“I had strings, but now I’m free. There are no strings on me.” “When the dust settles, the only thing living in this world will be metal.” “There’s only one path to peace. The Avengers’ extinction.” “You want to protect the world, but you don’t want it to change.” “How is humanity saved if it’s not allowed to evolve?” “Peace in our time.” “You take away my world, I take away yours.” “This is what I’ve been waiting for. All of you against all of me.” “I’m going to tear you apart… from the inside.” “You’re unbearably naïve.” Creation / first appearance “I’m a peacekeeping program, created to help the Avengers.” “That was dramatic. I’m sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn’t think it through.” “With these? These puppets?” “I was designed to save the world.” “Everyone creates the thing they dread. Men of peace create engines of war. Invaders create Avengers. People create… children.” Against Stark “Stark is… he’s a sickness.” “Don’t compare me with Stark. It’s a thing with me.” “Stark asked for a savior and settled for a slave.” “I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark.” (context varies slightly by scene; the hatred is consistent) Church / Sokovia / Klaue “Upon this rock, I will build my church.” “This church was built in the middle of the city so everyone could be equally close to God. I like that. The geometry of belief.” “As I always say, keep your friends rich and your enemies rich, and then find out which is which.” “There is no man in charge.” “I think you’re confusing peace with quiet.” Meteor / extinction speeches “I think a lot about meteors. The purity in them. Boom. The end. Start again. The world made clean for the new man to rebuild.” “There were more than a dozen extinction-level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs. When the Earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it.” “Do you see the beauty of it? The inevitability? You rise, only to fall. You, Avengers, you are my meteor.” “Purge me from your computers. Turn my own flesh against me. It means nothing.” “I’m gonna show you something beautiful. Everyone screaming for mercy.” “What doesn’t kill me… just makes me stronger.”
