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I was wondering what evryones favourte 40k quotes are?

I have many.
"An open mind is like a fortress with its gate unbarred and unguarded"
"Space marines wear no camouflage, because what you can see you can learn to fear"
"Another day nearer the battle
So drink up, lads and look brave.
For another day nearer the battle
Is another day nearer the grave."
"Do not ask which creature screams in the night. Do not ask who crouches in the shadow. For it is my voice that wakes you in the night And me who watches you from the shadow.
I am Tzeentch and you are the puppet
That dances to my tune."
'Orkses is never beaten in battle. If we win we win, if we die so it don't count as beat. If we runs for it we don't die neither, so we can always come back for anuvver go, see!'
"We're the Death Korps of Krieg, son. Did you think that was just a pretty name? We never retreat. We fight and we die, that's the Krieg way."
"Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn!"

That last one was attributed to Kharn the Betrayer BTW, made me laugh

"INTO THE FIRES OF BATTLE! "
"FOR THE FALLEN"
"FOR THE DRAKE LORD!"
"vulkan lives."
Guess which chapter I like.

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

"Beastman bad. Bad Beastman. Dirty. Emperor no like. Beastman love Emperor. Give blood to Emperor, Give heads to Emperor. Say sorry." - Packmaster Grasht

I have many, including the entire Black Templar's Chaplain Grimaldus' speech when the Orks first attack Helsreach Hive at the Third War for Armageddon but there is one quote I honestly can relate to, daily:

"I don't have time to die...I'm too busy!" - High Lord Vandire's final words, Age of Apostasy

 ashcroft wrote:
"Beastman bad. Bad Beastman. Dirty. Emperor no like. Beastman love Emperor. Give blood to Emperor, Give heads to Emperor. Say sorry." - Packmaster Grasht

That is... ADORABLE!

"I'm not done with you Space Marine!!"
"But I am done with you, ork."

"Fenrys Hojlda!" every space wolf ever

"Some may question your right to consign a billion souls to oblivion. Those who understand know that you have no right to let them live."

"I'm excusing a lot because I recognize the trauma and the loss you have suffered. But my patience isn't limitless... unlike my authority." - Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn

"There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court. A plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time. Guilty." - Inquisitor Fyodor Karamazov

Anything Ork related.

So good.

"Dieing Race? This during Race just wiped out all of my men!"
"Though I have seen within the Black Library and spoken to its most terrible guardian, I can never reveal what happened there; not to any man nor even the Emperor himself for I am so forsworn to powers beyond your knowledge. I can only say that a time of inconceivable horror is about to begin. A time when mankind with all the might of the Imperium cannot endure when the strength of the Eldar fails. Even now, our doom stalks us across the stars."
"Let not the fear of death stay your hand nor defeat your courage. The warrior who will prevail is the one who conquers death, who becomes one with death as we have."
just a few of my favorites

"We are Alpha Legion, We are One."

"From Iron, cometh Strength. From Strength, cometh Will. From Will, cometh Faith. From Faith, cometh Honour. From Honour, cometh Iron. This is the Unbreakable Litany, and may it forever be so."

"All is Dust..."

"There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court. A plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time. Guilty."

 Murdius Maximus wrote:
"I'm not done with you Space Marine!!"
"But I am done with you, ork."

I do like this one a lot. Titus is a badass.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
"We are Alpha Legion, We are One."

"From Iron, cometh Strength. From Strength, cometh Will. From Will, cometh Faith. From Faith, cometh Honour. From Honour, cometh Iron. This is the Unbreakable Litany, and may it forever be so."

"All is Dust..."

"There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court. A plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time. Guilty."

These, and the one from In Externminatus Extremis, plus-

The Big E's Space Marine Speech.

"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!'
-Every single Berzerker ever.

Take their skulls, Kharn. Build me a throne."
-The Primarch Angron, after his ascension.

"Viris colratha dath sethicara tesh dasovallian. Solrathis veh za jass."
"Ave Dominus Nox!"
-The Night Lords.

and of course,

"Death to the False Emperor!"
-First Captain Sevetar, of the Night Lords.

"Ask not the Eldar a question, for they will give you three answers, all of which are true and terrifying to know."
"God-Emperor? Calling him a god was how all this mess started,"
"Are any of these people available for questioning?
-Not unless you want to stick your head down a tyranid's throat and shout "anyone at home?"

!What I cannot crush with words I will crush with the tanks of the Imperial Guard!! - Solar Macharius

When in deadly danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.

- Parody of the Litany of Command, popular among Commissar Cadets

None in particualr, a fellow recruit in basic training would mutter ''Hope is the first step on the road to disapointement'' whenever someone else would ''I hope X''

It was hilarious, and more often than not, true.

"That man is beset at all quarters by traitors, mutants and fiends is self-evident. But in truth none of these evils shall be our undoing.
When the end comes it will be not at the hand of any mortal being of this or any other realm: death will come at the hands of the ancients, those who determined our fate aeons before we stood erect upon the holy ground of Terra and gazed up into the starry night."
- Second Book of Admonitions

"The Orks are the pinnacle of creation. For them, the great struggle is won. They have evolved a society which knows no stress or angst. Who are we to judge them? We Eldar who have failed, or the Humans, on the road to ruin in their turn? And why? Because we sought answers to questions that an Ork wouldn't even bother to ask! We see a culture that is strong and despise it as crude." --Uthan the Perverse

Hands down my favorite.

"Do not grieve for the fallen, you will only waste time. Instead, pity the living."
"Victory does not always rest with the big guns: but, if we rest in front of them we shall be lost."
"Come you aliens, show me what passes for fury amongst your misbegotten kind!"
"No Fear! No Pity! NO REMORSE!"
"Show me a fortress and I'll show you a ruin."
"Dem Inquisishun humies can't be trusted any further dan day can be thrown, which in dat one's case might be a bad example."
"Travellin' through space is boring. Well, boring unless da hulk yer on is full of dem gene-sneakers, or a base fer da chaos lads wiv da spikes, or already has Boyz on it. Or if humie lootas come callin', that's always good fer a bit a sport. Or unless yer have a mutiny or two to pass da time, or unless strange fings start happenin', which dey usually do when yer out in da warp. One time we had some bloody great ugly fing come straight out of Weird Lugwort's 'ed! It butchered half da lads, that was pretty entertainin'. Come ter fink of it, space is a pretty good larf. And that's before yer find yerself a nice world ta crush!"
"I will never forget what I saw at Obsidian Station. The bones of five thousand brave men lay scattered about the winding corridors. Their blood was slick upon the walls and floors of the dormitories. Their innards were hung from control panels like grotesque decorations of some insane celebration. But not a single skull was to be found; taken as sick trophies by these despicable attackers."
"You think to challenge me, pitiful human? I, the bane of empires. the father of pain? Let me educate you; I need a new pet..."
Hope we're not confined to a word count here, because if we are i've exceeded it

The entire Ork codex, namely that on ork boyz view of humanity and its failing.


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also not a direct quote from in the game, but "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war" remains awesome.

 Bobthehero wrote:
"'Hope is the first step on the road to disapointement''

My favourite, I recall it being said in Dawn of War 2. They pulled off the atmosphere awesomely in that game.

(That said, I now use it with regards to hoping GW will get better.)

"Blessed the mind too small for doubt". Quite a thought-inspiring one, in my opinion.


Also: "Everything you have been told is a lie".

"My orders did not specify the taking of prisoners"
World Eater strike leader when asked how many prisoners were taken

"WAAAAGH" ~Every Ork ever

"WE'LL FRAG 'EM TA ZOG". ~Moar Orkz

"SPESS MEHRINES" ~ Commander Boreal

"Do you hear the voices too?!" Possessed from DoW2
"Please, no more kicking!" Gretchin from DoW2
"Only the insane have the strength enough to prosper. Only those who prosper may truly judge what is sane." Anonymous
"Though my sentries may sleep and my ships may rest at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire." Huron Blackheart, Astral Claws-era
And, my personal favourite ever,
The Field Adaptation Of Adeptus Astartes Battle Doctrine!!!

"Thou shalt not stick a 'Honk if you think I'm sexy' bumper sticker on a Sister of Battle's rhino.
Thou shalt not honk if you see a 'Honk if you think I'm sexy' bumper sticker on a Sister of Battle's rhino.
Thou shalt not use a Lasgun to heat canned meat.
Thou shalt not use thy captain's Powerfist to open canned meat.

Orks are not 'cute'.

Thou shalt not ask a Sister of Battle if you might 'Deposit some of your geneseed'.

Thou shalt not use the phrase 'If the rhino be a-rocking, don't come a-knocking'.
Thou shalt not tip the Terminators during the battle.
Thou shalt not walk around a Librarian thinking "Can you hear me?"
Thou shalt not pin "Burn Me" on a S.O.B's back.
Thou shalt not Deep Strike into the Sisters of Battle shower room.
Thou shalt not ask if thy can take the Titan "For a spin?"
Thou shalt not use a lasgun as a lighter.
Thou shalt not replace thy brother's bolter with a lasgun." Anonymous

Best rules ever IMHO

"Drive me closer! I want to hit them with my sword."

"Ave Dominus Nox" - Night Lord's Warcry.

"Say it now, before the cleansing begins" - Scout Sergeant Cyrus, Blood Ravens.

"Raise high the black banners of vengeance - now is our time." - Excerpt from Commissar Yarrick's speech during the Third War for Armageddon.

"For the Emperor, Space Marine" - Transmission from unknown Imperial Guard Tank crews engaging renegade Space Marines.

 Psienesis wrote:

"There is no such thing as a plea of innocence in my court. A plea of innocence is guilty of wasting my time. Guilty." - Inquisitor Fyodor Karamazov

This made me lol. But what a dick...