Bugmaster comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Bugmaster 03 February 2012 10:20:33PM *  7 points [-]

I must admit that one of my favorite quotes from M:tG is one of the less rational ones:

Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire.

-- Sizzle

Comment author: CronoDAS 05 February 2012 08:36:50AM 3 points [-]

Step 1: Find your cousin.
Step 2: Get your cousin in the cannon. Step 3: Find another cousin.

-- Fodder Cannon

The card art of Browse gives this gem, which I think I may have posted before:

"If A=B and B=C and C=D, then do not get a job proofreading." - Quid's Theorem

But the best flavor text ever is still Martyrs' Tomb.

Comment author: Bugmaster 05 February 2012 06:59:17PM 0 points [-]

But the best flavor text ever is still Martyrs' Tomb.

I don't know, I find the Wall of Vapor quote inspirational, as well:

Walls of a castle are made out of stone,
Walls of a house out of bricks or of wood.
My walls are made out of magic alone,
Stronger than any that ever have stood.

Comment author: Daermonn 10 February 2012 05:45:35AM 2 points [-]

From Shattered Perception (Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.):

"You must shatter the fetters of the past. Only then can you truly act."

I think this one takes the cake, in terms of rationality.