How many words are you having trouble with, sir?"
"Just the ones that I've highlighted."
"I count at least a dozen, and I haven't gotten out of the first paragraph."
"That's as far as I got, too. I'm not sure you and I speak the same language.
Tag: humour language vocabulary legalese
Is it really 'pro bono' if a lawyer takes your case in exchange for explosives?
-Captain Hartung
Tag: lawyer pro-bono explosives
This document outlines our plan to perpetrate insurance fraud, insider trading, and character assassination.
...hopefully tripling our paycheck on this job.
Okay, see? Those words I understand just fine. Use them more often.
-Lieutenant Massey Reynstein
Tag: money plans vocabulary criminals
The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.
Howard TaylerTag: violence threats spirit-versus-letter
When the enemy of my enemy is willing to use plasma weapons inside a hotel, I think I can do better than stupid aphorisms, General.
-Captain Kevyn Andreyasn
Ennesby, get the Serial Peacemaker to the beach for dustoff."
"Dustoff? You're going to run away from three guys?"
"No, I'm going to kill or capture those three guys, and then run away from the Police.
Tag: humour military crime sci-fi evasive-action
Technically, you don't pay me.
And technically, most of what I do is "think."
I...rrr. ummm.
And when you get right down to it, I'm better at it than you are.
-Ennesby
Tag: intelligence thinking humour military
Where's your sense of adventure?
It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi.
-Captain Tagon
Tag: humour self-preservation alibi mysterious-circumstances sense-of-adventure
Captain, I'm fairly unique among artificial intelligences. I am FREE.
I work for you because I want to.
I fly your ship for you because I enjoy it.
I am compelled to accept orders only by my conscience.
This makes me an equal with the rest of your troops. They aren't hard-wired to obey you, yet they'll follow you to the ends of the Universe.
Tag: freedom military loyalty artifical-intelligence
Yes, but none of them can steal my ship.
None of them are smart enough to know that it was the right thing to do at the time.
Tag: humour sci-fi stealing warship
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