History Quotes / AchievementsInIgnorance

->'''Robo:''' This is just... there can't be giant insects. They'd crush themselves.\\

-->--'''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants''', "The Dastardly Deeds of the Devious Diddlysaurus"

->[=McNoodlehead=], I am caught between loving this for how awesome it is and loving it for how completely ridiculous it is. You fought Angels without knowing you were fighting against the forces of a God, nonchalantly grabbed the prize that many people have never even caught a whiff of, all with the air of a giant Comedy of Errors show.\\
You ''bumbled'' your way into what some people consider ''winning the game.''\\
Amazing.

->I'm sure there will be even more changes before the endgame - things we can't even hope to predict now. And I'm just as sure that we'll get through them all. Not because we're destined, or chosen or fated or any of that clishéd heroic garbage. Nah. We'll get through because we're the ones who are too dumb to know when to quit. And let's face it: If idiocy becomes an asset in this fight, we'll all be unstoppable.

->Wait... give me a moment to process this. Are you telling me Conrad LARP'ed his way throughout the Terminus systems and inadvertently created a network for freelance mercenaries?

->But I've never flown before in my life, and it shows exactly what you can do, if you're a total psychotic!"
-->-- '''Leonard Zelig''', ''Film/{{Zelig}}''

-->-- '''Han Solo''', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''

-->-- ''Film/TheForceAwakens''

-->--''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''

->''“The most dangerous opponent for a master is a novice. Therefore, seek to be a novice in all things.”\\
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“One learns more from defeat than victory. Therefore, fear the general that has never won a battle.”\\
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“The heart of warfare is deception. Therefore, the general who can deceive even themselves is invincible.”''\\
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-->--'''Isabella the Mad, only general to ever defeat Theodosius the Unconquered on the field,''' ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''

->Dealing with a trained operative is like playing chess with a grandmaster. Dealing with criminals, on the other hand, is like playing checkers with a three-year-old: they like to change the rules.
-->-- '''Michael Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice''

'''Sigint:''' ''Beats me...maybe it's all in his mind.''\\

->[=McNoodlehead=], I am caught between loving this for how awesome it is and loving it for how completely ridiculous it is. You fought Angels without knowing you were fighting against the forces of a God, nonchalantly grabbed the prize that many people have never even caught a whiff of, all with the air of a giant Comedy of Errors show.

->You ''bumbled'' your way into what some people consider '''winning the game.'''

->Amazing.
-->--'''[=TalonisWolf=]''' [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=162870.msg7368584#msg7368584 on the Bay12 forums]] (Note that he's talking [[NintendoHard about]] ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption here]])

'''Black Mage''': We do it all the time. It's called ''not being so stupid that it warps the universe''!

-> "I'm sure there will be even more changes before the endgame - things we can't even hope to predict now. And I'm just as sure that we'll get through them all. Not because we're destined, or chosen or fated or any of that clishéd heroic garbage. Nah. We'll get through because we're the ones who are too dumb to know when to quit. And let's face it: If idiocy becomes an asset in this fight, we'll all be unstoppable."
-->-- Roy Greenhilt, ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

-->--'''Donatello''', after Michelangelo's goofy attempts to make retro-mutagen actually work, ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''

->Ha! I was only pretending to be a genius.
-->-- Johnny Concussion, ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''

->The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn't do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him; he does the thing he ought not to do; and often it catches the expert out and ends him on the spot.
-->-- Creator/MarkTwain

-->-- MarkTwain

->Hmmm. Ok. Well... the bad news is that this is a scroll of Locate creature - which is a completely useless spell in the current situation. The good news is that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

->"[=McNoodlehead=], I am caught between loving this for how awesome it is and loving it for how completely ridiculous it is. You fought Angels without knowing you were fighting against the forces of a God, nonchalantly grabbed the prize that many people have never even caught a whiff of, all with the air of a giant Comedy of Errors show.

->Amazing."

'''Pitt the Younger:''' Which is why we're too young to realize certain things are impossible. So, we will do them anyway.\\

'''Han Solo:''' I never ask that question until after I've done it.\\

-->-- '''Goku Black''' after using an [[LaserBlade energy]] [[SinisterScythe scythe]] to cleave a hole in reality, ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''

->'''Kaijin:''' How did you get [[OminousFloatingCastle up here?!]]\\
'''Stronger:''' Hmph! [[CrazyAwesome How should I know!]]

->'''Robo:''' This is just... there can't be [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant insects.]] [[SquareCubeLaw They'd crush themselves.]]\\

->Wait... [[LetMeGetThisStraight give me a moment to process this.]] Are you telling me [[HeroicWannabe Conrad]] LARP'ed his way throughout the Terminus systems and inadvertently created a network for freelance mercenaries?

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-->-- ''Film/{{Amazing Grace}}''

'''Han Solo:''' [[BadassBoast I never ask that question until after I've done it.]]\\

-->-- ''Discworld/EqualRites''

->Only [[BunglingInventor Bloody Stupid Johnson]] could have invented the 13-inch foot and [[AlienGeometries a triangle with three right angles in it]]. Only Bloody Stupid Johnson could have twisted common matter through dimensions it was not supposed to enter. And only Bloody Stupid Johnson could have done all this by accident.
-->-- ''Discworld/{{Thud}}''

'''Champion:''' [[HulkSpeak Witch not so smart. Ghosts no real, can’t hurt.]]\\

-->-- ''{{ComicStrip/Dilbert}}''

'''[[PlayerCharacter The Courier]]''': ...I have no idea.

'''[[MissionControl Para-Medic:]]''' What's up?\\

-> "I'm sure there will be even more changes before the endgame - things we can't even hope to predict now. And I'm just as sure that we'll get through them all. [[ScrewDestiny Not because we're destined, or chosen or fated or any of that clishéd heroic garbage.]] Nah. We'll get through because we're the ones who are too dumb to know when to quit. And let's face it: If idiocy becomes an asset in this fight, we'll all be unstoppable."

->Hmmm. Ok. Well... [[GoodNewsBadNews the bad news]] is that this is a scroll of Locate creature - which is a completely useless spell in the current situation. [[LampshadeHanging The good news is that]] [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.]]

''({{beat}})''\\

'''Carl:''' How about how they managed to find [[PaperThinDisguise a wheelbarrow, light bulbs and a desklamp]] on a crab-infested warship.\\

->[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Are you kidding me?]] You do ''one'' awesome thing, and you can't even remember how you did it?!

-->--'''[=TalonisWolf=]''' on the Website/Bay12 forums (Note that he's talking [[NintendoHard about]] ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption here]])

-->'''[=TalonisWolf=]''' on the Website/Bay12 forums (Note that he's talking [[NintendoHard about]] ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption here]])

->"You ''bumbled'' your way into what some people consider '''winning the game'''."

"You ''bumbled'' your way into what some people consider '''winning the game'''."

-->'''[=TalonisWolf=]''' on the Bay12 forums (Note that he's talking [[NintendoHard about]] ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption here]])