History Quotes / TechnicianVersusPerformer

->''"[[VideoGame/QuakeI Quake]] was the last collaboration between [[Creator/IdSoftware id Software's]] two Johns, [[Creator/JohnRomero Romero]] and [[Creator/JohnCarmack Carmack]], before Romero went off to make VideoGame/{{Daikatana}} out of mousetraps and semen, and Carmack proceeded to craft VideoGame/QuakeII out of stale Weetabix and paste. Quake I finds the happy medium, and illustrates why they kinda needed each other. That [[ShockAndAwe lightning gun]] that murders you [[AwesomeButImpractical if you use it in water]] definitely smells of Romero, but at least there's [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon some imagination on display]]. The [[RealIsBrown color scheme]] and [[CutAndPasteEnvironments repetitive levels]] were probably scraped up from the Carmack tarmac, but the gameplay is [[BoringButPractical characteristically solid]]."''

->''"VideoGame/{{Quake}} was the last collaboration between [[Creator/IdSoftware id Software's]] two Johns, [[Creator/JohnRomero Romero]] and [[Creator/JohnCarmack Carmack]], before Romero went off to make VideoGame/{{Daikatana}} out of mousetraps and semen, and Carmack proceeded to craft VideoGame/QuakeII out of stale Weetabix and paste. Quake I finds the happy medium, and illustrates why they kinda needed each other. That [[ShockAndAwe lightning gun]] that murders you [[AwesomeButImpractical if you use it in water]] definitely smells of Romero, but at least there's [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon some imagination on display]]. The [[RealIsBrown color scheme]] and [[CutAndPasteEnvironments repetitive levels]] were probably scraped up from the Carmack tarmac, but the gameplay is [[BoringButPractical characteristically solid]]."''

->'''Erin:''' What if you were trying to mend a broken bone and filled the fracture with stomach lining instead?

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->'''Alinua:''' I'm just saying, a runic circle for EVERY incantation seems very overcomplicated. Sometimes time is of the essence!
->'''Erin:''' And I'm telling YOU that safety is by DEFINITION not "overcomplicated"! A haywire healing cantrip can do horrible things to a person!

-->-- ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''

->''" VideoGame/{{Quake}} was the last collaboration between [[Creator/IdSoftware id Software's]] two Johns, [[Creator/JohnRomero Romero]] and [[Creator/JohnCarmack Carmack]], before Romero went off to make VideoGame/{{Daikatana}} out of mousetraps and semen, and Carmack proceeded to craft VideoGame/QuakeII out of stale Weetabix and paste. Quake I finds the happy medium, and illustrates why they kinda needed each other. That [[ShockAndAwe lightning gun]] that murders you [[AwesomeButImpractical if you use it in water]] definitely smells of Romero, but at least there's [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon some imagination on display]]. The [[RealIsBrown color scheme]] and [[CutAndPasteEnvironments repetitive levels]] were probably scraped up from the Carmack tarmac, but the gameplay is [[BoringButPractical characteristically solid]]."''

->'''Fujjiwara:''' Even if the movements are clumsy, wouldn't you agree that pouring your heart and soul into expressing the intent and meaning of the dance is what's most important?\\
'''Kaguya:''' Vague concepts like "heart and soul" are unnecessary. Learning the proper coreography and excuting those movements as effectively as possible is the most important.

->''"They say my games should be more 'interesting'. I could be more 'interesting'—-and also lose." ''
-->-- '''Tigran Petrosian''', world TabletopGame/{{chess}} champion

-->-- '''Jamies Lancaster''', ''Fanfic/StateOfTheMeta''

-->-- ''Fanfic/StateOfTheMeta''

-->-- '''Tigran Petrosian''', world TabletopGames/{{chess}} champion

-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9SazeaeK0 Zero Punctuation: Quake]]''

->''" VideoGame/{{Quake}} was the last collaboration between [[Creator/IdSoftware id Software's]] two Johns, [[Creator/JohnRomero Romero]] and [[Creator/JohnCarmack Carmack]]. Before Romero went off to make VideoGame/{{Daikatana}} out of mousetraps and semen, and Carmack proceeded to craft VideoGame/QuakeII out of stale Weetabix and paste. Quake I finds the happy medium, and illustrates why they kinda needed each other. That [[ShockAndAwe lightning gun]] that murders you [[AwesomeButImpractical if you use it in water]] definitely smells of Romero, but at least there's [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon some imagination on display]]. The [[RealIsBrown color scheme]] and [[CutAndPasteEnvironments repetitive levels]] were probably scraped up from the Carmack tarmac, but the gameplay is [[BoringButPractical characteristically solid]]."''

-->-- '''Steve Erickson''', ''[[http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000730mag-neilyoung.html Neil Young On a Good Day]]''

->''"I have hands David, hands that can make a scalpel sing. More than anything in my life, I wanted to play. But I do not have the gift, I can play the notes, but I cannot make the music. You've performed [[Music/FranzLiszt Liszt]], [[Music/SergeiRachmaninoff Rachmaninoff]], [[Music/FryderykChopin Chopin]], even if you never do so again, you've already known a joy that I will never know as long as I live, because the true gift is in your head, and in your heart, and in your soul.''"

'''Tagge:''' I have the graphs and the command. My plans may not be as glamorous or as grand as yours or the departed Tarkin but they ''work''.

-->-- '''Film/ThePrestige'''

-->-- '''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'''

-->-- Tigran Petrosian, world TabletopGames/{{chess}} champion

-->-- Pablo Picasso

-->-- Steve Erickson, ''[[http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000730mag-neilyoung.html Neil Young On a Good Day]]''

->"[[Creator/LaurenceOlivier He]] is the world's greatest actor who wants to become a movie star. [[Creator/MarilynMonroe You]] are the world's greatest movie star who wants to become an actor. And this movie isn't going to help either of you."
-->--''FIlm/MyWeekWithMarilyn''

->''(He pauses as Mashiro and Takagi react in surprise)''

-->--'''Akira Hattori''', ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}''

->'''Cutter''': ''The trick was too good, it was too simple. The audience hardly had time to see it.''
->'''Robert Angier''': ''He's a dreadful magician.''
->'''Cutter''': ''No, he's a wonderful magician. He's a dreadful showman. He doesn't know how to dress it up, how to sell the trick.''

->''"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."''
-->-- '''Pablo Picasso'''

->''"I have hands David, hands that can make a scalpel sing. More than anything in my life, I wanted to play. But I do not have the gift, I can play the notes, but I cannot make the music. You've performed List, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, even if you never do so again, you've already known a joy that I will never know as long as I live, because the true gift is in your head, and in your heart, and in your soul.''"

->'''Owain:''' ''Well, if you're going to be a hero, there's only one real option... Wait until your friends are on the brink of defeat, then show up and smite the enemy! There's nothing more heroic than a big comeback.''
->'''Cynthia:''' ''That's terrible! I can't do that!''
->'''Owain:''' ''Why not? A hero always shows up at the last minute. It's in the job description.''
->'''Cynthia:''' ''No, it's not! A real hero is there the whole time, tirelessly defending her allies!''
->'''Owain:''' ''Noooo, I'm pretty sure a hero has to show up and save everyone at the very end. ...Huh. Weird. We always agreed on this kind of stuff before.''

->''"They say my games should be more 'interesting'. I could be more 'interesting'—and also lose." ''
-->-- '''Tigran Petrosian''', world TabletopGames/{{chess}} champion

-->-- ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader''

-->-- '''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'''

-->-- '''Tigran Petrosian''', world TabletopGames/{{chess}} champion

->"[[Creator/LaurenceOlivier He]] is the worlds greatest actor who wants to become a movie star. [[Creator/MarilynMonroe You]] are the worlds greatest movie star who wants to become an actor. And this movie isn't going to help either of you."

-->--''FIlm/MyWeekWithMarilyn

->"[[He Creator/LaurenceOliver]] is the worlds greatest actor who wants to become a movie star. [[You Creator/MarilynMonroe]] are the worlds greatest movie star who wants to become an actor. And this movie isn't going to help either of you."

-->-- '''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'''

->''"This may only be my theory... but speaking in broad terms, there are two types of manga artists who succeed in this world. One is the type of person who draws what they want to draw. To put it in rather negative terms they’re the ones who rely on natural instinct, or in positive terms they’re the "genius" type. The other type is the type of manga artist like you, Takagi, who creates a hit through calculation. [[HardWorkHardlyWorks And the one who has the chance of potential of creating a smash hit is by far the non-calculating person]]."''

-->-- '''Film/ThePrestige'''

-->--'''Akira Hattori''', ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}''

-->--'''Akira Hattori''', {{Bakuman}}