BioShock

"Things were supposed to work out for me, down here...! RYAN! Whens my turn, you son of a bitch?!"

"[passing the Bot Shutdown Panel in the office] Ive got the security system in this joint hacked, so those turrets wont bite. Come on up to my office."

"Do you see it? When I am dust, this is what theyll point to! My Quadtych! My masterpiece. Go ahead. Dont be afraid. Touch it."

"What I was trying to do with BioShock was to say, ‘Okay, well, [in Atlas Shrugged] that’s a utopia where Ayn Rand, who made the philosophy, made all the rules, and all the characters were under her control. What if things weren’t under everybody’s control?’ And I think that’s the problem with utopias — we bring ourselves to it, you know? We think we’re leaving our problems behind but – I don’t mean this in a cynical way – we are the problem. Like whatever social problems that occur come out of us. It’s not like they fall out of the sky. I think people think they’re going to go to a utopian society, and I think it’s not really possible."

"[if the player chooses to save the first Little Sister] Tenenbaums playing you for a sap. Those things may look like wee little girls, but looks dont make it so. Youll need all the ADAM you can get to survive."

"Careful now... Would you kindly lower that weapon for a minute? [when the player sees the Little Sister harvesting a corpse] You think thats a child down there? Dont be fooled. Shes a Little Sister now. Somebody went and turned a sweet baby girl into a monster. Whatever you thought about right and wrong on the surface, well, that dont count for much down in Rapture. Those Little Sisters, they carry ADAM – the genetic material that keeps the wheels of Rapture turning. Everybody wants it; everybody needs it. [a Splicer approaches the Little Sister, who then screams, causing the Big Daddy to appear] Thats the Big Daddy. She gathers ADAM, he keeps her safe."

"Listen – Ive got a family. I need to get them out of here. But the Splicers have cut me off from them. If you can reach them in Neptunes Bounty, then maybe, just maybe... I know you must feel like the unluckiest man in the world right now, but youre the only hope Ill ever see my wife and child again. Go to Neptunes Bounty... Find my family... Please."

"If you want to use the Emergency Access, youll be needing Dr. Steinmans key. Hes the one what runs this place. But I dont expect him to hand it to you out of the milk of human kindness. Steinman aint that kind, and frankly, Im not even sure hes still human."

"Plasmids changed everything. They destroyed our bodies, our minds. We couldnt handle it. Best friends butchering one another, babies strangled in cribs. The whole city went to hell."

"[encountering the first Little Sister to either harvest or rescue] Listen, boyo: You wont survive without the ADAM those... Things... Are carrying. Are you prepared to trade your life, the lives of my wife and child for Tenenbaums little Frankensteins?"

"[after the player escapes from the Welcome Center] Now youve met Andrew Ryan, the bloody King of Rapture. Now find your way to Emergency Access."

"All roads in Rapture lead to Ryan. The security, the Splicers, the Big Daddies, the Little Sisters: he pumps some kind of chemical scent in the air, pheromones they call it, makes them all dance to his tune."