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Laurence Fishburne Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? [Takes a bite of steak] Ignorance is bliss.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Steak, Ignorance is bliss
“Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Dream, Reality
“Neo: Why do my eyes hurt?

Morpheus: You've never used them before.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Eyes, Vision, Insight
“I don't know what he can do to save us. But I do know that as long as there is a single breath left in his body he will not give up and neither can we.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix Revolutions
Tagged: Salvation, Persistence
“Commander Lock: Dammit, Morpheus. Not everyone believes what you believe.

Morpheus: My beliefs do not require them to.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Beliefs, Coercion
“Morpheus: Do you believe in fate, Neo?

Neo: No.

Morpheus: Why not?

Neo: 'Cause I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Fate, Control
“Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: matrix, Invisible
“Remember...all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Truth, red pill
“Nobody cares about Clark Kent taking on the Batman.”
— Perry White, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Tagged: Nobody Cares, Apathy
“Ebola is a case of dandruff compared to me.”
— Thrax (voice), Osmosis Jones
Tagged: Ebola, Metaphor Examples
“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: red pill, blue pill, wonderland
“I have dreamed a dream, but now that dream is gone from me.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix Reloaded
Tagged: Dream, Dream Deferred, shattered dreams
“The body cannot live without the mind.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Body, Mind, Life
“You don’t get to decide what the right thing is.”
— Perry White, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Tagged: Right thing, Autonomy
“Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?

Neo: You could say that.

Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?

Neo: No.

Morpheus: Why not?

Neo: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.

Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?

Neo: The Matrix.

Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is?

Neo: Yes.

Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

Neo: What truth?

Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Fate, Truth, Alice In Wonderland, matrix
“The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: matrix, system, Businessmen, Enemy, unplugged, Power
“Morpheus: We've survived by hiding from them, by running from them. But they are the gatekeepers. They are guarding all the doors, they are holding all the keys. Which means that sooner or later, someone is going to have to fight them.

Neo: Someone?

Morpheus: I've seen an agent punch through a concrete wall; men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air; yet, their strength, and their speed, are still based in a world that is built on rules. Because of that, they will never be as strong, or as fast, as you can be.”
— Morpheus, The Matrix
Tagged: Survival, Violence, Rules, speed, guardians
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