Finally, Christians were accused of being subversive, for they refused to worship the emperor and thus destroyed the very fiber of society. The apologists answered that it was true that they refused to worship the emperor or any other creature, but t...
Luke: There's something not right here... I feel cold. Death. Yoda: [points to a cave opening beneath a large tree] That place... is strong with the dark side of the Force. A domain of evil it is. In you must go. Luke: What's in there? Yoda: Only wha...
C-3PO: Oh. They've encased him in Carbonite. He should be quite well protected. If he survived the freezing process, that is. Darth Vader: Well, Calrissian, did he survive? Lando: Yes, he's alive, and in perfect hibernation. Darth Vader: He's all you...
Lando: What are you doing here? Han Solo: Ah, repairs. I was hoping you could help me out. Lando: What have you done to my ship? Han Solo: YOUR ship? Hey, remember you lost her to me, fair and square.
[trying to fix the hyperdrive] Han Solo: Horizontal boosters. Alluvial dampers? Ow! That's not it, bring me the Hydrospanner. I don't know how we're going to get out of this one. [the ship is hit, causing the tool box to fall on Han] Han Solo: OW! Ch...
General Rieekan: I don't think we can protect two transports at a time. Princess Leia: It's risky but we can't hold out much longer. We have no choice. General Rieekan: Launch patrols. Princess Leia: Evacuate remaining ground staff.
C-3PO: That sounds like an R2 unit in there! I wonder if... Hello? How interesting. Stormtrooper: Who are you? C-3PO: Oh, my! I... I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to intrude. No, please don't get up. [the Stormtrooper shoots C-3PO]
Ideas have unhinged the gates of empires.
I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.
In response to my question about how we might rein in the empire, he said, "That's why I'm meeting with you. Only you in the United States can change it. Your government created this problem and your people must solve it. You've got to insist that Wa...
If you read history you will find that the Christians begin the most for the present world are just the ones that thought the most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set on foot. in the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built u...
Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
In summer the empire of insects spreads.
I have my fashion empire to build.
Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the fi...
In families one can’t choose one’s siblings. Within regions one doesn’t choose one’s neighbors. And if you are one of the world’s leading producers of a critical industrial resource like copper, in the end you can’t really choose your cus...
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And,...
Hao tried flagging down a couple of trucks that rumbled by. There was much cursing, and amid his frustration he ordered John to pursue one of the trucks with the pickup and cut it off. John simply sat there, nodding to the music that was playing loud...
Leia: They're getting closer. Han Solo: Oh, yeah? Watch this. [he throws the hyperdrive lever, the engine sputters and dies] Leia: Watch what? Han Solo: I think we're in trouble. C-3PO: If I may say so, sir, I noticed earlier the hyperdrive motivator...
[a tremor knocks Leia into Solo's arms] Princess Leia: Let go. Han Solo: Shh. Princess Leia: Let go, please. Han Solo: Don't get excited. Princess Leia: Captain, being held by you isn't quite enough to get me excited. Han Solo: Sorry sweetheart. I ha...
