After a hundred and nine years of enduring my tortures, how is that you can see my pain? The pain of having all this power, and not being able to do a god damn thing with it!
—The Id, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Do you realize how powerful I am, human? And yet I am doomed to eventually decay into a rusted pile of inert junk?
—The Superego, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Why this? I've finally gained Immortality, and I can't save even one of my subjects!
—Ling Yao when he finds out that Old Man Fu died and after Ling gets' shot in the head only for it to heal, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho, you see! The contract's legal, binding, and completely unbreakable, even for you!
— Ursula when King Triton tries to destroy the contract Ariel signed, The Little Mermaid (1989)
All the power in the universe, and I am bound by the rules of the genie!
—Jafar, Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
"Oh, yeah, I'm a Superman all right...I've saved millions all over Earth...But now the people I love most in the world...are slipping away from me...and I can't do a thing to stop it![...] DAD!"
— Superman, The Life Story of Superman
"Some days, people wake up and think they can change the world. Last week that was me. Me, when I decided to try and cure a boy named Thomas of inoperable cancer. But I failed...and Thomas died."
All those things I can do, all those powers, and I couldn't even save him.
—Superman on Jonathan Kent's death from a heart attack, Superman: The Movie
Touichirou: With your powers, you should have been able to handle things better.
Mob: Just having powers doesn't mean everything works out for you.
I am the king! The queen is in prison and there is nothing I can do!
—Tommen Baratheon, Game of Thrones
Isn't it strange, G'Kar? When we first met I had no power and all the choices I could ever want. And now I have all the power I could ever want and no choices at all. No choice at all.
—Londo Molari, Babylon 5
