Cyclops: All I was saying... you might want to spend a little more time honing your own natural powers and a little less time depending on big guns.
Cable: And I appreciate your having an opinion. But I've got my own way of doing things.
Cable: And I appreciate your having an opinion. But I've got my own way of doing things.
— Cable (1993) #17
"Telekinesis was her actual superpower, but it was so weak she could barely do anything with it. We downplayed it in all our press materials and she rarely showed it off in public. Her ass-kicking abilities, as she'd be quick to remind you, came from hard work, intense physical training, and an obsessive willingness to avoid carbs."
— Evie Tanaka on Aveda Jupiter, Heroine Complex
"You risk everything running around with that... that sword. You build a hut of twigs, when you could have marble palaces for the snap of your fingers."
— Lanfear to Rand al'Thor, The Wheel of Time: The Shadow Rising
