Bioshock memorable quotes
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The Iceman cometh Sander baby. The Iceman fucking cometh.
And Cohens audio diary on "The Wild Bunny"
And Cohens audio diary on "The Wild Bunny"
One of the most memorable things was a audio tape I found.
"The wild bunny, By Sander Cohen. I want to take the ears off, but I cant. I hop, and when I hop... I never get off the ground. It's my curse, my eternal curse. I want to take the ears but i cant, it's my curse it's my !@#$ing curse pleeease take them off.... Pleeease!"
"The wild bunny, By Sander Cohen. I want to take the ears off, but I cant. I hop, and when I hop... I never get off the ground. It's my curse, my eternal curse. I want to take the ears but i cant, it's my curse it's my !@#$ing curse pleeease take them off.... Pleeease!"
my favourite quote has to be the first one .
"I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?
No, says the man in Washington; it belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican; it belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow; it belongs to everyone.
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose...
Rapture."
? Andrew Ryan
and
"i am coming down there little moth i coming down there to tech you to dances "
"I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?
No, says the man in Washington; it belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican; it belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow; it belongs to everyone.
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose...
Rapture."
? Andrew Ryan
and
"i am coming down there little moth i coming down there to tech you to dances "
"Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture"
Seriously, best opening to a game.
Seriously, best opening to a game.
"Look Mr Bubbles it's an angel I can see light coming from his belly... wait he's still breathing.. it's okay.. I know he'll be an angel soon"
"I want to take the ears off..."
Sorry, its just so crazy. As well as the, "An intruder...and hes UGLY!".
On a more serious note, any of the wry criticisms of Objectivism and Ethical Egoism. Ryan talking about burning a national park to the ground is wonderful. But possibly the most harrowing, affecting quotes in Bioshock for me was Tenenbaum, talking about her experience in the concentration camp. A doctor was committing horrible experiments on people, and Tenenbaum comes along, and starts correcting there mistakes. The soldiers start freaking out about how she should be disturbed at what they are going, but she says that if they have to do this, then they might as well do it right. The other is where she laments on how the Germans want to breed people for blond hair and blue eyes, and how the thing that horrifies her is not so much the eugenics as it is there concern with trivial traits.
::Edit:: found them! thay are...
I was at German prison camp only of sixteen years old when I realize I have love for science. German doctor, he make experiment. Sometime, he make scientific error. I tell him of this error, and this make him angry. But then he asks, 'how can a child know such a thing?' I tell him, 'Sometimes, I just know.' He screams at me, 'Then why tell me?Well,' I said, 'if you're going to do such things, at least you should do them properly.
At the German prison camp they put me to work on genetic experiments on other prisoners. They call me 'Das Wunderkind', the wonder child. Germans, all they can talk about is blue eyes, and shape of forehead.All I care about is why is this one born strong, and that one weak? This one smart, that one stupid? All that killing, you think the Germans could have been interested in something useful?
Sorry, its just so crazy. As well as the, "An intruder...and hes UGLY!".
On a more serious note, any of the wry criticisms of Objectivism and Ethical Egoism. Ryan talking about burning a national park to the ground is wonderful. But possibly the most harrowing, affecting quotes in Bioshock for me was Tenenbaum, talking about her experience in the concentration camp. A doctor was committing horrible experiments on people, and Tenenbaum comes along, and starts correcting there mistakes. The soldiers start freaking out about how she should be disturbed at what they are going, but she says that if they have to do this, then they might as well do it right. The other is where she laments on how the Germans want to breed people for blond hair and blue eyes, and how the thing that horrifies her is not so much the eugenics as it is there concern with trivial traits.
::Edit:: found them! thay are...
I was at German prison camp only of sixteen years old when I realize I have love for science. German doctor, he make experiment. Sometime, he make scientific error. I tell him of this error, and this make him angry. But then he asks, 'how can a child know such a thing?' I tell him, 'Sometimes, I just know.' He screams at me, 'Then why tell me?Well,' I said, 'if you're going to do such things, at least you should do them properly.
At the German prison camp they put me to work on genetic experiments on other prisoners. They call me 'Das Wunderkind', the wonder child. Germans, all they can talk about is blue eyes, and shape of forehead.All I care about is why is this one born strong, and that one weak? This one smart, that one stupid? All that killing, you think the Germans could have been interested in something useful?
You think you have memories. A family. A farm. A plane. A crash. But was there really a family? Did that plane crash, or was it hijacked? Forced down...forced down by something less than a man. Was a man sent to kill? A man chooses, a slave obeys.
"Even in the book of lies, somethimes you find truth. Can your master hear me? ATLAS you can kill me, but you will never have my city. My strength is not in steel anf fire, that is what the parasites will never understand. A season for all things, a time to live and a time to die, a time to build, AND A TIME TO DESTROY"
Ryan, before you break into his office.
Ryan, before you break into his office.
Anything that came out of Andrew Ryan's mouth was memorable. Honestly, I've never seen a video game character quite like him. Dr. Steinman and Sander Cohen were also great in their own twisted ways.
Anyway, since no one's mentioned this quote yet, I'll say it:
"On the surface, the parasite expects the doctor to heal them for free. The farmer to feed them out of charity. How little they differ from the pervert who prowls the streets looking for a victim he can ravage for his grotesque amusement!"
--Andrew Ryan
I must say, I've never been an extremist. Until Andrew Ryan came along, though, I never realized how much fun it is listening to them talk! Even though I think Ryan is irreplaceable as a character, I hope BioShock 2 has a character who is just as much of a crazy objectivist. And I say crazy, because you can't be perfectly sane if you let someone kill you just to prove a point!
Anyway, since no one's mentioned this quote yet, I'll say it:
"On the surface, the parasite expects the doctor to heal them for free. The farmer to feed them out of charity. How little they differ from the pervert who prowls the streets looking for a victim he can ravage for his grotesque amusement!"
--Andrew Ryan
I must say, I've never been an extremist. Until Andrew Ryan came along, though, I never realized how much fun it is listening to them talk! Even though I think Ryan is irreplaceable as a character, I hope BioShock 2 has a character who is just as much of a crazy objectivist. And I say crazy, because you can't be perfectly sane if you let someone kill you just to prove a point!
Wow, you guys have covered any of my responses and then some. Just wanted to say, as far as atmosphere goes, the best part of Bioshock for me was how there were no good guys. No normal humans, just insane, inhuman splicer mutants, big daddies, little sisters, Ryan, and Fontaine.
What really stuck in my head was the audio diary when Dr. Suchong is testing the mind control... creepy stuff.
*shivers* It's very creepy...
Suchong: Is that your puppy? She's very pretty...
Little Boy (presumably Jack): Thank you, Papa Suchong.
Suchong: Break her neck for me.
Little Boy: What?
Suchong: Break that sweet puppy's neck.
Little Boy: No... please...
Suchong: Break that puppy's neck?would you kindly...
Little Boy: No... no... *snap*
Suchong: Very good.
Little Boy (presumably Jack): Thank you, Papa Suchong.
Suchong: Break her neck for me.
Little Boy: What?
Suchong: Break that sweet puppy's neck.
Little Boy: No... please...
Suchong: Break that puppy's neck?would you kindly...
Little Boy: No... no... *snap*
Suchong: Very good.
*shivers* It's very creepy...
I am all over this thread!
Ryan
"I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well."
"What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds, a parasite asks 'Where's my share?' A man creates, a parasite says 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents, a parasite says 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God...'"
"I believe in no God, no invisible man in the sky. But there is something more powerful than each of us, a combination of our efforts, a Great Chain of industry that unites us. But it is only when we struggle in our own interest that the chain pulls society in the right direction. The chain is too powerful and too mysterious for any government to guide. Any man who tells you different either has his hand in your pocket, or a pistol to your neck."
"It is this great inversion, this ancient lie which has chained humanity to an endless cycle of guilt and failure. My journey to Rapture was my second exodus. In 1919 I fled a county that had been traded in despotism for insanity. The Marxist Revolution simply traded one lie for another. Instead of one man, the Czar, owning the work of all the people, all the people owned the work of all of the people. And so I came to America; where a man could own his own work. Where a man could benefit from the brilliance of his own mind, the strength of his own muscles, the might of his own will."
Fontaine
"Nice work, boyo! Hahahahaha! Hahaha! Hahahaha! It's time to end this little masquerade. There ain't no 'Atlas', kid, never was. Someone in my line of work takes on a variety of aliases. Hell, once I was even a Chinaman for six months. But you've been a sport, so I guess I owe you a little honesty. Name's Frank Fontaine."
Others
Martin Finnegan: "You think you gonna finish me in here, you old fruit? The other saps you tossed in this meat locker all panicked like rabbits. I just watched and waited. And when they started to kick, I started to scavenge. Made myself a little splicer cocktail I did. If you can't come in from the cold, then you gotta grow ice over your heart. And the iceman cometh, Sander baby. The iceman fucking cometh."
Dr. Steinman: "When Picasso became bored of painting people, he started representing them as cubes and other abstract forms. The world called him a genius! I've spent my entire surgical career creating the same tired shapes, over and over again: the upturned nose, the cleft chin, the ample bosom. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could do with a knife what that old Spaniard did with a brush?"
Dr. Steinman: "With genetic modifications, beauty is no longer a goal, or even a virtue. It is a moral obligation. Do we force the healthy to live with the contagious? Do we mix the criminal with the law-abiding? Then WHY are the plain allowed to mingle with the fair?"
Splicers: "Jesus loves me this i know, for the bible tells me so!"
"I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well."
"What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds, a parasite asks 'Where's my share?' A man creates, a parasite says 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents, a parasite says 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God...'"
"I believe in no God, no invisible man in the sky. But there is something more powerful than each of us, a combination of our efforts, a Great Chain of industry that unites us. But it is only when we struggle in our own interest that the chain pulls society in the right direction. The chain is too powerful and too mysterious for any government to guide. Any man who tells you different either has his hand in your pocket, or a pistol to your neck."
"It is this great inversion, this ancient lie which has chained humanity to an endless cycle of guilt and failure. My journey to Rapture was my second exodus. In 1919 I fled a county that had been traded in despotism for insanity. The Marxist Revolution simply traded one lie for another. Instead of one man, the Czar, owning the work of all the people, all the people owned the work of all of the people. And so I came to America; where a man could own his own work. Where a man could benefit from the brilliance of his own mind, the strength of his own muscles, the might of his own will."
Fontaine
"Nice work, boyo! Hahahahaha! Hahaha! Hahahaha! It's time to end this little masquerade. There ain't no 'Atlas', kid, never was. Someone in my line of work takes on a variety of aliases. Hell, once I was even a Chinaman for six months. But you've been a sport, so I guess I owe you a little honesty. Name's Frank Fontaine."
Others
Martin Finnegan: "You think you gonna finish me in here, you old fruit? The other saps you tossed in this meat locker all panicked like rabbits. I just watched and waited. And when they started to kick, I started to scavenge. Made myself a little splicer cocktail I did. If you can't come in from the cold, then you gotta grow ice over your heart. And the iceman cometh, Sander baby. The iceman fucking cometh."
Dr. Steinman: "When Picasso became bored of painting people, he started representing them as cubes and other abstract forms. The world called him a genius! I've spent my entire surgical career creating the same tired shapes, over and over again: the upturned nose, the cleft chin, the ample bosom. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could do with a knife what that old Spaniard did with a brush?"
Dr. Steinman: "With genetic modifications, beauty is no longer a goal, or even a virtue. It is a moral obligation. Do we force the healthy to live with the contagious? Do we mix the criminal with the law-abiding? Then WHY are the plain allowed to mingle with the fair?"
Splicers: "Jesus loves me this i know, for the bible tells me so!"
