#Metaphors

Nov

2017

I don't watch TV

From: Babylon 5

Episode: Between the Darkness and the Light (1997) (Season 4, Episode 19)

I don't watch TV. It's a cultural wasteland filled with inappropriate metaphors and an unrealistic portrayal of life created by the Liberal Media Elite.

James Laing (First Guard)

#Television

#Liberals

#Metaphors

#Culture

#Disgust

#Life

#Condescension

Apr

2016

The only thing you're going to learn about yourself on a plane is that you like the honey-roasted peanuts better than the plain-salted. If you're really hungry, the open road is a smorgasbord of life experience.

Joe Manganiello (Joe Manganiello)

Apr

2016

The nail that gets hammered down

From: Babylon 5

Episode: Comes the Inquisitor (1995) (Season 2, Episode 21)

Your only destiny is to be the nail that gets hammered down. Bang, bang, bang.

Wayne Alexander (Sebastian)

Apr

2016

Valley of the Dolls

From: Valley of the Dolls

You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls.

Barbara Parkins (Anne Welles)

#Metaphors

#Drugs

Feb

2016

Walking thesaurus

From: Guardians Of The Galaxy

Cease your yammering and relieve us from this urgent confinement. –Yeah, I'll have to agree with the walking thesaurus on that one. –Do not ever call me a thesaurus. –It's just a metaphor, dude. –His people are completely literal. Metaphors are going to go over his head. –Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it. –I'm going to die surrounded by the biggest idiots in the galaxy.

Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer) | Chris Pratt (Peter Quill / Star-Lord) | Bradley Cooper (Rocket) | Zoe Saldana (Gamora)

#Language

#Metaphors

Aug

2015

Mess with the bull

From: Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie

Mess wit the bull, you're going to get the horns, Private.

Tom McGrath (Skipper)

#Metaphors

#Warnings

#Military

Aug

2015

Most rare and beautiful

From: Mulan

The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.

Pat Morita (The Emperor)

Aug

2015

Know your shit

From: Kingsman: The Secret Service

Oh-ho! You know your shit. –I sometimes envy the blissful ignorance of those less-well-versed in their... shit.

Samuel L. Jackson (Richmond Valentine) | Colin Firth (Harry Hart / Galahad)

#Sarcasm

#Metaphors

#Poop

Jun

2012

The vultures are gathering

From: McMillan & Wife

Yes, well the-- the vultures are gathering. I hope you understand that.

Richard Dawson (Roger Stambler)

#Death

#Metaphors

Apr

2011

Downwards is the only way forwards

From: Inception

Downwards is the only way forwards.

Leonardo DiCaprio (Cobb)

#Philosophy

#Metaphors

Mar

2011

Broken wings mend in time

From: Batman Forever

Broken wings mend in time. One day Robin will fly again. I promise.

Michael Gough (Alfred Pennyworth)

Mar

2009

The appropriate metaphor

From: The Big Bang Theory

I believe the appropriate metaphor here involved a river of excrement and a Native American water vessel without any means of propulsion.

Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper)

Sep

2008

My mind is aglow

From: Blazing Saddles

My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention. –Ditto!

Harvey Korman (Hedley Lamarr) | Slim Pickens (Taggart)

File Updated: 2017-03-03

Mar

2008

Ring any bells?

From: The Man

Does the expression 'No man is an island' ring any bells? –Does the expression 'Shut your ass up!' ring any bells?

Eugene Levy (Andy Fiddler) | Samuel L. Jackson (Derrick Vann)

Dec

2006

Piece of ripe fruit

From: What's Up, Doc?

Listen, what do you think I am, a piece of ripe fruit you can squeeze the juice out of and cast aside?

Barbra Streisand (Judy Maxwell)

Nov

2006

Let the sap run out

From: Horse Feathers

Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?

Groucho Marx (Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff)

#Metaphors

#Insult

Sep

2006

He opens a window

From: Saved!

I keep trying to remind myself that when Jesus shuts a door, he opens a window. –Yeah, so we have something we can jump out of.

Mary-Louise Parker (Lillian) | Jena Malone (Mary)

#Religion

#Metaphors

#Sarcasm

Aug

2006

Making up History

From: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The Future, always so clear to me, had become like a black highway at night. We were in uncharted territory now, making up History as we went along.

Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor)

File Updated: 2015-05-16

Jun

2006

Don't assume zebras

From: Grey's Anatomy

Just because you hear hoof beats don't assume zebras.

Patrick Dempsey (Dr. Derek Shepherd)

#Metaphors

#Philosophy

Apr

2005

You'll get the horns

From: The Breakfast Club

Don't mess with the bull, young man, you'll get the horns.

Paul Gleason (Principal Richard Vernon)

#School

#Metaphors

#Warnings

Oct

2004

Harder to get a fork

From: Dead Like Me

You know, when you're young like you are, Millie, it's easy. Man, woman, bottom, top, sex is this big buffet and you're just a fat man with a fork. But as you get older, it's harder to get a fork.

Christine Willes (Delores Herbig)

Aug

2004

Crackers don't matter

From: Farscape

I need you to understand that crackers don't matter.

Ben Browder (John Crichton)

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Top 25 Quotes - Today

Drink up, me hearties, from: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Views today: 12

Join us or die, from: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Views today: 8

Biggest joint ever, from: Odd Thomas
Views today: 8

Emergency communique, from: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Views today: 7

Lay down a few rules, from: Family Guy
Views today: 7

Planet Houston, from: Superman II
Views today: 7

It's 4:20, from: Sealab 2021
Views today: 7

Don't want toys, from: The Brady Bunch
Views today: 6

I see in five dimensions, from: Duckman: Private Dick / Family Man
Views today: 6

That Island of Misfit Toys thing, from: Farscape
Views today: 5

The Dark Path, from: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Views today: 5

20 million guys out of work, from: Soylent Green
Views today: 5

Tripping bear balls, from: Archer
Views today: 5

And my way, from: The Caine Mutiny
Views today: 5

Kick your mama in the butt, from: Smokey and the Bandit II
Views today: 5

We can valmorphanize safely now, from: Team America: World Police
Views today: 5

Are you on the marijuana?, from: Mystery Men
Views today: 5

I never said 'thank you', from: Batman Begins
Views today: 4

No scissors, from: The Rock
Views today: 4

The wings of Liberty, from: Big Trouble In Little China
Views today: 4

FAB One, from: Thunderbirds Are GO
Views today: 4

Where are the white women at?, from: Blazing Saddles
Views today: 4

Switched from liquor to dope, from: The Philadelphia Story
Views today: 3

I never forget an asshole, from: Lone Wolf McQuade
Views today: 3

Electric eels biting my butt, from: Rocko's Modern Life
Views today: 3

Top 25 Shows (since 2012)

Archer / Total views: 64,985

Family Guy / Total views: 31,367

Doctor Who (II) / Total views: 26,775

Sound Effects / Total views: 25,251

The Big Bang Theory / Total views: 24,146

Up / Total views: 22,637

Looney Tunes / Total views: 22,513

Blazing Saddles / Total views: 17,333

Babylon 5 / Total views: 16,492

2001: A Space Odyssey / Total views: 15,703

South Park / Total views: 14,857

Star Trek: The Original Series / Total views: 14,551

The Jetsons / Total views: 14,516

The Venture Bros. / Total views: 14,252

Eight on the Lam / Total views: 12,702

The 6 Million Dollar Man / Total views: 12,118

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (vinyl) / Total views: 11,962

Battlestar Galactica: The Original Series / Total views: 11,797

3rd Rock From The Sun / Total views: 10,998

The Bullwinkle Show / Total views: 10,920

Duckman: Private Dick / Family Man / Total views: 10,744

The 3 Stooges / Total views: 10,643

Miscellaneous / Total views: 10,636

Daria / Total views: 10,625

Laugh-In / Total views: 9,724

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