“Usually, when a man is about to lose everything, he realizes what mattered to him most. He sees it clearly for the first time.”Tagged: realization, Matters, Clarity, Cares, Importance
“I grew up in a goddamn pachinko parlor, okay? And I sure as shit don’t want to die in one.”Tagged: swearing, Cursing, Pachinko, Japanese Culture, Death
“Mars will accuse Earth of using a bio weapon. Earth will claim it was Mars. The Belt will blame the other two. It’s a good way to start a war and to cover it up.”Tagged: Space, Mars, Earth, Fantasy, Sci Fi
“I need you to know, whatever happens, wherever you go, you’re not gonna do it alone.”Tagged: Alone, Friendship, Partner, Partnership, Together
“Sometimes it takes a few monsters to get back on track.”Tagged: monsters, Demons, Journey, Hero's Journey, Wisdom
“You give a monkey a stick, inevitably he’ll beat another monkey to death with it.”Tagged: Monkey, Death, Beat, Violence, Metaphor
“When parents fight, the child has a crisis of loyalty.”Tagged: Family, Conflict, Parents, kids, Children
“Well, you can forget it. I am Iron Man. The suit and I are one. To turn over the Iron Man suit would be to turn over myself, which is tantamount to indentured servitude or prostitution, depending on what state you're in.”Tagged: Indentured Servitude, prostitution
“I mean, doesn't it kind of defeat the whole purpose of having your own plane if it departs before you arrive?”Tagged: Practicality, Departures
“My father helped defeat Nazis. He worked on the Manhattan Project. A lot of people, including your professors at Brown, would call that being a hero.”Tagged: Nazis, Manhattan Project, Hero, Brown University
“You stood by my side all these years while I reaped the benefits of destruction. Now that I'm trying to protect the people I've put in harm's way, you're going to walk out?”
“My old man had a philosophy: peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.”Tagged: Power, Peace, Mutually Assured Destruction
“That's kind of catchy. It's got a nice ring to it. I mean it's not technically accurate. The suit's a gold titanium alloy, but it's kind of provocative, the imagery anyway.”Tagged: Titanium, gold, Alloy, Literal