Also: We will not go quietly into the night.
Status: Definitely not Shakespeare.
First spotted: Shakespeare t-shirt
The creator of this t-shirt got off lucky, as he didn’t put the word Shakespeare on the shirt itself. He did, however, categorize it as Shakespeare and use that as a tag for searching. The quote is a very well-known one, made popular in a number of movies such as Back to School:
And, even though he badly misquotes it, Independence Day:
The original author is poet Dylan Thomas:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
First things first from a Geeker. Great idea and a great design, Duane! Good luck with your new addition!
Second: The attempt to capture the tone and themes of the “band of brothers” exhortation make the “Independence Day” speech and poor Bill Pullman even lamer. They’d have been better off quoting a few lines. Woul’ve shown Pullman’s character was at least well read enough and humble enough to know he couldn’t do better.
I LOVED HIS SPEECH—IT MADE ME “PROUD” TO BE AN AMERICAN EVEN MORE—-IT HAD JUST ENOUGH “AMERICAN GUFF AND BLUSTER” TO LET THE WORLD KNOW WE WERE AS ONE AND WE WOULD BE VICTORIES!!!! HIS USING PART OF THE OLD SPEECH –THE MAIN PART THAT WOULD RALLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MAKE THE REST OF THE WORLD SIT UP AND PAY ATTENTIN—-I GOT FUROIUS AT THE BRITISH COMMANDER THAT SAID “IT WAS ABOUT BLOODY TIME—WHEN WORD WAS SENT ON HOW TO TAKE THEM ALL DONE—THAT JUST RE-ENFORCED THE FACT THAT THE WHOLE WORLD ONLY TOLERATES US —-UNTILL—- THEY ARE IN TROUBLE AND LIKE THE “GHOST BUSTERS”—WHO DO THEY CALL???
THE YANKS–AMERICA—–WE GET THEIR BUTTS OUT OF THE SLING AND THEN WE GO BACK TO BEING —THOSE YANKS—–I WAS SO PROUD OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND PRESIDENT OBAMA—REFUSING TO PUT OUR MILITARY ON THE GROUND ALONE–THAT THEY HAD TO PUT IN AS MUCH AFFORD—WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE WHOKE WORLD SEE THAT WE MUST DO THESE FIGHTS TOGETHER—FOR A CHANGE AND NOT JUST EXPECT AMERICA TO GET THEIR BUTTS OUT OF TROUBLE. ALONE.—–I COME FROM A VERY LONG LINE OF MILITARY BEGINNING WITH THE “ILLINOIS TERRORY MINUTE MEN” FIGHTING TO RID AMERICA OF A TYRANT KING——IT SEEMS THAT NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED—-WE ARE HAVING TO FIGHT A TYRANT WANNA BE PRESIDENT FOR LIFE THAT WANTS TO TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE–OUR FREEDOM TO VOTE FOR WHOM WE WANT—FREEDOM FROM “WHITE SUPREMACY” AND RACISM—WE STILL HAD SOME BUT WE HAD COME A HELL OF A LONG WAY AND NOW WE’VE LOST A 100 YEARS —I CAN’T SAY THAT HE HAD ANY THING TO DO WITH THE COVID-VIRUSES—BUT HE SURE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEM—BY PLAYING THEM DOWN AND NOT EVEN ACTKNOWLEDGING THE DEATH TOLL—ALL HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT WAS :LOSING THE ELECTION”——EVERY DAY MORE AND MORE TRUTH COMES OUT THAT SHOWS THIS PUNY LITTLE MAN HAS A HUGE EGO AND COMES FROM A LONG LINE OF CONMEN AND “WHITE SUPREMACY”——HEY—I’VE GOTTEN OFF THE TRACK——BUT THE SPEECH WAS JUST WHAT WE NEEDED THEN AND NOW