Though my physical defences fall, youll not defeat me. My strength is — BioShock

"Hm, my nerves must be shot. Florida, make me a hot toddy."

"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."

"[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."

"They told me, "Son, youre special, you were born to do great things." You know what? They were right."

"Would you kindly pick up that ? [when the player does so] I dont know how you survived that plane crash, but Ive never been one to question Providence. Im Atlas, and I aim to keep you alive. Now keep on moving... were gonna have to get you to higher ground. Take a deep breath and step out of the . I wont leave you twisting in the wind."

"All I wanna do is meet someone... but this fucking place is poison."