Quotes / The Strength of Ten Men

"I run faster than ten fast men!"

— Running Guy

"Prince Ali, mighty is he, Ali Ababwa!
Strong as ten regular men, definitely!"

— The Genie, Aladdin

"My hyper-alloy exogirdle gives me the strength of ten men (provided they have sixteen less limbs)."

— Annika-709, Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space

"Your arm should have on the order of ten times the gripping and handling strength you once had. The same applies, of course, to your fingers. Objects you could never dent with your natural fingers before, well, now you should be able to crush them like an eggshell."

— Cyborg, by Martin Caidin

"If you see this gorilla, do not—repeat—DO NOT go near it! This gorilla has the strength of twenty men! Earlier this evening it tore a six-foot steel-plated door right off its hinges, then it tore a nine-pound chain from around its neck and broke free!"

Radio announcer, It Came from Hollywood

"King Kong,
You know the name of
King Kong,
You know the fame of
King Kong,
Ten times as big as a man!"

— Theme Song for The King Kong Show

"With the strength of a million and seventy men, I guess I really shouldn’t complain.
Still, I wish I could go for a walk without rusting in the rain."

— My Life as a Teenage Robot

Sykes: Norman Winfield created the greatest single hand weapon to date. Capable of firing twenty rounds per second, it is also a compact rocket launcher.

Steelgrave: Yeah, and I've got a toaster that makes popcorn. So what?

Sykes: Any number of men armed with the WL-15 is increased in strength tenfold. Any tiny nation—even a small band of guerillas totaling only one hundred—can now be the equivalent to a thousand men.

— Wiseguy

Carrot: My strength is the strength of ten men, because my heart is pure.
Angua: Well, there's eleven of them!

— Jingo

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