Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the galaxy, there lay a small, unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting it at a distance of roughly ninety-three million miles there was a perfectly ordinary little blue-green world whose ape-descended inhabitants were so amazingly primitive, they still thought digital watches were a pretty neat idea.
- from the introduction to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"I only speak two languages - English and bad English!"
- Corbin Dallas, The Fifth Element
"There were better ways of dealing with that reporter than knocking her on her ass! Personally satisfying as that was to see."
- Adm. Hackett, in one alternative cutscene in Mass Effect
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Sodium is a metal that reacts explosively when exposed to water. Chlorine is a gas that'll kill you dead in moments. Together they make my fries taste good.