[closing narration] If we choose to give birth to a thinking machine, we must be prepared for the day when our progeny will demand independence.
Control Voice
The Outer Limits (1995) · 319 quotes
Most-quoted character in The Outer Limits (1995): in 305 of its 319 quotes
Lines by Control Voice 305
[opening narration] We live in an egocentric age, where many of us believe we are the sun in our own universe. But what happens when these illusions collide with reality?
[closing narration] No idea is so strong it should not be tested by doubt, and no man so powerful that he is infallible.
[opening narration] Who among us does not think he knows evil when he sees it? But are such distinctions really so black and white or is morality simply a matter of perspective?
[closing narration] Powerful ideas do not die with those who gave them birth, so long as the seeds of those ideas are planted in their followers.
[opening narration] Technology is designed to serve us, to ease our burdens. But will our machines become so sophisticated that it is we who do the serving?
[closing narration] When the human mind is made obselete by advancing technology, the soul may not be far behind.
[opening narration] Faith is the bedrock of our religious beliefs. But what happens when that foundation is shaken to its core?
[closing narration] Blind faith can lead us toward the light... or plunge us into eternal darkness.
[opening narration] It is said that great conflicts are not settled by words but by iron and blood. But what if we could revisit those decisions? Would we still surrender to violence?
[closing narration] Despite everything we do, we may never free ourselves from the bonds of fate.
[opening narration] From the time we are children we are taught to mistrust strangers. But are we always as wary as we encourage them to be?
[closing narration] As long as an enemy is judged solely by his appearance, his victory is assured.
[opening narration] As we surrender more authority to our ever more capable technology, what will happen when that technology goes awry?
[closing narration] In the end, it may be our certainty that we are infallible which will prove our downfall.
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