“It’s time to kick ass and chew bubble gum…and I’m all outta gum.”
– Duke Nukem

“What is a man? A Miserable little pile of secrets!”
– Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

“We’re not tools of the government or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing I was good at, but at least I always fought for what I believed in.”
– Metal Gear Solid

“Most test subjects do experience some cognitive deterioration after a few months in suspension. Now you’ve been under for… quite a lot longer, and it’s not out of the question that you might have a very minor case of serious brain damage. But don’t be alarmed, alright? Although, if you do feel alarmed, try to hold onto that feeling because that is the proper reaction to being told you have brain damage.”
– Portal 2

“Nothing is true, everything is permitted.”
– Assassin’s Creed

“Hope is what makes us strong. It is why we are here. It is what we fight with when all else is lost.”
– Pandora, God of War 3

“I used to be an adventurer like you until I took an arrow to the knee.”
– The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

“Do a barrel roll!”
– Peppy, Star Fox 64

“A man chooses; a slave obeys.”
– Bioshock

“Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It’s our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides blame one another. There’s no good or bad side. Just two sides holding different views.”
– Final Fantasy VIII

“All men dream – but not equally. Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity… But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did.”
– T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Uncharted 3

“You can’t hide from the Grim Reaper. Especially when he’s got a gun.”
– Grim Fandango

“We are all our own worst enemy. But also, our best teacher.”
– Super Street Fighter IV

“What is a man but the sum of his memories? We are the stories we live, the tales we tell ourselves.”
– Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

“No matter how dark the night, the morning always comes.”
– Final Fantasy X

“A famous explorer once said that the extraordinary is in what we do, not who we are.”
– Tomb Raider

“What is bravery, without a dash of recklessness?”
– Dark Souls

“You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you?”
– The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

“The truth, Walker, is that you’re here because you wanted to feel like something you’re not: A hero.”
– Spec Ops: The Line

“Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.”
– Mass Effect 3

“A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the world will speak for him”
– Halo

“I don’t need a weapon; my friends are my power!”
– Kingdom Hearts

“The cake is a lie”
– Portal

“Frostmourne hungers”
– WarCraft III

“Kept you waiting, huh?”
— Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes