History Quotes / AlwaysSomeoneBetter

->''"What I could do with a football, he could do with an'' orange.''"''

->Hmm, [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenace Dennis’s]] teacher takes him aside after class, as if to gently correct him privately, but makes sure to do it while the other children are still in earshot, so that they can snicker at his ignorance! I’d say the menace has become the menaced...

->'''Chris:''' Not to get ahead of myself here, but this is a show '''ABOUT SUPERMAN''' where Green Arrow puts together the ComicBook/JusticeLeague to take down ComicBook/LexLuthor and doesn’t even bother to tell Clark Kent because he knows [[DesignatedHero he’s too ineffectual]] to help them accomplish anything. It’s like they did a show about RobinHood, but Little John was the one who was really good at archery and took down the Sheriff of Nottingham, and also he used to bang [[ComicBook/LoisLane Maid Marian]].

->''"Billy ''[Crystal]'' used to say that every time he'd tell a story, I'd insist on topping it... It used to drive him wild. I remember tuning in to ''Late Night with DavidLetterman'', and there was Billy griping about me. "I could never top Alan King," he was saying, "One time, I thought I had him. Since he comes from a whole other generation, I started telling a story about marijuana, and he listened, not saying a word. Finally, I'm through, and Alan gets out of the makeup chair, walks to the door, turns around, and says, '[[CoolOldGuy I only smoked pot once]]. It was with Lana Turner and Buddy Rich in Norfolk, Virgina.' [[TantrumThrowing I threw my makeup kit at him.]]'"''

-->--'''Harold''', ''TheBoysInTheBand''

-->--'''UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin''', ''Poor Richard's Almanack'' (1754)

-->--'''The Absorbing Man''' gets philosophical, ''[[SheHulk She-Hulk]]''

->'''Chris:''' Not to get ahead of myself here, but this is a show '''ABOUT SUPERMAN''' where Green Arrow puts together the ComicBook/JusticeLeague to take down ComicBook/LexLuthor and doesn’t even bother to tell Clark Kent because he knows [[DesignatedHero he’s too ineffectual]] to help them accomplish anything. It’s like they did a show about RobinHood, but Little John was the one who was really good at archery and took down the Sheriff of Nottingham, and also he used to bang [[LoisLane Maid Marian]].

->'''Chris:''' Not to get ahead of myself here, but this is a show '''ABOUT SUPERMAN''' where Green Arrow puts together the ComicBook/JusticeLeague to take down LexLuthor and doesn’t even bother to tell Clark Kent because he knows [[DesignatedHero he’s too ineffectual]] to help them accomplish anything. It’s like they did a show about RobinHood, but Little John was the one who was really good at archery and took down the Sheriff of Nottingham, and also he used to bang [[LoisLane Maid Marian]].

->It seems like there's no way to stop a character who's essentially an Evil Zack.

->But who's that stranger opening its door, clad in a bad-boy leather jacket, and introducing himself as ''“[[{{Badbutt}} Roger Rabbit, so whut?]]”'' with the kind of cocky swagger that usually precedes the threatening glint of a flick-knife? Welcome to Bayside, A.C. Slater. Zack tries to con the new kid out of it by dropping his usual patter; it's a bum locker; Kelly's got leprosy; Hell, I'll trade it for a (fake) hall pass. But Slater's not like the usual chumps Zack's been walking all over; he's a man of the world, and of 14 schools in the last three years. He's seen it all, and he's wise to Preppy's antics, producing a (real) hall pass of his own, and calling Zack ''“Kid.”'' Damn, son, you just got Slatered.
-->--'''Stuart Millard''' on ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' ("King of the Hill"), ''So Excited, So Scared''

->''"Billy ''[Crystal]'' used to say that every time he'd tell a story, I'd insist on topping it... It used to drive him wild. I remember tuning in to ''Late Night with DavidLetterman'', and there was Billy griping about me. "I could never top Alan King," he was saying, "One time, I thought I had him. Since he comes from a whole other generation, I started telling a story about marijuana, and he listened, not saying a word. Finally, I'm through, and Alan gets out of the makeup chair, walks to the door, turns around, and says, '[[CoolOldGuy I only smoked pot once]]. It was with Lana Turner and Buddy Rich in Norfolk, Virgina.' [[TantrumThrowing I threw my makeup kit at him.]]""''

->'''Chris:''' Not to get ahead of myself here, but this is a show '''ABOUT SUPERMAN''' where Green Arrow puts together the ComicBook/JusticeLeague to take down LexLuthor and doesn’t even bother to tell Clark Kent because he knows [[DesignatedHero he’s too ineffectual]] to help them accomplish anything. It’s like they did a show about RobinHood, but Little John was the one who was really good at archery and took down the Sheriff of Nottingham, and also he used to bang [[LoisLane Maid Marian]].\\
'''David''': Yeah, just about, and Clark can’t [[MillionairePlayboy take her to private islands]], just the Arctic.

->'''Chris:''' Not to get ahead of myself here, but this is a show '''ABOUT SUPERMAN''' where Green Arrow puts together the ComicBook/JusticeLeague to take down Lex Luthor and doesn’t even bother to tell Clark Kent because he knows [[DesignatedHero he’s too ineffectual]] to help them accomplish anything. It’s like they did a show about RobinHood, but Little John was the one who was really good at archery and took down the Sheriff of Nottingham, and also he used to bang [[LoisLane Maid Marian]].\\

-->--'''Chris Sims''' and ''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-6-11-justice/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Justice")

->'''Chris:''' Not to get ahead of myself here, but this is a show '''ABOUT SUPERMAN''' where ComicBook/GreenArrow puts together the ComicBook/JusticeLeague to take down ComicBook/LexLuthor and doesn’t even bother to tell Clark Kent because he knows he’s too ineffectual to help them accomplish anything. It’s like they did a show about RobinHood, but Little John was the one who was really good at archery and took down the Sheriff of Nottingham, and also he used to bang [[LoisLane Maid Marian]]."''\\

->''"Billy ''[Crystal]'' used to say that every time he'd tell a story, I'd insist on topping it... It used to drive him wild. I remember tuning in to ''Late Night with DavidLetterman'', and there was Billy griping about me. "I could never top Alan King," he was saying, "One time, I thought I had him. Since he comes from a whole other generation, I started telling a story about marijuana, and he listened, not saying a word. Finally, I'm through, and Alan gets out of the makeup chair, walks to the door, turns around, and says, 'I only smoked pot once. It was with Lana Turner and Buddy Rich in Norfolk, Virgina.' [[TantrumThrowing I threw my makeup kit at him.]]""''

->''"Billy ''[Crystal]'' used to say that every time he'd tell a story, I'd insist on topping it... It used to drive him wild. I remember tuning in to ''Late Night with DavidLetterman'', and there was Billy griping about me. "I could never top Alan King," he was saying, "One time, I thought I had him. Since he comes from a whole other generation, I started telling a story about marijuana, and he listened, not saying a word. Finally, I'm through, and Alan gets out of the makeup chair, walks to the door, turns around, and says, 'I only smoke pot once. It was with Lana Turner and Buddy Rich in Norfolk, Virgina.' [[TantrumThrowing I threw my makeup kit at him.]]""''

->No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.

->No matter how big you get, no matter who you can push around, there's always someone better out there who makes you feel like squat.

->If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.