"From hell's heart, I stab at thee!"

[NotHardUp1]

Some quotes are so enduring, so quintessential, they not only survive and are remembered, they are reused in new settings, sometimes as a mere allusion to the original setting, but other times in irony, or contradiction.

Just as the thread title was used first in a novel and then well placed in a futuristic movie, share some other quote you have heard reused poignantly, wittily, or otherwise in a second setting.

 

[HoodedRat]

...share some other quote you have heard reused poignantly, wittily, or otherwise in a second setting.

Almost everything ever written by 'Shakespeare'™, even when the quoter has absolutely no understanding of the original context.

Closely followed by a myriad of Biblical quotes; especially from the OT, and usually from the KJ version, especially when the quoter has absolutely no understanding of the original context.

 

[gsdx]

Almost everything ever written by 'Shakespeare'™, even when the quoter has absolutely no understanding of the original context.

Jean-Luc Picard was the best, whether he was taking on a Q:

or a DaiMon:

 

[NotHardUp1]

Almost everything ever written by 'Shakespeare'™, even when the quoter has absolutely no understanding of the original context.

Closely followed by a myriad of Biblical quotes; especially from the OT, and usually from the KJ version, especially when the quoter has absolutely no understanding of the original context.

Agreed, but it would be a lot more interesting to see an example of either, or both.

Jean-Luc Picard was the best, whether he was taking on a Q:

or a DaiMon:

Excellent examples. "Warp Nine!"

 

[gsdx]

^ Even Picard's 'Drumhead' speech sounds as though it were written by some famous writer or philosopher instead of by a writer for a cable television science fiction programme:

 

[NotHardUp1]

It does. I would attribute that to the writing of genre work. Satire, philosophy, religion, romance, and others all have styles that are recognized and imitated.

 

[mydrew1]

Darth Vader: "I find your lack of faith disturbing!"

Boromir "One does not simply walk into Mordor!"