History Quotes / MadScientist

->''"The point is, with the right amount of genius and a touch of perceived insanity, science can conquer anything."''

->''"Now becomes the the past in an instant -- and everyone will eventually die! Destiny triumphs over human knowledge and goes ''mad! That'' is the way of things! I ''spit'' upon this frail, crazed, world! I ''spit'' upon the Second Law of Thermodynamics!"''
-->-- '''Professor Desty Nova''', ''BattleAngelAlita'' (aka ''{{Gunnm}}'' in Japan).

->''"You're all a bunch of hippies, what with your 'loafer walking' and your touchy-feeliness! What good is science if no one gets hurt?!?!"''
-->-- '''Professor Chromedome''', ''[[TheTick The Tick]]''.

->''"'Blasphemy?' Before what, 'God?' A God repulsed by the miserable humanity he created in his own image? I will not be shackled by the failures of ''your'' God. The only 'blasphemy' is to wallow in insignificance! I have taken the refuse of your God's failures, and I have ''triumphed!''"''
-->-- '''Herbert West''', ''Bride of [[ReAnimator Re-Animator]]''.

->''"The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate."''
-->-- '''Judge Holden''', ''BloodMeridian''

''I'm gonna put a thousand tiny implants in your brain''"
-->-- '''Motorhead''', "I'm the Doctor"

->''"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence- whether much that is glorious- whether all that is profound- does not spring from disease of thought - from ''moods'' of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect."''
-->-- '''Edgar Allan Poe''', ''Eleonora''

->''"It worked! Hahahahaha! And they laughed at me back at university. Maybe it's because of the tutu..."''
-->-- ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Timekeeper The Timekeeper]]''

->''"When it came to getting weird things done, sane beat mad hands down."''
-->-- '''TerryPratchett''', ''{{Discworld/Thief of Time}}''

->''"Everyone's always in favor of saving {{Hitler}}'s brain, but when you put it in the body of a [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks great white shark]], ooooh, ''suddenly'' you've gone too far!"''
-->-- '''Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth''', ''{{Futurama}}''

Mock my theories now!"''
-->-- '''Andrew G. [=McCann =]''', "[[http://planetmagazine.com/sfku.htm Angry Scientist]]"

->''"I'm not a quack, I'm a ''mad scientist''! There's a difference."''
-->-- '''Dr. Cockroach''', ''MonstersVsAliens''

->''"[Milo] always did prefer mad science of academia."''
-->-- '''Jen''', ''[[http://chronillogical.com/2008/09/16/excessively-delicious-madness/ Chronillogical]]''

->''"We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement?"''
-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang''', ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

-->-- '''Brainiac 5''', ''[[{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legion of Three Worlds]]'' "#4"

->''"Aperture Science: We do what we must because we can."''
-->-- '''[=GlaDOS=]''', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''

I'm a scientist Lem, I've been a threat to humanity, the environment, even Jupiter once. But ''never'' to a hot girl's boyfriend."''
-->-- '''Phil''', ''BetterOffTed''

->''"There is no way in which the fully realised sentience of a machine could not be of benefit to us. As it is, the Machine Spirit is revered, yet in permanent bondage, its full potential shackled by petty fears. I seek to terminate this state of affairs."''
-->-- '''Unknown''' [[MachineWorship Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[TechnoWizard tech-priest]], ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->''"Isn't it worth the loss of a hand to have created the man of the future, the '''''MACHINE'''-MAN?!''"''
-->-- '''[[{{Metropolis}} Rotwang]]''', on his evil [[RobotGirl robot wife]]

->'''Professor Ivo:''' You must be that "mad scientist" we're always hearing about...
->'''T.O. Morrow:''' I'll have you know I studied mad science at ''Harvard'', you oaf!
->'''Both:''' [[EvilLaugh Ha ha ha ha ha!]]
-->-- ''{{JLA}}'' "#5"

->''"When I get [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder the vibe]], it's like there's a party in my toolbox and Science is invited!"''
-->-- '''Tigerlily Jones''', ''SkinHorse''

->''"They called me crazy, insane, mad. [[EvilLaugh Uwahahaaa]]! Well. I'll show them."''
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/MegaMan Dr. Wily]]'''

->''"Really, why in the hell would you even '''get''' into mad science if you're not going to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the world]]? Honestly, people, the sooner you realize that [[ScienceIsBad all scientists are evil]] and have them all killed, the safer you'll be, really."''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Dr. Insano]]'''

->''"Yes Meredith, I've sent an elephant to hell. Science stuff, you wouldn't understand."''
-->-- '''Dr. Z''', ''Bino the Elephant''

->''"I remember those nights, planning technologies that didn't exist yet, outsider science, futurist dreaming, half-magical. The things I could do outside the university setting, now that I didn't have to wait for the pompous fools at the college! I was building another science, my science, wild science, robots and lasers and disembodied brains. A science that buzzed and glowed; it wanted to do things. It could get up and walk, fly, fight, sprout garish glowing creations in the remotest parts of the world, domes and towers and architectural fever dreams. And it was angry. It was mad science."''
-->-- '''Doctor Impossible''', ''SoonIWillBeInvincible''

''In this world of fools."''
-->-- '''Men At Work''', "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive"

->''"Just a heads up: we're gonna have a superconductor turned up full blast and pointed at you for the duration of this next test. [[ForScience I'll be honest, we're throwing Science at the wall here to see what sticks. No idea what it'll do.]] Probably nothing. Best-case scenario, [[FreakLabAccident you might get some superpowers]]. Worst case, [[BodyHorror some tumors]], which we'll cut out."''
-->-- '''Cave Johnson''', Aperture Science CEO, ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''

->''"If you want a ''new'' [[GoneHorriblyWrong problem]], ask a salarian."''
-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''MassEffect''

->''Mad science means never stopping to ask "What's the worst that could happen?"''
-->-- '''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''', ''[[BigBookOfWar The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries]]''

'''Dr. Walter Bishop:''' It's wonderful, isn't it?
-->-- '''{{Fringe}}'''

-> '''Heavy''': "Doctor, are you sure this will work?"
-> '''Medic''': "I have no idea!
-->-- '''Meet the Medic''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''

-> "I am Kang, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Mad]]. I [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines make things fly]], and I [[MadBomber make things explode]]. The things I fly [[MrFixit tend to survive]]. The things I explode... [[ChunkySalsaRule not so much]]."
-->-- '''Kang the Mad''', ''JadeEmpire''

->"So once I hit on the idea of working from the base monster template it was a simple process to generate an organism fully capable of fixing my printer."
-->--'''BobTheAngryFlower'''

->'''Agatha''': He ''didn't'' catch me. And he isn't ''going'' to. I came here ''on my own''.
->'''Moloch''': ''What?'' But that's ''insane!''
->(beat)
->'''Moloch''': Wow. Maybe you ''are'' the real thing.
-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Moloch von Zinzer [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080314 starts to get it]].
->''No!'' Are you ''crazy?!'' Oh, wait! ''Of course you are!''
-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Moloch von Zinzer [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090902 finally gets it]].

->"Mad? Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?"
-->-- '''Dr. Von Niemann''', ''The Vampire Bat''

-->-- '''[[TheSpoonyExperiment Dr. Insano]]'''

->So once I hit on the idea of working from the base monster template it was a simple process to generate an organism fully capable of fixing my printer.

-->-- '''[[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]]'''

-->-- '''[=GlaDOS=]''', ''{{Portal}}''

-->-- '''Cave Johnson''', Aperture Science CEO, ''{{Portal 2}}''

-->-- '''Meet the Medic''', ''{{Team Fortress 2}}''

->''"Just a heads up: we're gonna have a superconductor turned up full blast and pointed at you for the duration of this next test. I'll be honest, we're throwing Science at the wall here to see what sticks. No idea what it'll do. Probably nothing. Best-case scenario, [[FreakLabAccident you might get some superpowers]]. Worst case, [[BodyHorror some tumors]], which we'll cut out."''

-->-- '''Unknown''' [[AveMachina Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[TechnoWizard tech-priest]], ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-->-- '''SchlockMercenary''', ''[[BigBookOfWar The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries]]''

-->-- '''Glados''', ''{{Portal}}''

->Now becomes the the past in an instant -- and everyone will eventually die! Destiny triumphs over human knowledge and goes ''mad! That'' is the way of things! I ''spit'' upon this frail, crazed, world! I ''spit'' upon the Second Law of Thermodynamics!

->You're all a bunch of hippies, what with your 'loafer walking' and your touchy-feeliness! What good is science if no one gets hurt?!?!

->"Blasphemy?" Before what, "God?" A God repulsed by the miserable humanity he created in his own image? I will not be shackled by the failures of ''your'' God. The only "blasphemy" is to wallow in insignificance! I have taken the refuse of your God's failures, and I have ''triumphed!''

->The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.
-->-- '''Judge Holden''', ''BloodMeridian'' (not a MadScientist)

->''I know you're desperate, I really sympathize''\\

''I'm gonna put a thousand tiny implants in your brain''

->Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence- whether much that is glorious- whether all that is profound- does not spring from disease of thought - from ''moods'' of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.
-->--'''Edgar Allan Poe''', ''Eleonora'' (also not a MadScientist)

->It worked! Hahahahaha! And they laughed at me back at university. Maybe it's because of the tutu...
-->-- '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Timekeeper The Timekeeper]]'''

->When it came to getting weird things done, sane beat mad hands down.

->Everyone's always in favor of saving {{Hitler}}'s brain, but when you put it in the body of a [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks great white shark]], ooooh, ''suddenly'' you've gone too far!

->''My Moon-based Death Ray\\

Mock my theories now!''
-->--'''Andrew G. [=McCann =]''', "[[http://planetmagazine.com/sfku.htm Angry Scientist]]"

->I'm not a quack, I'm a ''mad scientist''! There's a difference.

->[Milo] always did prefer mad science of academia.

->We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement?

->The point is, with the right amount of genius and a touch of perceived insanity, science can conquer anything.
-->-- '''Brainiac 5''', ''[[{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legion of Three Worlds]]'' #4

->Aperture Science: We do what we must because we can.
-->-- ''{{Portal}}''

->Oh God, Lem, you're using science for no good. We took an oath we would try to do that less.
->I'm a scientist Lem, I've been a threat to humanity, the environment, even Jupiter once. But ''never'' to a hot girl's boyfriend.

->There is no way in which the fully realised sentience of a machine could not be of benefit to us. As it is, the Machine Spirit is revered, yet in permanent bondage, its full potential shackled by petty fears. I seek to terminate this state of affairs.
-->-- Unknown [[AveMachina Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[TechnoWizard tech-priest]], ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->Isn't it worth the loss of a hand to have created the man of the future, the '''''MACHINE'''-MAN?!''

-->-- ''{{JLA}}'' #5

->When I get [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder the vibe]], it's like there's a party in my toolbox and Science is invited!

->They called me crazy, insane, mad. [[EvilLaugh Uwahahaaa]]! Well. I'll show them.

->Really, why in the hell would you even '''get''' into mad science if you're not going to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the world]]? Honestly, people, the sooner you realize that [[ScienceIsBad all scientists are evil]] and have them all killed, the safer you'll be, really.

->Yes Meredith, I've sent an elephant to hell. Science stuff, you wouldn't understand.

->I remember those nights, planning technologies that didn't exist yet, outsider science, futurist dreaming, half-magical. The things I could do outside the university setting, now that I didn't have to wait for the pompous fools at the college! I was building another science, my science, wild science, robots and lasers and disembodied brains. A science that buzzed and glowed; it wanted to do things. It could get up and walk, fly, fight, sprout garish glowing creations in the remotest parts of the world, domes and towers and architectural fever dreams. And it was angry. It was mad science.

->''Letting loose with a scream in the dead of night''
->''As he's breaking new ground''
->''Trying his best to unlock all the secrets''
->''But he's not sure what he's found''
->[...]
->''Whoa, now, it's off to work he goes''
->''In the name of science and all its wonders''
->[...]
->''Not long now till the ultimate experiment''
->''He's breaking all the rules''
->''He wants to cure all matter of imbalance''
->''In this world of fools. ''

->Just a heads up: we're gonna have a superconductor turned up full blast and pointed at you for the duration of this next test. I'll be honest, we're throwing Science at the wall here to see what sticks. No idea what it'll do. Probably nothing. Best-case scenario, [[FreakLabAccident you might get some superpowers]]. Worst case, [[BodyHorror some tumors]], which we'll cut out.

->If you want a ''new'' [[GoneHorriblyWrong problem]], ask a salarian.
-->-- '''[[MassEffect Commander Shepard]]''', during a mini-speech about the [[PlanetOfHats Hats]] of major species

->Mad science means never stopping to ask "What's the worst that could happen?"
-->--''SchlockMercenary'', [[BigBookOfWar The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries]]''

->'''Peter Bishop:''' Walter, what are you doing?
->'''Dr. Walter Bishop:''' Dosing a caterpillar.
->'''Peter Bishop:''' ''Dosing?'' As in LSD?
->'''Dr. Walter Bishop:'''Well, it's a special blend.
->'''Peter Bishop:''' Hey guess what just happened?
->'''Dr. Walter Bishop:''' Huh?
->'''Peter Bishop:''' Finding out that my father is giving drugs to bugs just became a typical moment in my life.
->'''Dr. Walter Bishop:''' It's wonderful, isn't it?

--> '''{{Fringe}}'''

-->-- '''Cave Johnson''', Aperture Science CEO, ''{{Portal}} 2''

-->--'''Judge Holden''', ''BloodMeridian'' (not a MadScientist)

-->'''[[MassEffect Commander Shepard]]''', during a mini-speech about the [[PlanetOfHats Hats]] of major species

->"Now becomes the the past in an instant -- and everyone will eventually die! Destiny triumphs over human knowledge and goes ''mad! That'' is the way of things! I ''spit'' upon this frail, crazed, world! I ''spit'' upon the Second Law of Thermodynamics!"
-->--'''Professor Desty Nova''', ''BattleAngelAlita'' (aka ''{{Gunnm}}'' in Japan).

->"You're all a bunch of hippies, what with your 'loafer walking' and your touchy-feeliness! What good is science if no one gets hurt?!?!"
-->--'''Professor Chromedome''', ''[[TheTick The Tick]]''.

->"'Blasphemy'? Before what, 'God'? A God repulsed by the miserable humanity he created in his own image? I will not be shackled by the failures of ''your'' God. The only 'blasphemy' is to wallow in insignificance! I have taken the refuse of your God's failures, and I have ''triumphed!''"
-->--'''Herbert West''', ''Bride of [[ReAnimator Re-Animator]]''.

->"The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate."

-->--'''Motorhead''', "I'm the Doctor"

->"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence- whether much that is glorious- whether all that is profound- does not spring from disease of thought - from ''moods'' of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect."

->"It worked! Hahahahaha! And they laughed at me back at university. Maybe it's because of the tutu..."
-->--'''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Timekeeper The Timekeeper]]'''

->"When it came to getting weird things done, sane beat mad hands down."
-->--'''[[{{Discworld}} Terry Pratchett]]''', ''Thief of Time''

->"Everyone's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, ooooh, suddenly you've gone too far!"
-->--'''Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth''', ''{{Futurama}}''

-->--'''Andrew G. [=McCann =]''', http://planetmagazine.com/sfku.htm

->"I'm not a quack, I'm a ''mad scientist''! There's a difference."
-->--'''Dr. Cockroach''', ''MonstersVsAliens''

->"[Milo] always did prefer mad science of academia."
-->--'''Jen''', [[http://chronillogical.com/2008/09/16/excessively-delicious-madness/ Chronillogical]]

->"We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement?"
-->--'''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang''', SidMeiersAlphaCentauri

->"The point is, with the right amount of genius and a touch of perceived insanity, science can conquer anything."
-->--'''Brainiac 5''', ''[[{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Legion of Three Worlds]]'' #4

-> Aperture Science: We do what we must because we can.
-->-- '''{{Portal}}'''

-> Oh God, Lem, you're using science for no good. We took an oath we would try to do that less.

-> I'm a scientist Lem, I've been a threat to humanity, the environment, even Jupiter once. But ''never'' to a hot girl's boyfriend.
-->--'''Phil''', ''BetterOffTed''

->"There is no way in which the fully realised sentience of a machine could not be of benefit to us. As it is, the Machine Spirit is revered, yet in permanent bondage, its full potential shackled by petty fears. I seek to terminate this state of affairs."
-->--'''Unknown Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priest''', ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->"Isn't it worth the loss of a hand to have created the man of the future, the '''''MACHINE'''-MAN?!''"
-->--[[{{Metropolis}} Rotwang]], ''on his evil [[RobotGirl robot wife]]''

-->--''{{JLA}}'' #5

->"When I get the vibe, it's like there's a party in my toolbox and Science is invited!"
-->--'''Tigerlily Jones''', ''SkinHorse''

->"They called me crazy, insane, mad. [[EvilLaugh Uwahahaaa]]! Well. I'll show them."
-->--[[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]]

-->--[[TheSpoonyExperiment Dr Insano]]

->"Yes Meredith, I've sent an elephant to hell. Science stuff, you wouldn't understand."
-->--'''Dr. Z''', ''Bino the Elephant''

->"I remember those nights, planning technologies that didn't exist yet, outsider science, futurist dreaming, half-magical. The things I could do outside the university setting, now that I didn't have to wait for the pompous fools at the college! I was building another science, my science, wild science, robots and lasers and disembodied brains. A science that buzzed and glowed; it wanted to do things. It could get up and walk, fly, fight, sprout garish glowing creations in the remotest parts of the world, domes and towers and architectural fever dreams. And it was angry. It was mad science."

-->--'''Men At Work''', '' 'Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive' ''

-->--'''Brainiac 5''', ''[[LegionOfSuperHeroes Legion of Three Worlds]]'' #4

->[..]

->''There is no way in which the fully realised sentience of a machine could not be of benefit to us. As it is, the Machine Spirit is revered, yet in permanent bondage, its full potential shackled by petty fears. I seek to terminate this state of affairs.''

->They called me crazy, insane, mad. [[EvilLaugh Uwahahaaa]]! Well. I'll show them.

->''"I remember those nights, planning technologies that didn't exist yet, outsider science, futurist dreaming, half-magical. The things I could do outside the university setting, now that I didn't have to wait for the pompous fools at the college! I was building another science, my science, wild science, robots and lasers and disembodied brains. A science that buzzed and glowed; it wanted to do things. It could get up and walk, fly, fight, sprout garish glowing creations in the remotest parts of the world, domes and towers and architectural fever dreams. And it was angry. It was mad science."''\\

-> ''Letting loose with a scream in the dead of night''

-->--'''Dr. Z''', ''Bino the Elephant''

-->--[[MegaMan Dr. Wily]]