This page is an archive for the Matrix Wiki quotes.
“ Just like new.
”― One of the Twins
“ You just have to make up your own damn mind.
”― The Oracle
“ I have Dreamed a Dream, but now that dream is gone from me.
”― Morpheus as he sees the Nebuchadnezzar being detroyed by Sentinels.
“ There is no spoon.
”― Spoon Boy to Neo
“ Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the Matrix
”― The Architect to Neo
“ I wish you could see yourself Mr. Anderson... Blind messiah. You're a symbol for your kind, Mr. Anderson.
”― Bane (as Smith) after he blinds Neo
“ Karma's a word. Like "love." A way of saying "what I am here to do." I do not resent my karma - I'm grateful for it. Grateful for my wonderful wife, for my beautiful daughter. They are gifts. And so I do what I must do to honor them.
”― Rama Kandra to Neo in the Mobil Avenue
“ This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
”― Morpheus to Neo
“ We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on solar power. It was believed they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun.
”― Morpheus to Neo
“ Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.
”― Morpheus
“ Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.
”― Morpheus
“ But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.
”― Morpheus to Neo
“ Everything that has a beginning has an end. I see the end coming, I see the darkness spreading. I see death.
”― The Oracle
“ Choice is an illusion, created between those with power, and those without.
”― The Merovingian
“ Down here, sometimes I think about all those people still plugged into the Matrix and when I look at these machines I... I can't help thinking that in a way…we are plugged into them.
”― Councillor Hamann
“ I believe this night holds for each and every one of us, the very meaning of our lives.
”― Morpheus
“ I stand here without fear because I remember. I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me but because of the path that lies behind me.
”― Morpheus during his speech in the Temple
“ Today, let us send a message to that army. Tonight, let us shake this cave. Tonight, let us tremble these halls of earth, steel, and stone, let us be heard from red core to black sky.
”― Morpheus during his speech in the Temple
“ Now consider the alternative. What if I am right? What if the prophecy is true? What if tomorrow the war could be over? Isn't that worth fighting for? Isn't that worth dying for?
”― Morpheus to Niobe & Soren
“ I like to be reminded this city survives because of these machines. These machines keep us alive, while other machines are coming to kill us. Interesting, isn't it? The power to give life, and the power to end it.
”― Councillor Hamann
“ The Keymaker. Of course. But this is not a reason. This is not a "why". The Keymaker himself - his very nature is a means. It is not an end. And so to look for him is to be looking for a means to do... what?
”― The Merovingian
“ The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect. It was a work of art. Flawless. Sublime. A triumph only equaled by its monumental failure.
”― The Architect to Neo
“ But we all well know that the reason that most of us are here is because of our... affinity for disobedience.
”― Morpheus in the Crisis Meeting
“ That's how it is with people - nobody cares how it works as long as it works.
”― Councillor Hamann referring to machines in Zion
“ What is "real"? How do you define "real"?
”― Morpheus
“ Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?
”― Morpheus
“ The Matrix is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
”― Morpheus
“ There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
”― Morpheus
“ Tonight, let us make them remember, this is Zion and we are not afraid!
”― Morpheus
“ You have many questions and though the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human.
”― The Architect
“ Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness.
”― The Architect
“ Still using all the muscles except the one that matters?
”― Smith to Neo
“ Mark my words, and mark them well boy, I have survived your predecessors, and I will survive you!
”― The Merovingian
“ You have the sight now, Neo. You are looking at the world without time.
”― The Oracle
“ Because you didn't come here to make a choice, you've already made it. You're here to try to understand why you made it.
”― The Oracle
“ It seems that every time we meet, I have nothing but bad news. I'm sorry about that, I truly am. But for what it's worth, you've made a believer out of me. Good luck, kiddo.
”― The Oracle