55 Best Westworld Quotes For Science Fiction Lovers
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The famous 'Westworld' movie is a sci-fi thriller which was written and directed by Michael Crichton in the year 1973.
The 'Westworld' TV series was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and was produced by HBO in 2016. The 'Westworld' TV series is based on the 1973 film itself!
'Westworld', the film, is all about human-like robots that malfunction and start murdering the visitors of an amusement park. While the TV series' plot is more technologically advanced, it is still about a wild-west amusement park by the very same name, 'Westworld', which is populated by the android robots known as Hosts.
The 'Westworld' amusement park caters for high-paying guests who could enjoy their fantasies within the park without the fear of being attacked by Hosts (who are programmed not to harm humans). But things go wrong as the Host robots start to malfunction and begin to harm the guests.
The show has been immensely popular and its quotes have become something akin to a phenomenon. Here's a curated list of some great 'Westworld' quotes.
If you like these quotes, you can also take a look at these 'Twin Peaks' quotes and 'True Detective' quotes for more great quotes from the world of film and TV.
The Most Famous Quotes From 'Westworld'
Here are some famous quotes from Westworld which have turned memorable over time.
1. “Some say you destroy your enemy by making them your friend. I'm more of a literal person.”
- Karl Strand, season two, episode one.
2. “Patience is the most overrated virtue.”
- Engerraund Serac, season three, episode three.
3. “I was angry at first. Torn between two impulses. We can annihilate them, or we can tear down their world in the hopes we can build a new one. One that’s truly free.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season three, episode eight.
4. "Kohana: Take my heart when you go.
Akecheta: Take mine in its place."
- 'Westworld, season two, episode eight.
5. "I always trusted code more than people anyway."
- Elsie Hughes, season two, episode four.
6. “I used to think this place was all about pandering to your baser instincts. Now I understand. It doesn’t cater to your lowest self, it reveals your deepest self. It shows you who you really are.”
- William, season one, episode seven.
7. “I guess people like to read about the things that they want the most and experience the least.”
- Bernard Lowe, season one, episode three.
8. “Humans created the idea of heaven and hell to cow simple-minded people into compliance. They are lies.”
- Engerraund Serac, season three, episode four.
9. “Consciousness isn’t a journey upward, but a journey inward. Not a pyramid, but a maze.”
- Bernard Lowe, season one, episode 10.
10. “Humanity’s biggest threat has always been itself.”
- Engerraund Serac, season three, episode four.
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11. “If there’s one thing I know about human nature, it’s that your stupidity is only eclipsed by your laziness.”
- Maeve Millay, season three, episode one.
12. “We can’t define consciousness because consciousness does not exist. Humans fancy that there’s something special about the way we perceive the world, and yet we live in loops as tight and as closed as the hosts do, seldom questioning our choices, content, for the most part, to be told what to do next.”
- Robert Ford, season two, episode eight.
13. “The game begins where you end and ends where you began.”
- Robert Ford, season two, episode one.
14. “Your mind is a walled garden, even death cannot touch the flowers blooming there.”
- Robert Ford, season one, episode five.
15. “You can’t kill what’s already dead.”
- Maeve Millay, season three, episode two.
16. “I've always loved this view. Every city, every monument... Man's greatest achievement will all be chased by it... By that impossible line, where the waves conspire, where they return. A place maybe you and I will meet again.”
- Robert Ford, season two, episode 10.
17. “All my life, I've prided myself on being a survivor. But surviving is just another loop.”
- Maeve Millay, season one, episode seven.
18. “We humans are alone in this world for a reason. We murdered and butchered anything that challenged our primacy.”
- Robert Ford, season one, episode six.
19. "We are all bound together, the living and the damned."
- Akecheta, season two, episode eight.
'Westworld' Quotes That You Will Love
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20. “There is ugliness in this world. Disarray. I choose to see the beauty,”
- Dolores Abernathy, season three, episode eight.
21. “What humans describe as sane is a narrow range of behaviors. Most states of consciousness are insane.”
- Bernard Lowe, season two, episode eight.
22. “To grown we all need to suffer.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season two, episode three.
23. “I’m a dead man either way. At least this way, I get to decide who I wanna be.”
- Caleb Nichols, season three, episode three.
24. “Tell me the truth. Tell me one true thing.”
- Juliet Westworld, season two, episode nine.
25. “I've served death well, and in turn, it will be watchin' over us as we cross these lands.”
- Craddock, season two, episode four.
26. "Peter Martin: John.
John Blane: Yeah?
Peter Martin: This place is fun."
- 'Westworld', 1973.
27. “I don’t concern myself with the present. My business is the future.”
- Engerraund Serac, season three, episode two.
28. “I will have such revenges on you both… What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be the terrors of the earth…”
- Peter Abernathy, 'Westworld'.
29. “You live only as long as the last person who remembers you.”
- Akecheta, season two, episode four.
'Westworld' HBO Quotes
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30. “Take me to the place you promised. Take me to where the mountains meet the sea.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season one, episode 10.
31. “Hell is empty and all devils are here.”
- Peter Abernathy, season one, episode two.
32. “It means when you're suffering, that's when you're most real.”
- William, season one, episode two.
33. “You'll try to stop me. Both of us will probably die... but our kind will have endured.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season two, episode 10.
34. “How about I give you the first shot? After all, every dog has his day.”
- William, season one, episode one.
35. “Everything in this world is magic, except to the magician.”
- Robert Ford, season one, episode two.
36. “I understand now. This world doesn’t belong to them; it belongs to us.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season one, episode 10.
37. “There’s a path for everyone.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season one, episode one.
38. “That which is real is irreplaceable.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season two, episode 10.
39.“Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world. The disarray. I choose to see the beauty. To believe there is an order to our days, a purpose.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season one, episode one.
40. “Someone once told me that there's a path for everyone. And my path leads me back to you.”
- Teddy Flood, season one, episode 10.
41. “Winning doesn’t mean anything unless someone else loses.”
- William, season one, episode one.
42. “It’s tribal. They use plumage to identify themselves, which makes them easily fooled.”
- Dolores Abernathy, season three, episode four.
43. “Real love is always worth waiting for.”
- Clementine Pennyfeather, season one, episode two.
44. “The longer I work here, the more I think I understand the Hosts. It's the human beings that confuse me.”
- Bernard Lowe, season one, episode seven.
'Westworld' Shakespeare Quotes
Here are some 'Westworld' quotes that have been inspired by Shakespeare's plays.
45. “These violent delights have violent ends.”
- Peter Abernathy, 'Westworld', from 'Romeo And Juliet'.
46. “When we are born, we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools.”
- Peter Abernathy, 'Westworld', from 'The Tempest'.
47. “By my most mechanical and dirty hand and I shall have such revenges on you both.”
- Peter Abernathy, 'Westworld', from 'King Lear' and 'Henry IV (Part II)'.
49. “… for in that sleep, what dreams may come.”
- Robert Ford, 'Westworld', from 'Hamlet'.
'Westworld' 1973 Movie Quotes.
We have curated some of the best quotes from the movie 'Westworld' (1973).
50. “There's no way to get hurt in here, just enjoy yourself.”
- John Blane, 'Westworld', 1973.
51. “Sloppy with your drink. Someone get this man his momma.”
- Robot Gunslinger, 'Westworld', 1973.
52. "Peter Martin: You talk too much.
Robot Gunslinger: You say something boy?
Peter Martin: I said you talk too much.
Robot Gunslinger: Try to make me shut-up."
- 'Westworld', 1973.
53. “Shut down! Shut down immediately.”
- Chief Supervisor, 'Westworld', 1973.
54. "John Blane: I'm shot
Peter Martin: What?
John Blane: I... I'm shot!"
- 'Westworld', 1973.
55. “Why don't you make arrangements to take our hovercraft to Medieval World, Roman World and Westworld. Contact us today, or see your travel agent. Boy, have we got a vacation for you.”
- Delos Interviewer, 'Westworld', 1973.
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 'Westworld' quotes then why not take a look at these 'West Wing' quotes or Katherine Pierce quotes too?
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