History Quotes / ResignedToTheCall

-->-- '''Huey Lewis and the News''', [[Film/BackToTheFuture "Back in Time"]]

'''[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]]:'''...No, not really, but when do I ever get what I want?

"No, sir. It's very simple. I'm volunteering. I just don't ''wish'' to. but, after all, when did that ever have anything to do with anything."\\

->''"All I wanted to do\\
Was play my guitar and sing\\
Take me away, I don't mind\\
You better promise me I'll be back in time"''
-->--'''''Huey Lewis and the News''', [[Film/BackToTheFuture "Back in Time"]]

->''"I'm going to be late for work. Again!"''
-->-- '''Bob''', ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''

->''"If elected in November," the [[UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower Great Golfer]] read dutifully from a text plainly new to him, "I will go to...''Korea?''" The voice and choler rose on the word "Korea." No one had told him about the pledge. But [[UsefulNotes/KoreanWar go to Korea he did]], resentfully."''
-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal''', "State of the Union 1975"

->'''After arriving at NERV headquarters, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]] is told he must pilot a giant robot, and he refuses outright. I refuse to believe that there is anyone in Japan under the age of 30 who wouldn't want to pilot a giant robot."''
-->--'''[[http://spoonyexperiment.com/neon-genesis-evangelion/ Christopher Kinsey]]'''

->'''Tony Stark:''' Hey, Banner, want a piece?\\
'''Bruce Banner:'''...No, not really, but when do I ever get what I want?

'''Bruce Banner:''' Nnnnnno, not really, but when do I ever get what I want?

'''Bruce Banner:''' Nnnnn...no, not really, but when do I ever get what I want?

'''Bruce Banner:''' No, not really, but when do I ever get what I want?

->''"If elected in November," the [[UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower Great Golfer]] read dutifully from a text plainly new to him, "I will go to...''Korea?''" The voice and choler rose on the word "Korea." No one had told him about the pledge. But [[KoreanWar go to Korea he did]], resentfully."''

->'''After arriving at NERV headquarters, [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]] is told he must pilot a giant robot, and he refuses outright. I refuse to believe that there is anyone in Japan under the age of 30 who wouldn't want to pilot a giant robot."''

-->-- '''Bob''', ''{{The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob}}''

->I'm going to be late for work. Again!

->'''[[DirtyCoward Rincewind]]:''' I do not wish to volunteer for this mission.
->'''Lord Vetinari:''' I beg your pardon?
->'''Rincewind:''' I do not wish to volunteer, sir.
->'''Vetinari:''' No one was asking you to.
->'''Rincewind:''' Oh, but they will, sir, they will. Someone will say: 'hey, that Rincewind fella, he's the adventurous sort, [[TheDragAlong he]] ''[[TheDragAlong knows]]'' [[TheDragAlong the Horde, Cohen seems to like him]], he knows all there is to know about cruel and unusual geography, he'd be just the job for something like this.' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere And then I'll run away]], [[CosmicPlaything and probably hide in a crate somewhere that'll be loaded on to the flying machine in any case]].
->'''Vetinari:''' Will you?
->'''Rincewind:''' Probably, sir. [[ButtMonkey Or there'll be a whole string of accidents that end up causing the same thing]]. Trust me, sir. I know how my life works. So I thought I'd better cut through the whole tedious business and come along and tell you I don't wish to volunteer.
->'''Vetinari:''' I think you've left out a logical step somewhere.
->'''Rincewind:''' No, sir. It's very simple. I'm volunteering. I just don't ''wish'' to. But, after all, when did that ever have anything to do with anything?
->'''Ridcully:''' He's got a point, you know. [[BadassUnintentional He seems to come back from all sorts of]]-
->'''Rincewind:''' You see? [[GenreSavvy I've been living my life a long time. I know how it works]].
-->-- ''Discworld/TheLastHero''