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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#1201: Oct 2nd 2016 at 8:39:09 PM

"A blond Australian hunk's going to star in a movie using my name as a pseudonym for his peasant character when he takes up jousting, and it's going to be one of the main reasons people end up knowing that I actually existed. WTF !?! Isn't the fact I win tournaments wearing ladies dresses not enough for these people?" - Sir ULLLLRICH VOOONNN LICHT-ENS-TEIN!!!!

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#1202: Oct 9th 2016 at 7:13:15 AM

January 20th, 2017...

Hillary Clinton, at her inauguration: "I'd like to thank Donald Trump for making this moment possible... in fact, for making it ridiculously easy!"

Donald Trump: "Heh. She owes me, I win!"

edited 9th Oct '16 2:19:25 PM by pwiegle

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WilliamRadarStorm my current job from News Station NT Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
my current job
#1203: Nov 16th 2016 at 9:08:29 AM

"How could this happen? The speeches were lousy and long, we did everything wrong... Where did we go right?"

- Trump's campaign managers.

edited 16th Nov '16 9:08:56 AM by WilliamRadarStorm

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.
skunky Since: Jul, 2016
#1205: Nov 24th 2016 at 11:21:00 AM

"Doesn't this belong in forum games?" - William Shakespeare

CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from that rainy city where they throw fish (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#1206: Nov 24th 2016 at 8:28:12 PM

"I never really said half the things I said." - Oscar Wilde

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#1207: Dec 4th 2016 at 9:45:39 AM

[up] Isn't that one genuine? Or at least, has been attributed to him?

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from that rainy city where they throw fish (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#1208: Dec 4th 2016 at 10:36:13 AM

It was actually said by Yogi Berra.

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
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
#1209: Dec 4th 2016 at 4:08:19 PM

"The Internet is for porn

The Internet is for porn

Why you think the net was born?

Porn Porn Porn!"

-Tim Berners-Lee

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#1210: Dec 4th 2016 at 5:18:03 PM

And Shepherds we shall be For thee, my Lord, for thee.

Power hath descended forth from Thy hand.

Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.

So we shall flow a river forth to Thee And teeming with souls shall it ever be.

In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti!

- Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as they gun down ISIS terrorists in St. Peter's Basillica.

edited 4th Dec '16 5:18:25 PM by Gaon

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
RandomWriter413 Since: Feb, 2016
#1211: Dec 4th 2016 at 5:33:13 PM

"If it works in 1984, it should work for us!" -Kim Jong Un.

Almohad Since: Jan, 2016
CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from that rainy city where they throw fish (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#1213: Dec 8th 2016 at 7:09:10 PM

"I left my spleen in San Francisco. It's splattered on a sidewalk somewhere." - Evel Knievel

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
WilliamRadarStorm my current job from News Station NT Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
my current job
#1214: Dec 10th 2016 at 11:48:32 AM

"It looks photoshopped."

-anon, on Stalin's official photos.

The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#1215: Dec 14th 2016 at 1:30:08 PM

"One good turn deserves another only leaves the whole world dizzy"

Mahatma Gandhi

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
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
#1216: Jan 20th 2017 at 10:13:52 AM

"I see dead people"

-Baron Trump.

RandomWriter413 Since: Feb, 2016
#1217: Jan 20th 2017 at 5:53:14 PM

"Happy Birthday! :D" -Stalin, in a telegram to the German High Command, moments before the shelling of Berlin.

FluffyMcChicken My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare from where the floating lights gleam Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#1220: Jul 22nd 2017 at 3:16:01 PM

"Oh no, it's a GOTH!" - Emperor Honorius, probably.

edited 22nd Jul '17 3:17:37 PM by Balmung

CodyTheHeadlessBoy The Great One from Parts Unknown Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
The Great One
#1221: Jul 22nd 2017 at 10:24:48 PM

"RAMMING SPEED!!!" Captain of The Titanic. Ironically there's a theory going that if they actually did ram the iceberg head on they probably wouldn't have sank.

"If everybody is thinking alike, somebody isn't thinking"- George S. Patton
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#1223: Aug 20th 2017 at 10:20:58 PM

"I have the power of God and anime on my side!" - Amakusa Shirō, shortly before the Shimabara Rebellion

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#1224: Aug 21st 2017 at 8:16:52 AM

So Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer want to record one of my songs, and it won't come out till after they and I are both dead? Okay, I guess.

Bob Marley.

MasterInferno It's Like Arguing on the Internet from Tomb of Malevolence Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
It's Like Arguing on the Internet
#1225: Aug 25th 2017 at 8:11:25 PM

"I am the Architect. I created the Matrix."

— Colonel Sanders

Somehow you know that the time is right.

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