History Quotes / CutLexLuthorACheck

-->--'''[[Characters/BetterCallSaulHowardHamlin Howard Hamlin]]''', ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', "Plan and Execution"

-->-- '''Ross Scott''', ''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon'', ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''

'''Announcer:''' Well, that's just great! Now how am I supposed to become a hero? [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Toxic waste-covered reptiles]] aren't cheap, you know!

'''Beetle''': "People talk about that as if it's a guaranteed success. Starting your own business is a crapshoot when 90% of them fail. And patenting your technology is no guarantee of success either, when assholes like Justin Hammer and Obadiah Stane will try and screw you out of your share of the royalties. That's what almost happened to the Shocker-Hammer would have ripped him off, and he wouldn't have gotten one red cent for all his hard work.You're stuck working for idiots who only got to where they did by sucking up to people who wouldn't even spit on them. You're at their beck and call whenever they want, they promote their fellow brownnosers over people with actual talent, they take all the credit for your hard work. And when times are tough, instead of cutting down on their first-class flights and expensive limousines, they fire the people whose work got them all that wealth in the first place. You really think most supervillains are willing to put up with that shit? That's the whole reason I became a criminal in the first place!

->''"Mr. Kayaba was a genius, but he was also a fool. All he wanted to use his technology for was [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame his game]]. He couldn't see the potential in it. [[MindControlDevice But]] ''[[MindControlDevice I]]'' [[MindControlDevice did]]."''
-->-- '''Sugou Nobuyuki''' on Akihiko Kayaba, ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''

->''(as he deploys a bunch of highly sophisticated drones to capture Sonic)'' Ever wonder where ''your'' tax dollars are going?
-->-- '''Dr. Robotnik''', ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''

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->''"Seriously," she said. "Take the world conquerers. If Leonardo Lucas was just after world domination, he wouldn’t build giant robots and death rays. He’d get an assload of patents, make three billion dollars, and join the fucking Republican party. He wants people to bow down before him. He wants everyone to know he’s conquering the world. And if that means he has to fight and kill Paragon to do it, so be it. Sure, I can go out, wear all black, break into jewelry stores after hours and liberate millions each year, but that’s not satisfying. When I was Dynamo Girl, I could barely get page four. Leather makes the front page whether she gets away or goes to jail."''
-->--''Literature/InterviewingLeather''

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->''"Seriously," she said. "Take the world conquerers. If Leonardo Lucas was just after world domination, he wouldn’t build giant robots and death rays. He’d get an assload of patents, make three billion dollars, and join the fucking Republican party. He wants people to bow down before him. He wants everyone to know he’s conquering the world. And if that means he has to fight and kill Paragon to do it, so be it. Sure, I can go out, wear all black, break into jewelry stores after hours and liberate millions each year, but that’s not satisfying. When I was Dynamo Girl, I could barely get page four. Leather makes the front page whether she gets away or goes to jail."

->''"Seriously," she said. "Take the world conquerers. If Leonardo Lucas was just after world domination, he wouldn’t build giant robots and death rays. He’d get an assload of patents, make three billion dollars, and join the fucking Republican party. He wants people to bow down before him. He wants everyone to know he’s conquering the world. And if that means he has to fight and kill Paragon to do it, so be it. Sure, I can go out, wear all black, break into jewelry stores after hours and liberate millions each year, but that’s not satisfying. When I was Dynamo Girl, I could barely get page four. Leather makes the front page whether she gets away or goes to jail." \\
-->-- ''Literature/InterviewingLeather''

-- ''Literature/InterviewingLeather''

'''Beetle''': "People talk about that as if it's a guaranteed success. Starting your own business is a crapshoot when 90% of them fail. And patenting your technology is no guarantee of success either, when assholes like Justin Hammer and Obadiah Stane will try and screw you out of your share of the royalties. That's what almost happened to the Shocker-Hammer would have ripped him off, and he wouldn't have gotten one red cent for all his hard work.
'''Moonstone''': So why not just get an engineering job?
'''Beetle''': Because most of us hate those dull 9-5 jobs. You're stuck working for idiots who only got to where they did by sucking up to people who wouldn't even spit on them. You're at their beck and call whenever they want, they promote their fellow brownnosers over people with actual talent, they take all the credit for your hard work. And when times are tough, instead of cutting down on their first-class flights and expensive limousines, they fire the people whose work got them all that wealth in the first place. You really think most supervillains are willing to put up with that shit? That's the whole reason I became a criminal in the first place!