The Master: You’re dead!
Buffy: I may be dead, but I’m still pretty. Which is more than I can say for you.
The Master: You were destined to die! It was written!
Buffy: What can I say? I flunked the written.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 12 – “Prohpecy Girl”
There are many things in this world I do not know. I do not know how butterflies get out of their cocoons without damaging their wings. I do not know why anyone would boil vegetables when roasting them is tastier. I do not know how to make olive oil, and I do not know why dogs bark before an earthquake, and I do not know why some people voluntarily choose to climb mountains where it is freezing and difficult to breathe, or live in the suburbs, where the coffee is watery and all of the houses look alike.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital – Lemony Snicket
Worf: “This is the story of a little ship that took a little trip.” What do you think?
Jadzia Dax: It’s, uh… well, it rhymes. [grabs the padd from him] There’s nothing on this padd!
[Worf smiles]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6: Episode 14 – “One Little Ship”
“Listen, Hermione, I can tell it’s not a girl. I can just tell.”
“The truth is that you don’t think a girl would have been clever enough,” said Hermione angrily.
“How can I have hung round with you for five years and not think girls are clever?” said Harry, stung by this.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
Angel: What?
Xander: You were looking at my neck.
Angel: What?
Xander: You were checking out my neck! I saw that!
Angel: No, I wasn’t!
Xander: Just keep your distance, pal.
Angel: I wasn’t looking at your neck!
Xander: I told you to eat before we left.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 12 – “Prohpecy Girl”
Operating theaters are not nearly as popular as dramatic theaters, musical theaters, and movie theaters, and it is easy to see why. A dramatic theater is a large, dark room in which actors perform a play, and if you are in the audience, you can enjoy yourself by listening to the dialog and looking at the costumes. A musical theater is a large, dark room in which musicians perform a symphony, and if you are in the audience, you can enjoy yourself by listening to the melodies and watching the conductor wave his little stick around. And a movie theater is a large, dark room in which a projectionist shows a film, and if you are in the audience, you can enjoy yourself by eating popcorn and gossiping about movie stars. But an operating theater is a large, dark room in which doctors perform medical procedures, and if you are in the audience, the best thing to do is to leave at once, because there is never anything on display in an operating theater but pain, suffering, and discomfort, and for this reason most operating theaters have been closed down or have been turned into restaurants.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital – Lemony Snicket
Miles O’Brien: Don’t hit it too hard. You could shatter the control panel.
Jadzia Dax: Don’t worry, I have a light touch.
Julian Bashir: Not according to Worf…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6: Episode 14 – “One Little Ship”
“You’d think people had better things to gossip about,” said Ginny, as she sat on the common room floor, leaning against Harry’s legs and reading the Daily Prophet. “Three dementor attacks in a week, and all Romilda Vane does is ask me if it’s true you’ve got a hippogriff tattooed across your chest.”
Ron and Hermione both roared with laughter. Harry ignored them.
“What’d you tell her?”
“I told her it’s a Hungarian Horntail,” said Ginny, turning a page of the newspaper idly. “Much more macho.”“Thanks,” said Harry, grinning. “And what did you tell her Ron’s got?”
“A Pygmy Puff, but I didn’t say where.”Ron scowled as Hermione rolled around laughing.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
Buffy: When he wakes up tell him… I don’t know. Think of something cool, tell him I said it.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 12 – “Prohpecy Girl”
Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of “systematically assisting Sisyphus’s stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister,” which is easier done than said.
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital – Lemony Snicket
The Love Pirate 