Lucius Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games It may not be a motto, but some words to live by: Sane oat hood rugs. Lucius Alexander "Rise to vote, sir!" Is a motto for an enthusiastically democratic palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Here's a few that may or may not qualify as mottos... "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition." (from X-Men 2099) It may qualify as a motto, but it doesn't qualify as from X Men. It's from a WWII song written by a man named Frank Loesser, and the actual phrase is supposedly something said by a chaplain at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked it. US Army motto: This we'll defend US Air Force motto: Above all Lucius Alexander "Live not on evil" is a motto for a palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "Kill 'em all; let God sort 'em out." "Let us win your hearts and minds or we'll burn your damn huts to the ground." "I love the smell of napalm in the morning..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Typist Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Sane oat hood rugs. ...what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games ...what? Say it out loud, and sort of run the words together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Double Tap. Because anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Typist Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Say it out loud' date=' and sort of run the words together.[/quote'] ....ahhhh. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games John Crichton: I try to save a life a day... usually it's mine. I hate it when villains quote Shakespeare. Haven't you read the Super Villain's Handbook? This is where you're supposed to twirl your mustache and gloat. Can I get a, "Hell, yeah."? Ah, screw it. But I am not Kirk, Spock, Luke, Buck, Flash or Arthur frelling Dent. I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas. I love waiting to see how things go South. Hey, Sleeping Beauty... wake up and die... Freeze! Don’t move! Or I’ll fill you full of....little yellow bolts of light! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games What is the definition of "motto?" Lucius Alexander The palindromedary notes that Si nummi immunis is a lawyer's motto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "What's a motto?" "Nothing. What's a'motto with you?" Ba-dum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarretWallace Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games It may qualify as a motto, but it doesn't qualify as from X Men. It's from a WWII song written by a man named Frank Loesser, and the actual phrase is supposedly something said by a chaplain at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked it. No worries, I believe you as to that quote's original source, but the place where I read it was X-Men 2099. It's been a while, but I do remember it being uttered by one of the nuns who ministered to victims of narcotics wars in Central America. The original source is much more poignant of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow" --common saying from Viet Nam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCUBA Hero Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "Bastards Never Yield" (rep for the first correct posting of the source...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games No worries, I believe you as to that quote's original source, but the place where I read it was X-Men 2099. It's been a while, but I do remember it being uttered by one of the nuns who ministered to victims of narcotics wars in Central America. The original source is much more poignant of course. Cromwell supposedly said "Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry." The reason I'm asking us to define motto is that I don't think everything posted would or could really be a "motto." Lucius Alexander The palindromedary thinks "step on no pets" makes a fine motto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Not everything may be a motto but may lend itself to a a motto. "Those who dare, win" is a motto of the SAS. "Molon Labe" is sort of a motto, most 2nd amendment supporters know what it means. Mottos are short, and illustrate some virtue or defining feature of a group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarretWallace Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Not everything may be a motto but may lend itself to a a motto. Yeah, I suppose some of these postings (including most of my own) might be more appropriately placed on the gaming quotes thread, but at least they are good reads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games No worries, I believe you as to that quote's original source, but the place where I read it was X-Men 2099. It's been a while, but I do remember it being uttered by one of the nuns who ministered to victims of narcotics wars in Central America. The original source is much more poignant of course. I only learned about that recently - I always thought it was just made up for the song. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary proposes a motto for lawyers: Si nummi immunis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "There is no Justice. Just Us..." A dark motto if there ever was one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Compliments of Judge Dredd: I am the LAW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "I have something to say. It is better to burn out than to fade away." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games There is no justice. There is only defense, and deterrence, and revenge. From The Cassini Division Lucius Alexander Wash the sin as well as the face, says the palindromedary, but it's all Greek to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Hit a man hard enough, you can rob him once. Hit a man just right, and you can rob him every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston GM Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games What are some of your favorite mottos' date=' and have you used them in games?[/quote'] Both of these mottos come from campaigns I've played in. Both would work for Dark Champions villains. "Crazy, not stupid." - originally used by Malkavians, but would work equally well for the Idiot King "Anything that's not nailed down is mine. Anything that I can pry loose is not nailed down." - originally used by gypsies in a fantasy game, but would work equally well for any thieves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games "Only the bravest try where eagles and angels dare to fly." "Deeds, not words." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Re: Mottos for use in games Orlanth: Violence is always an option. Ernalda: There is always another way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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