Rupert Giles famous quotes

Books smell. Musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer, it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be...smelly.
-- Rupert Giles

#Book #Smell #Gone

I'd best head to the library. Research beckons.
-- Rupert Giles

#Library Research #Library #Research

Tea is soothing. I wish to be tense.
-- Rupert Giles

#Tea #Wish #Tense

Well, I know I'm back in America now. I've been knocked unconscious.
-- Rupert Giles

#America #I'm Back #Wells

From time to time, I am asked--by people with an alarming lack of tact--why a man like myself, who has demonstrated an affinity for working with children, has none of his own. Other people's children are quite enough, thank you.
-- Rupert Giles

#Children #Men #People

To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it.
-- Rupert Giles

#Compassion #People #Forgiving

Things involved with a computer fill me with a childlike terror. Now, if it were a nice ogre or some such I'd be more in my element.
-- Rupert Giles

#Nice #Elements #Computer

The earth is definitely doomed.
-- Rupert Giles

#Earth #Doomed

I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
-- Rupert Giles

#Pride #Thinking #Order

Pardon me for finding the glass half full.
-- Rupert Giles

#Glasses #Half #Pardon