Bioshock Quotes & Sayings

The underwater businessman philosopher Andrew Ryan was BioShock's unforgettable villain. — Tom Bissell

The average action game doesn't much traffic in thematic grandiosity, but the BioShock games are different. — Tom Bissell

A man chooses...a slave obeys. — Andrew Ryan

There's two ways to deal with mystery: uncover it, or eliminate it. — Andrew Ryan

Even in a book of lies sometimes you find truth. There is indeed a season for all things and now that I see you flesh-to-flesh and 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 will never have my city. My strength is not in steel and 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! — Andrew Ryan

I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. 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 bound 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. — Andrew Ryan

If the modern world were a patient in my care... I would diagnose it suicidal." - Dr. Sofia Lamb — John Shirley