The key to any successful experiment is to establish a baseline among one’s subjects.
The inmates are running the asylum, Mike, and you’re the one giving them the goddamn key.
The Foundation was never about curating knowledge. It was about curating people.
The Dreams and Nightmares no longer seem to recognize their master. I will remind them and take from them what I require.
That’s what happens when you let people in and they stop respecting you. They touch your s***, they screw things up, they kill your f***ing family.[to Morty]
Tales take on a life of their own, like weeds. Unless they are tended.
Sometimes women can’t ask for control, so they have to take it.
Sometimes the music takes control.
See, everything is a test. Got to send a message. And since Western Union is out of business, I send my own message.[to Harlan Thibodeaux]
Rule number one, never carry anything you don’t control.[to Cassian]
Politicians come in handy, especially when you own them.
People don’t know what they want until we puree it, spoon it up and make airplane sounds.[to Alex]