Favorite Andrew Ryan Line *spoilers*

[unthinkable]

What is your favorite line by Andrew Ryan at any point in the game? Personally I like the whole conversation right before he is about to destroy rapture and ends with. "There is a time to live, and a time to die. A time to build. AND A TIME TO DESTROY!" Than selfdestruct is activated.

[Black-Chaos]

"Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?"

"No!" Says the man in Washington, "It Belongs to the poor."
"No!" Says the man in The Vatican, "It belongs to God."
"No!" Says the man in Moscow, "It belongs to everyone!"

"I rejected those answers.

Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose...Rapture!

A city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be limited by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small!

And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well..."

[iTimmeh]

"OBEY!"

(stupid 2k thought that was too short so I added this little tid-bit of info :P)

[DeathN0t3]

My favorite line by him:

"It was not impossible to build Rapture under the sea. It was impossible to build it anywhere else."

[Marley]

"Would you sacrifice your Humanity?" 'Nuff said. :cool:

[Priest]

My favorite line Ryan says is the one where you come into a room and he begins to activate the self destruct sequence for Rapture and he says. .

"A time to create and a time to destroy!"

That has to be my favorite line from Ryan not because of its content but because how he delivers it, like he's just fed up with it all and would rather send Rapture to the bowels of hell than have it run by anyone else.

[Fuzzy OneThree]

"A free man chooses, a slave obeys"

And then I kill him.

[Dadamh]

I like his audio log about the big daddies and little sisters. I don't have an exact quote, but at the end of it he says something like "I understand the need for such creatures... I just wish we could make them... more presentable."

He sounds like a upper class fellow who just can't stomach the necessities of the city he created. It's interesting to hear that inflection, and it was well acted.

[Bioshocker23]

"Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?" love it:p

[MadisonIV]

'Was a Man Sent to Kill? Or a Slave?"

[thesuperjman]

"KILL!"

...darn ten letter limit.

[JamesR]

This might help:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bioshock#Andrew_Ryan

I rather like: ""Even in a book of lies you sometimes find truth." and the whole paragraph after it. :)

[Ashsimmonds]

I like the one about the forest, how he use to own a bit of land but when the goverment wanted it he burnt it down.

[Miles]

"You are nothing more than a termite in versailles" as you struggle to get to the bomb workshop :P

and, of course, the now legendary opening sequence.

[ZentrX]

definitely the famous "A man chooses. A slave obeys"

[Plasmi-Quik]

I like the diary where Ryan is rambling about not believing in god but the 'chain of industry'.

"The chain is too powerful and too mysterious for any government to guide. Any man who tells you different either has his hands in your pocket, or a pistol to your neck".

Reading between the lines I read it as Ryan calling himself god - he ruled Rapture's market and made the law. ("A few stretched necks are a small price to pay for our ideals")... he sees himself as the creator of that chain.

It made me admire and despise him at the same time.

[ultraspaz2004]

It's not really something he said, but what he wrote.

At the beginning, as you enter Rapture, the massive red sign saying "No Gods or Kings, only Man." with his statue above it.

[Cataclypso]

Which one of the *****es sent you the KGB wolf or the CIA Jackal?!

[splicering]

"So tell me, friend, which one of the ☺☺☺☺☺es sent you? The KGB wolf? Or the CIA jackal? Here's the news: Rapture isn't some sunken ship for you to plunder, and Andrew Ryan isn't the giddy socialite who can be pushed around by government muscle." I really like this one.

[Cataclypso]

^ -_- arggggg

[Acheron]

"In what country is there a place for people like me?"

[ArseOnToast]

I always quote "I'm Andrew Ryan" I love the way he says it.

[Tan]

"You resemble a piece of flying cheese"

[Dadamh]

"You resemble a piece of flying cheese"

I'm not sure I recall that one.

[fidel998]

i would have to say when he says would you kindly i got gooesbumps.

[Techercizer]

I like the part in the special edition behind-the-scenes bonus content disc.

Ryan: I'm a monkey, I'm a ☺☺☺☺ing monkey!
Fontane: ten bucks cohen, pay up
Sander Cohen: I WANT TO TAKE THE MONEY OFF, PLEEEEAASSEEE
Ryan: is that damn loading screen done yet? and how come Fontane always suggests we play Stupid things I'd do for a buck? Why can't we do scrabble?
Suchong: I still can't believe they killed me!
LS: pappa suchong pappa suchong pappa suchong pappa suchong....
Suchong: Goddamnit! *slaps*
Tenebaum: RRROOOOAAWWRRRRR *puts on suit*

[Techercizer]

EDIT:

Suchong still can't believe they killed Suchong!

[Splice-As-Nice]

Good, uhhh voice acting: A free man chooses, a slave obeys.

And my favorite: The chain is too powerful and too mysterious for any government to guide. Any man who tells you different either has his hands in your pocket, or a pistol to your neck.

[nucka]

"Even in a book of lies you sometimes find truth. There is indeed a season for all things, and now that I see you flesh to flesh, blood to blood, I know I cannot raise my hand against you. But know this, you are my greatest disappointment. Does your master hear me? Atlas! You can kill me, but you can never have my city! My strength is not in steel or fire, that is what the parasites will never understand. A season for all things, a time to live, and a time to die. A time to build, and a time to destroy! Come now my child, there is one last thing to discuss."

[jscottyh]

In the end, all that matters to me - is me. And all that matters to you - is you. It is the nature of things.

[Phoenixus]

"Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?" love it:p


That one is my favorite too.

[Retneug]

The opening "Welcome to Rapture" monologue paired with the musical score, paired with the unveiling of Rapture is the most beautifully crafted piece in any game I've played.

[ajax47xf]

i loved everytime he spoke. He is probaly the best character ever concieved for video games. As for my fav, i loved the opening dialouge with the bathysphere trip.
also, the one in ryan industries where he says, "a worm looks up and sees the face of god, but look, its a convention of worms" as soon as i heard that i noticed the impaled bodies, sent chills down my spine. \

I also liked the diary where he reflects on the past war with fontaine, and he still refuses to doubt his philosophy, only his mistakes.

plus, the a man chooses, a slave obeys. that made me think, which is something im not accustomed to in video games.

[RapidFire4Life]

i dont remember the line exactley but it was somthing like... your nothing more than a puppet, you dont move without someone telling you to go.

[Phoenixus]

The opening "Welcome to Rapture" monologue paired with the musical score, paired with the unveiling of Rapture is the most beautifully crafted piece in any game I've played.

I'll agree with that. It was an outstanding intro to the game.

[Kendoguk]

would you kindly kneel, waht gets me if he new that we were being cotrolled why didnt he give us orders not to kill him

[Steinman]

would you kindly kneel, waht gets me if he new that we were being cotrolled why didnt he give us orders not to kill him

i think it was because his time was over, he knew he was going to die.

mine is "The assassin has overcome my final defense, and now he's come to murder me. In the end, what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses, a slave obeys. You think you have memories. A farm, a family, an airplane, a crash, and then this place. Was there really a family? Did that plane crash, or was it hijacked, forced down, forced down by something less than a man? Something bred to sleepwalk through life, until they're activated by a simple phrase spoken by their kindly master? Was a man sent to kill? Or a slave? A man chooses, a slave obeys. Come here, stop, would you kindly? 'Would you kindly'. A powerful phrase, a familiar phrase. Sit, would you kindly? Stand, would you kindly? Run! Stop. Turn! A man chooses, a slave obeys."

now, Would you kindly give me a cookie?

(also, if this were a fontaine thread, i would choose "Now, would you kindly get stepped on by a big daddy?" that was hilarious)

[EnjoiTheHogan]

'Was a Man Sent to Kill? Or a Slave?"

That had me thinking has soon as he said that. THat was a like "are you serious" moment.

[Baalzek]

"It's Chico Time!"

[splicering]

the speech he tells you at the end of the first level is pretty sweet

[PrivateJoker]

Andrew Ryan has quite a few "magnificently articulate" lines.

[Vanguard]

"What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds, a parasite asks 'Where's my share?' A man creates, a parasite says 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents, a parasite says 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God..."

Oh man its sooo good!

[Quanta]

The opening "Welcome to Rapture" monologue paired with the musical score, paired with the unveiling of Rapture is the most beautifully crafted piece in any game I've played.

Agreed. When I saw that for the first time in the demo, my jaw dropped to the floor. It was just so epic, the kind of thing that you only ever see in the best films. I knew I was in for a treat then. :D

[gbpackers25]

"We all make choices but in the end our choices make us"

[Asherah]

"A man has a choice. I chose the impossible. I built a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the great would not be constrain by the small, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality. I chose to build Rapture. But my city was betrayed by the weak. So I ask you, if your life was priced would you kill the innocent? Would you sacrifice your humanity? We all make choices but in the end our choices make us."

[Squizzlor]

I like most of his sayings they did a great job at making every one of his speaches as insperational sounding as the next.

though the begining swet of your brow speach was one of his best:D

or the one that begins the this trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsHY0LnbDDw

[Endiku]

He sounds like a upper class fellow who just can't stomach the necessities of the city he created. It's interesting to hear that inflection, and it was well acted.

Aye, that was perhaps one of his problems, he always worked hard, probably hardest, but he was never poor or at the bottom of society thus he could perhaps understand the theory quite well, but not the reality. I've heard people say that "The dificult part is your first million, after that the snowball starts rolling". As Peach puts it:

The Irish porkpie offered me a deal. I flip 'em Fontaine, and I walk out of here. That simple. How do I know that fat **** isn't Fontaine's guy? How do I know they're not all Fontaine's guy? Fontaine's got Adam and everybody wants it. Ryan's got a whole lot of talk and a nice suit. Even down here, any idiot can see which way the wind is blowing.

And yes, I wouldn't be suprised if in a poll Ryan won 10/10 best quotes.

We all come down here, figured we'd all be part of Ryan's Great Chain. Turns out Ryan's chain is made of gold, and ours are the sort with the big iron ball around your ankle. He's up in Fort Frolic banging fashion models... we're down in this dump yanking guts outta fish. Fontaine's promising something better. He's like one-a us, you know, like he's worked a day in his life. He says meet him at his fish-packing joint at 11. I'll go, bring a couple of guys. Hey, it's not like things could get a lot worse.

[Mr.Daddy]

"A man has a choice.. I chose.. the impossible!"

^Brilliant!

[Atlas the Fisherman]

"Even in a book of lies you sometimes find truth. There is indeed a season for all things, and now that I see you flesh to flesh, blood to blood, I know I cannot raise my hand against you. But know this, you are my greatest disappointment. Does your master hear me? Atlas! You can kill me, but you can never have my city! My strength is not in steel or fire, that is what the parasites will never understand. A season for all things, a time to live, and a time to die. A time to build, and a time to destroy!"

That is probably my favorite too!

[Gingerbeard]

A MAN CHOOSES! A SLAVE OBEYS!
as his head gets bashed in by a putter

[Slayer_2]

Obviously "A man chooses, a slave obeys. OBEY!' As you're hitting him with a golf club. How come no one said this sooner?

[Gingerbeard]

How come no one said this sooner?
i did, in the post right before yours