The Classic Quotations Thread

[Aaron Kashtan]

As long as there is a Legion of Super-Heroes, all else can be made right.

--The final words of Paul Levitz's run on the Legion, spoken by Sensor Girl in LSH vol. 3 #63. I can't wait for Wednesday!

[ClintBartonWannabe]

"Ultron, we would have words with thee." - Thor in Avengers Vol3 #22

[Screwtape]

"Th' trouble with you is you don't know when to believe me!"
-Phoney Bone, from "The Great Cow Race."

"'Richards. In one short night, I've taken everything. The boy is blinded, crippled, and enslaved. The monster is shattered, lost, his lover now the Mole Man's bride in his kingdom of filth. Your wife is drowning in the fathoms of her adulterous frenzy. And all that remains... is doom. While you've been locked away, I've been busy destroying your life and the lives of your family forever, Richards. Tell me... what have you been doing?'

'Well Victor... I've been thinking.'"

Reed and Doom, at the end of Fantastic Four: 1234 #3.

[Aaron Kashtan]

At the time that this exchange takes place, Hopey has just left Maggie to go on tour. Hopey wants to apologize to Maggie for leaving her behind, but is too scared to do it herself. Therefore, she tries to pass the buck:

HOPEY: Hey, kid, I'll give you my last cigarette if you make a phone call for me.
KID: Nyeh! I don't smoke.
HOPEY: I'll give you the rest of my beer then.
KID: Nyeh! I don't drink.
HOPEY: C'mon! Just make this call for me. There's this really hot chick in California that...
KID: California?? Double nyeh!
HOPEY (throwing beer bottle at him): TAKE THE BEER ANYWAY, YOU FUCKIN' STRAIGHTEDGE FAGGOT!

From "Jerusalem Crickets" by Jaime Hernandez. My apologies for the profanity and the offensive reference to straightedge people.

[Aaron Kashtan]

The guys who remember seeing my father in the flesh are those who knew him before 3-G.

--From Brian Kotzky's interview in Alter Ego #34. Brian is alluding to the fact that his father, Alex Kotzky, spent nearly all of his waking hours working on Apartment 3-G.

[Aaron Kashtan]

We have spam, spam, rabbit stew, or spam.

--From Jon Sable, Freelance #26, written by Mike Grell. It's funny not just because of the obvious (and anachronistic) Monty Python allusion, but because it makes sense in the context of the story.

[Aaron Kashtan]

PROFESSOR X: I'll try to ignore the deliberate strangeness of all this.
FANTOMEX: Why ignore it? Embrace it!

--Advice which any reader of Grant Morrison's comics should heed. From New X-Men #129.

[Aaron Kashtan]

MANHUNTER: The way I see it, we have two priorities, at present: we've got to show people we're still here, still in business, even with Josiah in the hospital. And second, we've got to keep the company solvent-- we've got to make money. So a publicity splash...
SKYROCKET: Yes, I see that. But... two priorities? What about doing good? Saving lives? Where does that fit in?
MANHUNTER: Look, Skyrocket. We can't do much good if the company fails, yes? So right now, all the intangibles-- all of them-- have to take a back seat, until we're on firmer ground.
SKYROCKET: Intangibles...

--The corporate mentality in a nutshell. From Power Company #10, dialogue by Kurt Busiek.

[jetfire85]

"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."

--Ozymandias, Watchmen #11 (I won't spoil the context of the quote for the people who haven't read it yet.)

[EvilLonchon]

Ah yes, Carl Barks, the man...the myth...the artist. One of my favorite quotes are from the french comicbook series "Donjon" ("Dungeon" in english) it's a fantasy-comic that is already considered a classic,anyway the quote can be spotted in the picture below.

[Aaron Kashtan]

I have followed Sue's latest pregnancy as closely as if it had been my own.

--Now that's enthusiasm! From a letter by Mary Francis O'Malley, published in Fantastic Four #271.

[tricksterpup]

I just want to say, here is one of my favorites. ITs from a Classic JLA. :)

[Schmakt]

Comic-book collecting which started as a nice nostalgic hobby is in some danger of becoming an overpriced, overcommercialized transaction

The World of Fanzines (1974)

I have known many adults who have treasured throughout their lives some of the books they read as children. I have never come across any adult or adolescent who had outgrown comic-book reading who would ever dream of keeping any of these 'books' for any sentimental or other reason.

Dr. Fredric Wertham - Seduction of the Innocent (1954)

both obtained from this (http://art-bin.com/art/awertham.html) reprinting of an article from Amazing Heroes in 1987.

EDIT: TricksterPup, that is absolutely hilarious. :)

[Aaron Kashtan]

(Dragon has just been conscripted into service to replace Santa Claus, who has gone missing.)

DRAGON: This doesn't make a damned bit of sense! It's impossible to bring gifts to every kid in one night! Hell, it takes forever to get across the country much less the whole blamed planet! And if you have to stop to drop off toys--
ELF: There aren't that many good boys and girls! And don't forget, Dragon-- magic! Magic makes everything possible!
DRAGON: Then why not use your magic to find your boss, or make packages magically appear beneath people's Christmas trees?
ELF: Well, maybe not everything...

[Aaron Kashtan]

I can't go on like this-- losing a billion dollars a minute! I'll be broke in 600 years!

--Uncle Scrooge, from "The Magic Hourglass" (Four Color #291), dialogue by Carl Barks.

If I did the arithmetic correctly, Scrooge has 315 quintillion, 360 quadrillion dollars and sixteen cents.