Lines that stayed
The Quote Archive
110 iconic lines in the original — with speaker and film. One of them is on the homepage every day.
“I am Iron Man.”
— Tony Stark · Iron Man
“I am Iron Man.”
The same words, eleven years later — as a farewell.
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
In the MCU it is May who says it, not Uncle Ben.
“I can do this all day.”
“I am inevitable.”
“Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.”
“Reality is often disappointing.”
“Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good…”
“I love you 3000.”
— Morgan Stark · Avengers: Endgame
“That's my secret, Cap: I'm always angry.”
“There was an idea … to bring together a group of remarkable people.”
“If we can't protect the Earth, you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it.”
“I'm with you till the end of the line.”
“Wakanda forever!”
“Bury me in the ocean, with my ancestors that jumped from the ships — because they knew death was better than bondage.”
“Just because something works doesn't mean it can't be improved.”
— Shuri · Black Panther
“I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!”
“He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy.”
“We are Groot.”
“I am Groot.”
This time audible to everyone: 'I love you guys.'
“Dance-off, bro. Me and you.”
“Why is Gamora?”
“I have lived most of my life surrounded by my enemies. I would be grateful to die among my friends.”
“Dormammu, I've come to bargain.”
“We're in the endgame now.”
“It's not about how much we lost. It's about how much we have left.”
“Whatever it takes.”
“I went for the head.”
“You should have gone for the head.”
“Bring me Thanos!”
“What is grief, if not love persevering?”
— Vision · WandaVision
“You didn't see that coming?”
Whedon's Pietro — not Fox's Peter.
“I can't control their fear, only my own.”
“I'm not a monster. I'm a mom.”
“This is chaos magic, Wanda. And that makes you the Scarlet Witch.”
“On your left.”
Recycled into the goosebumps line of Endgame.
“I'm loving you lots. Doing my best.”
“Higher, further, faster, baby.”
“I have nothing to prove to you.”
“I choose to run towards my problems and not away from them. Because that's what heroes do.”
— Thor · Thor: Ragnarok
“Asgard is not a place. It's a people.”
— Odin · Thor: Ragnarok
“We know each other! He's a friend from work!”
— Thor · Thor: Ragnarok
Improvised — suggested by a child from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
“I've been falling for thirty minutes!”
— Loki · Thor: Ragnarok
“I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose.”
— Loki · The Avengers
“Glorious purpose.”
— Loki · Loki · Staffel 2
From megalomania to self-sacrifice: the same words, new meaning.
“I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail nonetheless.”
“You're embarrassing me in front of the wizards.”
“Underoos!”
“He's my friend. — So was I.”
— Steve Rogers & Tony Stark · Captain America: Civil War
The core of the whole civil war in five words.
“If you're nothing without this suit, then you shouldn't have it.”
“When you can do the things that I can, but you don't — and then the bad things happen — they happen because of you.”
“You have the right to remain silent!”
Miles' first moment of his own as Spider-Man.
“Anyone can wear the mask.”
“It's a leap of faith. That's all it is, Miles. A leap of faith.”
“Nah, imma do my own thing.”
“You're welcome, Canada.”
“I'm Marvel Jesus.”
“I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!”
“Mutation: it is the key to our evolution.”
— Charles Xavier · X-Men
“You know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.”
“Just because someone stumbles and loses their path doesn't mean they're lost forever.”
“Hello, Peter.”
“I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength.”
— Aunt May (Raimi) · Spider-Man 2
“This is my gift, my curse.”
“Go get 'em, tiger.”
— Mary Jane · Spider-Man 2
“I missed you so much.”
— Gwen Stacy · The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Shortly before the fall that broke the franchise.
“Some people say the world ends in fire, some say ice — trust me, it ends in paperwork.”
In the spirit of TVA bureaucracy — Miss Minutes' realm.
“For all time. Always.”
— TVA-Motto · Loki · Staffel 1
“We don't get to choose our time. Death is what gives life meaning.”
— The Ancient One · Doctor Strange
“It's not about you.”
— The Ancient One · Doctor Strange
“I'm sorry. The Illuminati will see you now.”
Four minutes later the Illuminati no longer exist.
“You break the rules and become a hero. I do it and I become the enemy. That doesn't seem fair.”
“Blood on my hands? You wanna see blood on my hands?”
The Netflix-era church confessions remain unmatched even so.
“I'm not seeking penance for what I've done, Father. I'm asking forgiveness for what I'm about to do.”
“You know I'm a man of my word.”
“One batch, two batch. Penny and dime.”
“Sweet Christmas.”
— Luke Cage · Luke Cage
“Is this the hill you wanna die on? — At least it's a hill. Some people die on their way to the bathroom.”
In spirit — Yelena's gallows humor carries half the film.
“That was the best moment of my life. And I was strapped to a table.”
“There is no version of this where you come out on top.”
“A thing isn't beautiful because it lasts.”
“But a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts. It is a privilege to be among them.”
“You get hurt, hurt 'em back. You get killed … walk it off.”
“Language!”
“Sometimes the best we can do is start over.”
“I know my value. Anyone else's opinion doesn't really matter.”
“The world has changed, and none of us can go back.”
“The price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it's a price I'm willing to pay.”
“Every story leads to Doom.”
— Marvel-Marketing · Avengers: Doomsday
The tagline that gave this website its event section.
“New mask, same task.”
— Robert Downey Jr. · Avengers: Doomsday
Hall H, July 2024 — the sentence that restarted the saga.
“Sure you're ready for that, Mr. Whitman?”
Five years later we are still waiting.
“If you fail, then the shield means nothing.”
— Isaiah Bradley · The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
“They will never let a Black man be Captain America.”
— Isaiah Bradley · The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
“I'm not gonna fight your war. I'm gonna end it.”
“It's clobberin' time!”
“Flame on!”
“You are my sun and my stars, Franklin.”
In spirit — the core of the film: a family first.
“I am a god, you dull creature. And I will not be bullied by—”
— Loki · The Avengers
The sentence Hulk never let him finish.
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