In the words of those who have passed: 2017, PART I by Egantx7

Author:

He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don't listen to him. Remember that - do not listen.

Speaker:

We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.

Actress, in character:

Well I just wanted you to know, that sometimes I get concerned about being a career woman. I get to thinking my job is too important to me. And I tell myself that the people I work with are just the people I work with, and not my family. And last night I thought, "what is a family anyway?" They're just people who make you feel less alone and really loved. And that's what you've done for me. Thank you for being my family.

Actor, in character:

I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I ... am ... a man!

Actor, in character:

I'm ready, man. Check it out! I am the ultimate badass! State of the badass art! You do not want to f@(k with me. Check it out! Hey, Ripley, don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you! Check it out. Independently targeting particle-beam phalanx. WHAP! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPGs. We got sonic, electronic ball-breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks...

Singer & songwriter:

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack

Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track

Oh, the engineer would see him sittin' in the shade

Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made

The people passing by, they would stop and say

"Oh my, but that little country boy could play"

Television host:

So, alright, let's give him another chance! Here comes GENE GENE the DANCING MACHINE!

Film director, making an acceptance speech:

In the context of my movie loving life, this is very unanticipated. The only way I can really understand this is to recognize that I had the great good fortune to have a chance to work with Ted Tally's great adaption of Thomas Harris' extraordinarily moral and amazing book.

Actor, in character:

I'm looking for Dr. Goodhead.

Actor, in character:

Yet ... an exploding shark was pulling my leg!

Speaker:

Die deutsche Einheit und die europäische Einigung sind zwei Seiten ein und derselben Medaille.

Translation:

The German Reunification and unification of Europe are two sides of the same coin.

Actor, in character:

May I have 10,000 marbles, please?

Author, from the 1951 monograph Social Choice and Individual Values:

If we exclude the possibility of interpersonal comparisons of utility, then the only methods of passing from individual tastes to social preferences which will be satisfactory and which will be defined for a wide range of sets of individual orderings are either imposed or dictatorial.