"One Ring to Rule Them All"
"ET Phone Home"
"You are without a doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of. - But you have heard of me."
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid, I can't do that."
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women"
“In the beginning the Universe was created.This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
For 40k, I actually feel like "An open mind is like a fortress with its gates open and unbarred" is a cooler, if less iconic quote. It just conveys the ridiculous dystopia of the Imperium so well and so quickly.
But yeah gotta love the classic BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! YOUR CORPSE-EMPEROR WILL NOT SAVE YOU!
A more recent one that really struck me hard was the date lines in True Detective - Night Country.
Dec. 22nd Third Day of Night
It really grounded me how fucking creepy it must be to see the sunset and know it’s not coming back for months.
I spent a part of my childhood in the extreme north, and you get used to it. Usually I wouldn't see the sun between mid December and late January. Winter just becomes a dark time, and you get used to the street lights. The first sunrise feels almost magical.
“Do you know what "nemesis" means?” -Bricktop
"The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two.” -Deepthought
“ You know, when you cut too deep, you cut the tendons. Finger movement goes out the window.” -Lucifer
"It's bigger on the inside!"
Also "We are leaving the universe! How? With enormous difficulty!", but that's more iconic because it rather encapsulates a particular character, rather than being something iconic to a particular piece of world-building.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die."
I've never watched Blade Runner, only this scene, but this scene is incredible. And this quote gives a really strong impression of a much larger world.
