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**Heretic DeAvelo**

I've been playing a game of 40K and during it my rather amusing opponent begun quoting his army as it fought. "RED TRUKKS GO FASTA" he called as his Red Trukk sped across the battlefield demolishing everything that got in its way... (it took a group of terminators and my Librarian to take it out - beside the point).

I want to know what your favorite quote from Warhammer 4000 is and who has said it. If you have a quote you've made which you think would be spoken/shouted/or any other add them here.

The quote I chose seems to have a mystical feel, something almost sadistic which allows you to get an idea of the galaxies scope (if oyu know the basics of the background stories and concepts for 40K that is. So just always remember,
"The universe is a big place, whatever happens, you will not be missed..." (40K Rule Book)

**Tri**

Page 118 - "Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realise that you have no right to let them live"

**vodo40k**

"show me a fortress and I shall show you a ruin" -a random silver skulls captain
"hope is the first step on the road to disappointment" -Rule book
"An open mind is like a fortress with its entrances unbarred and unguarded" -Rule book

**DarkHound**

"If a man dedicates his life to good deeds and the welfare of others, he will die unthanked and unremembered. If he excercises his genius bringing misery and death to billions, his name will echos down through the millennia for a hundred lifetimes. Infamy is always more preferable to ignominy."
-Fabius Bile at the Desecration of Kanzuz IX

Something to live by.

**Mekboy**

'If we win, we win. If we die, we die'z fightin, so it don't count. If we run away, we come back for anuvva go, see?''

Ork codex.

**Anarchyman99**

"Sometimes a dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords at dawn" - I think the 3rd Ed Rulebook, but unsure

**Little lord Fauntleroy**

If we're talking favourite quotes:

"Let them hide in their fortress. My crew could use the target practise"
"Victory does not always rest with the big guns. But, if we rest in front of them, we shall be lost"
Space Marine codex

"They believe we are at their mercy, Captain. Shall we begin the lesson?"
"Er...boss. Remember on Borsk when da sky caught on fire and we saw them comet-fings with da Emperor's boys in 'em? Well, here they come again...."
Planetstrike

An my absolute favourite quote..."My sword is the Emperors. I answer to no other man, living or dead", purely because one of my regular gaming companions used nearly those exact words (substitute 'the Emperors' for 'Emilys' and man for woman) when defending her honour from a group of marauding chavs.

@Tri and Vodo40k-what are those things in your avatars?

**Tri**

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:
@Tri and Vodo40k-what are those things in your avatars?

RAW fight with gwar about wielding weapons. To me wielding means using, to him it means having.

So as not to derail another quote, from the spine of Dark Eldar "Pray they don't take you alive"

**Little lord Fauntleroy**

Three weapons....so much destruction....so beautiful.....

Ahem. So as not to go off topic, heres more good quotes-"Fetch me another plaything. This one seems to have broken."
"Death is my meat, Terror my wine"

Dark Eldar codex. Man, even though it's old, I still love that codex

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**CadianXV**

Infantry win firefights. Tanks win battles. Artillery wins wars.

Classic.

**vodo40k**

My avatar in full:
http://KingMonster.deviantart.com/art/Synthea-comic-191-93318655

Nothing to do with 40k but i like the pic. Read the full comic if you want to know about it

. (all rights go to the guy who drew it)

**Kommandant56434**

I have no idea where i saw this, maybe in the rulebook, "Life is a prison, death a release."

**person person**

4th ed. SM codex, chapter trait quote.

"No man died in His service that died in vain." Also^

"I can pulp flesh and snap your bones in less than than a second, and without so much as lifting a finger. What is the power of your technology compared to that?" 5th ed. SM codex.

**Quintinus**

"Dere's somefing wrong wif da yoof of today"-Waargh:Orks, talking about the Storm Boys. I lol'd when I read that.

**Kapitan Montag**

" Sanity ... is for the Weak!" from DoW game. Always makes me smile.

**DeathwingCrusader**

There are three quotes from the rulebook that I like:

"In any army, balance is the key to success. A commander who puts his faith in heavy weaponry alone will be outmanoeuvered. A commander who relies on close combat without support will lose his force to enemy fire. Each element must work in harmony, so that the effectiveness of the army is greater than the sum of its parts."

"Before committing your forces, examine the situation. Review your own strength, and that of the enemy. Remember your own objectives, and try to anticipate those of your opponent. He who fights without understanding the battle he is fighting places himself at a disadvantage."

"Do not strike until you are ready to crush the enemy utterly, and then attack without mercy, destroy every vestige of resistance, leave no-one to work against you."

**Cheese Elemental**

"Never forget, Lord Bale, all power demands sacrifice. Thank you for yours."
-Sindri Myr, Alpha Legion Sorcerer.

**QuietOrkmi**

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!! - Ork Warboss

**LiberatedObject**

QuietOrkmi wrote:WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!! - Ork Warboss

Classic quote

As for one of mine, I'd have to say it's...
"Victory needs no explanation, defeat allows none."

**ogre_99_99**

-Only the insane have strength enough to prosper; Only those who prosper may truly judge what is sane.

-Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader

**Cheese Elemental**

Success is measured in blood; yours or your enemy's.

Never forgive, never forget.

A small mind is a tidy mind.

It is better to die for the Emperor than live for yourself.

No man died in His service that died in vain.

**Norwulf**

"Follow me if I advance.
Kill me if I retreat.
Avenge me if I die." -Warmaster Solon

"If all else fails: duck. As a defensive stratagem it's unreliable, but incredibly reasuring for a moment or two." -Lord Corvis of Petrax

both quotes are from the 40k rulebook from AOBR

**Cheese Elemental**

"Da only lost race I ever 'eard of woz when Hef lost dat cross-dezert rally. Cost me a few teef, dat."
-an Ork on the mysteries of his race.

**Obsidian**

Ere we go, ere we go, ere we go.
Ere we go, ere we go, cross the Kosmos.
Ere we go, ere we go, ere we go.
Ere we go, ere we go, tbroo infinity.
Ere we go, ere we go, ere we go.
Don't know where we're goin' til we get there.

Orkish space chant, intoned when hitching onto space hulks

**DarkHound**

Norwulf wrote:"Follow me if I advance.
Kill me if I retreat.
Avenge me if I die." -Warmaster Solon

This is actually ninja'd from Napoleon.

**ashrog**

"Though my guards may sleep and my ships may lie at anchor, our foes know full well that the big guns never tire." ~3rd ed. rulebook, maybe?

"Fear not the death, brothers! For she is old and slow, and will never catch the Windrider Host!" ~Nuadhu, Fireheart. 3rd ed. Eldar Codex.

**Norwulf**

DarkHound wrote:
Norwulf wrote:"Follow me if I advance.
Kill me if I retreat.
Avenge me if I die." -Warmaster Solon
This is actually ninja'd from Napoleon.

Whoa I didnt know that, I love the quote though, just another reason I like Napoleon.

**RxGhost**

"Tyranids live to kill everything they see, then eat it, then poop out more Tyranids. Tau Crisis Suits are particularly difficult to pass."

**Little lord Fauntleroy**

List incoming."

"Innocence proves nothing"-DH codex-The best line ever invented, and the motto I live by
"Wherever you tread, tread lightly. We are closer than you think, and our blades are sharp"-SM codex
"Understand Mortals, that ecery one of you, each of your so called champions, are just a piece in the great game of our masters"
"Sarge, whats that smell? Sarge? Saaarge!"
"Where once was one, now there is two. Where once was pink, now is blue"-All from CD codex.
"Damn it, follow me. I'll show you how it's done."
""Who told you to die? Keep fighting!"-All from IG codex.

**jsullivanlaw**

"Shoot the big ones." Codex Imperalis Tactica for fighting Tyranids