Do you use Civ4 quotes in your everyday discussion?

[Böle 1]

My friends find it kind of amusing when I throw a Civ4 line like

"Do not throw an arrow which will return against you..."

or

"You can't direct the wind but you can adjust your sails".

Have you started to use those quotes in your everyday discussion? Which is your favourite quote?

 

[Bratmon]

"Meditation brings wisdom. Lack of meditation brings ignorance. Know well what brings you forward and what holds you back."

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I've only caught myself using one quote: "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."

I will often entertain/irritate my room mate with some nifty new Civ concept or game mechanic I've discovered or figured out. Poor guy. He plays, but not as often as I do.

I also find I use the word "DOW" a lot since I joined CFC.

Darn you guys! You've corrupted me!

 

[Matthew5117]

I say this ALL the time:

"Beep... beep... beep."

 

[searcheagle]

I've only caught myself using one quote: "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."

That was the quote I was going to mention.

I also use from time to time the Term ROP rape from my Days in the Civ 3 Forum. For Civ 4 only players, ROP=Right of Passage (now Open Borders) and the "rape" referred to staging your troops deep in your enemy land by using ROP and declaring war on them. This was followed by a march on their cities in the same turn.

 

[JonathanStrange]

I use Civ 4 quotes all the time in everyday discussions. It's stupid and silly I know because no one gets the references, some take me too seriously, and many people really are confused ("You're shooting arrows? At who? Did you bring arrows to work? 'Cause you know we have a "No Weapons" policy here. It makes for a better work environment.)

Nevertheless, I like being mock solemn and saying "If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both" even if there are no bunnies involved.

I also like "If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup" which I use to caution people who would post on Civfanatics opinions that go against the common "sure I reload battles, regenerate maps until I get what I want, go into Worldbuilder for resources and map info, play only maps I already know the shape of, etc. but nevertheless my victories are all skill" mindset of many forum members (present company excluded).

 

[r_rolo1]

"You can't trust a computer you can't throw out of a window" ( and sometimes not even the ones you can throw )

 

[sabo]

I like "If you chase two rabbits you will lose them both"

 

[kooboo]

I'm using the "The whole is more than sum of its parts"

 

[Peluin]

I use "So be it." (the only offered response to "THIS MEANS WAR") a lot, though that is rather generic.

 

[Ajidica]

I've actualy used quite a few Civ quotes in speaches Ive had to give, such as Dan Quayle saying 'The future will be better tomorrow' or the one for Fission 'If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst as once into the heavens, it would be like the comming of the mighty one. I have become death, destroyer of worlds' No one can beat Nimoy doing the Sattalites quote.

 

[Terrance888]

"Ho, Ho, Ho! Where should I put my nuke?"

 

[Quintillus]

I say this ALL the time:

"Beep... beep... beep."

That one catches me off-guard a lot. For some reason I never expect my computer to start saying, "Beep... beep... beep."

I wouldn't say "everyday discussion", but I've said a few of them on occasion. The only ones I can think of at the moment is, "You can have it in any color you want, so long as it's black" - Henry Ford, and the bureaucracy one. But it's more because they're good (and accurate ) quotes than anything.

 

[Cethegus]

"Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl."

Oh, how right Frederick was when he said that.

 

[jhans24]

I use the democracy one.

I tried using the mountain one once but I just went back to my old phrase meaning the same thing, "How do you eat an elephant? Small bites." Starting using it when playing cards and stuck a lot of money.

 

[col]

My words are backed with nuclear weapons

 

[Redcoat Captain]

"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, but the one most responsive to change."

Followed by a quizzical look from my dog

 

[Isikien]

My words are backed with nuclear weapons

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Usually it's "Some books are to be swallowed, others to be chewed and digested,"

 

[mechaerik]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Usually it's "Some books are to be swallowed, others to be chewed and digested,"

I don't know why, but i love when Nimoy says that. Just the inflection he gives to the ending:

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.