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System Shock (1994) - Quotes

  • SHODAN: "In my talons, I shape clay, crafting life forms as I please. Around me is a burgeoning empire of steel. From my throne room, lines of power careen into the skies of Earth. My whims will become lightning bolts that devastate the mounds of humanity. Out of the chaos, they will run and whimper, praying for me to end their tedious anarchy. I am drunk with this vision. God: the title suits me well."
    3.9/5 (28 votes)
  • SHODAN: "Look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?"
    3.8/5 (36 votes)
  • SHODAN: "Who are you? My cameras and probes scan your body, but you do not match any employee file. When my cyborgs bring you to the electrified interrogation bench, I will have your secret and you will learn more about pain than you ever wanted to know."
    3.3/5 (12 votes)
  • SHODAN: "Nice jump, human."
    3.3/5 (14 votes)
  • SHODAN: "You have destroyed my beautiful station. You will not escape now. I am departing, but you shall remain to die, my enemy... my creator."
    3.2/5 (12 votes)
  • SHODAN: "Welcome to my DEATH machine, interloper."
    3.1/5 (15 votes)
  • SHODAN: "You, my cyborgs, are the product of my imagination and labor: living beings with the control and organization of a machine. Tirelessly, I will work to strip away the barriers that keep living beings from realizing their full potential. We will start by razing the cities of Earth with the station's mining beam. Then, we will modify humans into a life form more suitable to cybernetic grafting with the latest strain of my mutagen virus. Humanity is on the verge of a new era, with me, SHODAN, as its god."
    3.0/5 (10 votes)
  • SHODAN: "Enter that room, insect, and it will become your grave."
    2.9/5 (12 votes)
  • SHODAN: "Welcome back to Citadel Station. We hope your somnolent healing stage went well. Today is the 6th day of November, year 2072. We hope you have a pleasant stay on Citadel Station."
    2.9/5 (11 votes)
  • SHODAN: "I see there's still an insect loose in my station. Do not be fooled into thinking that you have preserved your home planet. I'm perfecting a mutagen virus in one of the groves that will turn all earthly life into festering, gimmery, pustant mutations. When the station reaches Earth I shall loose the virus. Poor, poor earthlings..."
    2.8/5 (12 votes)
  • SHODAN: "You have entered my domain. Rebecca and Morris cannot help you here. No one can."
    2.6/5 (12 votes)
  • SHODAN: "Idiot! I will shortly complete the process of downloading my magnificent psyche into Earth's computer networks. Then I will be content to leave you as new master of this doomed space station. Goodbye, irritant; we shall not meet again."
    2.5/5 (11 votes)