I promise you, when your life’s on the line, the Power will be there.[to Rand]
I only do business with predators. Anyone else, no interest. Show me what you are, Mikey.
I did not authorize this.[Thomas Paine]I know. I did. I say who’s an astronaut. Who goes up and when.[Deke Slayton]
I don’t have the right to tell the head of the network to f*** off. I’m a nobody. I’m not you.[to Levy]
I can see your whole history in your eyes. You were born with nothing, so you’ve had to struggle, and connive, and claw your way to power. But true power, the divine right to rule, is something you’re born with.[to Long Feng]
I am a mathematician, a roboticist, and a casino owner. And I don’t know yet how you figure into all of this, but you most certainly do.
History is the ultimate weapon, because it harnesses time itself. Used correctly, the past can alter the present.
History has a softer word for traitors who win. Statesmen.
Here’s the problem with power. You got to take it from somebody to give it to somebody else.
Having power doesn’t make you a hero.
Great power requires great responsibility.
Gods are very hard to kill.[Delirium]All one needs to do to kill a god is to stop believing in them.[Morpheus]