Heroes Quotes
Mohinder: Man is a narcissistic species by nature. We have colonized the four corners of our tiny planet. But we are not the pinnacle of so-called evolution. That honor belongs to the lowly cockroach. Capable of living for months without food. Remaining alive headless for weeks at a time. Resistant to radiation. If God has indeed created Himself in His own image, then I submit to you that God is a cockroach.
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[Translated from Japanese.]
Hiro: My clock. I made it go back one second using only my mind, my thoughts.
Ando: Too bad you're not paid by the hour.
Hiro: My clock. I made it go back one second using only my mind, my thoughts.
Ando: Too bad you're not paid by the hour.
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[Translated from Japanese.]
Hiro: I have discovered powers beyond any mere mortal.
Ando: Right. You and Spock.
Hiro: Yes. Like Spock. Exactly.
[Hiro's boss suddenly grabs him by the neck and drags him back to his desk.]
Ando: Use your death grip, Spock! The death grip!
Hiro: I have discovered powers beyond any mere mortal.
Ando: Right. You and Spock.
Hiro: Yes. Like Spock. Exactly.
[Hiro's boss suddenly grabs him by the neck and drags him back to his desk.]
Ando: Use your death grip, Spock! The death grip!
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Hiro: You don't understand, I want to be special.
Ando: We are not special. We are Japanese!
Ando: We are not special. We are Japanese!
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[Peter encounters Mohinder, who is driving a cab.]
Mohinder: Some individuals, it is true, are more special. This is natural selection. It begins as a single individual born or hatched like every other member of their species. Anonymous. Seemingly ordinary. Except they're not. They carry inside them the genetic code that will take their species to the next evolutionary rung. It's destiny.
Mohinder: Some individuals, it is true, are more special. This is natural selection. It begins as a single individual born or hatched like every other member of their species. Anonymous. Seemingly ordinary. Except they're not. They carry inside them the genetic code that will take their species to the next evolutionary rung. It's destiny.
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[Translated from Japanese.]
Ando: Fine. I'll humor you. Let's say you really do have this power. What do you do with it? Join the circus? No one ever got laid by stopping the second hand of a clock.
Hiro: As I develop my powers, I'll learn to bend space, too. Then I can teleport myself anywhere on the planet.
Ando: Like Star Trek.
Hiro: Every hero must learn his purpose. Then he'll be tested and called to greatness.
Ando: I think I need a stiff drink! "Beam us up, Scotty".
Ando: Fine. I'll humor you. Let's say you really do have this power. What do you do with it? Join the circus? No one ever got laid by stopping the second hand of a clock.
Hiro: As I develop my powers, I'll learn to bend space, too. Then I can teleport myself anywhere on the planet.
Ando: Like Star Trek.
Hiro: Every hero must learn his purpose. Then he'll be tested and called to greatness.
Ando: I think I need a stiff drink! "Beam us up, Scotty".
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[Translated from Japanese.]
Ando: Tell me one useful thing you could do with this power. Can you make money?
Hiro: A super hero doesn't use his power for personal gain.
Ando: Then what good is it? Can you teleport yourself into the women's bathroom? Now, there's something useful. You won't learn your "purpose" in there, but you might learn something about life.
Ando: Tell me one useful thing you could do with this power. Can you make money?
Hiro: A super hero doesn't use his power for personal gain.
Ando: Then what good is it? Can you teleport yourself into the women's bathroom? Now, there's something useful. You won't learn your "purpose" in there, but you might learn something about life.
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[Translated from Japanese.]
Hiro: (cheerfully) I did it! I teleported in to the women's bathroom!
Ando: Then you're a pervert!
Hiro: (cheerfully) I did it! I teleported in to the women's bathroom!
Ando: Then you're a pervert!
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Peter: It happened two more times. Look, sometimes I'm falling, sometimes I'm flying - sometimes you're in them!
Nathan: I don't have time for this now.
Peter: They're not just dreams, Nathan.
Nathan: Hold this.
Peter: I thought they'd go away, but they're not!
Nathan: Jim, I need this back by six, please. Thanks.
Peter: This morning, when I got out of bed, my foot hovered before it hit the ground - hovered!
Nathan: [to assistant]: Let me see the list
Peter: For a split second, like I was - like I was floating! I'm telling you, I-I think I can fly!
Nathan: [hands clipboard to assistant]: These all undecideds?: [to Peter]: Tell you what, you think you can fly? Why don't you jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, see what happens.
Peter: Maybe, I ought to start with something a little lower, first, just like learning to walk.
Nathan: You're serious?
Peter: Oh, I'm serious.
Nathan: I don't have time for this now.
Peter: They're not just dreams, Nathan.
Nathan: Hold this.
Peter: I thought they'd go away, but they're not!
Nathan: Jim, I need this back by six, please. Thanks.
Peter: This morning, when I got out of bed, my foot hovered before it hit the ground - hovered!
Nathan: [to assistant]: Let me see the list
Peter: For a split second, like I was - like I was floating! I'm telling you, I-I think I can fly!
Nathan: [hands clipboard to assistant]: These all undecideds?: [to Peter]: Tell you what, you think you can fly? Why don't you jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, see what happens.
Peter: Maybe, I ought to start with something a little lower, first, just like learning to walk.
Nathan: You're serious?
Peter: Oh, I'm serious.
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Peter: You didn't hear anything that I said earlier today, did you?
Nathan: About that bit how you can fly. Yeah I did. I'm gonna pretend for both our sakes you didn't say anything like that.
Nathan: About that bit how you can fly. Yeah I did. I'm gonna pretend for both our sakes you didn't say anything like that.
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Sandra: So, what about you, Claire? Do anything special today?
Claire: I walked through fire and I didn't get burned.
Claire: I walked through fire and I didn't get burned.
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Mohinder: This quest. This need to solve life's mysteries. In the end, what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They're here. Among us. In the shadows. In the light. Everywhere. Do they even know yet?
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Peter: I've been up here all night. Thinking about this. Thinking about my destiny.
Nathan: What you doing, Pete?
Peter: It's my turn to be somebody now, Nathan!
Nathan: Come on, Peter. Quit screwing around
Nathan: What you doing, Pete?
Peter: It's my turn to be somebody now, Nathan!
Nathan: Come on, Peter. Quit screwing around
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Nathan: [has just flown up and caught his brother in mid-air]: Peter!
Peter: [shocked]: You're flying Nathan! You're flying! How did you...
Nathan: I don't know.: [Peter slips from his grasp and falls]: No! No!
Peter: [shocked]: You're flying Nathan! You're flying! How did you...
Nathan: I don't know.: [Peter slips from his grasp and falls]: No! No!
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[Opening voiceover.]
Mohinder: We all imagine ourselves the agents of our destiny, capable of determining our own fate. But have we truly any choice in when we rise? Or when we fall? Or does a force larger than ourselves bid us our direction? Is it evolution that takes us by the hand? Does science point our way? Or is it God who intervenes, keeping us safe?
Mohinder: We all imagine ourselves the agents of our destiny, capable of determining our own fate. But have we truly any choice in when we rise? Or when we fall? Or does a force larger than ourselves bid us our direction? Is it evolution that takes us by the hand? Does science point our way? Or is it God who intervenes, keeping us safe?
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Peter: What happened?
Nathan: You don't remember?
Peter: No.
Nathan: You jumped, Pete.
Peter: Jumped?
Nathan: Off the roof of a fifteen story building. You tried to kill yourself.You were a little wound up yesterday, but I thought you were just you being you.
Peter: What are you talking about? I didn't try to kill myself. You were in the alley below. I jumped, and you... you flew.
Nathan: I what?
Peter: You flew up and you caught me.
Nathan: You jumped, Peter, twenty five feet to a fire escape. I climbed up and carried you down. That's what happened. The rest is just crazy talk. You understand?
Nathan: You don't remember?
Peter: No.
Nathan: You jumped, Pete.
Peter: Jumped?
Nathan: Off the roof of a fifteen story building. You tried to kill yourself.You were a little wound up yesterday, but I thought you were just you being you.
Peter: What are you talking about? I didn't try to kill myself. You were in the alley below. I jumped, and you... you flew.
Nathan: I what?
Peter: You flew up and you caught me.
Nathan: You jumped, Peter, twenty five feet to a fire escape. I climbed up and carried you down. That's what happened. The rest is just crazy talk. You understand?
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Detective Furukawa: He says he teleported himself here.
Other Detective: Teleported? What the hell is that?
Hiro: Like Star Trek.
Detective Furukawa: He says he can bend the time/space continuum.
Other Detective: Funny, I've seen all the Star Treks. I don't remember you from the show.
Other Detective: Teleported? What the hell is that?
Hiro: Like Star Trek.
Detective Furukawa: He says he can bend the time/space continuum.
Other Detective: Funny, I've seen all the Star Treks. I don't remember you from the show.
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Peter: [standing on the roof, preparing to jump]: Tell me what happened, Nathan. When I jumped.Tell me you flew. I wanna hear you say that you flew. Tell me or I jump again.
[Nathan says nothing]
Peter: Good luck on your campaign when I'm splattered all over the ground below.
Nathan: All right. You want the truth?
Peter: Yeah.
Nathan: We both flew, Pete. I caught you and I lost control. You were too heavy. We both started falling to the ground and just before we... just before we hit, you flew. You.
Peter: [incredulous]: Are you lying to me?
'[Nathan shakes his head]
Peter: You are.
[moves towards Nathan]
Peter: You're tryin' telling me what you think I wanna hear. You're lying to me, again!
[Nathan points at Peter's feet. Peter looks down to see himself hovering. Shocked, he drops back onto the rooftop]
Peter: Did you see that? Did you see that? That- I flew!
Nathan: I know, I know.
[Nathan says nothing]
Peter: Good luck on your campaign when I'm splattered all over the ground below.
Nathan: All right. You want the truth?
Peter: Yeah.
Nathan: We both flew, Pete. I caught you and I lost control. You were too heavy. We both started falling to the ground and just before we... just before we hit, you flew. You.
Peter: [incredulous]: Are you lying to me?
'[Nathan shakes his head]
Peter: You are.
[moves towards Nathan]
Peter: You're tryin' telling me what you think I wanna hear. You're lying to me, again!
[Nathan points at Peter's feet. Peter looks down to see himself hovering. Shocked, he drops back onto the rooftop]
Peter: Did you see that? Did you see that? That- I flew!
Nathan: I know, I know.
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[Closing voiceover.]
Mohinder: For all his bluster, it is the sad province of man that he cannot choose his triumph. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes, hoping he will have the courage to answer.
Mohinder: For all his bluster, it is the sad province of man that he cannot choose his triumph. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes, hoping he will have the courage to answer.
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[Opening voiceover.]
Mohinder: When evolution selects its agents, it does so at a cost, makes demands in exchange for singularity and you may be asked to do something against your very nature. Suddenly the change in your life that should have been wonderful comes as a betrayal. It may seem cruel, but the goal is nothing short of self-preservation, survival.
Mohinder: When evolution selects its agents, it does so at a cost, makes demands in exchange for singularity and you may be asked to do something against your very nature. Suddenly the change in your life that should have been wonderful comes as a betrayal. It may seem cruel, but the goal is nothing short of self-preservation, survival.
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Peter: Listen, I-I tried it again
Nathan: Tried what?
Peter: What do you mean what? What do you think that I mean? I-I tried to fly.
Nathan: Would you keep your voice down?
Peter: You were there. Last night I could fly. This morning, nothing. I nearly broke my neck trying.
Nathan: Well, that would have solved one of our problems.
Nathan: Tried what?
Peter: What do you mean what? What do you think that I mean? I-I tried to fly.
Nathan: Would you keep your voice down?
Peter: You were there. Last night I could fly. This morning, nothing. I nearly broke my neck trying.
Nathan: Well, that would have solved one of our problems.
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Ando: I'm confused. You said you called me when you went in the future.
Hiro: Yeah. So?
Ando: So, shouldn't I be at home waiting for your call?
Hiro: We're changing the future. By taking action, we've changed something.
Ando: What if we make it worse? And if there's going to be a nuclear explosion, shouldn't we be flying away from the bomb?
Hiro: A hero doesn't run away from his destiny. My only concern is whether I need to hide my true identity. Perhaps a costume?
Ando: You even mention tights and a cape, I'm going home.
Hiro: Yeah. So?
Ando: So, shouldn't I be at home waiting for your call?
Hiro: We're changing the future. By taking action, we've changed something.
Ando: What if we make it worse? And if there's going to be a nuclear explosion, shouldn't we be flying away from the bomb?
Hiro: A hero doesn't run away from his destiny. My only concern is whether I need to hide my true identity. Perhaps a costume?
Ando: You even mention tights and a cape, I'm going home.
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Eden: Well, this is macaroni and cheese. It's what Americans eat when they want to commit suicide slowly.
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[Closing voiceover.]
Mohinder: This force, evolution, is not sentimental. Like the earth itself, it knows only the hard facts of life's struggle with death. All you can do is hope and trust that when you have served its needs faithfully, there may still remain some glimmer of the life you once knew.
Mohinder: This force, evolution, is not sentimental. Like the earth itself, it knows only the hard facts of life's struggle with death. All you can do is hope and trust that when you have served its needs faithfully, there may still remain some glimmer of the life you once knew.
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[Opening voiceover.]
Mohinder: Sometimes questions are more powerful than answers. How is this happening? What are they? Why them and not others? Why now? What does it all mean?
Mohinder: Sometimes questions are more powerful than answers. How is this happening? What are they? Why them and not others? Why now? What does it all mean?
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Claire: Look, you can't say anything. I'm fine. He was drunk and it was an accident.
Zach: Which part was an accident? The rape or the murder?
Claire: It didn't happen.
Zach: Yeah, because he killed you before he had the chance.
Claire: I'm alive!
Zach: Yeah, now, but you weren't on the autopsy table.
Claire: Shhh!
Zach: Look, you said you had a hole in your head. Okay, maybe when - maybe when they pulled whatever was in there, its when you like, rebooted or whatever.
Claire: I'm not a hard drive.
Zach: No, you're little Miss Miracle Gro.
Claire: Don't ever call me that again.
Zach: Which part was an accident? The rape or the murder?
Claire: It didn't happen.
Zach: Yeah, because he killed you before he had the chance.
Claire: I'm alive!
Zach: Yeah, now, but you weren't on the autopsy table.
Claire: Shhh!
Zach: Look, you said you had a hole in your head. Okay, maybe when - maybe when they pulled whatever was in there, its when you like, rebooted or whatever.
Claire: I'm not a hard drive.
Zach: No, you're little Miss Miracle Gro.
Claire: Don't ever call me that again.
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Nathan: You have any kids?
Nikki: That's another question
Nathan: Right
Nikki: One. Boy Genius.
Nathan: Boy?
Nikki: Boy
Nathan: I've got two boys. Not geniuses, just boys.
Nikki: That's another question
Nathan: Right
Nikki: One. Boy Genius.
Nathan: Boy?
Nikki: Boy
Nathan: I've got two boys. Not geniuses, just boys.
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[Opening voiceover.]
Mohinder: When a change comes, some species feel the urge to migrate, they call it zugunruhe. "A pull of the soul to a far off place," following a scent in the wind, a star in the sky. The ancient message comes calling the kindred to take flight and gather together. Only then they can hope to survive the cruel season to come.
Mohinder: When a change comes, some species feel the urge to migrate, they call it zugunruhe. "A pull of the soul to a far off place," following a scent in the wind, a star in the sky. The ancient message comes calling the kindred to take flight and gather together. Only then they can hope to survive the cruel season to come.
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