"You idiot! I kept order in this city! One month! In one month, you'll wish you had me back!"
—Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin, Spider-Man (PS4)
"We may prefer Visser Three to be in charge. He makes stupid mistakes. His people all hate and fear him, which makes his people less effective. And, we know him. Know what to expect. Visser One might be a more dangerous enemy."
—Jake, Animorphs
Niko Bellic: You mean fifty years of you bleeding the city dry might finally come to an end?
Jon Gravelli: [laughing] I know, it's a terrible tragedy! But if it wasn't me, it would just be someone else. So it might as well be me.
Jon Gravelli: [laughing] I know, it's a terrible tragedy! But if it wasn't me, it would just be someone else. So it might as well be me.
"If you think I'm evil... just wait until you meet my variants."
—He Who Remains, Loki (2021)
Carl Denham: Listen, there are dozens of girls in this town tonight that are in more danger than they'll ever see with me.
Jack Driscoll: Yeah, but they know that kind of danger.
Jack Driscoll: Yeah, but they know that kind of danger.
"You know, the last two days have made me realize something. Even though my family doesn’t always understand me or appreciate me, it’s still better than having to sleep on a stick and eat worms."
—Charlene Sinclair, Dinosaurs, "Getting to Know You"
Chul: But why would your people support this snake over the dragons? My clan bears no love for the tyrant Indrath, but he is not worse than Agrona.
Alaric Maer: The devil you know. What better way to make people forget how horribly the Vritra has treated them than the threat of life under the boot heel of another Asura clan?
Alaric Maer: The devil you know. What better way to make people forget how horribly the Vritra has treated them than the threat of life under the boot heel of another Asura clan?
"What's better than a devil you don't know? A devil you do."
—Raphael, Baldur's Gate III
