IMDB's Deus Ex quotes page

[TheDerf]

So anyway, I was browsing through IMDB again because I have no life and I come across Deus Ex while looking for Desperado. I just think to myself, there are so many other great lines in the dialogue of this game and I that I need help picking it out and posting it on IMDB.

Here's the link for the Deus Ex quotes page. (http://www.imdb.com/Quotes?0286585)

Any and all fans of this series would appreciate this. I know I would.

Thanks guys.

Well, I guess to keep chatter up... What were some of your favorite quotes in Deus Ex?

[nss]

countless, man.

here's some e-mails.

From: AGrossman//UnderNet.7823.37.908
To: WGibson//VersaLife.980.73.01
Subject: Finally Beat It

I managed to nail Nethack v54.3.1 just a few minutes ago. Made it past the
Astral Plane, and _then_ back in time to work through all of history up to
Nethack v3.2.3 (this, of course, has been in every version since 48.2), but
after that the game jumped a thousand years into the future and I had to
build an entire interstellar trading alliance (with only the Amulet of Yendor)
before the aliens from the other side of the black holes showed up... took me
six months to solve that part of the game, and then I finally won.

Check it out: www.nethack.org

I hear v54.3.3 should be out next week.

Austin
--------
Well, seeing how long that one was by itself, i better not give anymore e-mails. But yeah, everyone knows and loves the soda machine one.

[jackliu239]

I got one.

in the French level when you went to subway and as you walk down the stairs if you talk to one of the Metro Patrol he will say

"We have had trouble with impatient passengers who walk into the tunnels and get themselevs electrocuted" :)

haha, i'm not lying, i have the screenshots if you want to see it.

[daranz]

Classic one:


Bob Page
We've had to endure much, you and I, but soon there will be order again, a new age. Aquinas spoke of the mythical City on the Hill.
Soon that city will be a reality, and we will be crowned its kings.

Bob Page
Or better than kings. Gods.

[jakedenton]

When in the bar on the hongkong canal and again in the paris club, JC gets into a discussion on two different books, then when asked if he's read them, the camera zooms in on him and is directed straight towards him and he says "I'm not big into books."
Its like a public service announcement telling us not to read. It's classic, I love it.

[TheTrooper]

It's in my sig.

[agentbob00]

"I spill my drink!!" -the sound test from deus ex 1, i laughed so hard when i acctually got to the part where he said it!

i had to sign up for the forums just to get that in, now i dissapear, for a while anyhow...maybe if deus ex 2 was comin out before half-life 2, doom III, and other things it would have a chance....but its not so...course ill still play it and hopefully love it!

[DarkForge]

"Tell me about the shipment, and I'll order the troops to pick you up as a prisoner instead of a corpse!" ;)

[Leo]

the other answer is better

JC: Except send YOU back to the ppl -- in a body bag

man, it is just cool

[Cerpin Taxt]

there's so many great quotes. that's half of why I did the script, I wanted to write down all the great quotes. LET'S OPEN THE SCRIPT!!

my favorites are the random tangents some of the NPCs go onto.

JC Denton: Tell me about the shipment and I’ll order the troops to pick you up as a prisoner instead of a corpse.
NSF Terrorist Leader: Ask away, we already won this round.
JC Denton: Where are you taking it?
NSF Terrorist Leader: We’re just giving ordinary people the same chance to survive as the bureaucrats in Washington.
JC Denton: You’ll have to unload in New York because the choppers would spot you at sea.
NSF Terrorist Leader: I think the government made the plague on purpose to get rid of the population growth.
JC Denton: Just answer the question.
NSF Terrorist Leader: Don’t believe me? It’s all in the numbers. For a hundred years, there’s been a conspiracy of plutocrats against ordinary people.
JC Denton: Do you have a single fact to back that up?
NSF Terrorist Leader: Number one: In 1945, corporations paid 50 percent of federal taxes. Now they pay about 5 percent. Number two: in 1900, 90 percent of Americans were self-employed; now it’s about two percent.
JC Denton: So?
NSF Terrorist Leader: It’s called consolidation. Strengthen governments and corporations, weaken individuals. With taxes, this can be done imperceptibly over time.
JC Denton: I guarantee you that the interrogation staff at UNATCO will not be as forbearing as I am.
NSF Terrorist Leader: Yeah, the secret police. You’re just bullies for a completely illegitimate government in Washington.
JC Denton: We will locate that shipment one way or another.
NSF Terrorist Leader: The entire executive branch is hand-picked. Nineteen of the last twenty-three U.S. presidents have been members of the Trilateral Commission. The Trilateral Commission is financed by the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds. Don’t tell me –
JC Denton: That’s a think-tank. Anyone can become a member.
NSF Terrorist Leader: But not everyone does. That’s why they call it the “secret government.” You can’t fight ideas with bullets.


an excellent conversation...

Anna Navarre: Are you sure you pressed the right button?
Gunther Hermann: I do not make mistakes of that kind.
Anna Navarre: Your hand might have slipped.
Gunther Hermann: No. I wanted orange. It gave me lemon-lime.
Anna Navarre: The machine would not make a mistake….
Gunther Hermann: It’s the maintenance man. He knows I like orange.
Anna Navarre: So you think the staff has some kind of plot….
Gunther Hermann: Yes. They do it on purpose.

:D

Joseph Manderley: Go in like the U.S. Marshals.

heh. I found this next one, a book found in Smuggler's place, a fascinating read.

The Reluctant Dictators, by Travis Crockett
Introduction

Organized at the end of the American Revolution on May 13, 1783, by General George Washington, the Order of the Cincinnati was ostensibly formed as a fraternity to recognize the accomplishments of those officers who had served with distinguishment during the Revolution. However, the true purpose of the Order was the cultivation of a military force ready, willing, and able to accomplish a coup d’etat if the fledgling American democracy began to stumble.
Skeptical at the viability of the untired democratic system, Washington took counsel in the story of the Roman general Cincinnatus who was called from retirement to serve as Dictator for sixteen days in the defense of Rome, after which he returned home to his farm. In the wake of the Revolution, the United States was vulnerable to any number of outside forces, and Washington felt that a strong, central authority had to be present that could assume control of the government if necessary – and “temporarily” suspend the Constitution if required.
Washington resigned as President after only two terms in office, but remained President of the Order of the Cincinnati till his death. The Order still exists to this day, a shadow organization of the wealthy and powerful that has been linked to any number of other organizations ranging from the Illuminati to the Trilateral Commission….

and of course:

SILHOUETTE, MINISTER OF TRUE LIES
TANDIS QU'ILS DORMENT, NOUS GAGNERONS

all right, I'm done. ;)

[DarkForge]

Cerpin Taxt: you got waaaaaay too much free time man! :p

[Simmons]

and i envy you :mad:


:D



i like your work, Cerpin!

[Cerpin Taxt]

oh, by the way, if ya'll don't know french, the Silhouette slogan there was, "while they sleep, we'll win" or something around that.

I just pulled those from my script. ;) the script took forever but quoting it was like five minutes, hahaha.

[terrymx]

the chinese guy who sell meat at the hong kong market:
'i'll cut out the part you most desire'

and the chinese prostitute at the barshop near the canal:
'i take care of you, special price'

[Veedis]

Reloading and working thru quicksaves to find the best way to get Paul out of the apartment alive, in one try he got hit in my crossfire and started attacking me. Can you imagine?
Anyway, he says something like "You'd better grow up, little brother".
I'll never understand why in the game he can fight his way out the front door gun blazing but can't manage to climb down a fire escape ladder. Hell, JC can carry bodies in the game, so why can't he carry his brother.

[cball05]

Jaime Reyes: Listen, JC – about your augmentations. You know they’re preparing to roll out the technology worldwide, right?
JC Denton: As long as I don’t turn green and grow a pair of antennas, as I understand it.
:D

[[SYN] Nexus]

You got to love this one
Door Girl: "Perfect. I order you to stand in the spotlight and growl at the women like a dog who needs a master."

Oh and of course the very cool conversation in the Lucky Money Bar

Isaac: Beer is 15; wine is 120.
JC Denton: Can I ask you something?
Isaac: What do you want to know?
JC Denton: Despite all I’ve read about the Triads, I wasn’t prepared to see them operating in the open, on the streets, and wearing uniforms. Doesn’t the Chinese government care?
Isaac: The Chinese leave Hong Kong alone. They barricade the roads to control trade to the mainland, but they know how business is done.
JC Denton: I would think the secret smuggling operations of the Triads would disturb the Chinese government.
Isaac: Maybe the Luminous Path, but China knows that the Red Arrow are business owners, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and that they protect the city from outside influences.
JC Denton: You said “outside influences.” What does China fear?
Isaac: China is the last sovereign country in the world. Authoritarian but willing – unlike U.N.-governed countries – to give its people the freedom to do what they want.
JC Denton: As long as they don’t break the law.
Isaac: Listen to me. This is real freedom, freedom to own property, make a profit, make your life. The West, so afraid of strong government, now has no government. Only financial power.
JC Denton: Our governments have limited power by design.
Isaac: Rhetoric… and you believe it! Don’t you know where those slogans come from?
JC Denton: I give up.
Isaac: Well-paid researchers – how do you say it? – “think tanks,” funded by big businesses. What is that? A “think tank”?
JC Denton: Hardly as sinister as a dictator, like China’s Premier.
Isaac: It’s privately-funded propaganda. The Trilateral Commission in the United States for instance.
JC Denton: The separation of powers acknowledges the petty ambitions of individuals; that’s its strength.
Isaac: A system organized around the weakest qualities of individuals will produce these same qualities in its leaders.
JC Denton: Perhaps certain qualities are in inseparable part of human nature.
Isaac: The mark of the educated man is the suppression of these qualities in favor of better ones. The same is true of civilization.
JC Denton: I’m looking for Max Chen.
Isaac: Is that so? What is it about?
JC Denton: Maggie Chow sent me.
Isaac: Ah, the beautiful Miss Maggie. You’ll find the door just behind me.
JC Denton: I’ll get a drink later.

[Cerpin Taxt]

yeah I always loved the random arguments JC gets into with people. also, in order to sponser my bid of Lucius as best minor NPC, here's a quote.

Lucius DeBeers: What are you doing back here? Denton, right?
JC Denton: … yeah. You’re… alive in that thing?
Lucius DeBeers: I am conscious. Tell Everett I am cold. He keeps me so cold.
JC Denton: Who are you? Do you mind if I ask?
Lucius DeBeers: The Supreme Enlightened, the leader of the Illuminati.
JC Denton: I thought Everett was the leader.
Lucius DeBeers: I AM THE LEADER! I brought the Illuminati up through the 20th-century to the height of their power! I had presidents and premiers eating out of my hand. I am the one!

[[SYN] Nexus]

Nice one Serpin ;) :D

[Cerpin Taxt]

Helios: You will go to Sector 4 and deactivate the uplink locks, yes. Then you will come back and we will integrate our systems.
JC Denton: I don’t understand… What do you want? You’re just a machine.
Helios: You are ready. I do not wish to wait for Bob Page. With human understanding and network access, we can administrate the world, yes, yes.
JC Denton: Rule the world…? Why? Who gave you the directive? There must be a human being behind your ambition.
Helios: I should regulate human affairs precisely because I lack all ambition, whereas human beings are prey to it. Their history is a succession of inane squabbles, each one coming closer to total destruction.
JC Denton: In a society with democratic institutions the struggle for power can be peaceful and constructive, a competition of ideologies. We just need to put our institutions back in order.
Helios: The checks and balances of democratic governments were invented because human beings themselves realized how unfit they were to govern themselves. They needed a system, yes, an industrial-age machine.
JC Denton: Human beings may not be perfect, but a computer program with language synthesis is hardly the answer to the world’s problems.
Helios: Without computing machines, they had to arrange themselves in crude structures that formalized decision-making – a highly imperfect, unstable solution. I am a more advanced solution to the problem, a decision-making system that does not involve organic beings. I was directed to make the world safe and prosperous, and I will do that. You will give me the ability. You will go to Sector 4 and find the Aquinas Router at the east end of Page’s complex, yes. You will deactive the uplink locks.
JC Denton: I’ll think about it.

[crimson_stallion]

Originally posted by Cerpin Taxt
there's so many great quotes. that's half of why I did the script, I wanted to write down all the great quotes. LET'S OPEN THE SCRIPT!!

my favorites are the random tangents some of the NPCs go onto.

JC Denton: Tell me about the shipment and I’ll order the troops to pick you up as a prisoner instead of a corpse.
NSF Terrorist Leader: Ask away, we already won this round.
JC Denton: Where are you taking it?
NSF Terrorist Leader: We’re just giving ordinary people the same chance to survive as the bureaucrats in Washington.
JC Denton: You’ll have to unload in New York because the choppers would spot you at sea.
NSF Terrorist Leader: I think the government made the plague on purpose to get rid of the population growth.
JC Denton: Just answer the question.
NSF Terrorist Leader: Don’t believe me? It’s all in the numbers. For a hundred years, there’s been a conspiracy of plutocrats against ordinary people.
JC Denton: Do you have a single fact to back that up?
NSF Terrorist Leader: Number one: In 1945, corporations paid 50 percent of federal taxes. Now they pay about 5 percent. Number two: in 1900, 90 percent of Americans were self-employed; now it’s about two percent.
JC Denton: So?
NSF Terrorist Leader: It’s called consolidation. Strengthen governments and corporations, weaken individuals. With taxes, this can be done imperceptibly over time.
JC Denton: I guarantee you that the interrogation staff at UNATCO will not be as forbearing as I am.
NSF Terrorist Leader: Yeah, the secret police. You’re just bullies for a completely illegitimate government in Washington.
JC Denton: We will locate that shipment one way or another.
NSF Terrorist Leader: The entire executive branch is hand-picked. Nineteen of the last twenty-three U.S. presidents have been members of the Trilateral Commission. The Trilateral Commission is financed by the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds. Don’t tell me –
JC Denton: That’s a think-tank. Anyone can become a member.
NSF Terrorist Leader: But not everyone does. That’s why they call it the “secret government.” You can’t fight ideas with bullets.


an excellent conversation...

Anna Navarre: Are you sure you pressed the right button?
Gunther Hermann: I do not make mistakes of that kind.
Anna Navarre: Your hand might have slipped.
Gunther Hermann: No. I wanted orange. It gave me lemon-lime.
Anna Navarre: The machine would not make a mistake….
Gunther Hermann: It’s the maintenance man. He knows I like orange.
Anna Navarre: So you think the staff has some kind of plot….
Gunther Hermann: Yes. They do it on purpose.

:D

Joseph Manderley: Go in like the U.S. Marshals.

heh. I found this next one, a book found in Smuggler's place, a fascinating read.

The Reluctant Dictators, by Travis Crockett
Introduction

Organized at the end of the American Revolution on May 13, 1783, by General George Washington, the Order of the Cincinnati was ostensibly formed as a fraternity to recognize the accomplishments of those officers who had served with distinguishment during the Revolution. However, the true purpose of the Order was the cultivation of a military force ready, willing, and able to accomplish a coup d’etat if the fledgling American democracy began to stumble.
Skeptical at the viability of the untired democratic system, Washington took counsel in the story of the Roman general Cincinnatus who was called from retirement to serve as Dictator for sixteen days in the defense of Rome, after which he returned home to his farm. In the wake of the Revolution, the United States was vulnerable to any number of outside forces, and Washington felt that a strong, central authority had to be present that could assume control of the government if necessary – and “temporarily” suspend the Constitution if required.
Washington resigned as President after only two terms in office, but remained President of the Order of the Cincinnati till his death. The Order still exists to this day, a shadow organization of the wealthy and powerful that has been linked to any number of other organizations ranging from the Illuminati to the Trilateral Commission….

and of course:

SILHOUETTE, MINISTER OF TRUE LIES
TANDIS QU'ILS DORMENT, NOUS GAGNERONS

all right, I'm done. ;)

HAHAHA the gunther one kills it. Thats one of my all time favs.

Then theres the general comments by enemies. "Saw something. big guy in a coat" or something like that. Then somethign like "must be my imagination" lol. I loved the way you could hide behind crates, and listen to enemies to know what is goign on. The aforementioned comments would let you know when they were back off guard. THe foot sounds would help you see how far they were, adn where they were (by grass, concrete, metal, etc sounds). Then if you shoot someone wiht a dart you know when you hear the "Ahhhhhhhrghh" that its safe go go out. The sound was truly brilliant in that way.

[Le`Sauveur`De`Ces`Dames]

"I know I heard something" (generally followed by "bzzzz")

[That NPC in level 6]

Originally posted by Le`Sauveur`De`Ces`Dames
"I know I heard something" (generally followed by "flunk-POW")

I fixed your quote. :D

Where do you here the Simons and JC quote? I don't remember it...

[Jdphenix]

Joseph Manderly

It's critical that they trust you.




Lying idiot. He learned his lesson. hehe

[BornIn1142]

One of my favorites,

Data Entry Worker: So much for this schedule, right mate?
JC: The schedule... Yeah, sure...
(It's just the way he says it.)


JC: Suuuuuuuuuuure

[Memphis42]

Originally posted by TheTrooper
SIMONS - You take another step forward and here I am again, like your own reflection in a hall of mirrors.
JC - That makes me one ugly son of a *****.

Where's that one?

[Zhanate]

If you don't kill Walton Simons at the Ocean Lab, he confronts you again at Area 51.

That's when this exchange happens:

Walton Simons: You take another step forward and here I am again, like your own reflection in a hall of mirrors.

JC: That makes me one ugly son of a *****.


This exchange has some of my favorite lines:

UNATCO Troop 1: Denton! Hey, it’s Denton!
UNATCO Troop 2: You want these?
JC Denton: What?
UNATCO Troop 1: Give’m the grenades!
UNATCO Troop 2: Look, I know he’s your brother, but….
UNATCO Troop 1: Your brother gave us these things! Look at this, “irritation to all exposed mucous membranes” – what’s that gonna do?
UNATCO Troop 2: Just tell Paul to gives us bullets next time.
UNATCO Troop 1: Here’s one: “Prolonged exposure can damage the bronchial pathways.” Prolonged exposure? It’s like giving ‘em cigarettes or something.
UNATCO Troop 2: Look, do you want these things?
JC Denton: Keep ‘em. Those things save lives.
UNATCO Troop 2: Terrorist lives, you mean. You’re just like your brother. If I had your abilities, people would be safe around here.

[Bio Denton]

JC Denton: I.. We..

Those two words sum up the greatest in Deus Ex.

[That NPC in level 6]

Originally posted by Zhanate
If you don't kill Walton Simons at the Ocean Lab, he confronts you again at Area 51.

That's when this exchange happens:

[B]Walton Simons: You take another step forward and here I am again, like your own reflection in a hall of mirrors.

JC: That makes me one ugly son of a *****.

I did not kill Walton in the ocean lab and I still don't remember this. Is there something you have to do besides running away from him?

[BornIn1142]

No, just don't kill him. In A51, go to the entrance of the bunker (the bast doors) and he should run up to you.

[ZeaLitY]

Can't believe you guys forgot the biggest reaction ever to be extracted out of JC.

"A bomb!"

He says it as if he were conversing over mundane finances in a little French cafe.

[PointlesS]

when you kill that shady mechanic in paris at that one dude's house and jock's like "Why did you kill his mechanic"...the way he says it...it's just...so plain...like he says it every day or something...

also


Originally posted by BornIn1142
One of my favorites,

Data Entry Worker: So much for this schedule, right mate?
JC: The schedule... Yeah, sure...
(It's just the way he says it.)


JC: Suuuuuuuuuuure
where is that from?

[gareis]

Originally posted by PointlesS
where is that from?

VersaLife data entry, second floor. (Right? Third floor is "You work with Psionics?" Or was it the other way around?)

Ah, yes, fun days, those. The only ways to get past all the guards are cloak, speed, or kill all of them. It's set up so you can't sneak.

[BornIn1142]

Also good,

"Bravery is not a function of firepower." - JC to the crazy cat lady in the sewers.

[SATCOM]

There is also the classic:

"My vision is augmented"- JC in UNATCO HQ

I can't believe no one's said that

Or maybe its because everyone else is sane...

*People arrive in white jackets*
No, not agian! I'm not crazy! There is an Illuminati! If only the UN would liste-

*SATCOM is gagged and put in a straight jacket*

[Sr60308]

or how about "i'll take the sniper rifle."

[freespace2dotcom]

"A bullet to the head, now THAT'S justice!"
By a unatco trooper if you kill Lebedev. I haven't experimented too much, so I don't know if he says it only if you kill him that way or not yet.

[meeshka skwoz]

thief girl: "this is agent denton. he's the guy i met in the washroom"
trooper: "ohhh"


Walton Simons: "jesus christ DENTON!"
"get your ass back to the helipad!!"

[Sr60308]

old wrinkly whore "ill give you special price"
chinese ppl "welcome to the yuckey monee"

[Nick_the_Taurus]

"Welcome to VersaLife, we make tomorrow look like yesterday."

[mr chang]

roughly off the top of my head,

after choosing to go after Gunther in subway JC: Good news here comes your chance to be a hero. Gunther responds with "Good" but his little accent that makes it sound more like "gud" is sheer greatness.

[nidy]

I don't know if this is an old topic or anything since im new here, but you forgot one of the best quotes.
To paul
"Move over, your boss is my next objective"

[Fuchikoma]

Mistake post.

[Lt Shephard]

I forgot how it went, but the piece of dialogue when JC confronts the pimp who is roughing up one of his girls is classic.

Great topic btw.

Regs,
T

[vaughn_decker]

Originally posted by Lt Shephard
I forgot how it went, but the piece of dialogue when JC confronts the pimp who is roughing up one of his girls is classic.

Great topic btw.

Regs,
T


Pimp What I'm TELLIN' you, girl?
SandraRenton You said I didn't have to. Make Janey do it.
Pimp I already took the money, and when it's JoJo and it's somethin' he wants, you got to do it. You and me both, baby. We helpless.
SandraRenton We were just gonna hang out today.
Pimp I TOLD you how it don't play with me this amateur unprofessional bull****.
SandraRenton Johnny . . .
Pimp If it's business, it's business. If it's us two hangin' out, then we hang out. Right now it's business.
SandraRenton I want out, Johnny. I didn't know it would get like this.
Pimp Put it this way. You in it. You want out it's like a gang; you get beat out.
Pimp Girl, don't make me tell you again.
SandraRenton I'm sick, Johnny. I really am. I gotta lie down.
SandraRenton Tomorrow night... Okay?
Pimp They ain't gonna be no tomorrow if there ain't a tonight.

„¤JCDenton You've got 10 seconds to beat it before I add you to the list „Ÿof NSF casualties.
„ŸPimp Easy, bro', just havin' us a conversation.
„ŸJCDenton Five seconds.
„ŸPimp Girl's got a head full of marbles. I HAVE to yell or she'd don't „Ÿhear me.
„ŸJCDenton Three.
„ŸPimp She schitzes on me it's my ass, man!
„ŸJCDenton One.
„ŸPimp All right! I'm goin'. Jesus.

Classic.

All of Deus Ex is classic.