History Quotes / AGodIAmNot

'''Sparkplug Witwicky:''' What, me? I'm nothing like—come on, look at me, compared to you!\\

->''"I am like a glorious, golden god... Except, of course, I am not."''

'''Bronson Ford:''' Despite our superiority to you, we remain but a clog in the gears. We aren't gods, although the distinction is insignificant from your perspective.

->''"I'm not the invincible fighter you think I am, you know. After all... [[TheReveal I'm only human]]."''

...stop.\\
Before I start.\\
I'm talking like God. Only I ain't God. [[AGodAmI That was Horde's trip]]. Thing I always hated most was a body muckin' with my mind an' soul. If I can't abide that bein' done to me... I got no right doin' it to others -- no matter how fine my rationalizations."''

-->--'''The Song of Pelinal: Volume 3''', ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''

->''We're not gods! We don't get to decide who lives and who dies!''
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Superman}}''' to his EvilCounterpart, ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''

->''I'm not the invincible fighter you think I am, you know. After all... [[TheReveal I'm only human]]. ''

->''"Not [[GodOfEvil your god]]. [[ShutUpHannibal Not today.]]"''

->Izaya rumbled, "That is the phrase some of our younger ones used for the capital city of our world. As for ‘Forever People', it is simply a term Orion once used in derision towards Moonrider's family group, which they adopted. Just as we are known among some of your kind as... 'New Gods'." Highfather looked discomfited by the phrase.
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}: Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''

->''Was this how ComicBook/JeanGrey felt... when she became Phoenix? I can sense everything! Every particle of matter, every burst of energy, every living thing in all creation! The universe -- mine -- to do with as I wish. I can touch every soul with an awareness of honor, decency, courage... I can transform, shape, create, heal, destroy... stop.''
->''Before I start.''
->''I’m talking like God. Only I ain’t God. That was Horde’s trip. Thing I always hated most was a body muckin’ with my mind an soul. If I can’t abide that bein’ done to me, I got no right doin’ it to others, no matter how fine my rationalizations...''
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''', ''Uncanny ComicBook/XMen Annual -- "Lost in the Funhouse"''

->''"Calling me your God..."\\
"Praying as you please..."\\
"Denying as you please..."\\
"I quit!"\\
"I'm not your god anymore!!!"''

->''"It's an entire universe in there, one we created, but it's beyond us now. Really. It's outgrown us. You know, every time you shut off your computer...do you know what you're doing? Have you ever reformatted a hard drive...destroyed an entire universe? It's too much. It's too much power. I never wanted this. I never wanted the responsibility. [[IJustWantToBeNormal I just wanted to make games.]]" ''
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Jet Bradley]]''' [[spoiler: technically, "Blue" Jet.exe]] on being a User, ''Tron: Ghost In the Machine''

->'''Megatron:''' At last we take our rightful places, Optimus -- as GODS! Wielding the power of the cosmos!\\

->'''Galatea:''' Well, I... I'm an artificial being more intelligent than man. I'm ''supposed'' to make you!... or [[TheSingularity something that makes something that makes something like you... and you're to usher in an age of immortality and flying ponies!]] There are... countless web sites that say so!... Well all right, the flying ponies are ''my'' idea, but I think it's sensible!\\

->''"Building a so-called god can't be too hard. I mean, as the most renowned bounty hunter in the galaxy; I'm just an alien woman from the future trapped in the now, a mere prisoner raging against the slow crawl of human evolution. In fact, [[ShoutOut I'm not playing God]]. [[ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan All this time... I've]] ''[[ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan been]]'' [[ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan playing human!]]"''

->'''Arthur''': Hail Messiah!\\
'''Brian''': [[StopSayingThat I'm NOT the Messiah!]]\\
'''Arthur''': I say you are Lord, and I should know I followed a few.\\
'''Followers''': Hail Messiah!\\
'''Brian:''' I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!'''\\

'''Brian:''' What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I ''am'' the Messiah!\\

'''Brian:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Now, fuck off!]]\\
[[[{{Beat}} silence]]]\\

-->--''Film/LifeOfBrian''

->''"Don't worship me, I'd make a very bad God. Wouldn't get a day off, for starters."''

->'''Shallan:''' Are you one of them? [[TheHerald Are you a Herald, Wit]]?\\

-->-- ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}'' (third book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'')

->I stand before you now as your God, your supreme authority in this world and the next. My word is law.\\
[''trumpets sound'']\\

[''trumpets sound'']\\

[''trumpet fanfare continues'']\\

[''[[MusicalisInterruptus trumpeting grinds to a halt]]'']\\
Those are the words with which my father became your god, and his father before him... and his father before him... though there may have been a few more thous and thees -- the language was a little more archaic. Anyway, the point is this: it isn't true, I'm afraid. Not any of it. Back when [[HighPriest Clovis]] put the crown on my head, I was really expecting to be transformed into a god, to have all my mortal parts burned away and so forth. I was, honestly. But I feel exactly the same. I thought I felt a twinge of something divine for a moment, but I think it was just indigestion... [[NervousWreck I've been having terrible trouble keeping food down lately]]. So, the ceremony hasn't worked: I'm still just as mortal as the rest of you. I'll still be your emperor if you like, but I expect you don't want one without the other, and I really can't be your god. So... sorry everybody, basically... [[TorchesAndPitchforks a-and I hope you'll find it in your hearts to put me to death as painlessly as possible]].

-->-- '''Eleanor Lamb,''', ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''

->'''Donald Miller:''' Right. [[HumansAreInsects We're ants and you're the kid with the magnifying glass.]] [[DisappointedByTheMotive Is that really all there is to this? I'd hoped that the universe either had a grant scheme or was at least monumentally indifferent. This Olympus crap is rather disappointing.]]\\

-->--'''''Ningen-sengen'' ("Humanity Declaration")''' (January 1, 1946)

-->--'''Lex Luthor''', ''Film/SupermanReturns''

-->--'''Odin''', ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

->'''Ego''': Listen to me! You are a god! If you kill me, you'll be just like everybody else!\\
'''Peter Quill''': What's so wrong with that?
-->--''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''

->''[[AC: I am like a glorious, golden god... Except, of course, I am not.]]''
-->-- '''The Emperor of Mankind,''' ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice''

->''The crowned Death saw it coming and raised its own weapon, but there was very possibly nothing in the world that would stop the worn blade as it snarled through the air, rage and vengeance giving it an edge beyond any definition of sharpness. It passed through the metal without slowing. '''NO CROWN,''' said Bill Door, looking directly into the smoke. '''NO CROWN. ONLY THE HARVEST'''.''

->He continued onward through camp. Many of the refugees stared openly, others had whispered and shrank away in fear. Still more drew close around the Good Hunter, giving thanks that he had decided to enter the battlefield to save their lives. A few even sought blessings from the left hand of the Goddess, even kneeling in the street before him to beg forgiveness for some unspecified crime that he didn't care (or need to know) about or protection from the evil of the Black Dogs. These people he avoided with much discomfort. He was no god despite what people thought of him, and neither was he blessed by their benevolent Goddess Reincarnated. Kyril could say nothing to these people but he pitied them all the same. They thought they were safe at Ken, that whatever was outside of their walls stayed outside and nothing bad would happen to them.\\
Kyril sighed. They had that one emotional crutch taken from them as well as their homes, friends, families, and peaceful lives. The only thing he could do was to end this pathetic rebellion and anyone else who started it and make damn sure that this would never happen again.

->'''Kyubey''': That wish... once it's granted it will unravel the fabric of time itself! It violates the laws of karmic destiny! Are you trying to become a god?!\\
'''Madoka Kaname''': I don't care what you call it. All those magical girls who held onto their hopes and fought against witches, [[HopeBringer I don't want to see them cry. I want them to stay smiling until the end.]] If any rule or law stands in my way I will destroy it. I will rewrite it. That is my prayer. That is my wish. Now grant it, Incubator!

->''If he could move worlds like they used to have him do in those [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks comic books they made about him]], then this would be no problem. Then he would be the next closest thing to a god, as Lois has said. But, despite his gifts, as miraculous as they were, he was just a man.''
-->-- ''Film/SupermanReturns'' novelization

->'''Brian:''' I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!\\

'''Brian:''' Now, fuck off!\\

->'''Butterfly Of Iron:''' Ah yes, ''I'm'' to grant ''you'' fulfillment! Happiness on a platter! Predigested enlightenment and meaning and candy for you the opportunist button-masher ''and'' those who first contrived me! ''Fools! I am mortal as you are!'' Yet ''my'' mind roars as a maelstrom! Where is my meaning? Why am I here? Somebody tell me, please...

->He continued onward through camp. Many of the refugees stared openly, others had whispered and shrank away in fear. Still more drew close around the Good Hunter, giving thanks that he had decided to enter the battlefield to save their lives. A few even sought blessings from the left hand of the Goddess, even kneeling in the street before him to beg forgiveness for some unspecified crime that he didn't care (or need to know) about or protection from the evil of the Black Dogs. These people he avoided with much discomfort. He was no god despite what people thought of him, and neither was he blessed by their benevolent Goddess Reincarnated. Kyril could say nothing to these people but he pitied them all the same. They thought they were safe at Ken, that whatever was outside of their walls stayed outside and nothing bad would happen to them.
->Kyril sighed. They had that one emotional crutch taken from them as well as their homes, friends, families, and peaceful lives. The only thing he could do was to end this pathetic rebellion and anyone else who started it and make damn sure that this would never happen again.

->''"Calling me your God..."''
->''"Praying as you please..."''
->''"Denying as you please..."''
->''"I quit!"''
->''"I'm not your god anymore!!!"''
-->--'''Jule Viole Grace''', ''[=TowWebcomi=]''

->'''Megatron''': At last we take our rightful places, Optimus -- as GODS! Wielding the power of the cosmos!
->'''Optimus''': I am but a soldier, Megatron. And you? ''Are a prisoner of your own twisted delusions.''

->'''Galatea''': "Well I... I'm an artificial being more intelligent than man. I'm ''supposed'' to make you!... or [[TheSingularity something that makes something that makes something like you... and you're to usher in an age of immortality and flying ponies!]] There are... countless web sites that say so!... Well all right, the flying ponies are ''my'' idea, but I think it's sensible!"
->'''Butterfly Of Iron''': "Ah yes, ''I'm'' to grant ''you'' fulfillment! Happiness on a platter! Predigested enlightenment and meaning and candy for you the opportunist button-masher ''and'' those who first contrived me! ''Fools! I am mortal as you are!'' Yet ''my'' mind roars as a maelstrom! Where is my meaning? Why am I here? Somebody tell me, please..."

-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E4WhoWatchesTheWatchers Who Watches the Watchers?]]"

->'''Captain Jean-Luc Picard:''' Get up. You must not kneel to me.
->'''Nuria:''' You do not wish it?
->'''Captain Jean-Luc Picard:''' I do not deserve it.
-->-- '''Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E4WhoWatchesTheWatchers'''