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Post by J. T./Jessica on Feb 20, 2011 22:17:32 GMT -5
Walking on tiptoe and repeating 'nothing to see here' doesn't make you invisible.
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Mar 10, 2011 19:34:51 GMT -5
"Blindness is an asset to Justice, a liability to Patriotism." -- J.T. Magnus, 2011.
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Sept 5, 2011 14:50:11 GMT -5
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
- Hesketh Pearson
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Nov 13, 2011 17:57:26 GMT -5
"A Fool fights the system.
A smart man works within the system.
A wise man plays the system." -- J.T. Magnus, 2011
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Nov 15, 2011 15:44:07 GMT -5
"Old enough to know better,
Young enough not to care,
Geeky enough for it not to matter either way."
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Dec 4, 2011 19:59:52 GMT -5
"I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by destroying my enemies." -- King Charles XII of Sweden.
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Jan 21, 2012 12:35:55 GMT -5
Seen on a coffee mug at a Pilot station; "You'll always be my friend... you know too much."
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Feb 11, 2012 13:55:31 GMT -5
"There's no kill-switch on awesome." -- Dilbert.
(Strangely enough, that'd also make a good America line in Hetalia.)
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Post by BloodAngel on Feb 16, 2012 5:39:13 GMT -5
Indeed it would. Also a very good Prussia line.
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Post by J. T./Jessica on May 1, 2012 20:26:48 GMT -5
"I will teach you. ... Until you are ready."
"For what?"
"To fight legends." -- Ambassador Kosh and Captain Sheridan, B5, 'Hunter, Prey'.
I was reading a story where one character was thinking about another and asked themself how they could go against 'such a powerful and legendary figure' and this scene came to mind...
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Post by J. T./Jessica on May 23, 2012 13:13:01 GMT -5
"You know you've been reading too many 40k books when you see an ad for the new 'Land Raider LR4'." -- Me, today... Guilty...
It's supposed to be the 'Land Rover LR4', but for some reason, my mind first read it as 'Land Raider LR4'...
Weird, I am... Know, I do.
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Aug 10, 2013 8:16:56 GMT -5
Magnus' Laws of Warfare - 'When in doubt, fire at will'!
Magnus' Laws - the only thing more dangerous than a devious mind and idle hands is a devious mind with a target.
Magnus' Laws - The longer you talk, the longer I'll take.
Magnus' Laws - 'Famous' doesn't always mean 'Competent', usually quite the reverse.
Magnus' Laws - It's not a fight at a mansion until someone ends up in the pool.
Magnus' Laws; If it's worth doing, it's worth doing with explosives.
Magnus' Laws; The less honorable a person is, the more they talk about how other people need to be honorable.
Magnus' Laws; A room is never really cleaned until the resident has to move.
Magnus' Laws: If the universe still exists afterwards, it wasn't overkill.
Magnus' Laws; Sometimes, you have to put your foot down... and step on someone's toes while you're at it.
Magnus' Laws; A house should always have one bathroom more than the number of people that will be living there.
Magnus' Laws; Law of Bashing; 'It's not bashing a character if the facts support it.'
Magnus' Laws, Law of Anime; 'The potential violence and/or embarrassment of a situation is directly proportional to the number of females in the main male character's presence at the time.'
Magnus' Laws; Hannibal at Canne, often imitated, rarely duplicated.
Magnus' Laws; When all else fails, stage a coup.
Magnus' Laws; If you're trying to be stealthy... don't monologue aloud.
Magnus' Laws; Being irrational is one thing, being inconsistant is something else entirely.
Magnus' Laws; The worst case scenario you can imagine is never the worst that can happen.
Magnus' Laws; The spear in the other's heart may be the spear in your own, but the knife in their back is an entirely different matter.
Magnus' Laws; If someone with a reputation brings you a paper to sign, they've probably got a gun in the other pocket.
Magnus' Laws; The very presence of a potter's wheel will cause people to re-enact scenes from 'Ghost'.
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Apr 3, 2015 12:17:34 GMT -5
Magnus' Laws; Anything stupid can sound intelligent if said scientifically.
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Apr 10, 2015 11:55:19 GMT -5
"Sometimes you've just got to light the fuse, put on your safety goggles and hope for the best." - Nick, "The Yard", 'Big Business'.
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Post by J. T./Jessica on Jul 1, 2015 22:38:34 GMT -5
Be careful what you brag about today, because it might be what you have to do tomorrow.
(Short version? "InSecurity", Alex was a biathlete in college, she's proud of it - biathleon is, if my memory is certain, shooting and horseback riding - so she gets assigned to assassinate an assassin.)
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