Bowties Are Cool, and So Are These 20 Doctor Who Quotes

Hop into the TARDIS, I’m taking you on a tour of my favorite Doctor Who quotes! I’ve handpicked 20 gems that capture everything we love about the iconic show―the humor, the wisdom, and the out-of-this-world adventure. So, grab your sonic screwdriver, straighten those bow ties and let’s jump right in!

1. “Never be cruel. Never be cowardly. Remember, hate is always foolish and love is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind.”
― The Twelfth Doctor

2. “Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way or another.”
― The Seventh Doctor

3. “Everything ever told really happened. Stories are where memories go when they’re forgotten.”
― The Twelfth Doctor

4. “900 years of time and space and I’ve never met anybody who wasn’t important.”
― The Eleventh Doctor

5. “People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.”
― The Tenth Doctor

6. “Courage isn’t just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It’s being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.”
― The Third Doctor

7. “The universe is big. It’s vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles.”
― The Eleventh Doctor

8. “My experience is that there is, you know, surprisingly, always hope.”
― The Eleventh Doctor

9. “Letting it get to you. You know what that’s called? Being alive. Best thing there is. Being alive right now is all that counts.”
― The Eleventh Doctor

10. “Some people live more in twenty years than others do in eighty. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.”
― The Tenth Doctor

11. “There’s no point in being grown-up if you can’t act childish sometimes.”
― The Fourth Doctor

12. “Be strong even if it breaks your heart.”
― The Twelfth Doctor

13. “There’s always something to look at if you open your eyes!”
― The Fifth Doctor

14. “I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes, and the dreamer of improbable dreams.”
― The Eleventh Doctor

15. “What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand is where I fall.”
― The Twelfth Doctor

16. “Can’t? Can’t? There’s no such word as can’t! It’s a free cosmos.”
― The Fourth Doctor

17. “We’re capable of the most incredible change. We can evolve while still staying true to who we are. We can honor who we’ve been and choose who we want to be next. Now’s your chance.”
― The Thirteenth Doctor

18. “A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.”
― The Third Doctor

19. “You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.”
― Rose Tyler

20. “I’ll be a story in your head. That’s okay. We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?”
― The Eleventh Doctor

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