Crack Kraken's Code Quotes

Round 1

Winner: Sasha | 1,400

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.

James Dean


Round 2

Winner: bokonon | 1,900

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
‘Til what we put off ‘til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don’t you sit upon the shoreline
And say you’re satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide

Garth Brooks, from “The River”


Round 3

Winner (Quote): Sasha | 2,300
Winner (Character): A.M Brandt is still here | 4,400

I think that life is a lot like a story—there is more to it than just what your eyes can see. If you don’t look beyond the words on the page, then you will miss the true meaning. Believing is seeing.

Kelly Armstrong, from "Quorilax"   [13+] by Davy Kraken


Round 4

Winner: mysterymann | 1,900

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Italian Proverb


Round 5

Winner: mysterymann | 2,000

Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein


Round 6

Winner: clift1983 | 1,500

Smooth seas never made a skillful mariner.

English Proverb


Round 7

Winner: blueeyedmuse | 1,900

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King, Jr.


Round 8

Winner: mooneyma | 1,800

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Mother Teresa


Round 9

Winner: mooneyma | 1,700

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Lao Tzu, from Dao De Jing


Round 10

Winner: clift1983 | 2,000

With the joy of responsibility comes the burden of obligation.

Hank Hill, from King of the Hill


Round 11

Winner: mooneyma | 2,000

Nothing takes taste from peanut butter quite like unrequited love.

Charlie Brown


Round 12

Winner: larian | 1,400

Nuclear war would certainly set back cable.

Ted Turner


Round 13

Winner: larian | 3,000

Patriotism is often arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

George Jean Nathan


Round 14

Winner: sunflash222 | 3,400

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which we will not put.

Winston Churchill


Round 15

Winner: mood indigo | 2,800

The best way out is always through.

Robert Frost


Round 16

Winner: Robert Waltz | 3,800

Life becomes harder when we live for others, but also richer and happier.

Albert Schweitzer


Round 17

Winner: Robert Waltz | 3,200

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Henry David Thoreau


Round 18

Winner: Robert Waltz | 3,600

It was brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Lewis Carroll, from “Jabberwocky”


Round 19

Winner: Robert Waltz | 5,100

One is always considered mad when one perfects something others cannot grasp.

Ed Wood


Round 20

Winner: Chook | 3,600

Going cold turkey is not as delicious as it sounds.

Homer Simpson, from The Simpsons


Round 21

Winner: Wenston | 4,500

What the caterpillar thinks is the end of the world, the butterfly thinks is the beginning.

Sarah Davis


Round 22

Winner: twyls | 3,900

What a terrible thing to have lost ones mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

Dan Quayle


Round 23

Winner: mood indigo | 5,200

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most do.

Dale Carnegie


Round 24

Winner: mood indigo | 6,400

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

Whitney Brown


Round 25

Winner: Instant Cocoa | 6,000

The expert at anything was once a beginner.

Anonymous


Round 26

Winner: Robert Waltz | 7,600

When a subject becomes totally obsolete, we make it a required course.

Peter Drucker


Round 27

Winner: Robert Waltz | 7,000

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Edmund Burke


Round 28

First Place: Robert Waltz | 3,000
Second Place: Silver is Engaged! | 2,250
Third Place: mood indigo | 1,500
Fourth Place: karabu | 750

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Aristotle


Round 29

First Place: Robert Waltz | 3,800
Second Place: mood indigo | 2,850
Third Place: Silver is Engaged! | 1,900
Fourth Place: randf | 950

Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was.

Dag Hammarskjold


Round 30

First Place: Silver is Engaged! | 3,800
Second Place: Robert Waltz | 2,850
Third Place: karabu | 1,900
Fourth Place: Midnight Dawn | 950

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

Carl Sagan


Round 31

First Place: mood indigo | 3,200
Second Place: karabu | 2,400
Third Place: Midnight Dawn | 1,600
Fourth Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 800

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Pablo Picasso


Round 32

First Place: karabu | 3,200
Second Place: Silver is Engaged! | 2,400
Third Place: mood indigo | 1,600
Fourth Place: Midnight Dawn | 800

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


Round 33

First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 3,400
Second Place: mood indigo | 2,550
Third Place: karabu | 1,700
Fourth Place: Valerie O | 850

We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.

Ben Sweetland


Round 34

First Place: Valerie O | 3,600
Second Place: karabu | 2,700
Third Place: Feywriter | 1,800
Fourth Place: frug | 900

Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stephenson


Round 35

First Place: Valerie O | 3,800
Second Place: Mantis | 2,850
Third Place: karabu | 1,900
Fourth Place: Chook | 950

The wonderful thing about a dull party is that you get home early.

Herbert V. Prochnow


Round 36

First Place: Max Archibald | 4,400
Second Place: Robert Waltz | 3,300
Third Place: Feywriter | 2,200
Fourth Place: karabu | 1,100

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

Leo Rosten


Round 37

First Place: Memorex | 3,375
Second Place: Wenston | 2,813
Third Place: Feywriter | 2,250
Fourth Place: karabu | 1,687
Fifth Place: mood indigo | 1,125

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Oscar Wilde


Round 38

First Place: Rhyssa | 4,725
Second Place: greenjellybean | 3,938
Third Place: karabu | 3,150
Fourth Place: Scottiegazelle | 2,362
Fifth Place: Kåre Enga en Costa Rica | 1,575

Hurling my weapon at the face which brought such fear...
Even today I can still see it...in pieces of the shattered mirror.

From "Shattered"   [13+] by Cloudspun Thanks Lexi!


Round 39

First Place: dbp220 | 3,825
Second Place: Feywriter | 3,188
Third Place: Rhyssa | 2,550
Fourth Place: Kåre Enga en Costa Rica | 1,912
Fifth Place: Scottiegazelle | 1,275

If you tell the truth, you do not have to remember anything.

Mark Twain


Round 40

First Place: Scottiegazelle | 4,950
Second Place: Rhyssa | 4,125
Third Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 3,300
Fourth Place: Silver is Engaged! | 2,475
Fifth Place: Lynn McKenzie | 1,650

If life gives you lemons, and you get three in a row, do you get a jackpot?

From "Invalid Item"   [] by A Guest Visitor


Round 41

First Place: Scottiegazelle | 4,950
Second Place: Silver is Engaged! | 4,125
Third Place: Rhyssa | 3,300
Fourth Place: Nanda | 2,475
Fifth Place: Becky Z | 1,650

Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

African Proverb


Round 42

First Place: Scottiegazelle | 4,050
Second Place: Rock L Cant Spell | 3,375
Third Place: Becky Z | 2,700
Fourth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 2,025
Fifth Place: Jordan Star | 1,350

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

Ziggy


Round 43

First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 4,050
Second Place: Rock L Cant Spell | 3,375
Third Place: mysterycat | 2,700
Fourth Place: dmack | 2,025
Fifth Place: Andrew C. Bowman | 1,350

Though precious youth is robbed by time,
The child inside remains behind.

From "Plain as Jane"   [13+] by rl


Round 44

First Place: fellow | 3,375
Second Place: dmack | 2,813
Third Place: Rock L Cant Spell | 2,250
Fourth Place: janellecharon | 1,687
Fifth Place: Jordan Star | 1,125

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

Rene Descartes


Round 45

First Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 3,600
Second Place: Kåre Enga en Costa Rica | 3,000
Third Place: dmack | 2,400
Fourth Place: S.h.e.p.a.r.d M.o.o.n | 1,800
Fifth Place: Valerie O | 1,200

A dreamer’s greatest joy is to see his dream grow bigger than his own imagination.

Benny Russell, AKA Ben Sisko, from "Invalid Item"   [] by A Guest Visitor


Round 46

First Place: S.h.e.p.a.r.d M.o.o.n | 5,100
Second Place: Valerie O | 4,250
Third Place: Zuly | 3,400
Fourth Place: smphillips | 2,550
Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,700

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


Round 47

First Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 6,300
Second Place: Valerie O | 5,250
Third Place: Davina | 4,200
Fourth Place: mars | 3,150
Fifth Place: TEALA | 2,100

A straw hat topped her lemon blond hair, and her narrow body was wrapped in a rippling pollen-colored dress. … She was a walking shrine commemorating either the sun or the past year’s mustard harvest.

From "VATH AND ICEMINGL"   [E] by Spawn of Sylvia Plath


Round 48

First Place: Valerie O | 6,300
Second Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 5,250
Third Place: Silver is Engaged! | 4,200
Fourth Place: Jordan Star | 3,150
Fifth Place: Jackie E. Hart | 2,100

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

Pablo Casals


Round 49

First Place: jarich | 5,100
Second Place: dmack | 4,250
Third Place: mars | 3,400
Fourth Place: Kittycat, pics anyone? | 2,550
Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,700

We spend so much time
Waiting for the dawn to come
We forget there’s a moon.

From "Invalid Item"   [] by A Guest Visitor


Round 50

First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 5,400
Second Place: dmack | 4,500
Third Place: mars | 3,600
Fourth Place: C Moore | 2,700
Fifth Place: Seisa-sleepingcatbooks.com | 1,800

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do but how we behave when we do not know what to do.

John Holt


Round 51

First Place: nomlet | 6,000
Second Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer | 5,000
Third Place: Brandiwyn ♪ | 4,000
Fourth Place: C Moore | 3,000
Fifth Place: dmack | 2,000

Small streams and rivers snaked across the naked countryside in interesting curves and swirls, a signature of nature itself.

From "Prologue: Wraith of the Stone"   [13+] by Coming Back...soon.


Round 52

First Place: nomlet | 3,900
Second Place: Valerie O | 3,250
Third Place: dmack | 2,600
Fourth Place: Brandiwyn ♪ | 1,950
Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,300

Confidence is the hinge on the door to success.

Mary O'Hare Dumas


Round 53

First Place: Anne Light | 6,000
Second Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 5,000
Third Place: Chook | 4,000
Fourth Place: Mrs. Penguin | 3,000
Fifth Place: SaphireLee | 2,000

A mushroom climbs from manmade muck,
a rising beauty—cloud of death.
And in the path of hellfire force,
trees bend and rise as skeletons.

From "As Mushrooms Grow"   [13+] by BlüEyez


Round 54

First Place: nomlet | 5,700
Second Place: Anne Light | 4,750
Third Place: IsA: SEEKING UPGRADE - Please! | 3,800
Fourth Place: Chook | 2,850
Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,900

I do not feel obligated to believe the same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect intended us to forego their use.

Galileo Galilei


Round 55

First Place: Anne Light | 6,600
Second Place: LoneLily*Still alive! | 5,500
Third Place: dmack | 4,400
Fourth Place: Ragatode | 3,300
Fifth Place: no home 'puter | 2,200

They say love is sweeter
The second time around.
But that can’t be, you see.
Cause my ex-wife’s husband now knows why
He’s not a happier man than I.

From "Rumors Dispelled"   [18+] by rl


Round 56

First Place: nomlet | 6,000
Second Place: no home 'puter | 5,000
Third Place: Ragatode | 4,000
Fourth Place: raino | 3,000
Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 2,000

Nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul as clemency and readiness to forgive.

Cicero


Round 57

First Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 6,000
Second Place: karenh | 5,000
Third Place: no home 'puter | 4,000
Fourth Place: Davina | 3,000
Fifth Place: Jacaranda | 2,000

Strange, how easily words are formed in reckless youth, and how much more measured they become with age.

From "Attaining Absolution"   [13+] by Cherokeescribe * Angel Buddy


Round 58

First Place: nomlet | 3,600
Second Place: karenh | 3,000
Third Place: C Moore | 2,400
Fourth Place: karabu | 1,800
Fifth Place: no home 'puter | 1,200

The “C” students run the world

Harry Truman


Round 59

First Place: dmack | 4,800
Second Place: Flibbertigibbet | 4,000
Third Place: no home 'puter | 3,200
Fourth Place: Jacaranda | 2,400
Fifth Place: dmerrysilver | 1,600

It is better to look ahead and prepare than look back and regret.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee


Round 60

First Place: nomlet | 5,700
Second Place: Flibbertigibbet | 4,750
Third Place: dmerrysilver | 3,800
Fourth Place: no home 'puter | 2,850
Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,900

In my retirement I go for a short swim at least once or twice a day. Either that or buy a new golf ball.

Gene Perret


Round 61

First Place: SolarFlare | 5,700
Second Place: no home 'puter | 4,750
Third Place: Flibbertigibbet | 3,800
Fourth Place: Anne Light | 2,850
Fifth Place: dmerrysilver | 1,900

By the time a man realizes maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he is wrong.

Charles Wadsworth


Round 62

First Place: SolarFlare | 5,700
Second Place: Flibbertigibbet | 4,750
Third Place: zee13 | 3,800
Fourth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 2,850
Fifth Place: Laidback Larry | 1,900

There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.

Mohandas Gandhi


Round 63

First Place: nomlet | 5,700
Second Place: SolarFlare | 4,750
Third Place: Sinclair | 3,800
Fourth Place: twyls | 2,850
Fifth Place: dmack | 1,900

A very thin line stands between the greatest of rights and the most horrible of atrocities

From "Red Lightning: Chapter 9 - V1.02"   [13+] by Nuclearman


Round 64

First Place: Flibbertigibbet | 5,700
Second Place: Jacaranda | 4,750
Third Place: dmack | 3,800
Fourth Place: Anne Light | 2,850
Fifth Place: The Powers That Be | 1,900

We have too many high-sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.

Abigail Adams


Round 65

First Place: The Powers That Be | 4,800
Second Place: Flibbertigibbet | 4,000
Third Place: Jacaranda | 3,200
Fourth Place: Anne Light | 2,400
Fifth Place: Andrew C. Bowman | 1,600

Stressed spelled backward is desserts. Coincidence? I think not!

Anonymous


Round 66

First Place: The Powers That Be | 6,000
Second Place: Nezbit | 5,000
Third Place: Flibbertigibbet | 4,000
Fourth Place: dmack | 3,000
Fifth Place: Anadaya | 2,000

Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.

From “Deep Thoughts,” by Jack Handey


Round 67

First Place: The Powers That Be | 4,500
Second Place: Nezbit | 3,750
Third Place: SolarFlare | 3,000
Fourth Place: dmack | 2,250
Fifth Place: Jacaranda | 1,500

What a person believes is not as important as how a person believes

Timothy Virkkala


Round 68

First Place: The Powers That Be | 4,500
Second Place: nomlet | 3,750
Third Place: Nezbit | 3,000
Fourth Place: edwyn a fireling | 2,250
Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop | 1,500

Teamwork is essential; it allows you to blame somebody else.

Anonymous


Round 69

First Place: The Powers That Be | 5,400
Second Place: nomlet | 4,500
Third Place: Nezbit | 3,600
Fourth Place: edwyn a fireling | 2,700
Fifth Place: dmack | 1,800

A man who does not trust himself can never really trust anyone else.

Cardinal De Retz


Round 70

First Place: nomlet | 4,500
Second Place: The Powers That Be | 3,750
Third Place: Nezbit | 3,000
Fourth Place: dmack | 2,250
Fifth Place: ken murray | 1,500

Silence is more musical than any song.

Christina Rossetti


Round 71

First Place: The Powers That Be | 5,700
Second Place: Ðahliã Nøir | 4,750
Third Place: dmack | 3,800
Fourth Place: Dragon 8 | 2,850
Fifth Place: ken murray | 1,900

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

Henny Youngman


Round 72

First Place: Ðahliã Nøir | 6,600
Second Place: The Powers That Be | 5,500
Third Place: dmack | 4,400
Fourth Place: No one of interest | 3,300
Fifth Place: Brandiwyn ♪ | 2,200

Anybody who believes the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography.

Robert Byrne


Round 73

First Place: Brandiwyn ♪ | 5,400
Second Place: The Powers That Be | 4,500
Third Place: Ðahliã Nøir | 3,600
Fourth Place: rlthomas | 2,700
Fifth Place: Jordan Star | 1,800

The surest sign intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried contacting us.

From “Calvin and Hobbes,” by Bill Watterson


Round 74

First Place: The Powers That Be | 5,100
Second Place: Stallion | 4,250
Third Place: 3rd Daughter | 3,400
Fourth Place: Nezbit | 2,550
Fifth Place: A.W. Mosby | 1,700

A dog may be man’s best friend, but the horse wrote history.

Anonymous


Round 75

First Place: L_P | 4,250 + Detective Merit Badge
Second Place: Stallion | 12,750
Third Place: Dragon 8 | 11,250
Fourth Place: Krish D. | 9,750
Fifth Place: Brandiwyn ♪ | 8,250
Sixth Place: nomlet | 6,750
Seventh Place: Mariah :) | 5,250
Eighth Place: Outasync: Editing | 3,750
Ninth Place: Nezbit | 2,250
Tenth Place: dmack | 750

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

George Carlin