->''"Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless experience proves you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor ''is'' naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza."''
-->-- The personal creed of '''{{WesternAnimation/Daria}} Morgendorffer'''

->''"No, I didn't win. But at least I didn't make any new friendships."''
-->-- '''April Ludgate''', ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''

->''"One desperate attempt after another to find something in common with someone else and then cling. 'Hey, you have ten fingers, I have ten fingers, let's be friends. We'll make rules and slogans. Then if we find someone with nine fingers, we can beat the crap out of them.'"''
-->-- '''Georgia Lass''' (on the topic of human contact), ''Series/DeadLikeMe''

->''"After all, the fate of the world rests on my pitching... the world sure isn't worth much these days."''
-->-- '''Kyon''', ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''

->''"I want to believe that cynicism comes from loving the world too much to let it get away with less."''
-->-- ''Rock, Paper, Cynic'', [[http://rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2009-11-06 this strip]]

->''"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office."''
-->-- '''Creator/HLMencken'''

->'''David:''' I'm also slowly coming to the conclusion that one writer does all the dialogue for Lois Lane... Everything she says sounds like an out of context bit of a dirty limerick.\\
'''Chris:''' Do you think it's the same guy who does Chloe's? Because I like to imagine two middle-aged dudes loosening their ties and rolling up their sleeves, sitting at desks across from each other, going back and forth to see who can be the most grating.\\
'''David:''' If it isn't, then they must have a Lois Lane Dialogue Style Guide:\\
* Use alliteration as much as possible\\
* Belittle and infantilize the opposition
-->-- '''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ("Scion")

->''"To live alone one must be a [[LonersAreFreaks beast]] or a [[AngelUnaware god]], says Creator/{{Aristotle}}. Leaving out [[TakeAThirdOption the third case]]: one must be both -- a philosopher."''
-->-- '''Creator/FriedrichNietzsche'''

->''"To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be."''
-->-- '''Creator/ThomasLigotti'''
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