History Quotes / PsychicPowers

-->-- '''Blastermind''''s {{Catchphrase}}, ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}''

->I don't think you meant to ask about my powers.\\
-<DIDN'T YOU MEAN TO ASK ABOUT FLOWERS?>-

->''MIND TAKING, BABY! ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!''

-->-- '''River Tam''', ''{{Series/Firefly}}''

-> I reach into the depths of my soul and I draw forth your doom. By the power given unto me by the Emperor, I shall blast your body to ashes and sear your soul to nothing.
-->-- '''Ezekiel, Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''


-> What I care about is the Way, which goes beyond skill. When I first began cutting up oxen, all I could see was the ox itself. After three years I no longer saw the whole ox. And now -- now I go at it by spirit and don't look with my eyes. Perception and understanding have come to a stop and spirit moves where it wants. I go along with the natural makeup, strike in the big hollows, guide the knife through the big openings, and following things as they are. So I never touch the smallest ligament or tendon, much less a main joint.
-> A good cook changes his knife once a year -- because he cuts. A mediocre cook changes his knife once a month -- because he hacks. I've had this knife of mine for nineteen years and I've cut up thousands of oxen with it, and yet the blade is as good as though it had just come from the grindstone.

->'''Stephen:''' There's just something I've always been wondering--how does being a vegan give you psychic powers?\\

->''[[EmptyShell I will take your thoughts away!]]\\
[[PlayingWithFire And I'll ignite your fear today!]]\\
Well I can take you far away,\\
[[TitleDrop With my mind!\\
With my mind!]]''
-->-- ''Music/{{Cold}}'', With My Mind

->He told him about telepaths who could speak to each other across the world without a telephone, with their minds alone; about precognition, the ability to pierce the future and tell of events yet to happen; about telekinesis and psychokinesis]], and men who could move solid objects with their will alone and without resorting to simple physical strength. He spoke about “farseeing,” and about a man he knew who could tell you what was happening anywhere in the world at this precise moment of time]]; about psychic healing and a “doctor” who could conjure the supreme power of Life into his naked hands, banishing diseases without the benefit of any form of conventional treatment; about the entire range of [=ESPers=] under his command, and how there was a place there, too, for [[TheHero Harry]].

->"And didn't you also invent Psionics?" asked Buster. "The advanced science of the mind that would enable us to cure the aliments of humanity, read each other's thoughts, see past and future events, and [[Literature/{{Carrie}} electrocute our classmates through telekinesis]]?"\\

"And didn't that turn out to be a load of codswallop?"

-->--'''Sabrina''', ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''

-->--'''Blastermind''''s {{Catchphrase}}, ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}''

->"But-" Mimmie's voice is cut off as I extend my arm towards the door and it slams shut. "Ugh! I ''hate'' it when you do that!" She yells, and struggles to try and turn the doorknob, but I hold it firm. "I'm telling Mom!" She lets go, and I hear thuds as she starts bounding down the stairs.

->"She went to the store!" I manage to shout back, and the thudding stops.

->"Whatever." she says, and walks the rest of the way down.

->As you may have already guessed, I'm not like other kids. How exactly did I slam the door in Mimmie's face if I was lying on my bed? With my mind. Telekinesis. [[Franchise/StarWars The Force]]. Whatever you want to call it. Dad says that my grandpa could use it too. Minnie and Mimmie can't do what I can. It's just me. I've had this ability as well as some others since I was a baby. Mom once told me about a time when I was barely six months old, she was feeding me baby food from a spoon. I would refuse to eat it, then I just looked at it, and slowly the [[SpoonBending spoon bent backwards]], spilling the food back into my bowl. That spoon still sits in my desk drawer, among many other random things I've collected over the years from parking lots and such. I call them treasures, Mom calls them junk.

->I never use my abilities in public, especially not around other kids at school, being too afraid people will [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer think I'm a freak, or be scared of me.]] I would never be able to play baseball with that reputation. When I first started playing, my mom and coach weren't sure if I should, since, unfortunately, I've suffered with a moderate case of asthma for most of my life. It was my dad who was on my side, and he filled the coach completely in on how well I could actually play. They gave me a chance, I made the team, and nothing's ever happened except for a few mild coughing fits here and there. So, you see, I wouldn't want to jeopardize my almost-wasn't childhood baseball career with being known as the crazy psychic freak.
-->-- [[VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings Ninten]], ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/9434478/1/Mother Mother]]''

->I never use my abilities in public, especially not around other kids at school, being too afraid people will think I'm a freak, or be scared of me. I would never be able to play baseball with that reputation. When I first started playing, my mom and coach weren't sure if I should, since, unfortunately, I've suffered with a moderate case of asthma for most of my life. It was my dad who was on my side, and he filled the coach completely in on how well I could actually play. They gave me a chance, I made the team, and nothing's ever happened except for a few mild coughing fits here and there. So, you see, I wouldn't want to jeopardize my almost-wasn't childhood baseball career with being known as the crazy psychic freak.

"But-" Mimmie's voice is cut off as I extend my arm towards the door and it slams shut. "Ugh! I ''hate'' it when you do that!" She yells, and struggles to try and turn the doorknob, but I hold it firm. "I'm telling Mom!" She lets go, and I hear thuds as she starts bounding down the stairs.

"She went to the store!" I manage to shout back, and the thudding stops.

"Whatever." she says, and walks the rest of the way down.

As you may have already guessed, I'm not like other kids. How exactly did I slam the door in Mimmie's face if I was lying on my bed? With my mind. Telekinesis. [[Franchise/StarWars The Force]]. Whatever you want to call it. Dad says that my grandpa could use it too. Minnie and Mimmie can't do what I can. It's just me. I've had this ability as well as some others since I was a baby. Mom once told me about a time when I was barely six months old, she was feeding me baby food from a spoon. I would refuse to eat it, then I just looked at it, and slowly the [[SpoonBending spoon bent backwards]], spilling the food back into my bowl. That spoon still sits in my desk drawer, among many other random things I've collected over the years from parking lots and such. I call them treasures, Mom calls them junk.

I never use my abilities in public, especially not around other kids at school, being too afraid people will think I'm a freak, or be scared of me. I would never be able to play baseball with that reputation. When I first started playing, my mom and coach weren't sure if I should, since, unfortunately, I've suffered with a moderate case of asthma for most of my life. It was my dad who was on my side, and he filled the coach completely in on how well I could actually play. They gave me a chance, I made the team, and nothing's ever happened except for a few mild coughing fits here and there. So, you see, I wouldn't want to jeopardize my almost-wasn't childhood baseball career with being known as the crazy psychic freak.

->He told him about [[{{Telepathy}} telepaths]] who could speak to each other across the world without a telephone, with their minds alone; about [[{{Seers}} precognition]], the ability to pierce the future and tell of events yet to happen; about [[MindOverMatter telekinesis and psychokinesis]], and men who could move solid objects with their will alone and without resorting to simple physical strength. He spoke about “farseeing,” and about a man he knew [[TheOmniscient who could tell you what was happening anywhere in the world at this precise moment of time]]; about psychic healing and a “doctor” who could [[HealingHands conjure the supreme power of Life into his naked hands]], banishing diseases without the benefit of any form of conventional treatment; about the entire range of [=ESPers=] under his command, and how there was a place there, too, for [[TheHero Harry]].

-->-- '''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'''

'''Paul Ruth:''' Freak of nature, born with a certain form of ESP; derangement of the synapses which we call telepathy.\\

-<DIDN'T YOU MEAN TO ASK ABOUT FLOWERS?>-\\

->''MIND TAKING, BABY! ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!''\\

-- ''Film/{{Scanners}}''

-- ''VideoGame/StarControlII''

-- '''Mentok, The Mind Taker''', ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''

-->--'''Cook Ting''', ''Chuang Tzu: The Basic Writings''

-->--''Theatre/OnAClearDayYouCanSeeForever'', verse of title song

-->--''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''

-->--''Music/{{Cold}}'', With My Mind

-->--''Literature/{{Necroscope}}''

"And didn't you also invent Psionics?" asked Buster. "The advanced science of the mind that would enable us to cure the aliments of humanity, read each other's thoughts, see past and future events, and [[Literature/{{Carrie}} electrocute our classmates through telekinesis]]?"\\

-- '''Mentok, The Mind Taker''', ''HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''

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-- ''StarControl II''

-->--''Film/ScottPilgrimVersusTheWorld''

-->-- '''River Tam''', ''{{Firefly}}''

-- ''{{Scanners}}''

-->--''OnAClearDayYouCanSeeForever'', verse of title song

-->-- '''Ezekiel, Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels''', ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

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-->-- ''Ezekiel, Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels'', {{Warhammer 40000}}