Jeopardy Quotes
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“When the underlying structure of our freedom is in jeopardy, we do well to be concerned about our whistle-blowers, since blinking beacons are essential to secure a living together in a dependable social framework. (" High noon.")”
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“I agree with all of you. I believe Remmich and Miller are still being hunted. As you know, we interrogated the two men who worked for the cleaning company hired by INSCOM. The officers are being watched. You know the rest of the story.”
― Fatal Identity
― Fatal Identity

“I want to follow your orders, but, I鈥 still work for military intelligence, and I need permission to travel out of my stationed area.”
― Counter Identity
― Counter Identity

“Well, here鈥檚 the shocker,鈥� said Kirby. 鈥淢ajors Miller and McKinsey believe our former Captain Paul Remmich is acting as a spy for the Iraqi government.”
― Counter Identity
― Counter Identity

“I am calling to tell you that Colonel Yildiz has made travel arrangements for you, Tara, and me. We are flying to Istanbul tomorrow. I鈥檒l call you back and with the departure time. Do you understand?”
― Counter Identity
― Counter Identity

“We found an American soldier. He is with us right now. I performed the steps of initial drugging. Minutes ago, I gave him an injection to calm him and reverse the drowsy state of mind. He is doing better.”
― Lost Identity
― Lost Identity

“聽鈥淲e think a spy scheme could be brewing with one or more of the Middle East scientists going to Los Alamos.”
― Fatal Identity
― Fatal Identity

“Paul, tell him you need to talk to international security advisors. Briefly explain the army asked you to act as a temporary diplomat. You don鈥檛 have to give the details. Now, what are your calendar plans?”
― Counter Identity
― Counter Identity

“Let鈥檚 not forget鈥攚e already have a highly ranked officer secretly working for us at Patch Barracks, V Corps headquarters.”
― Lost Identity
― Lost Identity

“Geek cred points for trying to stump me, but sorry, you'll have to do better than that. Would you like to try anime for a hundred?" When she looked blank, he sighed. "What took it down, anime, or the Jeopardy reference?”
― Fall of Night
― Fall of Night

“While you鈥檙e singing something romantic, I can鈥檛 get the lyrics to 鈥楲ove and Marriage鈥� out of my head, and that tune always reminds me of the jingle from Jeopardy.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7 p.m. instead of 7:30.”
― Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
― Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

“Archaeology is a deeply conservative discipline and I have found that archaeologists, no matter where they are working, have a horror of questioning anything their predecessors and peers have already announced to be true. They run a very real risk of jeopardizing their careers if they do. In consequence they focus--perhaps to a large extent subconsciously--on evidence and arguments that don't upset the applecart. There might be room for some tinkering around the edges, some refinement of orthodox ideas, but God forbid that anything should be discovered that might seriously undermine the established paradigm.”
― Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
― Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization

“Dave was a confirmed serotonin junkie. Any day of the year, he chose a good book, a hot cupper, and air-conditioning over jeopardy to life and limb.”
― A Love and Beyond
― A Love and Beyond

“In the case of the Younger Dryas, the jeopardy that humanity faced was not from nuclear missiles but from the incoming fragments of a disintegrating giant comet, traveling at tens of kilometers per second, with the larger fragments as deadly as hundreds of nuclear warheads. Indeed, it is estimated that the total explosive power of the comet fragments that struck the earth in repeated episodes over a period of 21 years some 12,800 years ago would have been of the order of 10 million megatons--1,000 times greater than all the nuclear devices stockpiled in the world today.”
― America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
― America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization

“Your vehicles are in breach of Pennsylvania state vehicle code and you are driving illegally without proper vehicle tags," the cop bawled. Before we could respond, he added: "Your vehicles will be impounded and crushed." We knew driving through Pennsylvania would be one of the toughest parts of our trip, but this isn't what we had in mind.”
― Two Jeeps
― Two Jeeps

“To a nation of grandparents nostalgic for a time when everyone listened to Toscanini on the radio, tired of having to watch people on TV win money for bungee jumping and eating goat rectums, Jeopardy! is sweetly cerebral relief piped in straight from the Eisenhower era, a time capsule from ana age before America dumbed down.”
― Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs
― Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs

“Southwick informs us that a Colonel Townsend of Dublin had the ability to stop his heartbeat at will and 'at last lost his life in the act,' that lightning turns milk sour, and that Adam, of Adam-and-Eve fame, was born on October 28, 4004 B.C. Adam is a Scorpio!”
― Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs
― Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs
“The illusion that you can obtain a 鈥渕agical something鈥� that will exonerate you from using the tools. This is reinforced day and night by the consumer culture that surrounds you. The illusion always leads to the same result: you quit. In success, you think the tools are no longer necessary; and in failure, you鈥檙e too demoralized to use them.”
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“Both the problem and the higher forces that solve it come from the same source鈥攖he Force of Evolution. These two elements are part of one system, designed to transform you into a creator. But there鈥檚 a third ingredient, and it鈥檚 one the universe cannot supply. That ingredient is your free will; specifically, your will to use tools. The choice鈥攅volve or stay the same鈥攊s yours.”
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