Tara > Tara's Quotes

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Nine hundred years of time and space, and I've never met anyone who wasn't important.”
― Dr. Who

“There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick.”
― Steven Moffat

“The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross, in which case... always use force!
Amy: Shall I run and get the manual?
The Doctor: I threw it in a supernova.
Amy: You threw the manual in a supernova? Why?
The Doctor: Because I disagreed with it! Now stop talking to me when I'm cross!”
― Steven Moffat

“Fourth Doctor: You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: they don't alter their views to fit the facts; they alter the facts to fit their views.”
― Chris Boucher

“Come on, Rory! It isn't rocket science, it's just quantum physics!
-The Doctor (Matt Smith)”
― Steven Moffat

“The Doctor: 'You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, but you really think they're lying to make you feel better?'
Amelia: 'Yeah...'
The Doctor: 'Everything's going to be fine.”
― Steven Moffat

“You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!”
― Steven Moffat

“Bow ties are cool.”
― Steven Moffat

“I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who in Hamlet jokes, so this is just me getting it out of the way early, to avoid the rush...
"To be, or not to be, that is the question. Weeelll.... More of A question really. Not THE question. Because, well, I mean, there are billions and billions of questions out there, and well, when I say billions, I mean, when you add in the answers, not just the questions, weeelll, you're looking at numbers that are positively astronomical and... for that matter the other question is what you lot are doing on this planet in the first place, and er, did anyone try just pushing this little red button?”
― Neil Gaiman

“You should always waste time when you don't have any. Time is not the boss of you. Rule 408.”
― Steven Moffat

“[The Doctor, Capt. Jack and Rose are cornered by the empty children.]
The Doctor: Go to your room! Go to your room! I mean it. I'm very, very angry with you. I'm very, very cross! GO! TO! YOUR! ROOM! [The children lurch away and obey him.] I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words.”
― Steven Moffat

“Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.”
― Steven Moffat

“Never knowingly be serious. Rule 27.”
― Steven Moffat

“The Doctor: Sorry, do you have a name?
Idris: Seven hundred years and finally he asks.
The Doctor: But what do I call you?
Idris: I think you call me... Sexy?
The Doctor: [embarrassed] Only when we're alone.
Idris: We are alone.
The Doctor: Oh. Come on then, Sexy.”
― Neil Gaiman

“Third Doctor: A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting”
― Robert Holmes

“See the bowtie? I wear it and I don't care. That's why it's cool.”
― Steven Moffat

“I think, that if the world were a bit more like ComicCon, it would be a better place.”
― Matt Smith

“We all change, when you think about it. We’re all different people all through our lives. And that’s OK, that’s good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.”
― Steven Moffat

“I'd forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe.”
― Steven Moffat

“Captain Jack: Rose, you are worth fighting for.
[Jack kisses Rose passionately]
Captain Jack: Wish I'd never met you, Doctor, I was much better off as a coward.
[Jack kisses the Doctor the same way]”
― Russell T Davies

“Whats the point in being grown up when you cant act childish sometimes?”
― Natalie Repinski

“So now it's space and time," he said. "You ever watch Doctor Who on PBS?"
"All the time," she said dryly, "on the BBC. And don't think I wouldn't sell my soul for a TARDIS.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood