History Main / StockQuotes

* an episode of B5 called The Paragon of Animals similarly includes a character reciting this to make a point.

Across many works, you will hear the same quotations over and over. These quotes are so well known that most people will recognize them right away, but not all of them will be aware where the quote originated from. Popular sources include {{Shakespeare}}, historical figures, and classic literature. This will often be because of SmallReferencePools - either the author isn't familiar with less famous quotes, or they is afraid the [[ViewersAreMorons the audience won't be]].

Across many works, you will hear the same quotations over and over. These quotes are so well known that most people will recognize them right away, but not all of them will be aware where the quote originated from. Popular sources include {{Shakespeare}}, historical figures, and classic literature. This will often be because of SmallReferencePools - either the author isn't familiar with less famous quotes, or she is afraid the [[ViewersAreMorons the audience won't be]].

** Bonus points for doing the ''whole'' poem, and not skipping the first two lines (as people are wont to do). See BattelstarGalactica, below.

* The poem is quoted in both ''{{X-Factor}}'' 70 and ''TheIncredibleHulk'' 425, both written by PeterDavid.

* Referenced in ''{{Discworld}}/ThiefOfTime'' with the line "We are Myria [=LeJean=]."

* In ''TheTaking'' by DeanKoontz, an extra-terrestrial being utters the lines "Yimaman see noygel, see refacull, see nod a bah, see naytoss, retee fo sellos. "My name is Legion, is Lucifer, is Abbadon, is Satan, eater of souls.

* In ''{{Manhunt 2}}'', a gang named The Legion, sometimes say "Our Name is Legion, for we are many", this can also be heard in the beginning of one of the trailers for the game.

* The Legion is the name of the alien race and main antagonists of the video game ''EpochStar''. Whenever the player engages Legion forces, they will say, "We are the Legion, for we are many."

* In ''{{Bioshock 2}}'': Father Wales when locking one of the doors in sirens alley shouts 'We are Legion' before summoning a horde of splicers.

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* At the end of [[HarryDresden "Storm Front"]], Harry Dresden comments on how the world is getting stranger and he sees it as his job to maintain some control in his corner of the world:

* Referenced in {{Discworld}}/ThiefOfTime with the line "We are Myria [[LeJean]]."

* Referenced in {{Discworld}}/ThiefOfTime with the line "We are Myria LeJean."

* Kevin Costner delivered this line in [[{{ThePostman}} The Postman]]

* The inspiration of the title of the InteractiveFiction work ''Slouching Towards Bedlam''. The full quote appears in [[MultipleEndings at least one of the endings.]]

The poem ''The Second Coming'', by Yeats, is frequently quoted. Particularly the last line:

* {{Disturbed}}, ''Indestructible''.

* TerryPratchett's ''[[{{Discworld}} Thief of Time]]'' - When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss shouldn't wave to you.

-->"Things fall apart; the center cannot hold..."
--->William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"

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[[AC:Literature]]
* Chinua Achebe's ''ThingsFallApart'', naturally.
* One of the protagonists of Michael Grant's ''{{Gone}}'' series quotes this (and several additional lines) in the second book, when things are looking particularly bleak.

[[AC:Web Original]]
* Stephen Reyes of ''ShadowUnit'' quotes this line, and the other characters fill in the next few lines for him.

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