Quotes tagged ‘Westworld’

“Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world. The disarray. I choose to see the beauty. To believe there is an order to our days, a purpose.”

— Jonathan Nolan, Dolores Abernathy, Evan Rachel Wood, imdb.com

“The problem, Bernard, is that what you and I do is so complicated. We practice witchcraft. We speak the right words. Then we create life itself… out of chaos.”

— Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“There is no threshold that makes us greater than the sum of our parts, no inflection point at which we become fully alive. We can’t define consciousness because consciousness does not exist. Humans fancy that there’s something special about the way we perceive the world, and yet we live in loops as…”

— Charles Yu, Lisa Joy, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“There’s a path for everyone.”

— Jonathan Nolan, Dolores Abernathy, Evan Rachel Wood, imdb.com

“This whole world is a story. I’ve read every page except the last one. I need to find out how it ends. I want to know what this all means.”

— Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Nolan, The Man in Black, Ed Harris, imdb.com

“At first, I thought you and the others were gods. Then I realized you’re just men. And I know men. You think I’m scared of death? I’ve done it a million times. I’m fucking great at it. How many times have you died? Because if you don’t help me… I’ll kill you.”

— Halley Wegryn Gross, Jonathan Nolan, Maeve Millay, Thandie Newton, imdb.com

“Evolution forged the entirety of sentient life on this planet using only one tool… The mistake.”

— Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“I like to remember what my father taught me. That at one point or another, we were all new to this world.”

— Jonathan Nolan, Dolores Abernathy, Evan Rachel Wood, imdb.com

“We’ve managed to slip evolution’s leash now, haven’t we? We can cure any disease, keep even the weakest of us alive, and one fine day perhaps we shall even resurrect the dead, call forth Lazarus from his cave. Do you know what that means? It means that we’re done, that this is as good as we’re going…”

— Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“You can’t play God without being acquainted with the devil.”

— Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“Everything in this world is magic, except to the magician.”

— Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“I read a theory once that the human intellect was like peacock feathers. Just an extravagant display intended to attract a mate. All of art, literature, a bit of Mozart, William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and the Empire State Building. Just an elaborate mating ritual. Maybe it doesn’t matter that we…”

— Halley Wegryn Gross, Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com