Lord Kallozar Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 A friend of mine is thinking of getting a tattoo of a quote, more specifically a warhammer quote. So on his behalf I’m asking for some help and inspiration... what quote sums up warhammer 40k perfectly? Thanks guys and girls. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Casman Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Any particular faction in mind? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 No Ramorse Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Kallozar Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 No particular faction, just a generic quote that is synonymous with 40k. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Casman Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Well, I think the classic is probably: "... In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war..." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exilyth Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 "'In an hour of darkness a blind man is the best guide. In an age of insanity look to the madman to show the way." - imperial proverb "Munitorum property" - found on future corpse starch rations, aka. guardsmen "Hope is the first step on the road to dissappointment." - thought of the day see also: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000:_Dawn_of_War http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Portal:Quotes edit: As for quotes which sum up 40k: "There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter and the laughter of thirsting gods." (thought of the day, 3rd ed codex csm) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 "The difference between gods and daemons largely depends upon where one is standing at the time." - Lorgar, Horus Risinng Novel Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gederas Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." - Ahzek Ahriman of the Thousand Sons "Though my guards may sleep and ships may rest at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire." - Lufgt Huron, The Tyrant of Badab "The difference between gods and daemons largely depends upon where one is standing at the time." - Lorgar, attributed (Argel Tal, actual) "The difference between gods and daemons largely depends upon where one is standing at the time." - Lorgar, Horus Risinng Novel Technically, the line is actually spoken first by Argel Tal ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinespider Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 While on the subject of Lorgar: All I ever wanted was the truth. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trokair Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I always liked: ‘Ask not the Eldar a question, for they will give you three answers, all of which are true and terrifying to know.’ - Inquisitor Czevak (several Eldar Codexes) Though that might be a bit too specific. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Semper Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 "ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY END" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Trokair, I think thats a play on a Tolkien quote about Elves. "Never ask an elf a question, you will receive both yes and no as an answer." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteySödes Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Live dangerously. Roll one up on the Dark Heresy divination table. No backsies... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sete Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Zeal makes all things possible, duty makes all things simple. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 When in mortal danger, when beset by doubt, run in little circles, wave your arms and shout!" - one of the Cain books, supposedly a rhyme from the schola kids. More seriously: "An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded." DoW Librarian. "Victory needs no explanation, defeat allows none." DoW Thoughts of the day "Pain is an illusion of the senses, despair is an illusion of the mind." - WH40k 4th ed. "Success is measured in blood; yours or your enemy´s." "Main! Kill! Burn!" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK0SIAN Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 ‘The Galaxy is the Emperor’s, anyone or anything that challenges that claim is an enemy that must be destroyed!’ ‘Accept any challenge, no matter the odds!’ ‘We are judged in life for the evil we destroy!’ ‘A man’s life is not measured in years but in deeds!’ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hfran Morkai Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 "Raise the banners high, let them know who comes to claim their lives this day." Or something to that effect, think it was an Imperial Fist in either rulebook or Codex years ago (probably 4th or 5th ed) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trokair Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Trokair, I think thats a play on a Tolkien quote about Elves. "Never ask an elf a question, you will receive both yes and no as an answer." Makes sense, it certainly has that kind of ring to it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Want a quote that sums up 40k? "It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the Master of Mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die. Yet even in his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested miasma of the Warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperor's will. Vast armies give battle in his name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever vigilant Inquisition and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants - and worse. To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods" Start to finish, no abbrevations, amendments or omissions. Anything less is unacceptable. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 I love the paragraph length quotes for a tattoo. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAGH !!!" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Foes Remain Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Depends on what you collect, what you like and what interests you. I, personally, would go with "It's a curse to be a god's son." that is if I didn't have crappy skin. I'll get you ezcema! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Courage and Honour Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldier of Dorn Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I'd probably go with classic Bolt Thrower. "In battle, there is no law." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volt Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." - Ahzek Ahriman of the Thousand Sons That's not how you spell Socrates Also a Tattoo is a highly personal and fairly permanent body modification. I don't think your friend should be searching through a second party on a third party for inspiration of what tattoo he should get; it ideally should be something that he personally finds and is inspired by. I wouldn't want to be responsible for giving the phrase that's chosen and have the guy regretting his decision a week or two later. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0nolith Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 "Let the galaxy burn" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/354687-possible-quote-for-a-tattoo/#findComment-5280934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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