Genis-Vell (Earth-616)/Quotes

Don't expect me to be what you were. I can't. Nobody could. But I will do the best I can to keep your memory alive, carry on the tradition and be a worthy successor to the legacy of Captain Marvel!

For even if I must perish to give him life--the Silver Surfer must live!

What is a god...if there's no one alive...who believes in it?

Maybe we are all just ants, waiting to be crushed by anyone more powerful? I'd like to think that it's easier to hold the ant in your hand or watch it build its hill without interfering...as it is to step on it. Power grants you the ability to stomp down, but not the right. Only courage and vision can keep your foot off that hill. I'd like to think I'm a dude with those qualities. I only wish the people who are more powerful than I am...shared them...

I'm sorry, lad. I wish it could be different, but I'm afraid I have no choice. Your power is only going to grow, beyond the point where you can handle it... where anyone can handle it.

Life's too short for hesitations and missed opportunities.

For me, Captain Marvel is a new name. Unlike your surname of "Rogg..."...an old family name long associated with betrayal, villainy, and murder.

Sorry, but it was a monumental moment for me... because that was when I finally realized -- what my father would have done didn't matter! I had to start deciding how to handle things for myself!

Magus! You want my soul? Come and get it, if you can! I've no use for the damned thing anyway!

Don't try foisting on me some grand human viewpoint of the right and wrong of taking lives, Rick.

No, Mr. Castle. He doesn't see. Now his father...he saw. Saw what his son was going to grow up into. He saw what it meant for him. And now... See what it means for you. I promised you future sight, Frank Castle. Enjoy it for a brief time...and decide for yourself if it's a gift...or punishment.

This is...unfortunate. Disobeying a direct order is an offense demanding the most severe punishment available. Oh well. Thank God that's over.

I said I get it! All right? We're drowning in symbolism down here!

So your status as gods...is determined by worshippers? I mean, the prayer thing is fun for ego-stoking...but claiming your entire status is defined by others? That's pathetic.

But killing someone once isn't cruel and unusual. What makes it crueler and more unusual the second time around?

Revenge is being sworn even as we speak. It's an intriguing concept to investigate, isn't it? Justice. Revenge. Is one superior to the other in terms of morality? Or is justice simply organized revenge, the same way that religion is organized faith?

People without the power of a God are arrogant at their extreme peril. Understood?

Greetings, Burstaar. Long time no beat the crap out of.

For someone who's cosmically aware, you're depressingly clueless.

So I'm going to save the galaxy by annihilating all you future conquerors. You have a week to get your affairs in order, and then, like bugs... Squish.

Ever heard of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Rick? Famed Roman orator. He stated, "Let the punishment match the offense." The offense of Terrans is that they live. How does that warrant such a punishment? And they call me insane.

She came from far in the future, that much I could discern. How she lived so long, though...what transpired to make her that way...I've no clue.

Everyone knows that if you repeat a lie enough times with enough conviction...the lie becomes the truth.

Don't you dare. Don't you dare dump the success or failure of humanity at my feet. You have no clue what it took for me to stop being a god. So you don't get to turn around and blame me because I wouldn't take up the mantle of deity once more.

Years from now, you will. And that understanding will be my legacy. It will define me for the ages......and the rest of what I do, for good or ill, won't matter a bit.

You're wrong. Someone out there needs me. Needs me for something only I can solve. And I'm waiting right here for his or her call. Oh, forget it. Sorry, dad. I tried.

You see, I'm on pretty friendly terms with going crazy every once in a while. And besides...now you owe me one. See......Killgrave isn't the only one that can pull strings...

Maybe we are all just ants, waiting to be crushed by anyone more powerful? I'd like to think that it's easier to hold the ant in your hand or watch it build its hill without interfering... as it is to step on it. Power grants you the ability to stomp down, but not the right. Only courage and vision can keep your foot off that hill. I'd like to think I'm a dude with those qualities. I only wish the people who are more powerful than I am... shared them...

So what does that make you now? What is a god if there's no one alive who believes in it?