Quotes - a tiny micromod

[Mogan]

Dear ExRM forum,

I'm currently doing a mini-mod (read: tiny), which has the quite simple goal of make more quotes for the loading screens, as I've quite had it with those 400-500 same quotes over and over again. So I'm asking you people to come up with good ideas for which quotes you think I should add. I will only have four criterias:

1. You can't quote yourself
2. It must relate to the epicness of the game
3. Do not quote Sun Tzu. I'm typing with Art of War in my left hand.
4. Don't twist the quote. It's preffered if you provide some sort of source, but it's not neccessary, since it's not really about gameplay.

So if you got a nice line from a show or a song, feel free to post it (and who said it), with a small reason for why it should be in, even though I will prioritize historical quotes from this game's era.

Oh, and, no references to modern technology. You can quote Churchill, but you can't talk about guns & bombs.

I'm looking forward to your suggestions.
Regards, Mogan

[Carados]

Quotes and gameplay tips?

Shouldn't it be one or the other?

[Mogan]

Ah, my mind is a little out of sync today. I'll edit my post now.

[JaNuZ99]

i can probably think of way better quotes later on, but for now i'll submit these three:

Time to nut up or shut up! -Tallahassee in Zombieland

and now to a more serious, but epic take over the world quote from my fav fictional character.

"If I win, I'm a prodigy. If I lose then I'm mad. That's the way history is written." -Artemis Fowl

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know."
- Foaly (another character from the Artemis fowl series)

[Mogan]

Zombieland is epic, but not in the way ExRM is...

I can of course add those Artemis Fowl-quotes, as they actually are somewhat in the spirit of the game (even though I'm reculant to add something from a teenager-book).

[JaNuZ99]

Zombieland is epic, but not in the way ExRM is...

I can of course add those Artemis Fowl-quotes, as they actually are somewhat in the spirit of the game (even though I'm reculant to add something from a teenager-book).

yess artemis is in! (i'm 15, and a big fan of Eoin colfer's work is all) and yeah i'll get some more serious quotes to add later

[Caesar Augustus]

Sending cavalry into the front of a phalanx is about as safe as barebacking a five dollar whore - Caesar Augustus

This parachute is a backpack! - Caesar Augustus

Anyhow, maybe I ought to chuck in a couple of more appropriate quotes, though I do recommend chucking those two in . There are some awesome ones here, from the Epic forums.

[Caligula Caesar]

Plato was a good one for quotes: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/plato.html

Among them: "Love is a serious mental disease."

[Caesar Augustus]

Among them: "Love is a serious mental disease."

How true

[Sorceri]

I like the one from that guy (Rodney King or someone) in california a few years back that said "Can't we all just get a bong?)

[Domitan]

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." Bush

"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." Bush

'I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.' Apocalypse Now

'As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station!' Emperor Palpatine


On a more serious note

'A country cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.' Albert Einstein

'A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.' Napoleon Bonaparte

'In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity.' Winston Churchill

'It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.' General Douglas MacArthur

'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.' Winston Churchill

'Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry.' Oliver Cromwell

'The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.' Josef Stalin

'The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.' Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

'War does not determine who is right - only who is left.' Bertrand Russell

Last and best of all

'We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight, with growing confidence and strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.' Winston Churchill

[Mogan]

Great work Domitan!

[Erkki]

Churchill sure could cheer up the people - and thats about it.

How about Patton:

Some goddamn fool once said that flanks have got to be secure. Since then sonofaes all over the globe have been guarding their flanks. I don't agree with that. My flanks are something for the enemy to worry about, not me. Before he finds out where my flanks are, I'll be cutting the bastard's throat.

Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange
If we accept them we will never win.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.

And the best:
Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like through a tin horn!

[JaNuZ99]

Churchill sure could cheer up the people - and thats about it.

How about Patton:

Some goddamn fool once said that flanks have got to be secure. Since then sonofaes all over the globe have been guarding their flanks. I don't agree with that. My flanks are something for the enemy to worry about, not me. Before he finds out where my flanks are, I'll be cutting the bastard's throat.

Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange
If we accept them we will never win.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.

And the best:
Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like through a tin horn!

wow.. that last one is uh.. descriptive to say the least, then again that was patton

LOL +rep last one really made me LOLZ

[Metaluis90]

'We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight, with growing confidence and strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.' Winston Churchill

RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN !!! LIVE TO FLY, FLY TO LIVE!!!!!

DO OR DIE!!!

ACES HIGH!

[Boom S]

No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy
- Helmuth von Moltke

A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week
- George S. Patton

This is a small selection of quotes from Chanakya, political theorist and Prime Minister to Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire. Chanakya was considered the brains behind the Mauryan throne and his treatise on statecraft, Arthashastra, is still considered relevant in the modern world. I can provide more if you want.

Let no trace remain of fire or of enemies
- Chanakya

An archer letting off an arrow may or may not kill a single man but a wise man with his intellect can kill even before the enemy is born
- Chanakya

An army repulsed will fight if rallied by heroic men, not so an army defeated in a frontal attack since it has lost many of its brave men
- Chanakya

A single assassin can achieve, with weapons, fire or poison, more than a fully mobilized army
- Chanakya

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But the very best of all

Show me the money in it !
- Jerry Maguire

With great power comes great responsibility
- Spiderman

[Mogan]

Great work finding those Mauryan ones, Boom S. Can I ask where you found them? I'm interested in more sources on the Mauryan Empire.

[Boom S]

All are from the Arthashastra. but it's a general treatise on statecraft, not particularly dealing with the Mauryans, although Chanakya's personal experience must have shaped his views on the matter. statecraft was an accepted field of academics of which Chanakya was said to have been an instructor at Takshasila University. throughout the book he makes references to other schools of thought and compares them with his own, highlighting the widespread nature of the subject.

for a general reading on the mauryans you can try Chandragupta Maurya and his times by RK Mookerji.

[Boom S]

up !

MOgan, are you still interested in this ? I found a few more interesting quotes.

[Carados]

Should be.


By the way, the Sima Yi quote goes off the screen, you'll need to split it more evenly.