General Zod

"Your defiance is admirable but useless."

"I am the conqueror of worlds."

"You will fall before me."

"I do not accept defeat."

"Your time has ended."

"I am forever."

"Kneel before Zod."

"I have walked this Earth for a thousand years, and I have seen empires rise and fall."

"A man can accomplish anything when he is free from the chains of weakness."

"You were born on Krypton, yet you have chosen to be less than you are."

"Evolution should be encouraged, not feared."

"I am the leader my people deserve."

"Your compassion makes you vulnerable, and vulnerability is the gateway to extinction."

"Knowledge without purpose is merely information gathering."

"I will rebuild Krypton on this world, no matter the cost."

"Peace is a luxury for those too weak to wage war."

"The strong survive, the weak perish. This is the natural order."

"Do not mistake mercy for justice."

"A true leader does not ask for sacrifice; he demands it."

"Your father taught you limitations that need not exist."

"I have conquered worlds with less conviction than this."

"Sentimentality is the death of civilizations."

"Time bends to those with the will to command it."

"Hope is a weapon of the desperate."

"You could have been a god, yet you chose to be human."

"The world trembles before my determination."

"Friendship is a bond for those who cannot stand alone."

"I do not fear death; I embrace the struggle it brings."

"Your love for this planet blinds you to your true potential."

"Art is the expression of a civilization's power."