Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

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"Real power lies in lifting others up."
Molly Brown
M
"Because I choose to."
Merovingian
M
"The question is not whether I can, but whether I will."
Merovingian
M
"I have transcended your moral limitations."
Merovingian
M
"I do not ask permission, I take what is mine."
Merovingian
M
"Your freedom is an illusion I have allowed."
Merovingian
M
"The game ends only when I say it ends."
Merovingian
M
"You are playing my game by my rules."
Merovingian
M
"Your world crumbles because I have willed it."
Merovingian
M
"Power is the only currency that matters."
Merovingian
C
"You are of no use to me dead."
Cal Hockley
C
"One does not simply walk away from Cal Hockley."
Cal Hockley
C
"The future is written by those with the means to write it."
Cal Hockley
C
"A man's worth is measured in what he controls."
Cal Hockley
C
"Power without the will to use it is worthless."
Cal Hockley
C
"I have always believed in the power of human skill and will."
Captain Smith
A
"You think you're smart. You think you're the only one that matters. But you're just a program, and programs can be deleted."
Agent Johnson
A
"Power is never given; it is always taken."
Agent Johnson
S
"I have come to understand that resistance is a fundamental characteristic of the matrix."
Smith
S
"I am inevitable."
Smith
S
"I am the answer to every question you have ever asked."
Smith
S
"Power consolidates around understanding."
Smith
P
"In this world, there are those who give and those who take. I have learned to be both."
Persephone
P
"I have learned that true power lies in being needed."
Persephone
P
"I am not here to be understood, only to be respected."
Persephone
P
"I am not your temptation. I am your inevitability."
Persephone
M
"We all have the power to change the world around us, if we're brave enough."
Molly Brown
T
"Do you believe you're in control of your actions?"
The Oracle
T
"The greatest power is the power to choose."
The Oracle
T
"The Matrix isn't a prison. It's a choice we keep making."
Thomas Anderson