"When Oppenheimer was flailing with the bomb, Dr. Vought already had practical applications of Compound V tested in the field. Heroes like Soldier Boy, killing Germans by the dozen."
— Stan Edgar, to Homelander, The Boys (2019)
"We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement? "
— Chairman Sheng-ji Yang — "Dynamics of Mind", Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
"Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"? It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter we are chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality, you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself."
— Chairman Sheng-ji Yang — "Looking God in the Eye", Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Mark 1: The good news is, my clone was more powerful from creation than I am now. The bad news, my clone was more powerful—
Mike: Blah blah blah! We heard this one already!
Mike: Blah blah blah! We heard this one already!
"Crime is becoming super-crime. Terrorism is becoming super-terrorism. Even the fattest, most stupid politician on Capitol Hill realizes that Son of Star Wars is going to be useless against the kind of problems America's really facing out there."
— Nick Fury, The Ultimates
"Don't you see the danger, John, inherent in what you're doing here? Genetic power is the most awesome force the planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun."
— Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
"Old legends say that in the age before the Seven Days of Fire they had the skills to control the well-springs of life. They say that once, man remolded the plants and animals to his pleasure, like clay.."
— Master Yupa, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
"There are two nuclei that man should never have touched: the atomic nucleus and the cell nucleus. The technology of genetic engineering poses a greater threat to the world than the advent of nuclear technology."
— Erwin Chargaff
"Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing, and what did we get for our trouble? The Eugenics Wars. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a Khan Singh waiting in the wings. A superhuman whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. The law against genetic engineering provides a firewall against such men and it's my job to keep that firewall intact."
— Admiral Bennett, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"
