicer''': Who is the one that bears the thimble?
:'''Jake''': This dude.
:'''Sir Slicer''': ''[laughs]'' Oh, you foolish boy. Without full body armor, you're weak. You don't look even click-click!
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:'''Ghost''': Hello.
:'''Finn''': Begone, ghost! I'm here for the armor!
:'''Ghost''': First, you have to beat my high score in a game of drop ball.
:'''Finn and Jake''': Drop ball?
:'''Ghost''': Drop ball is an extremely addictive high-intensity game designed for people everywhere. Here, let me show ya.
:''[drops the ball under him, twists, bends down and picks it up with his butt]''
:'''Ghost''': One point... two points... three points....
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:'''Woman''': Aah! Pervert!!
:'''Finn''': I'm not a pervert!
:'''Woman''': You should be ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!!
:'''Finn''': I'm sorry! I'm sorry!!
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:'''Finn''': Choose Goose! I need more armor!
:'''Choose Goose''': I got something for you, a metal shoe! Don't you know might stub your toe? ''[all knights laugh]''
:'''Knight 1''': Stub your toe..!
:'''Finn''': No, Choose Goose... I need—
:'''Choose Goose''': Look here hon, choose this one to protect your buns! ''[laughing harder]''
:'''Knight 2''': PROTECT HIS BUTT!! PROTECT HIS ''BUTT''!!!
:'''Finn''': No, Choose Goose... I want....
:'''Choose Goose''': Don't be meek! What if you fall down and scrape your cheek?
:'''Knight 3''': <big>'''''LOOK AT HIS BUTT!!!''''' <big><big>'''''LOOK AT HIS BUTT!!!!'''''
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:'''Jake''': Dude! This armor is totally click-click!

===Storytelling (3a)===
:'''Jake''': Blankie me. Blankie me, Finn!
:'''Finn''': I'll get your blanket, dude. Where is it?
:'''Jake''': Right here.
:'''Finn''': Why don't you just get it yourself?
:'''Jake''': Because I'm SIIIICK!!
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:'''Finn''': Aahhh... I can't do it!! I... I can't keep messing with folks... <big><big><big><big>'''''BRAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!''''' ''[punch!!]'' But Jake needs me! But I-I can't keep messing with folks! But Jake's really sick! But I can't! But — but — but — but — dahh...!
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:'''Finn''': Could I watch you guys kissing?
:'''Goose''': What!?!
:'''Fox''': Ughh!
:'''Finn''': I just need to f-for my friend. He's really sick and, unless I tell him about watching you guys kissing and may—
:'''Goose''': Uck! What a weirdo! You are one sick man, mister!
:'''Fox''': Yeah. What's this "friend's" name, huh?
:'''Finn''': Jake! His name's Jake!
:'''Fox''': Pfft! Yeah right! Sounds pretty fake. C'mon Boobafina, let's get outta here.
:'''Boobafina''': ''Yeah''.
:'''Finn''': Wait!! I'l do anything!
:'''Fox''': ''[beat]'' Would you eat dirt?
:'''Finn''': I would for Jake! ''[munches mouthful, gulps and spitting everywhere]'' Okay, now you guys kiss!
:'''Boobafina''': Man, what a freak.
:'''Fox''': Let's go.
:'''Finn''': <big>'''''WHAT!!!?''''' No! Jake needs this!! Stop!!

===Slow Love (3b)===

'''Finn''': Jake! What time is it?

'''Jake''': I dunno, but you're probably gonna say...

'''Finn & Jake''': ''[simultaneously]'' Lady time! ''[The words "LADY TIME" appear on screen]''

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'''Jake''': ''[Pretending to be male snail, wiggle's his abs]'' Hey, baby, what's up?

'''Finn''': ...Uh- ''[Jake grabs his hand]'' Wha-?!

'''Jake''': ''[starts sniffing Finn's hand]'' Mmmm...Mmm, mm, mmm! Girrrl, you smell gooood. Did you take a bath in rainbows and cupcakes?

''[Finn looks terrified; his mouth trembles]''

''[Jake repeatedly changes from guy snail to girl snail, saying "Say yes!" each time he changes]''

'''Finn''': OK, yes!!

===Power Animal (4a)===
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': Finn, you always focus an endless amount of energy on EVERYTHING you do.
:'''Jake''': What about me? What do I focus my energy on, Cinnamon Bun?
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': Uh.. Jake... you don't really focus at all.
:'''Jake''': ''[crams ice cream in toaster]'' Huh?
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': I said you don't <big>''FOCUS AT ALL!!''
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:'''Jake''': Where... is.. Finn? ''Is he in the kitchen?''
:'''BMO''': ''Does he have a pumpkin?''
:''Rima tima tin tin''
:'''Jake''': ''Dooba dooba dumplin''
:'''BMO''': ''Poopy doopy pie tin''
:'''Jake''': ''Monkey watermelon!''
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:'''Jake''': Take my sandwich, Beemo! I'monna go find Fi— ''[GASP!]'' A DANCING BUG~''!!''
:''[...]''
:'''Jake''': Hey man! You're shaking it all wrong.
:'''Dancing Bug''': But shaking it's all I know!
:'''Jake''': Shh. Let me how you HOW <big>IT'S <big><big>'''''DONE.'''''
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:'''Cinnamon Bun''': YOU'RE A DYNAMO, FINN!!
:'''Finn''': Yeah! I never slow down!!
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:'''Grandmaster Gnome''': Congratulations. You fully charged the Alternator! Now it's time to power up the Plasma Ball... with sexy fun dancing!!
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:'''Finn''': Don't think, Finn. Don't think anything. CAN'T... LET... <big>''THEM...'' <big><big>'''''WIN!!!'''''
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:'''Finn''': No more games. No... more... <big><big><big><big>'''''PAJAMAS!!!'''''
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:'''Jake''': Must... find... Finn! MUST... MUST... <big>''PARTY FOREVER~!!

===Crystals Have Power (4b)===
'''Jake''': ''[Hitting the crystal wall]'' GYAH! Stupid ghost dad! I'll show him! Buuh...Okay. Intimidate them with controlled attack!

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'''Tree Trunks''': I wanted you, Finn! So you could be transformed into my sexy crystal king!

'''Finn''': TREE TRUNKS! You've gone bananas with crystal power!

'''Tree Trunks''': Finn, it's not sexy for a king to call his queen bananas!

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:'''Joshua''': Jake, what did you do to your brother?
:'''Jake''': We were just playing, and then I got outta control! I'm sorry Dad...
:'''Joshua''': No son, you did good. Having no self-control makes you a tough galoot, like me!
:'''Jake''': But I don't wanna hurt nobody!
:'''Joshua''': Well that's too bad kid, cos you're gonna hurt EVERYBODY.
:'''Jake''': ''NOOOOOOOHHHH....!!!!''

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:'''Joshua''': "''Jake! Jake, I brought someone here to see you. It's your brother!'' "
:'''Jake''': JERMAINE?! Are you dead??
:'''Jermaine''': "''Naw, man! We're just dreamin' at the same time!'' "
:'''Jake''': Well, I'm sorry about that time I beat you up.
:'''Jermaine''': "''Yo, that was an accident. I knew you were just horsin' off.'' "
:'''Jake''': But Dad, you said I'm gonna hurt everybody!
:'''Joshua''': "''Yeah, everybody.'' "
:'''Jake''': I dunno, Dad. That doesn't really help me.
:'''Joshua''': "''Everybody who is EVIL, Jake. Let me finish next time, hmm? Yeah?'' "

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:'''Jake''': If I had a penny for every time someone went crazy-hopped up on magic energy, ''[long beat]'' ...I'd be Abraham Lincoln.

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:'''Singer''': ''Apple pie in the oven''
:''Tell me you can taste lovin'.''

===The Other Tarts (5a)===
:'''Royal Tart Toter:''' Hello? Eat my tarts? ... This cosmic dance, bursting decadence and withheld permissions, twists all our arms collectively. But, if sweetness can win - and it can - then I'll still be here tomorrow to high-five you yesterday, my friend. Peace.
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:'''Finn''': ''Crud!!'' I was sure we'd be safe in the Desert of Doom!
:'''Jake''': What? Whatcha saying?
:'''Finn''': THOSE are dirty tart burglars!
:'''Jake''': I think they're just dirty hobos.
:'''Finn''': No, man. They are cold-blooded tart destroyers. And we have to get them before ''they'' GET US.
:'''Jake''': Why?
:'''Finn''': They're gonna kill Princess Bubblegum by stealing our tarts!
:'''Jake''': Oh, yeah!
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:'''Finn''': We blew it, man! My plan SUCKED!! It sucked all along! But I was blinded by my hubris! Now PB's gonna get got, and it's all my fault!
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:''[cycled and repeated]''
:'''Guard 2''': Shall I hold that for you, sir?
:'''Guard 1''': Okay!
:'''Guard 3''': Shall I hold that for you, sir?
:'''Guard 2''': Okay!
:'''Guard 4''': Shall I hold that for you, sir?
:'''Guard 3''': Okay!
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:'''Butterfly''': Ahh! Keep off them tarts!
:'''Finn''': Huh??
:'''Butterfly''': I said back off of them tarts! Are you an imbecile!?
:'''Finn''': But I—
:'''Butterfly''': ''[unholsters laser gun]'' Right the bazoobs now!!
:'''Jake''': Finn, he's got a laser gun!
:''[pwoosh pwoosh! pwoosh-pwoosh-pwoosh!!]''
:'''Butterfly''': Yeah! That's it, alright... Now I gotta book it to Nana's for brunch! See yous later!

===To Cut a Woman's Hair (5b)===
'''Finn''': Check this out! (''Finn pull off his white hat and shown his long blonde hair'')

'''Finn''': Ahaa!

(''Jake and the wood witch gasped.'')

===The Chamber of Frozen Blades (6a)===

:'''Jake''': A true ninja can sense the intentions of his enemies. "Jin!"
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:'''Ice King''': What can you do for him, Doctor Princess? Without Gunter, I'll be all alone. You see, I'm a widower.
:'''Doctor Princess''': Oh, I'm sorry. How did your wife die?
:'''Ice King''': Ohh... what? Is that was that means?
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:'''Jake''': Fridjitsu master Jake summons: Arrow of Ice!
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:'''Finn''': It's the Ice King alright, and he's looking awful pleased with himself.
:'''Jake''': Uh-oh! If the Ice King's so happy, he must've stolen a princess when we weren't looking somehow! ''[ear-covers his mouth]'' That's ninja logic!
:'''Finn''': Then we gotta --
:'''Flambo''': A-''hem''. ''[Finn flips a charcoal briquette into his mouth]''
:'''Finn''': Hmph. We gotta save that princess! ''[jumps onto tor]''
:'''Jake''': You got it, shino-bro! Ninja kick!
:'''Finn''': Ninja kick!
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:'''Ice King''': For it turns out Gunter here was preggers!
:'''Gunter''': Wenk!
:'''Ice King''': I was just talking to the egg! It's such a cutie!
:'''Jake''': GUNTHER'S A WOMAN!??
:'''Ice King''': What? No!
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:'''Ice King''': Counter-maid, I demand medicinal attentions! Preferably those of a princessy type.
:'''Maid''': And are you checking in as a patient or a cadaver?
:'''Ice King''': Hey! I'm as healthy as TEN old men!!
:'''Gunter''': ''[weak]'' Wenk... wenk...
:'''Ice King''': Hoh? Oh, oh right! My penguin, he's very, very sick. So, what time does your shift end?
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:'''Ice King''': Gunter... <big><big>'''''YOU'RE EMBARRASSING ME!!!'''''
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:'''Finn''': "True ninja passes no wind; he only passes—" ''[PWOOT!!]''
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:'''Jake''': Get ready to be.. STAR STRUCK.
:'''Finn''': Get ready to be.. COLD CUT.

===Her Parents (6b)===
:'''Finn''': Dude! Her parents are probably all full of dog-hatred from the war-times! They're gonna see you're a dog and forbid Lady from ever hanging out with you again!
:'''Jake''': ...Nah. That could never happen.
:'''Finn''': You didn't think this through enough. IT COULD HAPPEN''!!''
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:'''Finn''': J.J. Flip! What the zip?
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:'''Ethel''': Listen, I just want you to know how sorry we are about trying to eat you.
:'''Bob''': It's just that we thought we'd never get another chance. We thought humans were extinct.
:'''Finn''': Oh...
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:'''Finn''': Homies help homies. Always.

===The Pods (7a)===
:'''Finn''': "Freezed" to meet you!
===The Silent King (7b)===
:'''Finn''': Wands are for ''wiii~mps!''
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:'''Finn''': ''I just want to help you as much as I can''
:''And y'all just keep showing me your goblin hams''
:''When I became king''

:''I didn't think y'all'd show me your rears''
:''But I'll accept my boring fate and shed this tear''
:''Cos I can't seem to cure you of your groundless fears...''
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:'''Finn''': SHUT YOUR KISSIN' HOLE, XERGIOK!!! It's time for a beating!
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:'''Finn''': The goblins have suffered long enough, Xergiok!
:'''Xergiok''': Shush! You guys can't live without me, ''right?''
:'''Goblins''': Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Owowowowow!
:'''Jake''': You got problems, man.
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:'''Xergiok''': ''IT'SSS'' <big>'''''SPANKING TIME!!!''''' YEAAHHH!! YEAH!!

===The Real You (8a)===
:'''Finn''': Don't worry. I have EVERYTHING under control.
:'''Bubblegum''': UNDER CONTROL?! My guests are terrified!
:'''Finn''': YES!! And their brains are releasing adrenaline, [[w:dopamine|dopamine]], even [[w:dimethyltryptamine|dimethyltryptamine]] from the [[w:pineal gland|pineal GLAND]]!! This has serious educational value!! [[w:Thanatophobia|Thanatophobia]] and this [[w:Near-death experience|NDE]] is giving us euphoric altered awareness!! Don't you see, Princess?!? WE WERE ALL BORN TO <big>'''''DIE!!'''''
:'''Bubblegum''': YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL US ALL?!?
:'''Finn''': NO, OF COURSE NOT! I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE GREATEST <big>''CONFERENCE'' <big><big>'''''EVER!!!'''''

===Guardians of Sunshine (8b)===
Jake: And there's you!... doin'... whatever you're doin'...
Finn: I'm lookin' at my bits! My leg is math!

===[[w:Death in Bloom|Death in Bloom]] (9a)===
:'''PB''': SCREEEEEEE!!!
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:'''Finn''': Time to lay down beautiful buddy.
:'''Jake''': Yeah. Time to make sleepies!
:'''Finn''': Ahhh. ...We killed it, man!
:'''Jake''': I know!
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:'''Jake''': ''[slow-mo]'' THE MORROW... IS A <big>''BIRRRD...!!!''
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:'''Finn''': What happened?
:'''Death''': Your can't kick me because your brain is ''stupid''!
:'''Finn''': ''YOUR'' BRAIN IS STUPID!!!
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:'''Peppermint Butler''': Ahem... Mr. Finn, Mr. Jake, I believe you still owe me something in exchange for that favor I did.
:'''Finn''': Sure!
:'''Jake''': Yeah! What is it?
:'''Peppermint Butler''': I'd like your flesh. ''[Finn and Jake snigger]''
:'''Jake''': Quick being silly, Peppermint Butler!
:'''Peppermint Butler''': <big>'''I'M GOING TO TAKE IT FROM YOU WHILE YOU SLEEP.'''

===Susan Strong (9b)===
''[Susan faceplants herself into the grass]''

'''Jake''': Ohp, you killed her.

'''Finn''': Wha-? I did!?

'''Jake''': Yep, felled by surface world germs!

''[Susan rolls forward on her face, kicking up grass behind her]''

'''Jake''': Heh, just kiddin'!

===Mystery Train (10a)===
:'''Finn''': My birthday wish, is vengeance! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!
===Go with Me (10b)===
:'''Bubblegum''': Hello?
:'''Finn''': Hi Princess. Would you to Couples Movie Night with me?
:'''Bubblegum''': Sounds romantic, Finn.
:'''Finn''': No! I was just wondering ''[blushed]'' if you wanted to go with me.
:'''Bubblegum''': No, I'm sorry Finn. I'm busy practicing for the Whistling Choir Death Match Championship.
:'''Finn''': But—
:'''Bubblegum''': ''Auf Wiedersehen!''
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:'''Bubblegum''': Greetings, Finn. ''[unamused]'' Hey, Marceline.
:'''Marceline''': Hello, Bonnibel.
:'''Bubblegum''': Yeah, yeah...

===Belly of the Beast (11a)===
:'''Finn''': All those bears.. are gonna turn into the stuff.
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:'''Teddy Bear''': Help!! Help meeee hang these streamers!
:'''Finn and Jake''': What??
:'''Teddy Bear''': It's not a party without streamers!
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:'''Party Pat''': Before you talk to the Chief, you must party with the Chief.
:'''Finn''': But—
:'''Party Pat''': It is the only way.
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:'''Finn''': Hey, excuse me! Excuse me! I dunno how you don't know this, but y'all are partying in a monster's stomach!
:'''Teddy Bear''': Thanks! I love dancing!
:'''Finn''': No! Y'ALL... are PARTYING... in a MONSTER'S... STOMACH!!
:'''Teddy Bear 1''': I think he wants to know where the bathroom is!!
:'''Teddy Bear 2''': IT'S OVER THERE!!!
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:'''Finn''': Okay Jake, what happens when you eat food?
:'''Jake''': Well, it goes into our stomach.
:'''Finn''': Yeahhh...
:'''Jake''': And then it stays there for a bit, and then, it turns into—''[gasp!]'' They're all gonna turn into... the STUFF!!

===The Limit (11b)===
:'''Jake''': <big>''NERP!!!''
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:'''Finn''': What're you gonna wish for, dude?
:'''Jake''': Oh, y'know — that somethin' special only two bros can share.
:'''Finn''': I think I'm wishing for the same thing!
:'''Jake''': You mean the...
:'''Finn & Jake''': Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant!
:''[...]''
:'''Jake''': Oh man, I wanna ride it so bad!
:'''Finn''': How do you even control those things?
:'''Jake''': You can't control it, dude — you have to let it GIVE you control.
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:'''Finn''': Dang, Jake... your body's getting thin!
:'''Jake''': Hey, I got a nice bod!
:'''Finn''': Yeah, but right now... uuh, not so nice.
:'''Jake''': Okay, well, you can take your weird body issues and tuck them somewhere private, whereas I can take my ''healthy'' body issues and— ''(gasp!!)'' Fight a golem!!
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:'''Finn''': Okay, so you guys wish to get your buddies back, right?
:'''Hotdog Knight 1''': I wish for a box! ''(pop!)'' Suhweet!
:'''Hotdog Knight 2''': And I wish to blow up! I mean, like, get big— ''(<big><big>'''BANG!!''')''
:'''Finn''': Wow. You guys are really stupid.
:'''Hotdog Knight 1''': What do you mean?

===Video Makers (12a)===
:'''Finn''': We've been showing these films ''unauthorized''.
:'''Jake''': But these movies are before the Great Mushroom War.
:'''Finn''': We should still respect authority, mang.
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:'''Finn''': Uhh... what do you think?
:'''Jake''': Eh, I don't get it. It's just a bunch of random junk.
:'''Finn''': Yeah... I'm not engaged. I need to see something that reflects life as it is, but you know, entertaining.
:'''Jake''': Yeah, like a [[w:romantic comedy film|romantic comedy]]!
:'''Finn''': Exactly—an [[w:action-adventure film|action-adventure]]!
:'''Jake''': Wait, that's not what I said!
:'''Finn''': Let's get to filming!
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:'''Shelby''': Check, please!
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:'''Finn/Jake''': "Warning—federal law provides severe and criminal penalties for the unauthroized exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures"...
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:'''Finn''': No, no smooching! Cut!
:'''Jake''': I thought it was great.
:'''Finn''': No, we can't use any of it.
:'''Jake''': I think we should use ''all'' of it.
:'''Finn''': No, not all. We should throw away the parts where Slime Princess was smooching. That was dumb.
:'''Jake''': What!?
:'''Finn''': DUUUMMM-BAH.

===Heat Signature (12b)===
:'''Finn''': Man, I still can't believe Marceline is 1,000 years old and has never seen ''Heat Signature''. This movie is gonna blow their minds.
===[[w:Mortal Folly|Mortal Folly]] (13a)===
:'''Ice King''': ''[to Princess Bubblegum]'' I'm sorry, Princess. I love you and I've decided to let you go free. ''[removes ice cuffs from PB's wrists]'' Go free! ''[drops her into Lich's well]'' Oops, I've got the dropsies.
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:'''The Lich''': Aren't you cold... Finn? Walk into the well... Finn. Aren't you cold?
:''[Finn teeters on edge of well, then pauses. Gets angry.]''
:'''Finn''': ''[yelling]'' NO, I'M NOT! I'VE GOT A SWEATER ON!!
===[[w:Mortal Recoil|Mortal Recoil]] (13b)===
:'''Nurse Poundcake''': What's her condition, Dr. Ice Cream?
:'''Dr. Ice Cream''': She totally gross over 90% of her body, the other 10% is crazy-nasty.
:'''Nurse Poundcake''': Will she make it, Doctor?!
:'''Dr. Ice Cream''': I don't ''know'', Nurse Poundcake.

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:'''Jake''': ''Princess, you're not feeling good''
:''You're not feelin' like a princess should''
:''And if you wanna get better fast''
:''Check out my cute little booty dance!''

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:'''Ice King''': No! Not my number one! Princess, if you die on me I will never forgive you! I'll be lost.. lost in my own emotional labyri—
:'''Finn''': <big>''YAAAAHHH!!!''

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:'''Jake''': Listen... PB's bed was on fire.
:'''Finn''': WHAT?? Is she OK?
:'''Jake''': ''[low]'' She MADE it on fire!!
:'''Finn''': With a match?
:'''Jake''': No, man! With her brain.. I think...

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:'''Ice King''': Guys, let me help you! I don't want my future wife to be... [[w:Physical attractiveness|physically unattractive]].

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:'''Nurse Poundcake''': Attention, everyone!
:'''Finn''': IS PB OKAY''!??''
:'''Nurse Poundcake''': Yes.. but there were some complications...
:'''Finn''': <big>'''''NAAAAAOOOOOH!!!!'''''

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:'''Finn''': Princess, the sweater you made me kept me safe. I almost got super-messed up but, it saved me. And.. I wanted to say... thank you for imbuing the sweater with the power of liking someone a lot, cos... I like you a lot.

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:'''Ice King''': OK. I didn't kill 'er this time. Everybody saw that, right?
:'''Gumball Guardian''': DUUUDE.
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:'''Finn''': I'm a cat! I'm an agile cat!

==Season 3==

===Conquest of Cuteness (1a)===
:'''Finn''': Get the camera, Jake!
:'''Jake''': I can't! I'm paralyzed by the cuteness!
:'''Finn and Jake''': Beemo! Beemo! Beemo! Beemo!
:'''BMO''': ''[pushes Finn and Jake aside]'' What? What? What? What?
:'''Finn and Jake''': Beemo, get the camera!
:'''BMO''': BMO is camera.
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:'''Finn''': I'm gonna go manhandle those guyses banandles!
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:'''Jake''': AHH!! MY BURRITO!!
:'''Finn''': It's perfectly fine!
:'''Jake''': No, Finn... They probably POISONED it!!
:'''Finn''': Nahhhhh.
:'''Jake''': They knew my name... They knew about the burrito...
:'''Finn''': Man, you're letting your brain dial turn your fear volume up. You'll see. Those Cuties are nothing but an afternoon's delight.
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:'''Jake''': Oh no! AHH NO!!
:'''Finn''': Jake, what is it?
:'''Jake''': Ahh no! It's a dead goat, man! Its guts are all over the place! It's all chopped up and spread around and... Ah no, wait, it's just a blanket.
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:'''Finn''': What's for B-fast, Jake?
:'''Jake''': Everything Burrito!
:'''Finn''': Hahh!
:''[Jake wraps the burrito]''
:'''Jake''': I love you, Everything Burrito.
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:'''Finn''': Get ready, y'all. Together, we FALL. ''[CB falls]''
:'''LSP''': Not yet, Cinnamon Bun!
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:'''Cute King''': I command you to make me a ''sandwich!''
:'''Ice King''': WHAT!?? No one demands the Ice King to make no sandwich!

===Morituri Te Salutamus (1b)===

:'''Jake''': Gotta liven up this unhallowed ground.. for Finn.
:''On a tropical island''
:''Underneath a molten lava moon''
:''Hangin' with the hula dancers''
:''Asking questions cos they got all the answers...''

===Memory of a Memory (2a)===
:'''Baby Finn''': ''I'm a buff baby that can dance like a man,''
:''I can shake-ah my fanny, I can shake-ah my can!''
:''I'm a tough tootin' baby, I can punch-ah yo' buns!''
:''Punch-ah yo' buns, I can punch all yo' buns!''
:''If you're an evil witch, I will punch you for fun!''
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:'''Marceline''': That's the last straw, Ash! That's it! You're a psycho jerk and you ruined my life...
:'''Ash''': But... But not all of it—
:'''Marceline''': <big><big><big><big>'''''IT'S OVER, YOU PSYCHO!!!!'''''
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:'''Jake''': Hey wizard, how'd you know Marceline?
:'''Wizard''': I'm her spirit animal.
:'''Jake''': Oh.
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:''[Finn and Jake watch a familiar person eating fries]''
:'''Finn''': ''[whisper]'' Yo, man.
:'''Marceline's Dad''': Whua??
:'''Finn''': Don't eat those.
:''[a younger hipster Marceline enters the scene]''
:'''Marceline's Dad''': ''[spluttering]'' Marceline!
:'''Marceline''': ''[sniff]'' Daddy? Why?
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:'''Wizard''': Faster! She's in danger!
:'''Jake''': Who's he talking about?
:'''Finn''': I have NO idea.
:'''Jake''': What!? Then why'm I runnin' so hard?
:'''Finn''': Because…
:'''Wizard''': Because she's in trouble!
:'''Finn and Jake''': Who is?
:'''Wizard''': MARCELI–I–I–INE!!
:'''Finn''': Faster, Jake!
:'''Jake''': She's in trouble!
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:'''Wizard''': If you fail, Marceline will be trapped in eternal sleep.. FOREVER!!!
:''[both gasp!]''
:'''Wizard''': And everr! And everrr~!!

===Hitman (2b)===
:'''Finn''': Ice King! How many times have we warned you about using love potion?
:'''Ice King''': That's why I'm using honey.
:'''Jake''': Man, who cares if it's honey? You stink anyways!
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:'''Finn''': YOU'RE GROUNDED''!!!''
:'''Ice King''': I know but.. SHUSH''!!''
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:'''Jake''': Dude, you see my masterpiece coming together, right?
:'''Finn''': Mine's whack.
:'''Jake''': Well put some meat in there!
:'''Finn''': Huh. What kinda meat is that?
:'''Jake''': That's Meat Man's meat.
:'''Finn''': Do ya think it hurts Meat Man when he gives us his meat?
:'''Jake''': I dunno, I can't read his mind.
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:'''Ice King''': Whoa, you are fast! ''[beat]'' And quiet. ''[long beat]'' And very good at dramatic silence, I like it.
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:'''Ice King''': "Dear Mr. Scorcher, I would like you to hit to people. Neat name by the way. Love, the Ice King."
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:'''Jake''': Hey Finn, you awake yet?
:'''Finn''': ''[lying down]'' I'm trying...
:'''Jake''': I had a dream about Meat Man.
:'''Finn''': Oh yeah?
:'''Jake''': I think I'm gonna stop eating Meat Man.
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:'''Ice King''': Hey guys, guess what? You're grounded – underneath my butt!

===Too Young (3a)===
:'''Lemongrab''': ''[growing steadily louder]'' This castle is in unacceptable condition! UNACCEPTABLE!
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:'''Lemongrab''': ''[yelling]'' One million years dungeon!

===The Monster (3b)===
'''Finn''': Dude, I know where Lumpy Space Princess is! She's in the woods eating beans.

'''Jake''': Mhmm! This is gonna be easy as...uhh...hmmm...

'''Finn''': Easy as childbirth!

'''Jake''': Yeah, okay.

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'''Lumpy Space Princess''': I knew, that if my parents could see me now, they'd be jealous of how lumpin' awesome I am.

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'''Lumpy Space Princess''': TONY! JESSICA'S CHEATING ON YOU!

===Still (4a)===
'''Jake''': Why are you doing this, Ice King?

'''Ice King''': Why? Because I love you guys! But you don't love me, do ya?

'''Jake''': You tried to kill us, like, four times!

'''Ice King''': I only try to kill you 'cuz you're PRINCESS-BLOCKIN' ME ALL THE TIME!

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'''Finn''': The Astral Beast cometh.

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'''Ice King''': Well, how 'bout I make us some omelets?

'''Jake''': ...That sounds pretty good, actually.

'''Ice King''': I'm going to put my foot in it. Eating a part of me will bring us closer together! I'll be inside of you! [laughs]

===Wizard Battle (4b)===
:'''Grandmaster Wizard''': To enter Wizard Battle, you must be... A WIZARD!!
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:'''Finn''': Wizard Battle is starting soon!
:'''Jake''': Rrrohh... I know! We got here 6 hours early, you dork! Just wake me up when start selling hot dogs. Whoa! Whaddaya know!?

===[[w:Fionna and Cake|Fionna and Cake]] (5a)===
:'''Fionna''': Ice Queen, why are you always predatoring on dudes?!
:'''Ice Queen''': Ha! ''You'' should talk! Keeping all the babes to yourself, totally ice-blocking my game!

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:'''Cake''': Why're y'all breathless if we're the ones runnin'.

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:'''Cake''': CAT NIP! Sweet babies!

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:'''Cake''': ''[barges]'' WHAT'S GOIN' ON IN HERE—!??

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:'''Gumball''': Fionna, come to the ball with me.
:'''Fionna''': As your.. chum?
:'''Gumball''': No, as my... GIRLFRIEND.

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:'''Cake''': Psst! Fi! Tell Gumball that you think he's HAWT.
:'''Fionna''': ''[chiding]'' What? No!
:'''Cake''': GUYS LIKE TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE HOT''!!''
:'''Fionna''': Will you keep your voice down??

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:'''Fionna''': Ice King is the hottest hottie, and I can't wait to marry him....

:'''Ice King''': "..said Fionna! Then she turned to Prince Gumball and said, 'I hope Ice King will sweep me off my feet and take me to the farthest corner of Ooo, where we will do nothing but kiss and eat a whole bunch till we get fat and die!' The end." So, what did you think of the fan fiction I wrote about you guys?
:'''Finn''': ''[encased with Jake with manuscripts beside Gunter]'' Uuhh...
:'''Ice King''': Tell me you though it was good''!!''
:'''Finn''': ''[squeaked]'' Awh, it's good, it's good! It's REALLY good dude, it was amazing!

===[[w:What Was Missing|What Was Missing]] (5b)===
:'''Finn''': I'll get your kid back, toy!
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:'''Finn''': I wonder what it liked, or what was missing.
:'''Jake''': Well, I know what's missing — talent! I'm getting outta here, you hacks! Talentless hacks''!!''
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:'''Marceline''': ''STOP'' STARING AT ME''!!'' Ugh, you threw me off!
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:'''Jake''': Don't worry, bro. We won't tell anyone about the private time you spend with your wad of Princess Bubblegum's hair.
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:'''Marceline''': You... kept the shirt I gave you?
:'''PB''': Yeah.. it uh, means a lot to me.
:'''Marceline''': But you never wore it.
:'''PB''': Dude, I wear it all the time! As pajamas.
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:'''PB''': Marceline, that's too distasteful!
:'''Marceline''': Oh.. You don't like that? Or do you just not like ME!?
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:'''Finn''': What is this gripagrap?!
:'''PB''': It's the door of the Door Lord, Finn. We used to lock them up but they kept breaking out. Cos they're Door Lords.
:'''Marceline''': They broke out because YOU let them live.
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:'''Marceline''': Ha!! Looks like you aren't as perfect as you thought. Guess you can't judge me anymore.
:'''PB''': I never said you had to be perfect!

===Apple Thief (6a)===
:'''Tree Trunks''': Without my apples, I won't make any more apple pies....
:'''Finn and Jake''': <big><big>'''''NAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!!!!'''''

===The Creeps (6b)===
:'''Jake''': I'm Randy Butternubs.
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:'''Gummybuns (LSP)''': Ah gross. Ahh, my lumping body's all hollow now, I gotta put something in it.
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:'''Gummybuns''': Maybe he'll be a steaming hot BABE with huge monay.
:'''Butternubs (Jake)''': Tut-tut, Lumpy Space Princess! What would your boyfriend Brad say?
:'''Gummybuns''': Brad and I broke up a long time ago, duh!
:''[gasp!]''
:'''Guy Farting (CB)''': Now's my chance!
:'''Gummybuns''': No. WAY.
:'''Guy Farting''': But... I can make you happy!
:'''Gummybuns''': Puke OFF!! You big donut!
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:'''Hotbod (Finn)''': Where's Beemo?
:'''Butternubs''': The ghost got him!
:'''Hotbod''': Don't you mean YOU got him? ''[throws PB off the balcony to couch and himself]'' GHOST??

===From Bad to Worse (7a)===
:'''Bubblegum''': Cinnamon Bun? What did you... ''EEEEEEK!!!''
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': '''SUGAR..!!'''
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:'''Bubblegum''': Just let Science to the work! Science is... '''''MOOORRRAAAHHHH...!!!'''''
:'''Finn''': '''''NAAAAAOOH!!!'''''
:'''LSP''': GET THAT ZOMBIE OUTTA HERE! RAHH!!
:'''Finn''': '''RAAGH!!'''
:'''LSP''': Aw naw. I am not getting eaten by zombies tonight. ''[...]'' GET THE LUMP.. OUTTA.. HERE!!
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:'''LSP''': Oh.. my.. Glob!!
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:'''Finn''': Jake, I think this little guy have serious dance fever.

===Beautopia (7b)===
:'''Finn''': Hazelnut! Hazelnut! What if your name was Zelnut, and then I'll be like "Hey, Zelnut!"
:'''Jake''': That's terrible!
:'''Finn''': Hey, Zelnut!
:'''Jake''': NoooOOOOHH!! Stop!

===No One Can Hear You (8a)===
:'''Finn''': ''[poking]'' Jake! Jake!
:'''Jake''': Mmh... what..?
:'''Finn''': I heard a sound coming from the sewer! We should check it out!
:'''Jake''': No man, no, surprise party me when they're ready. Be patient.
:'''Finn''': I'm being patient! I waited all day, Jake!
:'''Jake''': Well, I've been waiting six months!
:''("Six months... Six months... Six months... Six months...")''
:'''Finn''': Wait... What're you saying?
:'''Jake''': Everything's gonna be fine... ''[yawn]'' even if we have to wait... ''FOREVER''....
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:'''Finn''': Boy, it sure is quiet around here! Uh-huh! I'd probably pee all over myself if somebody jumped out and surprised me!

===Jake vs. Me-Mow (8b)===
'''Jake:''' (''After throwing meat out the window'') WILDBERRY PRINCESS IS DEAD!

===Thank You (9a)===
:'''Snow Golem''': You... the.. real good. Nice... home.
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:'''Ice King''': You know... maybe we could all learn a thing or two from those sandwiches.

===The New Frontier (9b)===

:'''Jake''': Finn, when I die, my individual Earth consciousness is gonna go all over everywhere while Glob tallies my deeds.
:'''Finn''': ..What?
:'''Jake''': I'm gonna be all around you. In your nose and your dreams and socks — I'll be part of your Earth mind! It's gonna be great!
:'''Finn''': Dude. Stop. Saying. All this. Crazy. Nonsense. It's making me messed up. I'm 13. You're messin' me up.
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:'''Finn''': Oh, what!? He build his house on the Sun!? This guy's insane!
:'''Jake''': Finn, did you eat your breakfast?
:'''Finn''': No. Why?
:'''Jake''': Because you forgot how the Sun works. The Sun is actually far away. It's not sitting on the horizon.
:'''Finn''': ''[beat]'' Oh. Right on. Let's chase after him!
:'''Jake''': You gotta eat your breakfast, man, you need that protein. Helps your brain!
:'''Finn''': Yeah, yeah, whatever you say, Mom. Let's go!
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:'''Jake''': Who is it?
:'''Finn''': ...It's the Banana Man.
:'''Jake''': <big>''PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPFFFFFFFFF!!!''
:'''Finn''': SHHHH!!!

===Holly Jolly Secrets Part I (10a)===
:'''Finn''': OK.. you can play this, right Beemo?
:'''BMO''': Yes, Finn. ''[turns around]'' It goes in my butt.
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:'''Ice King''': "Secret tapes"!?? I wanna watch!
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:'''Finn''': Thanks, Gunther.
:''[Jake laughs, both munch their biscuits]''
:'''Jake''': ''You're'' Gunther.
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:'''Finn''': There's gotta be some evil secrets in here. I wanna keep watching.
:'''Jake''': Okay.. Well, why don't I make us some snacks? ''[sluggish]'' So I don't have to watch this...
:'''BMO''': Can we sit on the floor? I feel so far away from you guys.
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:'''Ice King''': ''[thru Beemo video]'' "So there we are—Turtle Princess is frozen and in my little ice wheelbarrow and there was.. magic in the air. We were both feeling it... ''[beat]'' But before I can leave the library, Finn and Jake show up! You know how Jake is—stretch this, stretch that, bah! He knocks off my crown and then Finn bonks me on the nose! Still hurts too. The worst part is, Turtle Princess took away my library card! ''[sigh]'' Y'know, dear diary.. I'm starting to worry that all these entries sound exactly the same, and that my life is just me running in place on some... giant hamster wheel."
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:'''BMO''': My alarm says it's time for Finn's bath time. Finn, get naked.

===Holly Jolly Secrets Part II (10b)===
:'''Finn''': Oh my Glob, Jake. Is this it? Could this be the Ice King's evil secret? ''[shows [[w:ASCII art|ASCII art]] of Gunther]'' WHAT DOES THIS MEAN''!??''
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:'''Jake''': ''DRAMA BO~MB!!''
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:'''Ice King''': "Well, there ya have it, folks. People are very upset that Gunther tried to eat Ice King's socks. VERY upset. That's why Gunther has to stay in the corner."
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:'''Ice King''': Oh, isn't this fun? We're giving each other presents, we're wearing silly clothes, there's snow everywhere... Let's do this every day!
:'''Jake''': Uh...
:'''Finn''': How about once every year?
:'''Ice King''': ''[chuckles]'' Okay, that sounds good.
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:'''Simon''': "I know my mind is ''changing''... but I'm already too far gone to know what to do. I want people to know that... if I do things... If I do things that hurt anyone, please.. please forgive me...."
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:'''Shelby''': And so it was decided that once every year when the weather got chilly that Finn, Jake, the Ice King, BMO, Princess Bubblegum, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Cinnamon Bun, Peppermint Butler, Phil, a candy cane man, one of the Gumdrop girls, Lady Rainicorn, Lumpy Space Princess, that guy, the other guy, a pig, Tree Trunks, a two-headed duck, the old crazy Tart Toter, the Punchbowl, a booger, and Gunter would get together while wearing really big sweaters and watch videos on the floor next to a fire to celebrate the day when Finn and Jake had a fleeting moment of empathy for the biggest weirdo in Ooo. It was a miracle. Good night.

===Marceline's Closet (11a)===
:'''Finn''': Do you think it's right for Marceline to invite us to jam without Princess and Beemo?
:'''Jake''': It's just a jam sesh. Is that what you're gonna jam with?
:'''Finn''': Yeah, man. Balloon music is the future.
===Paper Pete (11b)===
:'''Finn''': Hey, this table is wobbly. We gotta take it to the Lost Tinker Goblin of Fog Mountain to fix it.
:'''Jake''': Dude, I would love to go on some crazy, made-up adventure with you, but I ''really'' gotta read this. So from here on out, I'm just gonna ignore you.

===Another Way (12a)===
:'''Jake''': I paid them up front. They don't leave until the job's done. Besides... ''[honk honk honk!]'' they're funny. ''[HHHOOO-<big>'''PWWOOO!!!''']'' Heheheh! Look! She just farted!
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:'''Shrub''': IT'S THE ONLY WAY, YOU UGLY, FAT-SMELLING '''FATHEAD!!'''
:'''Finn''': <big><big>'''''NO!! MY WAY!!!'''''
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:'''Stump''': Look, there's only two choices, bro. Take your pick. There's a path on the left. Hair fall out path. No more hair again EVER!!! Or the path on the right. Smelly path. Makes you smelly forever. Mmhm. You won't believe it.
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:'''Clown Nurse''': <big><big><big>'''''IT'S THE ONLY WAY!!! AH HA HA HA HA!!!''''' 
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:'''Finn''': I need to cross the river. The Cyclops is over there.
:'''Shrub''': You can't cross this river, it's impossible! Look! The current is so fast, it'll turn your butt inside-out for real, doofus. And the water's so acidic it'll crump your boat in half. It's like orange juice, it's gross. There's a bridge, but it's a trap! Plus, the water's jamming with electric eels! Wow, so weird. ..Anyway, that's it, there's no other way around, you ''dummy''.
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:'''Finn''': ''I was wrong''
:''Was I wrong?''
:''No''
:''Yes, yes''

:''I was wrong''
:''How could it be?''
:''I trusted in my guts''
:''But ended up all nuts''

:''I was wrong''
:''How could it be?''
:''Listened to my brain''
:''But ended up insane''

:''The melons rolled''
:''Over that lady''
:''I went too far''
:''How could it be?''

:''How did I go... too far?''

===Ghost Princess (12b)===
:'''Finn''': How much softy cheesy for your deezy? A little? A lot?
:'''Jake''': Bleech! NONE!!
:'''Finn''': But you used to love softy cheese!
:'''Jake''': I don't wanna talk about it....

===Dad's Dungeon (13a)===
:'''That Guy''': Wait! Why don't you wanna take my path?
:'''Jake''': Because. You're super gross, man.
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:'''Holo-Joshua''': "''The dungeon's 80 paces west of here under a dumb-looking rock. And Finn, this dungeon's gonna kick your tail. I bet you won't even get past the first trial, you whiny baby!'' "
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:'''Holo-Joshua''': "''Jake, I need your help. You gotta call Finn a whiny baby.''"
:'''Jake''': But—
:'''Holo-Joshua''': "''Buts are for pooping! Do it for Poppy.''"
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:'''Holo-Joshua''': "''Finn, if you're seeing this pre-recorded holo-message, it's because you've finished the dungeon that I made for you. I'm proud of you. You're gonna do great things in this world. I love you, son.''"
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:'''Demon''': Joshua! Return my blood to me! Or by demon's law, I will cut off your love-handles! Joshua, we go way back! ''[Jake inserts cartridge]'' C'mon! Just give me back my blood!
:'''Holo-Joshua''': "''Kee Oth Rama Pancake!'' "
:'''Demon''': <big><big>'''''NOOOOOOOHHH...!!!!'''''

===Incendium (13b)===
:'''Jake''': ''[thru Beemo cam]'' Aw Finn, I'm sorry bro.
:'''Finn''': ''[weeping]'' "''Beemo, go away!'' " ''[turns away, Beemo claps his hands together slowly to his crack]''
:'''BMO''': "''Woop! Duck.. duck.. duck.. GOOSE!!'' "
:'''Finn''': "<big><big><big>'''''AAHHHH!!!!''''' "

==Season 4==

===Hot to the Touch (1a)===
:'''Finn''': Is that bird.. smoking?
:'''Bird''': Hey! Don't you judge me! It was that fire chick down there that done this to me!
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:'''Jake''': She's headed for the Goblin Kingdom! We need to defeat this fiery she-beast!
:'''Finn''': I can't fight her, man! I'm still into her!
:'''Jake''': Finn! What's more important — your love for that screwball dame, or being a hero and saving the lives of innocent goblin folk?
:'''Finn''': ''[growl]'' Being a hero.
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:'''Jake''': Toasty buns!
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:'''Flame Princess''': Finn, even if we like each other, we're going to hurt each other.
:'''Finn''': No! We don't have to! I can take it! I- I mean... can't we try?
:'''Flame Princess''': You would defy nature for me?
:'''Finn''': Uhh, yeah.... whatevs.
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:'''NEPTR''': I missed you, Creator!
:'''Finn''': And we missed you too, but NEPTR, right now we need you to—
:'''NEPTR''': To count to 100 while you hide? One, two, three, four, fiv—
:'''Finn''': NEPTR, will you help us build fireproof suits?
:''[beat]''
:'''NEPTR''': You cannot tell but I am giving a thumb's up.
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:'''Finn''': Oh Jake, look at her! She's innocent. Like the steam of a puppy's nose, searching for ham in the snow.
:'''Jake''': Guy drops one piece of ham in the snow and he never hears the end of it! Snap out of it! She's ''burning'' cute little flowers!
:'''Finn''': Yeah... she is like a cute little flower.

===Five Short Graybles (1b)===
:'''Ice King''': You are nasty, Gunter! You a got nasty booty mister! Nasty! Aw, don't be sad Stinky. Come with Daddy and I'll make it all better.
:''[Gunter then drifts away from IK]''
:'''Ice King''': G'bye Gunter! Sorry sweetie, but I'm never gonna get any princesses if you're stinkin' up the place!

===Web Weirdos (2a)===
:'''Jake''': A love like theirs will always find a way. It'll crawl all up over you and drain your body fluids, poisoning you slowly until you pass out.

===Dream of Love (2b)===
:'''Bubblegum''': Cinnamon Bun! Do something!
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': ...Okay. Hey everyone! The concert is over!!
:'''Bubblegum''': That's not what I—
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': <big><big>'''''THE CONCERT'S OVER, PRINCESS!!!'''''

===Return to the Nightosphere (3a)===
:'''Cloud''': <big>'''DOES ANYONE NEED TO GO PEE-PEES??''' ''[one demon raises his hand]'' <big>'''GO AHEAD!!'''
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:'''Guard Demon''': You're in the Nightosphere.
:'''Finn''': Are you sure?
:'''Guard Demon''': Uh, yes. You got thrown in jail. Look.
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:'''Hunson Abadeer''': <big><big>'''''NO-ONE!! NO-ONE LEAVES THE NIGHTOSPHERE!!!'''''
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:'''Finn''': Excuse me! Excuse me! Big man? Over here!
:'''Big Demon''': Huh? What, me?
:'''Finn''': Uh yeah, how long have you been in line for?
:'''Big Demon''': How long? ''[crying]''
:'''Finn''': Oh buttraps! Jake, stretch us to the front.
:'''All Demons''': <big>'''''NO CUTTING!!!'''''
:'''Big Demon''': I will kill you with all my hopes and regrets!!
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:'''Demon''': Charlotte! Don't socialise with the smaller demons! They're dirty and stupid! ''[zapped into smaller demons]'' WOAH!!
:'''Charlotte''': Daddy!
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<big><big>'''TWO DAYS LATER'''
:''[both wheezy and smelly]''
:'''Finn''': I can't feel my legs.
<big><big>'''FOUR DAYS LATER'''
:''[both quietly crying streams of tears]''
<big><big>'''EIGHT DAYS LATER'''
:'''Finn''': Say something!! Say something to me!
:'''Jake''': I can't.. I got nothing to say anymore!
:'''Finn''': Just make up words then!
:'''Jake''': Bloobity bloo bloo blah blee blee blah.. shree shrah...
<big><big>'''THIRTEEN DAYS EIGHTEEN HOURS LATER'''
:'''Jake''': Hey check it out, we're in front of the line.

===Daddy's Little Monster (3b)===
:'''Jake''': "''Yoyoyoyo check it! This is Jake on my cameraphone! Waaaaaoohh! Woah woaoh! Yo Finn! Say hi to my new cameraphone!''"
:'''Finn''': "''Whaddup camera phone!!''"
:'''Finn and Jake''': "''LELELELELELELELELE...''"
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:'''Hunson Abadeer''': Don't you want.. ABS?
:'''Ant Demon''': Yeah, gimme abs!

===In Your Footsteps (4a)===
:'''Finn''': You can sleep in the bathtub.
:'''Bear''': Brathtrub!
:'''Finn''': ''[laughing]'' Brathtub! This guy is tops blooby!

===Hug Wolf (4b)===
:'''Finn''': What the!? Is this an extra butt??
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:'''Jake''': ARE YOU READY TO OVERCOME THIS THING??
:'''Finn''': I think so.
:'''Jake''': I said, ARE YOU ''READY'' TO OVERCOME THIS THING!!?
:'''Finn''': Yeah. I heard you. I said, "I think so."
:'''Jake''': I'm trying to get ya to shout.
:'''Finn''': Oh.. okay! <big>''IS THIS GOOD??''
:'''Jake''': Never mind.
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:'''Jake''': What's wrong, Beemo?
:'''BMO''': I am terrified of Finn.
:'''Jake''': Hmm... Well, that's plant's not gonna protect you.
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:'''Hug Wolf Finn''': Cinnamon Bun... ret me out...
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': I... I-I'm not supposed to!
:'''Hug Wolf Finn''': Don't you want a hug?
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': I can't, man!
:'''Hug Wolf Finn''': Not... even a real one?
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': Huuuhh...
:'''Hug Wolf Finn''': You want a hug?
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': Uuuhh.... <big>'''YES!!! HUG ME!!!'''
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:'''Cinnamon Bun''': You came into my room around midnight, and gave me a squeeze.. A REALLY STRONG ONE''!!''
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:'''Finn''': JAKE, HURRY!!!
:'''Jake''': Is he crushing you, man?
:'''Finn''': No, he's just- hugging me gently!
:'''Jake''': Oh!
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:'''Finn''': '''HUGS FOR <big><big>''BUDDIEEES!!'''''
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:'''Gumdrop''': <big>SHE'LL NEVER MARRY''!!!''

===Princess Monster Wife (5a)===
:'''Finn''': Wait... What!?
:'''LSP''': Oh my gosh, how many times do I have to tell you!? Somebody broke into my house and stole my lumps!!
:''[all princesses complain]''
:'''Finn''': Peebo?
:'''PB''': ''[half-face gone]'' Haaeehahahhmahaah...!!
:'''Jake''': YEECH!!
:'''Finn''': Errr... Okay, calm down!
:'''LSP''': How'm I supposed to CALM DOWN!!? LUMPING THIEF IS OUT THERE GETTIN' PHRESH WITH MAH LUMPS!!!

===Goliad (5b)===
:'''Jake''': <big><big>'''''LISTEN UP!!!'' YOU KIDS BETTER STOP DONKIN' AROUND!! YOU'RE GONNA MESS UP GOLIAD!!''' ''[barking]'' <big>'''IT'S MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY, GET IT!!? I'M DON JUAN CHERRY TEMPO!! NOW ''MARCH'', GLIB BLOBBIT!!!''' ''[beat]'' Don't be acting all crazy...

===Beyond This Earthly Realm (6a)===
:'''Ice King''': What do you think, Finn? Can we pull back the layer of static and reach into the source of all being? Behind this curtain of patterns, this random pattern generator... so clever, right here in every home, watching ''us'' from a one-sided mirror.
:''[Finn stares.]''
:'''Ice King''': Whoops! Heh, just wizard-talkin' to myself.

===Gotcha! (6b)===
:'''Turtle Princess''': "''Hey, girl!'' "
:'''LSP''': Oh, Turtle Princess! This book is coming out awesome!!
:'''Turtle Princess''': "''Oh good, girl! I can't wait to read it!'' "
:'''LSP''': Thanks, girl.
:'''Turtle Princess''': "''Goodnight, girl.''"
:'''LSP''': Goodnight, girl.
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:'''LSP''': These lumps AREN'T FOR SALE, <big>'''''BILLY!!!'''''
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:'''LSP''': This is way too boring for my book! Oh, my shoulder strap! Ohh! My orange juice is comin' out! Hah! Gotchuh? ''[kerPLOOP!!]''
:'''Finn''': Hehah! Jake! Kerploop!
:'''Jake''': Hehehee! Kerploop!
:'''LSP''': Not "gotcha"?
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:'''Finn''': "Wanted Adventure Secretary". ''[sniff]'' Smells like fruit pie.
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:'''LSP''': ''[into tape recorder]'' Finn is overpowered by my lumps than I thought. I guess at the end of the day, it's all about the lumps.
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:'''BMO''': Jake, if I beat you, you have to call me Sensei for a month.
:'''Jake''': Deal.
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:'''Jake''': LSP, you're wearing garbage for clothes!!
:'''LSP''': ''[whisper]'' Gotcha!

===Princess Cookie (7a)===
:'''Cookie''': I glubbed up!
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:'''Finn''': <big><big><big>'''''ALVINSHOTJUICEBOX!!! ALVINSHOTJUICE—!!!'''''
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:'''Jake''': Milk? Some milk?
:'''Cookie''': What? Oh.. look... you should probably split, buddy. Things are about to get pretty flipped out in here.
:'''Jake''': Oh sure, sorry man. I was just tryin' to get away from that rotten Princess Bubblegum for a while, y'know? Isn't she just the worst?
:'''Cookie''': Wait, you hate Princess Bubblegum too? Get outta here!
:'''Jake''': Oh yeah, man, she's the worst! Sittin' out there all safe and cosy while I'm riskin' my life tootin' around in here in a stupid milkman costume...
:''[...]''
:'''Cookie''': Wait--costume!?
:'''Jake''': Oh, um... I just mean it feels like a costume! Cos I wanted to be a mailman so bad, you see? But the Princess--she made me be a milkman anyway.
:'''Cookie''': Boy I here ya, brother.
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:'''Bubblegum''': Okay, okay... How about I give you a big cowboy hat... then will you let the hostages go?
:''[...]''
:'''Cookie''': No!! No! Don't play games with me, Princess! I want that crown! No crown, no hostages!
:'''Bubblegum''': Well, obviously, that's going to be a problem, because I'M the princess and I need my crown. So...
:'''Cookie''': No, Princess! You are problem, the problem princess! ...Just gimme that crown!

===Card Wars (7b)===
:'''Bee-Mo''': ''[lands on Finn's head]'' Bee-Mo chop! If this were a real attack, ''[whispers]'' you'd be dead.
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:'''Jake''': I always beat her. Cos she says "No more Card Waring."
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:'''Jake''': Hiding in the Useless Swamp — the Immortal Maizewalker!
:'''Immortal Maizewalker''': <big><big>'''''I LOVE CORRRRNNN!!!'''''
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:'''Finn''': I floop the pig.
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:'''Jake''': Okay, first of all, you don't floop a creature to make it fight. You activate a creature.
:'''Finn''': Hmm, no — it says I can floop the pig. See? ''(vwop)''
:''[the pig is flooped onto the battlefield. It runs past the Knights and Bloodstorm and begins eating the cornfields]''
:'''Jake''': No! He's eating all my cornfields! My Husker Knights draw energy from corn! ''(PWUOP!!)''
:'''Finn''': And since I'm not actually attacking, your Cerebral Bloodstorm only does damage to your own kingdom's troops. ''(KWRASH!!)''
:'''Jake''': Haaah!! You just wiped out my entire attack!
:'''Finn''': What do you expect if all your power units come from corn? Pigs eat corn, dude. Cornfields STINK.

===Sons of Mars (8a)===
:'''Abraham Lincoln''': Magic Man, I give you two choices. One is total annihilation. The Wand will touch you, and your soul will meet with Death. The second is to use the power of the Wand to convert your body to living stardust, where your consciousness will be jettisoned into the infinite cosmos, ''on an endless journey of wonder and discovery!''

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:'''Grob''': I'm gonna activate the thingy that drains his magic juice.
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:'''Gob''': Magic Man, you caused nothing but turmoil and chaos for us on Mars. We thought banishing you to this world would help you see the light of our utopian supersociety. Now tell us. What have you learned in these past 200 years?
:'''Jake (Magic Man)''': ...Are you guys talkin' to me?
:'''Glob''': You know you made life on Mars a nightmare!
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:'''Grob''': I think I see him.
:'''Grod''': Yes, I see him as well.
:'''Glob''': Hey guys?
:'''Grob/Grod''': What, Glob?
:'''Glob''': ...Nothing, never mind.
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:'''Gob''': Turn on the dark! ''[lights out, projector on]'' Okay, so we don't have footage of these crimes. But Grod's pretty good at drawing so... Plague of Shadows. Magic Man brought our shadows to life. They attacked us, and ravaged Mars. Very impressive, Grod.
:'''Grod''': Thanks, bro. ''[squirts screen]''
:'''Gob''': To the Plague of the Oneness. As we gathered to hold hands and sing our community song, Magic Man cast an evil spell that made our arms ''grow'' together. ''[drawn with tears]'' Much suffering ensued. And what about that one-time when he turned all the water into hair? And we all got so thirsty we drank it. And when we drank it we went bald! Many of us did not recover. And to this day, hide our loss behind groovy headgear. Dark off, please.
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:'''Tiny Manticore:''' I am the true coward. Hiding from sincere expressions like a vampire in the nude hides from the light. Thank you, brave hero. I was freed from bottle jail, but my new prison is shame. MY NEW PRISON IS SHAME!!

===Burning Low (8b)===
:'''Jake''': ''[forming his arm into a staircase with 15 steps]'' Let me explain some junk about dating. Right now you're at Tier 1, which is hugging. But pretty soon you'll be at Tier 2, which is smooching. Then, down the road you'll make it to Tier 5, where she'll let you discover all fifteen feet of her long, beautiful stomach. Then after a while, you'll make it to Tier 8, where you touch her horn for the very first time. Very special.
:'''Finn''': What about Tier 15?
:'''Jake''': ''[sharply]'' You stay away from that! Do ''not'' do Tier 15!!!
:'''Finn''': Dude, I got no idea what you're talking about.

===BMO Noire (9a)===
:'''BMO''': Just tell me where the sock is, and I'll let you go.
:'''Ronnie''': "I don't know, man!"
:'''BMO''': What if I put some knuckle in your eyeballs? Would that help you think?

===King Worm (9b)===
:'''Pep But''': You need to find this worm and break it.
:'''Finn''': Find the worm? But you got him right there! Hahh! ''[no worm but a spoon]''
:'''Phil''': ''[peeks out behind Pep But]'' SATORI!!

===Lady & Peebles (10a)===
:'''Ice King''': ''[echoed thru vent]'' This is total bunk, you copier! You're only in love with her cos I'm in love with her!!
:'''Lady Rainicorn''': Ice King!
:'''Ice King''': I've been playing this game a lot longer than you, pal! I've been working my moves, smooth-talking her, showing her magic tricks! Don't ignore me! Come back!!

===You Made Me (10b)===
:'''Lemongrab''': Blombo, what is that?
:'''Jamaica''': What?
:'''Lemongrab''': On Blombo's ears?
:'''Jamaica''': That's his headphones!
:'''Lemongrab''': Blombo, take them off! Blombo! You must heed my <big>'''INSTRUCTIONS!!!''' <big><big>'''TAKE OFF YOUR THIIIINGS!!!'''
:'''Toughy''': Woah! Settle down, Lemongrease!
:'''Lemongrab''': I-I am not <big>'''GREASE!!''' THIS IS <big><big><big>'''''UNACCEPTABAAAAHHHHHHLE!!!!!'''''
:'''Blombo''': What? What's goin' on?
:'''Lemongrab''': All unfit citizens of Lemongrab must be reconditioned!
:'''Blombo''': Man, are you crazy!?
:'''Lemongrab''': <big><big><big>'''''YAAAAAAAHHHHOOOOU MEEEEEEEAHHIIEE!!!!'''''
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:'''Finn and Jake''': Show us now!
:'''Banana Guards''': Show you what?
:'''Finn and Jake''': What you said!
:'''Banana Guards''': We didn't say nothin'!
:'''Finn and Jake''': It's too late for take-backs! We practically know everything already! NOW SHOW US!!

===Who Would Win (11a)===

:'''Figure''': Awaken to your dream, Finn and Jake!
:'''Finn''': Whoa! Who are you?
:'''Figure''': I am the Dream Warrior. I've summoned you here to hang with me in your together dream.
:'''Finn''': Are you gonna show us a move to beat The Farm?
:'''Dream Warrior''': First, listen. Then wake up.
:'''Finn''': All right.
:'''Dream Warrior''': I have cheap cars. My cars are chee-e-eap.
:'''Finn and Jake''': My cars are cheap.
:'''Dream Warrior''': But they drive bad when I turn out the ''lights!''
:'''Finn and Jake''': Turn out the lights.
:'''Dream Warrior''': These sweatpants have another name.
:'''Finn and Jake''': Another name.
:'''Finn''': Yeah. Don't you always call sweatpants "give-up-on-life pants," Jake?
:'''Jake''': I do because peeps need to respect themselves when they leave the house... even if it's just for ice cream, or TP, or whatevs.
:'''Dream Warrior''': Two shiny golden apples, ripe enough to bite.
:'''Finn and Jake''': Bite.
:'''Dream Warrior''': ''[bite!]'' That's all I gotta say for now. Get lost.
:'''Jake''': What is going on here, Dream Warrior!?
:'''Finn''': Yeah! What this all about!?
:'''Dream Warrior''': Nap's over, sorry!
:'''Finn''': EYOWW!!!

===Ignition Point (11b)===
:'''Finn''': What's going on with the costumes?
:'''Costumed Fire Actor''': This is a theater troop, we're getting ready to preform for the king. Everyone in the kingdom shall be in attendance. Ofcourse, you know all this being fellow actors from the exact same troop.
:'''Jake''': I have an idea. We'll go on stage, act like two conspirators. You'll have one shoe untied, I will talk with hiss voice. We'll talk about how we wanna kill the king. As we do this we'll study the faces of the audience and look for guilty reaction.
:'''Finn''': That's brilliant!
:'''Jake''': Thanks, it's an original idea. By me.

:'''Finn''': Water? You know what's even more painful? If we pour ice in his ear. That's how we'll kill the Flame King.
:'''Flame King''': Kill the Flame King? This is treason disguised as a play. Guards, seize them!

:'''Flame King''': Furnius and Torcho!
:'''Furnius''': Hello, uncle.
:'''Flame King''': Arrest the executioners. I thought I had you two extinguished.
:'''Furnius''': You cannot quench the flames of revenge.
:'''Torcho''': You snuffed out our father to become king!
:'''Furnius''': Oh, yeah. ''[Laughs].'' Take them to the punishment room.

===The Hard Easy (12a)===
:'''Mudscamp Elder''': I'm so sorry about that. We-we secreet stink oil all day, out our awful-sauce glands. You know, I guess I should have warned you.

===Reign of Gunters (12b)===
:'''Jake''': You're not gonna tell her the plan?
:'''Finn''': No, I gotta be mysterious.
:'''Jake''': What? I thought you weren't into Bubblegum anymore!
:'''Finn''': I'm not. But this is how I act now with all the ladies, you see? I keep 'em in a state of confusion. That way, I've always got options in case Flame Princess doesn't work out.
:'''Jake''': Oh my gosh!! Where is this coming from!?
:'''Finn''': It's called "future farming." I read it in that book ''["Mind Games"]'' you have by Jay T. Dawgzone.
:'''Jake''': JAY T. DAWG— awww, dude!! Don't read that book!! It's gonna mess up your brain! I keep that book around for laughs. It's all really bad advice!
:'''Finn''': Oh, okay. I'll stop it, then.
:'''Jake''': No, well... you can still be mysterious—that's fine.
:'''Finn''': What? Now I'm confused.
:'''Jake''': Never mind, I didn't say nothin'.
===[[w:I Remember You (Adventure Time)|I Remember You]] (13a)===

:'''Marceline''': ''Marceline, is it just you and me in the wreckage of the world?''
:''That must be so confusing for a little girl''
:''And I know you're going to need me here with you''
:''But I'm losing myself and I'm afraid you're going to lose me too''
:'''Ice King''': Ooh yeah! Keep it going!
:'''Marceline''': Oh! Um... ''This magic keeps me alive''
:''But it's making me crazy''
:''And I need to save you''
:''But who's going to save me?''
:''Please forgive me for whatever I do''
:''When I don't remember you''
:'''Ice King''': Wow! I wrote that? Hot stuff!
:'''Marceline''': What? You don't remember what it means!? ''[...]'' LOOK''!!''
:'''Ice King''': ...''Marceline''
:''I can feel myself slipping away''
:''I can't remember what it made me say''
:''But I remember that I saw you frown''
:''I swear it wasn't me, it was the crown''
:''This magic keeps me—''
:'''Together''': ''—Alive,
:''But it's making me crazy''
:''And I need to save you''
:''But who's going to save me?''
:''Please forgive me for whatever I do''
:''When I don't remember you~''
:''Please forgive me for whatever I do''
:''When I don't remember you.''

:''Da dah''
:''Da da da da da dah''
:''Da da, da da da dah''
:''Daaahhh... / Dadah.. da.. dah...''

===[[w:The Lich|The Lich]] (13b)===
:'''Bear''': Dark times are coming.
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:'''Jake''': BILLY, WAKE UP!!!
:'''Billy''': What the heck are you guys doing in my crack!? It's 3 o'clock in the morning!!
:'''Finn''': Oh you know, just droppin' by to say hello, see what you been uhhhhhh... up to what uhh... How are these days..?
:'''Jake''': We came to see if you're dead.
:'''Billy''': What? Why would I be dead?
:'''Finn''': Hehe yeah.. stupid, umm... I had a dream about a bear and an old lady and a snail, and you were there and the snail killed you or something.
:''[...]''
:'''Billy''': Was the Cosmic Owl there?
:'''Finn''': Uhh... yeah, on TV. Does that count?
:'''Billy''': Your dream is an ill omen of ''grave'' significance.
:''[...]''
:'''Billy''': Finn?
:'''Finn''': Yeah?
:'''Billy''': Are you ready to come with me on a mission to save all life from the Lich?
:'''Finn''': ...Yes.

== Season 5 ==

===[[w:Finn the Human (Adventure Time episode)|Finn the Human]] (1a)===
:'''Prismo''': Did you guys see that? You know there was a ghost wearing a dead guy. That might be the nastiest thing I've ever seen. N-n-n-n-nasty! Nasty jazz! Nas—
:'''Jake''': Hey, hey! Easy, buddy! That's our friend, Billy! He got possessed by the Lich!
:'''Prismo''': Oh, sorry! Sorry, I didn't mean nothin' by it! I mean, I have a lot of nasty friends, and my uncle was nasty. I'm basically honorary nasty.
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:'''Big Destiny''': Huh? What is this? Are you tellin' me what to wear, Trammy?
:'''Trammy''': No, boss! You look ''good''!
:'''Big Destiny''': You think I should reinvent my style, and put a stupid thing on my head!!?
:'''Trammy''': No, man!! You tell ''us'' what to wear!
:'''Big Destiny''': Otherwise you would dress like an idiot!! Bam! Crown shorts!
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:'''Prismo''': Actually, it depends on the wish I granted him.
:'''Finn''': Wish?
:'''Prismo''': Yeah, he wished for the extinction of all life and I did it. Guess it changed his timeline or something?
:'''Finn''': <big><big>'''''WHAT!!?? OH GLOB!!'''''
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:'''Simon''': "''The crown... go get it...''"
:'''Marceline''': I know you're not really talking to me... I'm not crazy!
:'''Simon''': "''Get the crown... Go get it!!'' "
:'''Marceline''': Ugh...
:'''Simon''': "''GET THE CROWN, MARCELINE!! GO GET IT!!'' "
:'''Marceline''': I can't! My knees...
:'''Simon''': "''Well, that's really disappointing, I must say. I'm just... Whatever, you're really letting me down right now.''"
:'''Marceline''': Okay, alright. ''[prip]''
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:'''Finn''': I wish... the Lich... never.. even EVER existed...

===[[w:Jake the Dog (Adventure Time episode)|Jake the Dog]] (1b)===
:'''Lich''': I wish... for the extinction of all li-i— ..for Finn and Jake to go back home to Ooo. Huh!? No wait! That's not what I wished for—!
:'''Prismo''': Sorry guy, you only get one wish. Hey Jake. Did you see that? Monkey's paw.
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:'''Ice King''': Now honey, I told you. You could take the sign off when you tell me where you hid Daddy's crown jewels.
:'''Gunter''': Wenk.
:'''Ice King''': ''Gunter''! ..Huh? ''[the jewels fly him away]'' Ooh wowzers!
===Five More Short Graybles (2a)===
:'''Finn/Jake''': OhwhatagodboyamI!
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:'''Jake''': Little Jack Horner Sat on a corner Eating a Christmas pie He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum And said, "What a good boy am I!"
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:'''Ice King''': Ahhh, sweetie, this is bliss. Feels so math to finally be normal. Hah, not like those two freaks. ''[points to Finn and Jake sticking their thumbs in a snowman]'' What are they doin' over there? Anyway, I— Ohh, who's that?
:''[He looks at his other foot and there is a winking face on it]''
:'''Ice King''': Oh. Oh my.

===Up a Tree (2b)===
:'''Finn''': ''[deep breath]'' POOPED.
===All the Little People (3a)===
:'''Finn''': So it's not good to weigh someone's qualities against your own?
:'''Jake''': Well, no. I mean, if you feel something, you FEEL something. It’s not about personality matrixals and charts – it’s all about the bu-bumps in your heart! You can’t stop the pumps and bumps! Pumps and bumps! Pumps and bumps''!!''
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:'''Finn''': PB, you hang out with Lady. C-listers, go back in the bag.
:'''Jake''': Who's in C-list?
:'''Finn''': Uh... Tiffany, Donny... well, he's okay. Xergiok... a buncha these guys!
:'''Jake''': That's not very nice.
:'''Finn''': Don't worry, man. They'll get involved eventually.
:'''Jake''': Involved with what?
:'''Finn''': I dunno, involved.
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:'''Jake''': No, don't play with that hack! ''[shreds with little IK]'' Ah, man! Hmm... They got good chemistry. Who'da guessed?
:'''Finn''': Chemistry....
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:'''Jake''': I'll make a special ''spagot'' with a new sauce.
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:'''Magic Man''': I'm not coming back.
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:'''Jake''': You're up early.
:'''Finn''': I didn't sleep.
:'''Jake''': You stayed up all night reading trash books?
:'''Finn''': Hm.
:'''Jake''': Told you man, those dating books... ''[slurp]'' That stuff is mess-you-up.
:'''Finn''': I'm not reading. I'm playing with the little wees.
:'''Jake''': Ah, lemme see little me! Me looks so lonely. Hey Finn, pass me little Lady!
:'''Finn''': Uh, you guys broke up.
:'''Jake''': Wha?
:'''Finn''': She's with someone else now.
:'''Jake''': ''Who''!?
:'''Finn''': He's a cool guy. Don't worry about it.

===Jake the Dad (3b)===
:'''Jake''': ''[shouts holo-message speaker]'' The puppies aren't moving!
:'''Holo-Margaret''': ''PERFORM CPR, THEY MIGHT BE DEAD!!''
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:'''Jake Jr.''': Dad, the manual's a BUNCHA JUNK!! Just give us a chance.
:'''Jake''': Jake Jr.! You said your first words! "The manual's a buncha junk!" The manual's a buncha junk??

===Davey (4a)===
:'''Finn''': No more Davey!
:'''Davey''': But you love being Davey.
:'''Finn''': I do love being Davey but being Davey caused Jake to be arrested!
:'''Davey''': But remember that time when Davey sat in the park and saw some people walkin' around?
:'''Finn''': Yeah, that was nice.
:'''Davey''': And remember that time when Davey swept the floors?
:'''Finn''': Hehehe... Yeah, that was great too. But...
:'''Davey''': Do you really wanna go back to bein' a famous hero? Why not just be Davey? Simple man with simple goals and simple problems... You can just blend in and live the simple life.
:'''Finn''': Yeah, blend in... Y'know, maybe I'll be Davey... just one more time. One more time...

===Mystery Dungeon (4b)===
:'''Lemongrab''': Awake! Avast! Hold tight your buns, if buns you do hold dear, for time has come wake and run AND NOT GIVE WAY TO ''FEAR!!!''
:'''Tree Trunks''': What are those awful words?
:'''Lemongrab''': I'm reading the wall. They are wall words.
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:'''Lemongrab''': Ice King, how do you taste?
:'''Ice King''': Nice, I guess?
:'''Lemongrab''': MILD OR SPICY''!??''
:'''Ice King''': Oh, uh...
:''[...]''
:'''Ice King''': Kinda lonely.
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:'''Ice King''': Well that's it, show's over. I'll just die here and y'all can eat my body if you want to survive...

===All Your Fault (5a)===
:'''Lemongrab 1''': It doesn't matter anymore.
:'''Lemongrab 2''': There is no more candy to horde. Let them keep what crumbs they find.
:''[sniff-sniff sniff, lick]''
:'''Lemongrab 2''': For there are no crumbs.
:'''Lemongrabs''': MMMMNNOOOOOO CUUURRUUUMMBS!!!

===Little Dude (5b)===
:'''Wizard''': Whomever the hat possesses gains the proportional strength of a hat! Look out, he's got the horse again!!
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:'''Finn''': Didn't Lady tell you not to use the Sassage flare?
:'''Jake''': Yeah.
:'''Finn''': Well, don't abuse it man, cos you're gettin'...
:'''Jake''': I'm gettin' what?
:'''Finn''': Cos you're getting fat.

===Bad Little Boy (6a)===
:'''Marshall Lee''': Don't you know I'm a villain? Every night I'm out killin', sending everyone running like children. I know why you're mad at me. I've got demon eyes, and they're looking right through your anatomy, into your deepest fears. Baby, I'm not from here, I'm from the Nightosphere. To me, you're clear, transparent. You got a thing for me, girl; it's apparent.

===Vault of Bones (6b)===
:'''Finn''': I shall grant thee clemency.. if you do the splits. DO the splits!!
:'''Skeleton''': I-I can- I can't do the s-splits.
:'''Finn''': DO THE SPLITS THOU MILK-LEVERED MAGGOT PIE''!!!''
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:'''Finn''': Whoo! Hot Daniel, Flame Princess! I though you were gonna burn me alive!
:'''FP''': No way. I'd never do that to my boyfriend.

===The Great Bird Man (7a)===
:'''Finn''': Huh...? Where am I?
:'''Man''': This is the rookery, where I and my bird friends dwell!
:'''Finn''': So are you like the Great Bird Man?
:'''Man''': That's what they call me nowadays. But when I first met you Finn, and you Jake, you knew me as XERIGOK THE GOBLIN KING!!!
:'''Finn & Jake''': WHAAAA!??

===[[w:Simon & Marcy|Simon & Marcy]] (7b)===
:'''Simon''': I call upon the power of ice and snow! Ice winds, ''blow!!''
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:'''Finn''': Marceline, why'd you invite Ancient Chubs to play basketball?
:'''Jake''': Yeah!
:'''Marceline''': Hahh... ''[beat]'' Well, he's very dear to my heart. I love him.
:'''Jake''': ..What you are talking about, Marceline?
:'''Marceline''': We've been around for a long time. We've had a long history together, it's.. it's a long story.
:'''Finn''': Lay it on us.
:'''Jake''': Yeah! Lay it out, Marcy!
:'''Ice King''': Yeah, lay down, Marceline! Go to sleep. Right, what're we talkin' about?
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:'''Simon''': Hey, little lady -- how about a ride on an old man's back, hm?
:'''Marcy''': I can walk. I'm not a child, Simon.
:'''Simon''': Look, sweetie, someday you'll be too big to hold. I'm as old as garlic balls if someone offered to pick me up and carry me, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Take it, we can get it.
:'''Marcy''': Achoo! ''[laughing]''
:'''Simon''': Gross. You're gross.
:'''Marcy''': You're gross, Simon!
:'''Simon''': We're both gross, darling.
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:'''Simon''': Hey, check it out, a VHS tape. You wanna watch a movie?
:'''Marcy''': Yeah!
:''[beat.]''
:'''Simon''': Man, this is a boring movie. ''[Marcy giggles]'' I like the book much better.
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:'''Simon''': Vandalism is wrong, Marcy.
:'''Marcy''': Okay.
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:'''Simon''': Marceline, cover your ears! ''[kicks Clambulance]'' MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER''!!''
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:'''Simon''': Marcy, look! I-I found chicken soup! You're gonna feel awesome in a moment.
:'''Marcy''': I'm just glad— ''[nom, gulp]'' ..you're okay.
:'''Simon''': Do you feel awesome?
:'''Marcy''': Mmhm. I love you, Simon.
:'''Simon''': I love you... Gunter.

===[[w:A Glitch Is a Glitch|A Glitch Is a Glitch]] (8a)===
:'''Finn''': How do we stop the computer worm, you pile of goo!!?
:'''Ice King''': ''[cackling]'' My worm exists beyond your comprehension within the universal source code!
:'''Finn''': STOP TALKING LIKE A NERD AND GIVE IT TO US STRAIGHT!!!

===[[w:Puhoy|Puhoy]] (8b)===
:'''Jake''': Finn, festering's always bad, man! There's no good kind of festering!! FIIINN!!!
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:'''Finn''': This place is weird.
:'''Roselinen''': Are you telling me that birds in your world don't poo little pillows?
:'''Finn''': Naw, just regular poo.
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:'''Jake''': I mean, here you are chillin' with history's coolest friends building an actual pillow fort, but you just sit there sulkin'. I'm like, what gives?
:'''Finn''': ''[sigh]'' I guess I'm just thinking about Flame Princess. I told her a joke the other day and she didn't even laugh, or anything. Guess it's over between us.
:'''Jake''': That's it? A ''joke''?
:'''BMO''': Maybe she just didn't get it yet.
:'''Finn''': Yeah right, Beemo. More like she used up all her laughs on some other guy's jokes, probably.
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:'''Finn''': Alphanumeric!
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:'''Jake''': "You're getting all hung up on imaginary problems. Stay with your new wife! You've known her longer now than any of us. You're not even sure if ''I'' ever really existed! And I'm pretty sure I didn't look like this."
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:'''Finn''': That was Flame Princess. She said she didn't get my joke until now—and that it's really funny and awesome.
:'''BMO''': Haha, I knew it!
:'''Jake''': Yeah, that's great, man. Now what about this dream?
:'''Finn''': What dream?
:'''Jake''': The dream you were just talking about?
:'''Finn''': Huh?
:'''Jake''': Just a second ago?
:'''Finn''': ''[shrugs]''
:'''Jake''': The DREAM you just had in the pillow fort?
:'''Finn''': Pfffbb.

===BMO Lost (9a)===
:'''BMO''': Okay, easy does it. Easy... easy...
:'''Worm''': Hey man, it's safe in here!! You can hide in here! Oh shoot, man, uh-oh...

===Princess Potluck (9b)===
:'''Finn''': Man, I wish I had my other sock. This callus is gonna junk up my good time at PB's potluck.
:'''Jake''': Don't worry man, we're gonna have a ton of fun. We'll eat some melon, I'll get some compliments on my pretty makeup...
:'''Finn''': You look like a target.
:'''Jake''': I look pretty!!

===James Baxter the Horse (10a)===
:'''BMO''': ''Oh, oh BMO, how'd you get so pregnant?''
:''Who's the mother, oh who's the father?''
:''Shh, I'll tell you if you keep it a secret''
:''We will, we will, we will''

:''All right, last night, an electric presence came into my room and said,''
:''"BMO, I need your perfect body to host the human incarnation of a baby~!"''

===Shh! (10b)===
:''[holding their signs]''
:'''Jake''': ("I'm not talking today")
:'''Finn''': ("ME TOO")

===The Suitor (11a)===
:'''Pep But''': Where is he? Where's Braco?
:'''Bubblegum''': I let him go, Peps. I knew he couldn't be happy without me, so I built him a robo-wife.
:'''Pep But''': You should given him to ME!!

===The Party's Over, Isla de Señorita (11b)===
:'''Finn''': Ice King, get out of Princess—
:'''Ice King''': I'M LEAVING!!!

===One Last Job (12a)===
:'''Tonya''': Hey boss, I wanted to—
:'''Boss''': Shut up Tonya, I gotta see my ex-wife!

===Another Five More Short Graybles (12b)===
:'''Bubblegum''': Cinnamon Bun, you can't sleep with the nightlight anymore. You're basically 30. It's starting to bum everyone out.
:'''Cinnamon Bun''': I CAN'T HANDLE THIS DENIAL OF LIIIGHT!!!
:'''Bubblegum''': Yeah, well...

===Candy Streets (13a)===
:'''Finn''': LSP, who robbed you?
:'''LSP''': ''[drugged]'' It WA~S... Puh- Pete.. PE–ETE.. Sah.. SASS ASS!! Blablablahbllbhaahh....

===Wizards Only, Fools (13b)===
:'''Finn''': I got traumatised by those underpanties. This sucks.
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:'''Finn''': Hey Jake?
:'''Jake''': What?
:'''Finn''': Is PB straight-up naked right now?
:'''Jake''': Dude, don't make me feel any more awkward than I already do!
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:'''Ice King''': ''[on tape recorder]'' "No way! I'm no rat! I am bound by the sacred trust of esoteric knowledge!"
:'''PB''': "Say the password, Ice King!"
:'''Ice King''': "You think I'll just hand you the keys to the city? I'd rather DIE."
:'''PB''': "Say the password."
:'''Ice King''': "OW!! MY PINKY!! Ow.. Thank you. You know, no one has touched me in months. Could you touch me again?"
:'''PB''': "''PASSWORD!! <big>'''NOW!!!''''' "
:'''Ice King''': "'''AHH!!''' OH ''OWW~!!!'' WIZARDS RULE!! THE PASSWORD IS "WIZARDS RULE!"
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:'''Grandmaster Wizard''': Wizard prison! All of you! Wizard prison!
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:'''PB''': Rubeldubel dingeldongel-PFFT.

===Sky Witch (15a)===
:'''PB''': Now, make a fist with your brain and PUNCH against sleepytimes! SAY NOO''!!'' <big>''NOOOO!!!'' <big><big>'''''NOOOOOOOO!!!!''''' Don't go ungentle into that good night.
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:'''PB''': Raggedy Princess can make you a new Hambo in like three seconds. A Raggedy Princess can BE your new Hambo. She'd do it too. That girl has like, ''zero'' self-respect. Haha. That's mean. Don't tell her I said that.
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:'''Marceline''': ..You killed him??
:'''PB''': Don't be dense! Hambo can't even talk! Snap out of it, girl.
:'''Marceline''': He's been with the witch this whole time! Maybe he can talk now!
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:'''Marceline''': Where are you Maja, you creep?!
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:'''PB''': Micro... and macro... the picture... becomes... clear.... aaand... Call it! Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, wait — YES.

===Frost & Fire (15b)===
:'''Ice King''': Ahh! My hams!!
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:'''Flame Princess''': What did you say to me?
:'''Ice King''': Uuh.. wha? What did I say?
:'''Flame Princess''': ''[gasp!]'' It IS in the tone of your voice.
:'''Ice King''': Look, just take whatever you want, okay? Take it all! It's all just prunes! Prunes and liver! Frozen, of course.
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:'''Ice King''': And I didn't get to test my new fireproof grundies.
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:'''Finn''': "''Man. I need to have that dream again. I have to get Flame Princess to beat down Ice King again.''"
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:'''Finn''': ''[speeding]'' "Dear Ice King, you smell like stink, you're unpleasant, you're not funny, you're old, blahblahblahblah, sincerely love, Flame Princess. P.S. Let us fight!!" HAHHHRR''!!'' "Dear Flame Princess, you're just the worst, your hair is bad, your feet smell like face cheeks, blahblahblah, let's meet up and fight, dummy, sincerely, Ice King." ''[checking]'' Hm. Flame Princess fight Ice King.
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:'''PB''': What is all that noise? ''Ach, mein Glöb''!!
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:'''Cosmic Owl''': You blew it.
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:'''Ice King''': You blew it, man.

===Too Old (16a)===
:'''Finn''': Now give us back Lemonhope or prepare for mo'e pranks!
:'''Lemongrab 1''': <big><big><big>'''''DUNGEON!!!!'''''
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:'''Lemongrab 2''': Hmm... Acceptable...
:'''Lemongrab 1''': <big><big><big>'''''WHAATT!!!? UNACCEPTABLE!!!!'''''
:'''Lemongrab 2''': Acceptable....
:'''Lemongrab 1''': <big><big><big>'''''UNACCEPTABLE!!!! UNACCEPTABLE!!!!'''''

===Root Beer Guy (22a)===
:'''Root Beer Guy''': ''[typewriting in voiceover]'' "I knew there was trouble. I could smell it on the hot evening breeze. Fortunately for me, trouble is my favorite thing... because I'm Joe Milkshake. I kicked down the door with one swift decisive motion".. No... "With one swift and decisive motion, I kicked down the door"— No! "The door was kicked down by me swiftly, with not many motions but a whole lot of decisiveness was used by me that was apparent to everybody."
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:'''Root Beer Guy''': Hello? I'd like to take a few minutes of your time to tell you about an amazing vitamin supplement. But first, just let me ask you: do you ever feel that no matter what you eat, you're still tired and sluggish and.. filled with nagging anxiety and doubt and....
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:'''Root Beer Guy''': Alright, you two, what were you doing last night with Princess Bubblegum!?
:'''Finn/Jake''': Uhh... / Hmm...
:'''Jake''': We were home last night.
:'''Finn''': Yeah, we were doing that... thing.
:'''Jake''': That was a great thing we were doing at home with no other witnesses.
:'''Finn''': But we're each other's witnesses.
:'''Finn/Jake''': ''[hi-fives]'' Yeah!
:'''Root Beer Guy''': But I saw you!
:'''Finn''': ''[leans closer at RBG]'' Look, man. You didn't see ''nothing''!

===Betty (24b)===
:'''Marceline''': A-one, a-two, a-one two three four...
:'''Finn''': Wait!
:'''Marceline''': What?
:'''Finn''': Why're you holding your bass up high like that?
:'''Marceline''': Mm, I get better finger action this way.
:'''Finn''': But you look like a nerd. ''[...]'' Move it back down. It's better.
:'''Jake''': Move the bass down.
:''[beat]''
:'''Finn''': A-''move'' the bass a-''down''.
:'''Jake''': Be reasonable.
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:'''Bella Noche''': And now... it will be yours.
:'''Ice King''': And mine!
:'''Forest Wizard''': What the blood!? Ice King!
:'''Ice King''': Listen dudes, all I want is to be in the club and plus-up my magic, what's the problem?
:'''Laser Wizard''': Your life is my problem.
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:'''Finn''': Do you remember anything when you were the Ice King?
:'''Simon''': Nothing specific, just dream-like impressions.
:'''Finn''': Do you still have impressions from all the times you flip your bricks?
:'''Simon''': I have... bruises.

===Bad Timing (25a)===
:'''Jake''': Ehh... it's not really time travel, though. You just, y'know, move their stuff around. It didn't really manipulate time. Ice King's done it better before, with magic.
:'''Mudscamp Elder''': Well, I enjoyed your presentation very much, Princess. Thank you for inviting me.
:'''PB''': <big>''NO!!!'' For all intense in purposes, they travel ''back'' to an earlier point in their time.
:'''Jake''': Eh, I guess, but not really. I mean, Ice King did it for real. Guy pulled his fiancee outta time from a thousand years ago using magic.
:'''Mudscamp Elder''': Hey time, where's my fiancee, am I right? ''[jingle-jingle, Jake laughs]''
:'''PB''': Jake, don't deny my science! THIS is a time travel machine!

===Lemonhope Part One (25b)===
:'''Lemongrab''': "In conclusion, no one needs to come here ever, especially Lemonhope and I ate my brother, goodbye!"
:''[LG's body ruptures even more worser and LG 2 comes out]''
:'''Lemongrab 2''': "<big><big>'''SAVE US, LEMONHOPE!!! YOU'RE OUR ONLY LEMONHO—'''"

===Lemonhope Part Two (26a)===
:'''Bubblegum''': ''Young Lemonhope''
:''Born of candy and glue''
:''Creator of beauty,''
:''And ugliness too.''

:''Poor Lemonhope''
:''I found you in the dark''
:''You lived in the bathroom,''
:''Now live in our hearts.''

:''Sweet Lemonhope''
:''Freed by hard sacrifice''
:''To live in the kingdom''
:''Of sugar and spice.''

:''Lost Lemonhope''
:''Longed for freedom above''
:''Compassion or friendship,''
:''Wisdom or love.''

:''Strong Lemonhope''
:''Risking freedom and health''
:''Came back for his brothers''
:''And for himself.''

:''Safe Lemonhope''
:''No more will you roam''
:''Once you were lost''
:''And now you’re back home.''

===Billy's Bucket List (26b)===
:'''Finn''': "Lie on my back in the ocean." Cool. ''RRRRRRHNN!!!'' ...Why the ocean, Billy!?
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:'''Finn''': Off the dome, here we go. Unh.
:''I'm-a started now. I'm-a battle now.''
:''We gonna make a rhyme, so I can rap this time.
:''I rap for millions...''
:''[...]''
:''Sesquipedalians!''
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:'''Finn''': What's the thing you wanted to tell me?
:'''Billy''': ''Oh, uh... You must go to the citadel. That's where your father is.''
:'''Finn''': Joshua's not alive. Me and Jake buried him behind the--
:'''Billy''': ''Not Joshua! Your other dad. Dad the Human.''
:'''Finn''': What?
:'''Billy''': ''Your father, Finn. He's alive! He's alive. (He's alive... He's alive...)''

==External Links==
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* [http://www.buenothebear.com/ Pendleton Ward's Official Website]
* {{imdb title|1305826|Adventure Time}}

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Anton Zeilinger

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'''[[w:Anton Zeilinger|Anton Zeilinger]]''' (born [[20 May]] [[1945]]) is an Austrian quantum physicist. He is currently professor of physics at the University of Vienna and director of the Vienna branch of the [[w:Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information|Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information]] IQOQI at the [[w:Austrian Academy of Sciences|Austrian Academy of Sciences]]. Zeilinger works in the new field of [[w:quantum information|quantum information]] and is renowned for his realization of [[w:quantum teleportation|quantum teleportation]] with [[w:photons|photons]].

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== Sourced ==

* I think there is a need for something completely new. Something that is too different, too unexpected, to be accepted as yet.
** as quoted by {{cite book | author=Colin Bruce | title=Schrödinger's rabbits: the many worlds of quantum | publisher=Joseph Henry Press | year=2004 | isbn=0309090512 | page=213 }}

== Quotes about Zeilinger ==

* '''It was easy in the early nineties to make a list of ''great'' things that could be done, now that there was such a [[w:spontaneous parametric down-conversion|convenient source of entangled pairs]]. Anton's claim to fame is that he went and ''did'' them.'''
**Michael Horne (physicist), as quoted by Louisa Gilder, in ''The Age of Entanglement'', Vintage Books, 2008, p. 317.

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