Silly B5 Quote Conversation

[alpha128]

"There are three billion people here. The Vorlons would never attack a civilian population that big. The ships stay."

"So, please, act out your fantasy, be our go-between. return to Babylon 5, and stay there."

[AstroBoy]

"I'm sorry that your crew was stupid enough to fire on a station filled with a quarter million civilians, including your own people. And I'm sorry I waited as long as I did before I blew them all straight to hell. .. As with everything else, it's the thought that counts."

"There are three billion people here. The Vorlons would never attack a civilian population that big. The ships stay."

[glindros]

"I'm flattered. Truth is I've been more of a nuisance than a terrorist. I'd rather work this out peacefully; but that is becoming less probable with every passing day. Sooner or later, this is going to turn violent. When that happens, your kind will come in with your guns and your ships and your bombs."

"I'm sorry that your crew was stupid enough to fire on a station filled with a quarter million civilians, including your own people. And I'm sorry I waited as long as I did before I blew them all straight to hell. .. As with everything else, it's the thought that counts."

[Jan]

"Always plant a lie inside a truth, makes it easier to swallow."

"I'm flattered. Truth is I've been more of a nuisance than a terrorist. I'd rather work this out peacefully; but that is becoming less probable with every passing day. Sooner or later, this is going to turn violent. When that happens, your kind will come in with your guns and your ships and your bombs."

[AstroBoy]

"It's an Earth food. They are called Swedish meatballs. It's a strange thing, but every sentient race has its own version of these Swedish meatballs. I suspect it's one of those great universal mysteries which will either never get explained or which will drive you mad if you ever learned the truth."

"Always plant a lie inside a truth, makes it easier to swallow."

[alpha128]

"So you have been sitting here trying to think illogically about logical possibilities, or logically about illogical possibilities?"

"It's an Earth food. They are called Swedish meatballs. It's a strange thing, but every sentient race has its own version of these Swedish meatballs. I suspect it's one of those great universal mysteries which will either never get explained or which will drive you mad if you ever learned the truth."

[Jan]

"Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Always running out of time. Yours is almost used up. You're between seconds, lost in the infinite possibilities between tick and tock. Tick, you're alive. Tock.. Well, it was a good life, but a short one. Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick--"

"So you have been sitting here trying to think illogically about logical possibilities, or logically about illogical possibilities?"

[alpha128]

"Why is my life suddenly passing before my eyes?"

"Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Always running out of time. Yours is almost used up. You're between seconds, lost in the infinite possibilities between tick and tock. Tick, you're alive. Tock.. Well, it was a good life, but a short one. Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick--"

[Kraig]

"Do you know what the last Xon said just before he died? [Clutches heart] AAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH!!!"

"Why is my life suddenly passing before my eyes?"

[alpha128]

"That means I'm not bound by their rules. So if someone did turn me in, I'd find him. And before they took me, I'd plant a nightmare deep in his mind, where no one else could find or remove it, and that person would spend every night for the rest of his life...screaming."

"Do you know what the last Xon said just before he died? [Clutches heart] AAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH!!!"

[Jan]

"And we will tell you those answers. But be warned. Once you know his secret, once you know what we have known the last three years, you'll never sleep well again."

"That means I'm not bound by their rules. So if someone did turn me in, I'd find him. And before they took me, I'd plant a nightmare deep in his mind, where no one else could find or remove it, and that person would spend every night for the rest of his life...screaming."

[alpha128]

"Let me ask you something, Mr. Garibaldi, purely philosophical question. On a scale of 1 to 10, .. how stupid do you think I am anyway?"

"And we will tell you those answers. But be warned. Once you know his secret, once you know what we have known the last three years, you'll never sleep well again."

[AstroBoy]

"I know, I know. It's a Russian thing. When we're about to do something stupid, we like to catalog the full extent of our stupidity for future reference."

"Let me ask you something, Mr. Garibaldi, purely philosophical question. On a scale of 1 to 10, .. how stupid do you think I am anyway?"

[alpha128]

Sounds right. And now I have to go back to the Council and explain to them that in the interest of peace the Centauri government will agree to give quadrant 37 to the Narns. I think I will stick my head in the station's fusion reactor. It would be quicker. And I suspect, after a while I might even come to enjoy it

"I know, I know. It's a Russian thing. When we're about to do something stupid, we like to catalog the full extent of our stupidity for future reference."

[glindros]

"I mean, to me everything is a surprise. You're a surprise, this place is a surprise. You see this? Paper-cut, hurts like hell. Anybody else would be upset, but to me it's just one more wonderful surprise. I mean, I even surprise myself sometimes. Now, I guess there's nothing wrong me surprising you? Right?"

Sounds right. And now I have to go back to the Council and explain to them that in the interest of peace the Centauri government will agree to give quadrant 37 to the Narns. I think I will stick my head in the station's fusion reactor. It would be quicker. And I suspect, after a while I might even come to enjoy it