Tony Stark: Hey, Banner, want a piece?
Bruce Banner:...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?
The wizard known as Rincewind lurched into the room, white-faced, and stopped in front of the table.
"I do not wish to volunteer for his mission," he said.
"I beg your pardon?" said Lord Vetinari.
"I do not wish to volunteer, sir."
"No one was asking you to."
Rincewind wagged a weary finger. "Oh, but they will, sir, they will. Someone will say: 'hey, that Rincewind fella, he's the adventurous sort, he knows 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.'" He sighed. "And then I'll run away, and probably hide in a crate somewhere that'll be loaded on to the flying machine in any case."
"Will you?"
"Probably, sir. 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."
"I think you've left out a logical step somewhere," said the Patrician.
"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."
"He's got a point, you know," said Ridcully. "He seems to come back from all sorts of-"
"You see?" Rincewind gave Lord Vetinari a jaded smile. "I've been living my life for a long time. I know how it works."
"I do not wish to volunteer for his mission," he said.
"I beg your pardon?" said Lord Vetinari.
"I do not wish to volunteer, sir."
"No one was asking you to."
Rincewind wagged a weary finger. "Oh, but they will, sir, they will. Someone will say: 'hey, that Rincewind fella, he's the adventurous sort, he knows 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.'" He sighed. "And then I'll run away, and probably hide in a crate somewhere that'll be loaded on to the flying machine in any case."
"Will you?"
"Probably, sir. 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."
"I think you've left out a logical step somewhere," said the Patrician.
"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."
"He's got a point, you know," said Ridcully. "He seems to come back from all sorts of-"
"You see?" Rincewind gave Lord Vetinari a jaded smile. "I've been living my life for a long time. I know how it works."
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
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, "Back in Time"
I'm going to be late for work. Again!
After arriving at NERV headquarters, 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.
"If elected in November," the 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 go to Korea he did, resentfully.
— Gore Vidal, "State of the Union 1975"
John Connor: This is John Connor, at Crystal Peak.
SAC Nellis: Connor? What the hell is happening? Who's in charge there?
[Connor hesitates]
John Connor: ...I am.
SAC Nellis: Connor? What the hell is happening? Who's in charge there?
[Connor hesitates]
John Connor: ...I am.
Nico: (as Kiryu) Haruka, I...I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't avoid the call, alright?! I'm on the cover of the box, Haruka! I have to do it.
"We cannot escape this fate! Far better for you to rid yourself of any hope. It is time for you to accept the cycle and embrace combat's grim pleasure!"
