“One Ring to Rule Them All”
“ET Phone Home”
“You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of. - But you have heard of me.”
“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid, I can’t do that.”
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
For 40k, I actually feel like “An open mind is like a fortress with its gates open and unbarred” is a cooler, if less iconic quote. It just conveys the ridiculous dystopia of the Imperium so well and so quickly.
But yeah gotta love the classic BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! YOUR CORPSE-EMPEROR WILL NOT SAVE YOU!
A more recent one that really struck me hard was the date lines in True Detective - Night Country.
Dec. 22nd Third Day of Night
It really grounded me how fucking creepy it must be to see the sunset and know it’s not coming back for months.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer…”
“Luke there’s a whole bunch of stars out there and we’re declaring war on all of them Luke” - Han Solo, Stars War