1 | ->''"quSDaq ba'" (Sit in a chair)'' |
2 | --> -- '''Klingon phrase for "that is very obvious"'''. |
3 | |
4 | ->''"Some people think everything has to 'mean' something. Well, some things don't mean anything!"'' |
5 | -->-- '''Creator/GeorgeCarlin''' |
6 | |
7 | ->''"This story has everything! People! Furniture! Talking! It's a real American story!"'' |
8 | -->-- '''Hollywood Producer''', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E2CartmansMomIsStillADirtySlut Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut]]" |
9 | |
10 | ->'''[[Creator/StephenFry Director]]:''' Let's start right at the beginning, shall we? What's the word... what's the wonder, I wonder, that Creator/WilliamShakespeare decides to begin his sentence with here?\ |
11 | '''[[Creator/HughLaurie Drama Student]]:''' Uhh... "time", that's the first word.\ |
12 | '''Director:''' "Time".\ |
13 | '''Drama Student:''' Yeah.\ |
14 | '''Director:''' ''"Time".''\ |
15 | '''Drama Student:''' ...Yeah.\ |
16 | '''Director:''' And how does Shakespeare decide to spell it, Hugh?\ |
17 | ''[beat]''\ |
18 | '''Drama Student:''' T-I-M-E.\ |
19 | '''Director:''' T-I...?\ |
20 | '''Drama Student:''' M.\ |
21 | '''Director:''' ''M''-E!\ |
22 | '''Drama Student:''' Yeah.\ |
23 | '''Director:''' And what sort of spelling of the word "time" is that?\ |
24 | '''Drama Student:''' ...Well, it's the ordinary spelling.\ |
25 | '''Director:''' It's the ordinary spelling, isn't it, it's the ''conventional'' spelling. So why, out of all the spellings he ''could'' have chosen, did Shakespeare choose that one, do you think? |
26 | -->-- '''Cambridge Footlights 1981 revue''' |
27 | |
28 | ->''"I sit in the chair and think about the word chair. It can also mean the leader of a meeting. It can also mean a mode of execution. It is the first syllable in charity. It is the French word for flesh. None of these facts has any connection with the others."'' |
29 | -->-- ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'' |
30 | |
31 | ->'''Janice:''' Fucking look at him out there.\ |
32 | '''Bobby:''' What?\ |
33 | '''Janice:''' I've seen that 'sitting in the chair' thing.\ |
34 | '''Bobby:''' Come on! [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs People Sit In Chairs]]. |
35 | -->-- ''Series/TheSopranos'', "[[Recap/TheSopranosS6E13SopranoHomeMovies Soprano Home Movies]]" |
36 | |
37 | ->''"'Local Resident Watches Pole?' No one's gonna pay to read this malarkey! When you write these stories, you've gotta use a little imagination, boy."'' |
38 | -->-- '''Mr. Krabs''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS6E9BoatingBuddiesTheKrabbyKronicle The Krabby Kronicle]]" |
39 | |
40 | ->''"WHAT A SENSATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A STORY! I CAN SEE THE HEADLINE NOW: 'A DOG EXISTS SOMEWHERE.' FRANKLY, I'M BLOWN AWAY."'' |
41 | -->-- '''Mettaton''', ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' |
42 | |
43 | ->''''I find shock is best absorbed with the knees bent.'''' |
44 | -->--'''Film/TheWickerMan''' |
45 | |
46 | ->''"It's not just a story of things, it's a story of people sitting on things."'' |
47 | -->-- '''Series/PhilomenaCunk''', ''Cunk on Britain'' |
48 | |
49 | ->'''Goss''': Fine, fine, just have your Klingon servant get us some chairs.\ |
50 | '''Worf''': I am in charge of Security.\ |
51 | '''Goss''': Then who gets the chairs?\ |
52 | '''Picard''': [=DaiMon=], due to the delicate nature of these negotiations, all parties have agreed that one representative would suffice. Now I will be happy to provide your consuls with accommodations and you may have my chair. |
53 | -->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E8ThePrice The Price]]" |
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