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PippingFool Eclipse the Moon from A Floridian Prison Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
Eclipse the Moon
#951: Apr 18th 2014 at 7:03:14 PM

Anything's a Dildo if you're brave enough. - Abraham Lincoln.

I'm having to learn to pay the price
Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#952: Apr 22nd 2014 at 6:23:50 PM

[up]And in most cases, suicidal. Now that's a rough way to go.

"I can't destroy these, I need them for my autobiography!" -Richard Nixon regarding his tapes

Olivetree ETERNAL from The Grave Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
ETERNAL
#953: Apr 23rd 2014 at 10:07:38 AM

"Dr Livingstone. We've been expecting you... I hope you'll enjoy being Britain's new Martyr" Sir Henry Morton Stanley upon meeting Dr David Livingstone in Africa.

"You'd never do something as irrational as dying."
maxwellelvis Mad Scientist Wannabe from undisclosed location Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: In my bunk
Mad Scientist Wannabe
#954: Apr 23rd 2014 at 11:47:27 AM

"What's a guy gotta do to get some privacy around here?" Dr. David Livingstone, upon being found by Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
Jinxmenow Ghosts N' Stuff Remix from everywhere you look, everywhere you look Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
Ghosts N' Stuff Remix
#955: Apr 23rd 2014 at 1:36:41 PM

"If there's one thing Gandhi stands for, it's revenge." Gandhi (really) (sort of)

"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
Lawyerdude Citizen from my secret moon base Since: Jan, 2001
Citizen
#956: Apr 23rd 2014 at 1:40:37 PM

"You shot me! You miserable dingus!" - Gandhi, quoting Alexander Hamilton.

edited 23rd Apr '14 1:40:58 PM by Lawyerdude

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.
maxwellelvis Mad Scientist Wannabe from undisclosed location Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: In my bunk
Mad Scientist Wannabe
#957: Apr 23rd 2014 at 5:20:53 PM

"If the British do not respond to our hunger strike, then we resort to nuclear force!" - Guess who?

edited 23rd Apr '14 5:21:15 PM by maxwellelvis

Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#958: Apr 24th 2014 at 1:26:33 AM

"Conceal, don't feel."

- Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#959: Apr 24th 2014 at 1:16:32 PM

Our words are backed by Nuclear Weapons - Julius Caesar.

Morgikit Mikon :3 from War Drobe, Spare Oom Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Mikon :3
#960: Apr 29th 2014 at 7:41:33 AM

"Either you're with us, or you're with the Carthaginians." - Cato the Elder

OmegaShadowcry Spooky Scary Boneheaded Man from The Arena Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Spooky Scary Boneheaded Man
#961: May 8th 2014 at 9:48:12 PM

"I swear, I had nothing to do with the time-traveling cockatrice being let out! It just happened!" - Pliney the Elder

"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous
Lawyerdude Citizen from my secret moon base Since: Jan, 2001
Citizen
#962: May 8th 2014 at 10:00:50 PM

"Let's bone until we evolve, baby." - Louis Leakey to Mary Leakey

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.
BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
Hey there! Having fun?
#963: May 10th 2014 at 5:55:16 PM

"Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle." — Charles Darwin

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#964: May 10th 2014 at 8:30:01 PM

"Headshot no scope n00bs!" - Simo Hayha

"Fucking camper." - Dying russian soldier.

edited 10th May '14 8:30:22 PM by Gaon

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
OmegaShadowcry Spooky Scary Boneheaded Man from The Arena Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Spooky Scary Boneheaded Man
#966: May 10th 2014 at 8:38:03 PM

"And you're sure that's it just wine and just a fake gun?" - Der Fuhrer

"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous
PippingFool Eclipse the Moon from A Floridian Prison Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
Eclipse the Moon
#967: May 10th 2014 at 11:20:34 PM

"Poland can into science!" - Marie Curie

Still can't into space though.

edited 10th May '14 11:20:41 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price
Morgikit Mikon :3 from War Drobe, Spare Oom Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Mikon :3
#968: May 12th 2014 at 11:19:41 AM

"Screw the rules, I have money!" - William "Boss" Tweed

Lawyerdude Citizen from my secret moon base Since: Jan, 2001
Citizen
#969: May 12th 2014 at 12:28:52 PM

"What's wrong with being called Sixtus the Sixth? Fine, I'll go by Francis. But any you sumbitches call me Frank, and I'll cut you." - Pope Francis

edited 12th May '14 12:29:04 PM by Lawyerdude

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.
resetlocksley Shut up! from Alone in the dark Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
Shut up!
#970: May 14th 2014 at 11:56:18 AM

"I aim to misbehave." -George Washington

Fear is a superpower.
ElectricNova Since: Jun, 2012
#971: May 14th 2014 at 11:57:40 AM

"Drop the towel"

Sir Francis Walsingham

Morgikit Mikon :3 from War Drobe, Spare Oom Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Mikon :3
#972: May 16th 2014 at 11:04:19 AM

"I fart in your general direction, English ka-nig-its!" - Joan of Arc

RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#973: May 16th 2014 at 11:13:09 AM

"My dear sir, care for tea in the Hagia Sophia?" - Constantine XI, 1453

"Yes please! Let us end this nonsense, you shall have your lands and we shall keep to ours. Tea and spices solve everything!" Mehmed the Pacifist of the Ottoman Empire

"Did you expect somebody else?"
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#974: May 16th 2014 at 11:15:11 AM

"Gotta catch 'em all." - Christopher Columbus

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#975: May 16th 2014 at 10:25:11 PM

"You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Catholic Church, commander of the Swiss Guard! The french will NOT AVAIL YOU, Duke of Bourbon! Go back to the shadow! YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!" - Kaspar Roist during the Last Stand of the Swiss Guard

edited 16th May '14 10:25:23 PM by Gaon

"All you Fascists bound to lose."

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