Quotes / Tin Man

"Because I want to help them. Something written into my code commands me to do what is right."

— TRON in Kingdom Hearts II

Oh, Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have

— America, "Tin Man"

You are both drooling... I wish, just once, I could feel what it is like to drool.

— The Ship, Pikmin 2

Thereafter he walked very carefully, with his eyes on the road, and when he saw a tiny ant toiling by he would step over it, so as not to harm it. The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.

"You people with hearts," he said, "have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful. When Oz gives me a heart of course I needn't mind so much."

— The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

"I know now why you cry, but it's something that I can never do."

—The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

I know what the Tin Man is. He needed a heart.
(Later in the series)
I'm a machine. I can't be happy... but I understand more than you think. (While giving a somewhat sad look to John)

— Cameron, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Jaime Sommers: You don't have to be so dramatic.
Sarah Corvus: Don't I? Cause I thought I was just told by the one person who can save my life that she has better things to do. That feels pretty dramatic to me... not that I can actually feel anything, but I can intellectually imagine that that feels pretty dramatic.

— Bionic Woman (2007)

"How about my heart?" asked the Tin Woodman.

"Why, as for that," answered Oz, "I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart."

"That must be a matter of opinion," said the Tin Woodman. "For my part, I will bear all the unhappiness without a murmur, if you will give me the heart."

— The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Verona: Have you no heart?
Dracula: No, I have no heart! I feel no love! Nor fear! Nor joy. Nor sorrow. I am hollow. And I will live forever.

— Van Helsing

Kate: Oscar, I'm sorry you missed Madame Romanski's performance. It really was something...
Oscar: I don't know...emotion is a concept outside the scope of my functionality, Kate Walker, as well you know.
Kate: Mmm...sometimes I'm not so sure...

—Syberia

Dr. Beverly Crusher: You didn't have any one experienced to help you through sentience. She at least has you. Just help her realize that she's not alone, and be there to nurture her when she needs love and attention.
Lt. Cmdr. Data: I can give her attention, Doctor. But I am incapable of giving her love.
[Data leaves]
Crusher: [to self] Now, why do I find that so hard to believe?

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Offspring"

Data, laid across a couch dramatically: I am so sad that I do not have emotions. I dream every night of feeling, I am so scared that I will never experience emotions, it is my one wish to do so. Today I hugged Geordi and he smiled at me and I felt so happy, I wish I understood how it feels to love…

— Tumblr post by user drawsmaddy

He had long since forgotten empathy, but he was human enough to feel regret that he could not save anyone.

— The Night Unfurls

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