Memorable Quotes from Chukwudi Iwuji
12 quotesThe High Evolutionary's Frustration with Language
The High Evolutionary
BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT!!! That rancid word.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
High Evolutionary's Defeat in Crying Contest
The High Evolutionary
All right, P13! You win the crying contest. Now back in the cage.
[mimics Rocket crying]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Identity and Nicknames in a Restricted Setting
White
Let's go, Gandhi.
Brown
My name's not Gandhi, friend. It's—
White
Nuh-uh, no names in here. Well, not real ones, anyway. I mean, it's not written on this so there's gotta be a reason for that, hasn't there?
[''points to exam paper'']
Black
We'll use nicknames, then.
White
Yeah, all right, let's make this easy.
Brown
We already have numbers.
White
Yeah, and visual. You're Black. I'm White. You're Brown. We've got Blonde here, Brunette there... Dark, I suppose. And then last as well as least we've got Deaf.
[''laughs'']
Black
Tough last round.
White
Yeah, whatever. Any objections?
Dark
Apart from your grossly insensitive sexual and racial stereotyping?
White
Well, if you're the sensitive type, you shouldn't be here, love.
Brown
I'll take Brown over Gandhi, if it gets us talking about something that matters.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Demand for Compliance and Consequences of Failure
The High Evolutionary
They will die unless you BRING ME WHAT IS MINE!!!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Conflict Over Adam's Development and Condition
Ayesha
You removed Adam from his cocoon early, My Leige. He is still a child.
The High Evolutionary
No, there is something wrong with him even outside all that.
Adam
Yes, there's something wrong with me! I was stabbed, you extraordinary phallus--!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Consequences of Selfishness and Impatience
Black
All each of us can do today is lose what we've already won through selfishness, stupidity, and impatience!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The High Evolutionary's Declaration of Authority
The High Evolutionary
THERE IS NO GOD! THAT'S WHY I STEPPED IN!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The High Evolutionary's Threat to Civilization
The High Evolutionary
Find 89P13 and return it to me, or I will destroy your entire civilization, as is my right as your maker!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Desire for Perfection and Its Consequences
The High Evolutionary
Look what you done to me! For what? All I wanted to do, was to make things perfect.
[last words]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Perfecting the Universe, Not Conquering It
The High Evolutionary
I'm not trying to conquer the universe. I'm perfecting it.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Reflections on Earth’s Cultural Richness and Flaws
The High Evolutionary
I visited your planet many years ago.
Peter Quill
Earth hasn’t been my planet in a long time.
The High Evolutionary
Your people had wonderful spirit. The art, and music, and literature were some of the finest in the universe. Earth would be a fabulous place where it not for the ignorance and bigotry.
Peter Quill
Okay.
The High Evolutionary
It inspired me to create Counter-Earth.
Peter Quill
I don’t care!
[exasperated]
The High Evolutionary
All of the good and none of the bad.
Peter Quill
I don't need to hear another speech by some impotent whack-job whose mother didn't love him rationalizing why he needs to conquer the universe!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The High Evolutionary on Creation and Ego
The High Evolutionary
I created you lot as merely an aesthetic experiment; beautiful numbskulls. But your egos have run wild.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.