“Control is about as real as a one-legged unicorn taking a leak at the end of a double rainbow.”— Sam Esmail, Ray Heyworth, Craig Robinson, imdb.com
“I do see the beauty in the rules, the invisible code of chaos hiding behind the menacing face of order.”— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“Annihilation is always the answer. We destroy parts of ourselves every day. We Photoshop our warts away. We edit the parts we hate about ourselves, modify the parts we think people hate. We curate our identity, carve it, distill it. Krista’s wrong. Annihilation is all we are.”— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“The devil’s at his strongest while we’re looking the other way, like a program running in the background silently, while we’re busy doing other shit.”— Adam Penn, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“I hurt Krista. I don’t feel good about that. I hope you’re not mad at me. But you have to admit, she’s just like everyone else. Too afraid to peak over their walls for fear of what they might see. Not me. That’s what I do. I look.”— Randolph Leon, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“How do I take off a mask when it stops being a mask, when it’s as much a part of me as I am?”— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“I’ve never found it hard to hack most people. If you listen to them, watch them, their vulnerabilities are like a neon sign screwed into their heads.”— David Iserson, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“So this is what a revolution looks like, people in expensive clothing running around. Not how I pictured it.”— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“Unfortunately, we’re all human. Except me, of course.”— David Iserson, Tyrell Wellick, Martin Wallström, imdb.com
“Power belongs to the people that take it. Nothing to do with their hard work, strong ambitions, or rightful qualifications, no. The actual will to take is often the only thing that’s necessary.”— Sam Esmail, Tyrell Wellick, Martin Wallström, imdb.com
“You’re losing it, kiddo. I’m only supposed to be your prophet. You’re supposed to be my god.”— Sam Esmail, Mr. Robot, Christian Slater, imdb.com
“I’m good at reading people. My secret, I look for the worst in them.”— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“People are all just people, right? When it gets down to it, everyone’s the same. They love something. They want something. They fear something. Specifics help, but specifics don’t change the way that everyone is vulnerable. It just changes the way that we access those vulnerabilities.”— David Iserson, Mobley, Azhar Khan, imdb.com
“Every day, we change the world, but to change the world in a way that means anything, that takes more time than most people have. It never happens all at once. It’s slow. It’s methodical. It’s exhausting. We don’t all have the stomach for it.”— David Iserson, Mr. Robot, Christian Slater, imdb.com
“Hello, friend. Hello, friend. That’s lame. Maybe I should give you a name. But that’s a slippery slope. You’re only in my head. We have to remember that.”— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank, but give a man a bank, and he can rob the world.”— Sam Esmail, Tyrell Wellick, Martin Wallström, imdb.com
“Daemons. They don’t stop working. They’re always active. They seduce. They manipulate. They own us. And even though you’re with me, even though I created you, it makes no difference. We all must deal with them alone. The best we can hope for, the only silver lining in all of this is that when we bre…”— Adam Penn, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“This is the world we live in. People relying on each other’s mistakes to manipulate one another and use one another, even relate to one another. A warm, messy circle of humanity.”— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“True courage is about being honest with yourself. Especially when it’s difficult.”— Kyle Bradstreet, Mr. Robot, Christian Slater, imdb.com