Silly B5 Quote Conversation

[glindros]

"Perhaps. But there are still few of us. It is not our time. It is yours. We are not prepared yet."

Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you are going to do something massively unwise?

[Spoo Junky]

Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you are going to do something massively unwise?

It's really simple. You bring two sides together. They fight. A lot of them die, but those who survive are stronger, smarter and better."
"It's like knocking over an ant-hill. Every new generation gets stronger, the ant-hill gets redesigned, made better."

[Dan Dassow]

It's really simple. You bring two sides together. They fight. A lot of them die, but those who survive are stronger, smarter and better."
"It's like knocking over an ant-hill. Every new generation gets stronger, the ant-hill gets redesigned, made better."

That ant meets another ant and asks, what was that?...There are things in the Universe billions of years older than either of our races. They are vast, timeless, and if they are aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know. We've tried and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on. They are a mystery and I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the Universe, that we have not explained everything.

[AstroBoy]

That ant meets another ant and asks, what was that?...There are things in the Universe billions of years older than either of our races. They are vast, timeless, and if they are aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know. We've tried and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on. They are a mystery and I am both terrified and reassured to know that there are still wonders in the Universe, that we have not explained everything.

"There are beings in the universe billions of years older than any of our races. They walked among the stars like giants, vast, timeless. They created great empires, taught the new races, explored beyond the rim. The oldest of the ancients are the Shadows. We have no other name for them."

[Spoo Junky]

"There are beings in the universe billions of years older than any of our races. They walked among the stars like giants, vast, timeless. They created great empires, taught the new races, explored beyond the rim. The oldest of the ancients are the Shadows. We have no other name for them."

Ambassador, I was just on my way to see you. My name is--"
"I'm sorry, but I don't have time to chat right now. I suggest you make an appointment."

[Winged Heron]

Ambassador, I was just on my way to see you. My name is--"
"I'm sorry, but I don't have time to chat right now. I suggest you make an appointment."

I want to stop running through my life like a man late for an appointment

[glindros]

I want to stop running through my life like a man late for an appointment

Always trying to be the hero. Never stopping to think first. Now, look where it got you.

[AstroBoy]

Always trying to be the hero. Never stopping to think first. Now, look where it got you.

"We all have a profound psychological need to believe in heroes, the shining knight on the white horse. If they don't exist, we create them."

[Spoo Junky]

"We all have a profound psychological need to believe in heroes, the shining knight on the white horse. If they don't exist, we create them."

Maybe Zathras great hero. Maybe build statue to Zathras. Others come, remember Zathras."

[Jan]

Maybe Zathras great hero. Maybe build statue to Zathras. Others come, remember Zathras."

"This particular statue means a great deal to me and my family. We lost
it when we were evacuated from the Eridian colony."

[luvB5]

"This particular statue means a great deal to me and my family. We lost
it when we were evacuated from the Eridian colony."

"Yes, most unsettling when that happens. And in your case most amusing."

[glindros]

"Yes, most unsettling when that happens. And in your case most amusing."

You were very funny. Everything to you was a problem to be solved, a test to be passed. But you know, Stephen, sometimes the test is not to find the answer. It's to see how you react when you realize there is no answer.

[AstroBoy]

You were very funny. Everything to you was a problem to be solved, a test to be passed. But you know, Stephen, sometimes the test is not to find the answer. It's to see how you react when you realize there is no answer.

"If you ask me, I know the real problem. Ever since the Earthers put Narns on their security force, everything here has gone to hell. They're not very efficient, you know. You have to keep an eye on them at all times."

[luvB5]

"If you ask me, I know the real problem. Ever since the Earthers put Narns on their security force, everything here has gone to hell. They're not very efficient, you know. You have to keep an eye on them at all times."

"They heard us. They know we are here. The eye is looking . . . for us."

[glindros]

"They heard us. They know we are here. The eye is looking . . . for us."

They will see me whether they like it or not. It's time someone made them face reality.