Greatest Dr. Manhattan Quotes

The Top Ten

1 A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?

The world currently

2 I am going to look at the stars. They are so far away, and their light takes so long to reach us... All we ever see of stars are their old photographs

For Example Stars that are 13 billion light year away they are the image that were 13 billion years ago

3 'In the end'? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends

4 ...And the universe will not even notice.

This was the answer of Laurie's Question : "Jon, what about the war? You've got to prevent it! Everyone will die. "

5 We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings

6 I can't prevent the future. To me, it's already happening

There is no "now" as now is fine line between the past and the future, and the future is happening now

Dr. Manhattan's view on causality

7 I like it very much. Its atomic structure is a perfect grid, like a checker board

Dr. Manhattan's thanks for a gold ring from his girlfriend (Janey Slater)

8 ...friend;y middle-aged men who like to dress up...

9 If you think there's a problem with my attitude, I'm prepared to discuss it

10 This world's smartest man means no more to me than does its smartest termite

This is my favorite quote period! I love its wit and arrogance but the elegant part was that he said it with the utmost integrity so it become so utterly paradoxical that you cannot argue its right or wrongness of the one who said it or how they meant it to be taken~ is it a threat or a fact? Is he arrogant or humble when he says this? Is he trying to scare or educate the person he is saying it to? This is what makes it philosophical and how it becomes one of the greatest things ever said!

The Contenders

11 "Up" is no relative prospect.

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