History Quotes / KickedUpstairs

-->-- '''Series/BrooklynNineNine''

!!!Fiction

-->--'''Captain Klag''' to First Officer Drex, ''Literature/DiplomaticImplausibility''

-->--''Film/FirstBlood''

-->--''Series/TheXFiles'' ("Tooms")

->'''Tyrion''': Master of Coin?
->'''Tywin''': You appear to be in a position that best suits your talents.
->'''Tyrion''': I'm quite good at spending money, but a lifetime of outrageous wealth....hasn't taught me much about managing it.
->'''Cersei''': I have no doubt you will prove equal to this challenge.
->'''Pycelle''': Here, here.

-> '''Mr. Brittas''': And you can’t fire people these days just 'cause they’re not good, so what you do is you encourage them to look for promotions. That’s why I had all those references.

!!!RealLife

-> '''Brittas''': Someone realises they’ve got a bit of a chocolate teapot. And you can’t fire people these days just ‘cause they’re not good, so what you do is you encourage them to look for promotions. That’s why I had all those references.

-->-- ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire''

-> '''Douncillor Dapping''': So that’s how it happened.

-> ''"[[BrutalHonesty Lame Duck German Governor]] Kicked Upstairs as New Energy Commissioner in Brussels"''

->Paul E. seems to be much happier these days as just an on-air talent than in his old role helping to write the shows. Good for him, but I think bad for the product. The one thing you could never say about Paul back in the {{Wrestling/ECW}} days is that he didn’t know how to get the absolute most out of the people in his employ, strategically playing to their strengths and hiding their weaknesses. You think The Sandman would get over in today’s {{Wrestling/WWE}}?\\\

-->-- ''ChroniclesOfNarnia/TheSilverChair''

->"[John Peters] used to be BarbraStreisand's hairdresser, and then one day, he became a producer, because in Hollywood, you just kinda fail upwards."
-->--'''''KevinSmith''''', ''An Evening With Kevin Smith"

->'''Bleen Emperor:''' Admiral, if you can conquer the hu-mons in a single day, I will make you ruler of [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet their puny planet.\\

"[John Peters] used to be BarbraStreisand's hairdresser, and then one day, he became a producer, because in Hollywood, you just kinda fail upwards."

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-> ''"[[BrutalHonesty Lame Duck German Governor]] Kicked Upstairs as New Energy Commissioner in Brussels"''
--> -- Title of a [[http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/12/09BERLIN1636.html cable]] from the '''US embassy in Berlin'''

->Paul E. seems to be much happier these days as just an on-air talent than in his old role helping to write the shows. Good for him, but I think bad for the product. The one thing you could never say about Paul back in the {{Wrestling/ECW}} days is that he didn’t know how to get the absolute most out of the people in his employ, strategically playing to their strengths and hiding their weaknesses. You think The Sandman would get over in today’s {{Wrestling/WWE}}?\\\
Scratch that, you think The Sandman would get over ANYWHERE BUT ECW?\\\
That was the genius of Paul Heyman. It’s really too bad that knowledge is just sitting idle in the locker room in the world’s largest wrestling company.
-->--'''''Website/{{Wrestlecrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/induction-vince-mcmahon-and-the-brass-rings-2014-gooker-award-co-winner/ Vince McMahon and the BRASS RINGS – 2014 Gooker Award Co-Winner"]]

->''"I can say with absolute certainty that you did not receive this commission due to your skills. Like our friend the ambassador, you have the chancellor to thank for your position. But unlike the ambassador, I have no reason to believe that you might rise above the nepotism. I cannot justify removing you from this post. I can, however, give you a promotion"''.

->"I can say with absolute certainty that you did not receive this commission due to your skills. Like our friend the ambassador, you have the chancellor to thank for your position. But unlike the ambassador, I have no reason to believe that you might rise above the nepotism. I cannot justify removing you from this post. I can, however, give you a promotion".
--> -- Captain Klag to First Officer Drex, DiplomaticImplausibility

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-> ''"Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New Energy Commissioner in Brussels"''

-> "Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New Energy Commissioner in Brussels"
--> -- Title of a [[http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/12/09BERLIN1636.html cable]] from the US embassy in Berlin