"THE WORLD! Time has stopped...and now, time will resume."
—DIO births a meme, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
"Time is a weapon like any other. If nothing else, I can simply wait for my foes to rot."
—Orikan the Diviner, Warhammer 40,000: Codex - Necrons (5th ed)
Shout at time, and command it to obey, as the world around you stands still.
—Description for "Slow Time", The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
— William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
"Ocarina of Time, motherfucker. I can turn back time whenever the hell I want."
— Link, Douchebag Link
"Witness the power of time."
— Ultimecia, Dissidia Final Fantasy
"Geralt, there are four dimensions - length, width, height...and time. What would you have me fall in love with - width? Come now - tsk, tsk tsk."
— Gaunter O'dim, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
"Staleek, he can wrap time 'round his little finger; the hoodoo-voodoo is not gonna work!"
— John Crichton on Einstein, Farscape
"It's Witch Time. Witches can control time itself."
—Palutena, Bayonetta Reveal Trailer, Super Smash Bros. for 3Ds and Wii U
This will just take a minute. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 And... time marches on. Right on time!
— Aeon, Castlevania: Judgment
"Well, haven't we gotten far for a pair of fuzzy marsupials? I am Doctor Nefarious Tropy — Master of Time and inventor of the very Time Twister machine you see before you."
— Dr. Nefarious Tropy, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
"When do we start your study?" you are asking me. We are starting now. We are finishing now. You are Disciple, Adept and Master now.
You are understanding that Chronos is not really as he is appearing in the minds of humanity. They are following Chronos down the straight path that he is desiring. They are not experiencing the then, only the now. They are not seeing the will, only the has. We are outside that narrow path; we are enlightened.
We are existing in the Now. There are no beginnings or endings; our Now is spreading all of time before us as a tapestry. In the Now, you are studying with me. In the Now, you are Disciple, Adept and Master - all three.
—Mage: The Ascension - Core Rulebook (1st edition)
"The Time Gem: with it, I can reach back into the primordial past or delve into the far distant future. Nothing that ever was or ever will be can hide from my inspection. And if I find anything which offends, I can modify it to fit my every need or want. Infinity is clay waiting for me to mold it."
—Thanos, The Thanos Quest
"Not that anyone's motivations matter so much anymore. One is timeless. One's dominion is history itself. Chronology bows before one. One is Eternity's Mistress"
—Her Renewed Majesty, Sunless Skies
"This is the ability of my King Crimson! I eradicated time and leapt past it!"
—The Boss, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
"Within King Crimson's ability, this world's time disappears, and no one remembers the movements they made within this segment of time. The clouds in the sky don't realize they've broken apart. A flame that's extinguished doesn't even realize the movement it went out. All that remains in this world are the results. In the world where time has been eliminated, all movement becomes pointless! I am the only one who can react to these movements. I can see every single one of your movements! This is King Crimson's ability!"
— The Boss aka Diavolo, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
"The ruler of time, traveling beyond time and space to reign over past and future..."
— The most poignant phase used by multiple characters to describe Kamen Rider Zi-O
"Zi-O's strength is the greatest in history. He can change the past and future at will."
— Woz, Kamen Rider Zi-O
"Just as you gave Kaecilius powers from your dimension, I brought a little power from mine. This is time. Endless, looped, time."
Do you realize the implications? That with this power, I'll control not only when things happen, but whether they happen at all! I can make things happen over and over again, until they come out the way I want! I can hold tomorrow hostage, and I'll knock YOU straight into next Tuesday! YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE!
—Gahan, The Ultimate Haunted House
"As I wish it, so shall the river of time flow!"
—The Oracle of Darkness, Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
"Time abilities are always super OP and they're always cool. It's why JoJo villains literally cannot seem to stop ending up with them."
—KaiserNeko, Top 12 Dragon Ball Techniques #11 - DBCember 2019
The Valeyard: At the click of my fingers, I can cross through interstitial time, slip between moments in less than a fraction of a heartbeat, and go wherever I like. I could vanish from here [SFX of the Valeyard vanishing] and appear here!
Mel: What? No! [SFX of the Valeyard vanishing] Nula!
The Valeyard: Such a shame! I took her back five years and stabbed her! The blood mixes well with the dirt on these clothes, don't you think? [SFX of the Valeyard vanishing] Oh look! She's alive again!
Nula: Mel, I-
The Valeyard: [SFX of the Valeyard vanishing] This time - look, Mel - I've snapped her neck, but only moments ago, just as you hid out in the corridor. I spent a couple of minutes listening to you. You're right, by the way: you don't pick friends very well at all...
"The Observants look at time like they're watching a parade, one thing after another passing by in sequence right in front of them. I see the parade from above, all the twists and turns it might or might not take."
—Clockwork, Danny Phantom
