History Quotes / HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic

-> '''Oblotai:''' I still can't believe they weren't wearing helmets.
-> '''Farsight:''' Pride is the ruination of both warriors and kings.
-->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', ''Farsight: Crisis of Faith'', regarding the Space Marines the T'au [[{{Deconstruction}} had just killed]].

->The existence of the helmet is proof that the human being is not smart. Think about the circumstanced that led to it being created. We were engaged in certain activities that were cracking our heads. We considered the situation. And rather than choosing to avoid these activities, instead we decided to make ourselves little protective hats, so that we could continue our head-cracking lifestyles. The only thing dumber than the helmet is the helmet ''law,'' which is a law designed to protect a brain that is functioning so poorly that it's not even trying to prevent the cracking of the head that it's in.

->The existence of the helmet is proof that the human being is not smart. We were engaged in activities that were cracking our heads. We considered the situation. We chose not to avoid these activities, but rather to make ourselves little protective hats so that we could continue our head-cracking lifestyles. The only thing dumber than the helmet is the helmet ''law,'' which is a law designed to protect a brain that is functioning so poorly that it's not even trying to prevent the cracking of the head that it's in.

->The existence of the helmet is proof that the human being is not smart. We were engaged in activities that were cracking our heads. We considered the situation. We chose not to avoid these activities, but rather to make ourselves little protective hats so that we could continue our head-cracking lifestyles. The only thing dumber than the helmet is the helmet ''law,'' which is a law designed to protect a brain that is functioning so poorly that it's not even trying to protect the head that it's in.

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''' bemoans this trope, ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''' lampshades this trope, ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief ]]''', ''Fanfic/ConsequencesOfRevelation''

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''' [[Machinima/FreemansMind bemoans this trope]]

->Man, we had the longest debate - this was for years - one that I was not uncharacteristically totally wrong in the very beginning, but I felt very strongly, was that soldiers can't have helmets. [...] I wanted players to be really invested in their particular soldier, and if you put helmets on them, [[FacelessGoons they all look the same, they're gonna look the same!]] So that was the big - it drove both the character artist crazy and it drove the military aficionados crazy because they're like "What, you're sending these soldiers out into combat with no helmets?" and I'm like, "It's {{plasma| cannon}}, [[RedShirt they're gonna die anyway]], they don't need helmets."

->Here’s the Hound, not wearing a helmet. That guy’s not wearing a helmet. This guy just had his head smashed in, he wasn't wearing a helmet. That one, the guy that got his throat slit, if he had been wearing a helmet, that wouldn't have happened. I’m wearing a helmet right now. Everybody should wear a helmet... There once was a Superbowl where Thurman Thomas, of the Buffalo Bills was going to be in the Superbowl, but he was unable to find his helmet, so he didn't actually start the Superbowl game. Shoulda had his helmet... See, see Tyrion there? He’s wearing his helmet... but he just took it off, and as you see he’ll rue it... That guy should have been wearing a helmet.”
-->'''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin’s''' commentary track on the ‘Blackwater’ episode of ''Series/GameOfThrones''

->"So our success condition here is 'angry swamp monster hiding in the sewers'."
->"Yup."
->"And we're sure we're the good guys."
->"Well, yeah. The other guys wear these helmets."
-->'''[[http://skin-horse.com/comic/his-existence/ Sweetheart and Unity]]''', ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''

->"WHERE'S MY HELMET?!"
-->''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]'' [[Machinima/FreemansMind bemoans this trope]]

-->[[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief ]], in ''[[Fanfic/ConsequencesOfRevelation Consequences Of Revelation]].''

-->''[[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan-117]],'' in ''[[Fanfic/ConsequencesOfRevelation Consequences Of Revelation]].''

-->''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]'' [[Machinima/FreemansMind bemoans this trope]]

-->'''[[http://skin-horse.com/comic/his-existence/ Sweetheart and Unity]]''', ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''

-->'''GeorgeRRMartin’s''' commentary track on the ‘Blackwater’ episode of ''Series/GameOfThrones''

-->'''GeorgeRRMartin’s''' commentary track on the ‘Blackwater’ episode of ''Series/GameOfThrones''

-->'''GeorgeRRMartin’s''' commentary track on the ‘Blackwater’ episode of ''GameOfThrones''

->Here’s the Hound, not wearing a helmet. That guy’s not wearing a helmet. This guy just had his head smashed in, he wasn’t wearing a helmet. That one, the guy that got his throat slit, if he had been wearing a helmet, that wouldn’t have happened. I’m wearing a helmet right now. Everybody should wear a helmet… There once was a Superbowl where Thurman Thomas, of the Buffalo Bills was going to be in the Superbowl, but he was unable to find his helmet, so he didn’t actually start the Superbowl game. Shoulda had his helmet… See, see Tyrion there? He’s wearing his helmet… but he just took it off, and as you see he’ll rue it……. That guy should have been wearing a helmet.”

-->Here’s the Hound, not wearing a helmet. That guy’s not wearing a helmet. This guy just had his head smashed in, he wasn’t wearing a helmet. That one, the guy that got his throat slit, if he had been wearing a helmet, that wouldn’t have happened. I’m wearing a helmet right now. Everybody should wear a helmet… There once was a Superbowl where Thurman Thomas, of the Buffalo Bills was going to be in the Superbowl, but he was unable to find his helmet, so he didn’t actually start the Superbowl game. Shoulda had his helmet… See, see Tyrion there? He’s wearing his helmet… but he just took it off, and as you see he’ll rue it……. That guy should have been wearing a helmet.”
-->GeorgeRRMartin’s commentary track on the ‘Blackwater’ episode of ''GameOfThrones''