Line #44 Quotes/CripplingOverspecialization


1	->''"This was not done by [[{{Film/Blacula}} blaculas]], but I'm not willing to rule out Caucasian vampires."''
2	-->-- '''Jefferson Twilight''', Blacula Hunter, ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''
3
4	->'''The Spy:''' ''Haw Haw!'' What are you going to do, run five miles away and ''shoot'' me?
5	->'''The Sniper:''' [[LastSecondWordSwap Ye- No]]... (''How did he know?'')
6	-->-- ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', "[[http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day07_english.htm The Insult]]"
7
8	->''"An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less."''
9	-->-- '''Nicholas Murray Butler'''
10
11	->''"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."''
12	-->-- '''Creator/RobertAHeinlein'''
13
14	->''"Let no way be my way."''
15	-->-- '''Creator/BruceLee'''
16
17	->''"I built a comp-sci major and the game locked me in a room with a robo-bully and his fully automatic arm cannon."''
18	-->-- ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', on the boss battles in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
19
20	->''"He who is skilled with a hammer [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer thinks everything is a nail.]]"''
21	-->-- '''Abraham Maslow'''
22
23	->'''Jeremy Clarkson''': Unlike James', [[TanksButNoTanks mine]] is white. It's also absolutely excellent. The tiller on the front is used for mine-clearance, but it can also be used for pulling down houses... in my mind. ''[looks away]'' What?
24	-> [...]
25	->'''Richard Hammond''': It's a bit focused on one thing, isn't it? ''Mine clearance''. That's what it is: a mine clearing machine.
26	->'''Jeremy''': Yes.
27	->'''Richard''': But we're not clearing mines, we're knocking a house down. ''You've focused on one thing, and we're not doing that thing''.
28	->'''James May''': It's a ''very'' specialized piece of equipment, this.
29	->'''Jeremy''': Incredibly specialized. The cab is on hydraulic rams. It senses your weight and raises it to the correct height so if there is a blast underneath, you're cushioned from that blast.
30	->'''Richard''': Again. Amazing, but it ''won't'' be. Because we're ''not'' clearing a minefield, we're knocking houses down.
31	->'''Jeremy''': You wait.
32	-->-- ''Series/TopGear'' [[note]][[SubvertedTrope Turns out Clarkson is right; it is good at knocking down houses too.]][[/note]]
33
34	->''"You should not have a favorite weapon. To become over−familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well."''
35	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi''', ''The Book Of Five Rings''
36
37	->'''Disgust''': Riley is acting so weird. Why is she acting so weird?\
38	'''Anger''': What do you expect? All the islands are down!\
39	'''Disgust''': Joy would know what to do.\
40	'''Fear''': That's it! Until she gets back, we just do what Joy would do!\
41	'''Disgust''': [[SarcasmMode Great idea!]] Anger, Fear, Disgust... ''how are'' '''''we''''' ''supposed to be happy!?'' Hmm?\
42	'''Jill''': Hey, Riley, I've got good news! I found a junior hockey league right here in San Francisco, and get this: tryouts are tomorrow after school. What luck, right?\
43	'''Anger''': Hockey?\
44	'''Disgust''': [[OhCrap Uh-oh, what do we do?]]\
45	'''Fear''': Guys... uh... ''[stammers incoherently]'' Here! ''[shoves Disgust to the controls]'' You-you pretend to be Joy!\
46	'''Jill''': Won't it be great to be back out on the ice?\
47	'''Riley''': ''[Disgust presses a button, resulting in a sarcastic response]'' Oh, yeah. That sounds fantastic.\
48	'''Fear''': What was THAT!? That wasn't anything like Joy!\
49	'''Disgust''': Uh, because [[CaptainObvious I'm not Joy]]?\
50	'''Fear''': Yeah! No kidding!
51	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''
52
53	->'''Shaolin Abbot:''' What is the highest technique you hope to achieve?
54	->'''Lee:''' To have no technique.
55	-->-- ''Film/EnterTheDragon''
56
57	->''"Why the fuck would anyone specialize in shotguns when a shotgun is a situational weapon? What are you gonna do if there's an enemy more than ten feet away, throw your shoes at him?"''
58	-->-- ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' on ''Videogame/AlphaProtocol''
59
60	->''"For years I have railed against the use and manufacture of what I call "unitaskers" in the kitchen -- that is, devices that are basically created for one job and one job only. You buy these items, you use them, and then they simply pile up until you have to tear down your house and build another one."''
61	-->--'''Alton Brown''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgFeVlw2Ywg reviews Amazon's dumbest kitchen gadgets]]
62
63	->''"I wouldn't last five minutes out of the library ecosystem. It would be like one of those deep-sea fish that explode when you bring them to the surface."''
64	-->--'''Claire''' on her [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3862 academic interests]], ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''
65
66	->''[[BigWhy WHY?!]] Why'd I put all my points into [[ConArtist BARTERING]]?!''
67	-->--'''Tiffany''', ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''
68
69	->''"This is absurd! I am making the best use of my spell resources as I am able, but how in the infinite planes of existence am I supposed to be capable of defeating [[EvilCounterpart a wizard]] who has tailored not just his [[VancianMagic daily spells]] but his very '''[[RPGMechanicsVerse build]]''' specifically to defeat... [[EurekaMoment me.]]"''
70	-->--'''Vaarsuvius''', on hir [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0799.html opponent Zz'dtri]], ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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72	->'''Eggman''': Did I [[CurbStompBattle beat you too sufficiently before]] and knock the memory of your defeat out of your head? This [[PoweredArmor battle armor]] was specifically designed to out-perform you at every level! It is impossible for you to overcome me!\
73	'''Sonic''': [''smirks''] Yeah, I figured as such. Which means you've got nothing against these guys!\
74	'''Sally''': Freedom Fighters! Chaotix! ''Attack!''\
75	[''the combined forces of the Freedom Fighters and Team Chaotix easily and utterly dismantle the Egg Beater, sending Eggman packing'']
76	-->--''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''
77
78	->''This is Agent Mother. [[WorldsStrongestMan She's strong]], but [[TheDitz bad at everything else]].''
79	-->--'''Anya''', on her adopted mother, Yor, ''Manga/SPYxFAMILY''
80
81	->''One day you find out there is a rat man inside the basement and you call the cops,\
82	But the cops don't take it seriously, so you call the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} instead!\
83	The Ghostbusters are ill-equipped\
84	They only have ghost-busting weapons\
85	But they should have brought... a shotgun!\
86	But I have a gun, so I kill them instead!\
87	Oh no! It's murder!''
88	-->--'''Ghost Buster.mp3''', ''Music/SuperGhostbusters''
89
90	->''When the 2018 season rolled around, so did a brand new Bombshell. The robot had undergone a significant redesign, removing its [[MultiMeleeMaster modularity]] in favor of [[StoneWall an enormous chunk of sloping armor on its front]] meant to do one thing and one thing only: [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable finally beat Tombstone]].\
91	Unfortunately, it turns out that a robot designed to beat one specific robot and only that robot is laughably ineffective against any other robot. [...] [Bombshell] ended its guaranteed four fights with zero wins and four losses, almost all of them [[CurbStompBattle achieved in under two minutes]], and many involving [[MadeOfIncendium quite a bit of smoke or outright fire erupting from Bombshell for seemingly no reason]].''
92	-->-- '''[=BananaVenom=]''' [[https://old.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oa4bj4/battlebots_bombshell_how_a_dud_made_the_bracket/ recounts]] Bombshell's 2018 appearance on ''Series/BattleBots''
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94	->'''[[BlindWeaponmaster Kenshi]]''': Look at me, Cage. I'm useless.\
95	'''Dunkey''': Hey, you're not useless, okay? [[DamnedByFaintPraise You're just extremely situational.]]
96	-->--''LetsPlay/VideogameDunkey,'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRiOjUh6DbY Mortal Kombat 1 (Mortal Kombat 12)]]
97
98	->''Dr. Gordon is a specialist. You know, he's making money on his specialty. He's not a thinker. I mean, the man has his hand on the doorknob half the time that I'm there.''
99	-->--'''John Kramer''', ''Film/SawVI''

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