The Best TV Series Quotes of 2022
From Peaky Blinders, Moon Knight, and Better Call Saul to Andor, Wednesday, and Tulsa King, here’s our pick of the top TV quotes of 2022.
It’s a scary world out there. Guilty people slip through the cracks of the justice system every day. Murderers. Rapists. Predators. Monsters who walk among us, and we never even know. Counting on the justice system to discover these predators and effectively deal with them is not an option. Not for me.Dexter Morgan, Dexter: New Blood, S1.Ep9: The Family Business
Life isn’t a longevity contest. It’s a contest in quality. What good you can get from life, what good you can give it.Beth Dutton, Yellowstone, S4.Ep10: Grass on the Streets and Weeds on the Rooftops
The universe never tells us if we did right or wrong. It’s more important to try to help people than to know that you did. More important that someone else’s life gets better than for you to feel good about yourself. You never know the effect you might have on someone, not really. Maybe one core thing you said haunts them forever. Maybe one moment of kindness gives them comfort or courage. Maybe you said the one thing they needed to hear. It doesn’t matter if you ever know. You just have to try.Naomi Nagata, The Expanse, S6.Ep6: Babylon's Ashes
Life is like a ride at the fair. Exciting, scary, fast. And you can only go round once. You have the best time till you can’t take any more. Then it slows down, and you see someone else waiting to get on. They need your seat.Tony Johnson, (to Kath), After Life, S3.Ep6
Why speak of conflict, when cooperation can make us all rich?Boba Fett, The Book of Boba Fett, S1.Ep4: Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm
God’s a motherf***er. Isn’t he? Built me smart enough to know how f***ed up my life is. But not quite smart enough to haul my ass out of it.Ruth Langmore, Ozark, S4.Ep4: Ace Deuce
The mind is a den of scorpions better left running from, not towards.Adrian Chase, Peacemaker, S1.Ep6: Murn After Reading
There is no Heaven to go to, because we’re in it already. We’re in hell, too. They coexist. Right beside each other. And God is the land.***Elsa Dutton, 1883, S1.Ep7: Lightning Yellow Hair
Life is like a bank account. You cannot write a check without first making a deposit.Bertha Russell, The Gilded Age, S1.Ep3: Face the Music
When you’re angry, you’re just a character in someone else’s story. But when you let your anger go, you reclaim your own story. Become your own protagonist again.Kacy Duke, Inventing Anna, S1.Ep8: Too Rich for Her Blood
A voice is a powerful thing. It can shine a light on something that is hiding in the dark. It can change the way people think, which can change the way people act. But it can’t do anything if you keep your mouth shut.Miriam 'Midge' Maisel, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, S4.Ep1: Rumble on the Wonder Wheel
90% of life is confidence. And the thing about confidence is no one knows if it’s real or not.Maddy Perez, Euphoria, S2.Ep7: The Theater and It's Double
Miracles, like deals with the devil, come with strings attached. Something is always expected in return.Harald Sigurdsson, (to Leif), Vikings: Valhalla, S1.Ep5: Miracle
You can’t live your life afraid of being who you are.Claire Randall,(to Brianna), Outlander, S6.Ep1: Echoes
You keep hoping and you keep fighting, and one day you win.Nora Antony, Upload, S2.Ep6: The Outing
A good person will follow the rules. A great person will follow himself.Mark Scout, (reading The You You Are), Severance, S1.Ep5: The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design
If you strip yourselves of the superficial labels, what do we do, where do I live, how much money do I have, if you strip yourselves of that, it will make you see the person by your side as you see yourself in the mirror.Gabriel Stokes, The Walking Dead, S11.Ep13: Warlords
A whisper is relevant for only as long as it is spoken, but a paper represents more. Its physical form grants permanence. The same cannot be said of true love, of course. It changes. It forgets. It forces you to remember who you once were. And it forces you to choose how you will live with it, again and again.Queen Charlotte, Bridgerton, S2.Ep6: The Choice
When you have the intention of changing the world with what you do, when you have meaning behind your work, success will follow.Adam Neumann, WeCrashed, S1.Ep4: 4.4
To family. Sometimes it is shelter from the storm. Sometimes it is the storm itself.Thomas Shelby, Peaky Blinders, S6.Ep6: Lock and Key
Sometimes, the hardest part about being a leader is letting go and trusting the ones you’ve trained to make the call themselves.Joe West, (to Barry), The Flash, S8.Ep10: Reckless
Even in the darkest circumstances, there is a light. Sometimes only a glimmer. Trust that light. Find a way back. No matter what it takes.Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Picard, S2.Ep6: Two of One
When the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.Cortana, Halo, S1.Ep3: Emergence
Sometimes, to change the world, you need to do whatever is necessary to take a “no” and turn it into a “yes.”Travis Kalanick, Super Pumped, S1.Ep7: Same Last Name
One of the great unspoken truths of life is that people behave exactly as you expect them to.Carolyn Martens, (to Eve), Killing Eve, S4.Ep8: Hello, Losers
There are people that things happen to and people who make things happen. And you need to land on which one you want to be. And when you do that, when you decide what you want to feel, that is the true source of power. And when you get there, people will see what you want them to see on your face. Most people never figure this out. The ones that do, they get to run the world.Michael Prince, (to Rian), Billions, S6.Ep12: Cold Storage
Immortality is the great delusion of youth. Enjoy it.Ruth Brenner, (to Nadia), Russian Doll, S2.Ep1: Nowhen
You’re a free man. And, of course, with that freedom comes choice.Arthur Harrow, (to Marc), Moon Knight, S1.Ep4: The Tomb
When I was at school, I thought that hiding from it all was safer, easier. But sometimes the loneliness was just as bad. Don’t let anyone make you disappear.Mr. Ajayi, (to Charlie), Heartstopper, S1.Ep8: Boyfriend
A mind… It’s a very fragile thing. Very easy to break. Very hard to put back together.Daniel Salazar, Fear the Walking Dead, S7.Ep11: Ofelia
Right up until the very end, life is to be worn gloriously. Because, until our last moment, the future’s what we make it.Christopher Pike, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, S1.Ep1: Strange New Worlds
Love isn’t measured by accomplishments. It’s measured by how much you care.Claire Browne, The Good Doctor, S5.Ep17: The Lea Show
What Colonel Sanders is to chicken, Saul Goodman is to the law.Jimmy McGill, Better Call Saul, S6.Ep5: Black and Blue
The more things change, the more they stay the same.Marcus Alvarez, Mayans M.C., S4.Ep5: Death of the Virgin
If something makes you sad when it ends, it must have been pretty wonderful when it was happening. Truth be told, I’ve always felt it a bit lazy to just think of the world as sad, because so much of it is. Because everything ends. Everything dies. But if you step back, if you step back and look at the whole picture, if you’re brave enough to allow yourself the gift of a really wide perspective, if you do that, you’ll see that the end is not sad. It’s just the start of the next incredibly beautiful thing.William Hill, (to Rebecca), This Is Us, S6.Ep17: The Train
My fingers are like arrows. My arms, like iron. My feet, like spears.Murray Bauman, (to Yuri), Stranger Things, S4.Ep5: Chapter Five: The Nina Project
Only when the eyes are closed can you truly see.Obi-Wan Kenobi, (quoting Quinlan Vos), Obi-Wan Kenobi, S1.Ep3: Part III
All my life, people have tried to control me. My whole life. Rich people, powerful people have tried to muzzle me, cancel me, keep me impotent and obedient, like I’m a f***ing puppet. You know what? It worked. Because I allowed it to work. And guess what. If they can control me, then you can bet your ass they can control you. They already do. You just don’t realize it.Homelander, The Boys, S3.Ep2: The Only Man in the Sky
You know what they call a superhero who works alone and doesn’t listen to anybody? A villain.Number Five, (to Viktor), The Umbrella Academy, S3.Ep7: Auf Widersehen
You have this minute where you’re watching the fire and you’re thinking, “If I don’t do anything, this place will burn down and all my anxiety will go away with it.”Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto, (to Marcus), The Bear, S1.Ep5: Sheridan
It’d be a mistake to push a man to violence, if violence is what he has dedicated his life to perfecting.James Reece, (to Layun), The Terminal List, S1.Ep6: Transience
There is no normal. There is just us and what we do with what we’ve been given.Kamala Khan, (to Kamran), Ms. Marvel, S1.Ep6: No Normal
It’s the rememberers who get to decide when they’re satisfied, not the remembered.Harold Harper, The Old Man, S1.Ep7: VII
No matter who a person was in real life, death evens it all out.Larry Hall, Black Bird, S1.Ep4: WhatsHerName
Don’t be too good at a job you don’t want.Cinda Canning, (to Poppy), Only Murders in the Building, S2.Ep6: Performance Review
What fascinates me about humanity is that so many people are looking for reasons to be unhappy. It’s only when they’re mired in their self-made misery that they are truly content.Gilbert, The Sandman, S1.Ep9: Collectors
Civilization is just the lie we tell ourselves to justify our real purpose. We’re not here to transcend. We’re here to destroy.William, Westworld, S4.Ep7: Metanoia
Don’t let your guilt get in the way. It never helps things.Tyler Locke, (to Kinsey), Locke & Key, S3.Ep6: Free Bird
Those with the most power have the most to answer for.Jennifer Walters, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, S1.Ep1: A Normal Amount of Rage
The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power.Otto Hightower, House of the Dragon, S1.Ep1: The Heirs of the Dragon
It’s a gift to share something hard with someone you love. Means you care about them enough to let them help you.Dan Twelvetrees, (to Asta), Resident Alien, S2.Ep11: The Weight
First rule of government: Tell a lie enough times, it becomes fact to the people.Lord Harlan, (to Torrance), See, S3.Ep1: Heavy Hangs the Head
The same wind that seeks to blow out a fire may also cause its spread.Gil-galad, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, S1.Ep1: A Shadow of the Past
No one can take honor from you. Only you can take honor from yourself.Chozen Toguchi, Cobra Kai, S5.Ep2: Molé
Don’t make a name for yourself as a cyberpunk by how you live… Make a name by how you die.Lucy, (to David), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, S1.Ep4: Lucky You
Don’t think about saving the world. Think about saving your world. The people you love, the people you care about. If you use your power for that, you can never go wrong.Farah Dowling, (to Bloom), Fate: The Winx Saga, S2.Ep6: Poor Unfortunate Souls
It’s like everybody’s had it out for me since forever. They just decide you’re a bad guy, and there’s nothing you can do about it.Jeffrey Dahmer, Dahmer, S1.Ep2: Please Don't Go
It’s not about what feels good. It’s about what survives.Earnest 'Earn' Marks, Atlanta, S4.Ep3: Born 2 Die
Curse of the progressive. If one person is suffering, you can’t enjoy your life.Diane Lockhart, The Good Fight, S6.Ep3: The End of Football
You know why I don’t finish my stories? Because once people know the end, the rest of the story just fades away.Kevin, (to Spencer), The Midnight Club, S1.Ep9: The Eternal Enemy
Welcome to life. It’s a big boat with a lot of holes, but we’re all in it together.Rick Sanchez, Rick and Morty, S6.Ep6: Juricksic Mort
A mystery you can’t seem to solve, it will drive you crazy. It’s the human condition. That need to know. Not knowing, that’s the killer.Theodora Birch, The Watcher, S1.Ep7: Haunting
Life’s like a crowded lifeboat. Maybe you throw out your pride to stay afloat, maybe your self-respect and your independence. And then, you start throwing people out, friends, everyone you used to know, and it’s still not enough. The boat is still sinking, and you’re going down with it.Karla Saaranen, Shantaram, S1.Ep1: The Three Nos
Look at him. Look at your baby. You are the only person in the whole world that he knows. You are the only familiar smell. You are the only voice he recognizes. You love him. And you wanted him so much. You’re his mother. And he belongs with you. That is God’s will.June Osborne, (to Serena), The Handmaid's Tale, S5.Ep7: No Man's Land
If there is justice on one side or the other, it would be called self-defense or conquest. However, this is a war. Wars take place because both sides are just.Hidetomo Kajomaru, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, S1.Ep3: March of the StarCross
As your master, I’m responsible for you. The best way I can protect you is to teach you how to protect yourself.Anakin Skywalker, (to Ahsoka), Tales of the Jedi, S1.Ep5: Practice Makes Perfect
All devils are born with names. And the more those names are feared, the more powerful the devil is said to become.Makima, (to Aki), Chainsaw Man, S1.Ep3: Meowy's Whereabouts
I find sociopaths are a lot neater than psychopaths. Sociopaths tend to dress better, and they don’t really eat people.Joan Sunday, (to Lopez), American Gigolo, S1.Ep8: East of Eden
Before you accept any cash from someone, always ask what they might want in exchange.Corbell Pickett, (to Jasper), The Peripheral, S1.Ep3: Haptic Drift
Everyone has two lives, and the second life begins the moment you realize that, all along, you only had one.Lionel Lassiter, Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, S1.Ep7: The Viewing
Out of the acorn of a simple kindness, an oak tree of happiness will grow.Princess Margaret, The Crown, S5.Ep3: Mou Mou
If wishes were where we would be, then we would be where we are not.Cornelia Locke, The English, S1.Ep2: Path of the Dead
It’s one thing to be celebrated. It’s another thing entirely to be loved.Theo Graves, (to Sam), American Horror Story, S11.Ep9: Requiem 1981/1987: Part 1
People are oblivious to reality. They only see what they want to see. Imprisoned by their mind’s restrictions. When all they have to do is shift their perspective to see the full scope of things.Henry Singleton, 1899, S1.Ep6: The Pyramid
That’s the great thing about kids. They can be bought.Jen Harding, Dead to Me, S3.Ep2: We Need to Talk
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.Karis Nemik, Andor, S1.Ep12: Rix Road
I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation.Wednesday Addams, Wednesday, S1.Ep1: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe
Do you think anyone really gives a s*** about what your major is? English literature, biology, whatever. The whole point of a college degree is to show a potential employer that you showed up someplace four years in a row, completed a series of tasks reasonably well, and on time. So if he hires you, there’s a semi-decent chance that you’ll show up there every day and not f*** his business up.Dwight Manfredi, (to Tyson), Tulsa King, S1.Ep3: Caprice
Honesty is not a thing to be found. You’re either honest or you’re not.Marisa Coulter, (to Asriel), His Dark Materials, S3.Ep3: The Intention Craft
History is littered with fools who believed the very same. Control the story, control the world.Sage Balor, (Eredin: Stories can be put down with steel.), The Witcher: Blood Origin, S1.Ep2: Of Dreams, Defiance, and Desperate Deeds