History Quotes / CuttingTheKnot

->''Alexander the Great solved the Gordian knot by cutting it with his sword. Well, ''I'm'' great. What's more is [[BadassBookworm I would have the brains]] to solve it without ''cheating''. I could do ''better'' than Alexander the Great. Okay, I admit, that's a tall order, and I'm not in the greatest position to be making that claim at the moment, but c'mon, my name's ''Gordon''. As if I can't solve a [[FunWithHomophones Gordian]] knot. See, by cutting the knot in half, that makes Alexander the Great look kinda dumb, because then everyone thinks he ''can't'' solve it, he can only smash things with his sword. I mean, yeah, that ''worked'', but if you ''really'' wanna deify yourself, you solve the knot just to show you ''can'', ''then'' you cut people's heads off.''

'''Veronica:''' Ok...that worked. Gonna be some pissed computer techs up here, but--\\

-->-- '''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

-->--'''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHV2OXnH9g Let's Drown Out]] Real VideoGame/{{Myst}}'''''

->When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces there's only one thing to do: kick over the table.

-> Solve a man's problems with violence, help him for a day. ''Teach'' a man to solve his problems with violence, help him for a lifetime!

-->-- ''[[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/SerpentIsle/Update%2053/index.html Let's Play Ultima VII Part 2: Serpent Isle,]]'' after using [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Mass Death]] on all the numbered automatons in the Temple of Logic

->Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

-->-- FlavorText on [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/details.aspx?name=Impervious%20Greatwurm Impervious Greatwurm]], a building-sized monster with stats five times that of the average creature, ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

->Alexander the Great solved the Gordian knot by cutting it with his sword. Well, ''I'm'' great. What's more is [[BadassBookworm I would have the brains]] to solve it without ''cheating''. I could do ''better'' than Alexander the Great. Okay, I admit, that's a tall order, and I'm not in the greatest position to be making that claim at the moment, but c'mon, my name's ''Gordon''. As if I can't solve a [[FunWithHomophones Gordian]] knot. See, by cutting the knot in half, that makes Alexander the Great look kinda dumb, because then everyone thinks he ''can't'' solve it, he can only smash things with his sword. I mean, yeah, that ''worked'', but if you ''really'' wanna deify yourself, you solve the knot just to show you ''can'', ''then'' you cut people's heads off.

->'''Sebastian:''' The man refuses to take us in his carriage no matter how much we offer.
->'''Ciel:''' Then ask him how much the ''carriage'' costs.

->'''Vila:''' You were supposed to disconnect that thing, not rely on Gan to tear it loose with his teeth!
-->--''Series/BlakesSeven''

->'''Akira:''' You...figured out who's the [Stand] user. How?
->'''Okuyasu:''' It was easy.
->'''Akira:''' Tell me already!
->'''Okuyasu:''' I was gonna beat the shit out of both of you and sort it out later. That deduction stuff is for the birds.

->Alexander the Great solved the Gordian knot by cutting it with his sword. Well, ''I'm'' great. What's more is [[GeniusBruiser I would have the brains]] to solve it without ''cheating''. I could do ''better'' than Alexander the Great. Okay, I admit, that's a tall order, and I'm not in the greatest position to be making that claim at the moment, but c'mon, my name's ''Gordon''. As if I can't solve a [[FunWithHomophones Gordian]] knot. See, by cutting the knot in half, that makes Alexander the Great look kinda dumb, because then everyone thinks he ''can't'' solve it, he can only smash things with his sword. I mean, yeah, that ''worked'', but if you ''really'' wanna deify yourself, you solve the knot just to show you ''can'', ''then'' you cut people's heads off.

'''Coulson:''' You might want to step back.

-->-- ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable''

-->--''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', [[http://www.goblinscomic.com/11232009/ here]].