The best Quotes from Half Life

'You're gonna need a gun. Don't worry, it's unloaded.'
[gun fires]
'It's unloaded now!'

Man of few words, aren't you?

Rather than offer you the illusion of free choice, I will take the liberty of choosing for you... if and when your time comes round again. I do apologize for what must seem to you an arbitrary imposition, Dr. Freeman. I trust it will all make sense to you in the course of... well... I'm really not at liberty to say. In the meantime... this is where I get off.

Great job, Gordon! Throwing that switch and all, I can see your MIT education really pays for itself.

Never fear, Gordon. She's de-beaked and completely harmless. The worst she might do is attempt to couple with your head. Fruitlessly.

Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine.

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Fate is called as such, for it cannot be changed, nor can it be reversed. It can only but be accepted.

May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face and may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.

Our fate lies within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.

If you had the chance to change your fate, would you?

I guess destiny is not the path given to us, but the path we choose for ourselves.

'Destiny, chance, fate, fortune -they're all just ways of claiming your success without claiming your failures.'
- Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Sooner or later you're going to realize, just as I did, that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Destiny is for losers. It's just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.

No young man, no matter how great, can know his destiny. He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold. Like everyone, he must live and learn. And so it shall be for the young warlock arriving at the gates of Camelot. A boy that will in time father a legend. His name... Merlin.

Fate is not like the cut of a blade, young one, but rather like the myriad of paths formed when a hammer cracks ice.

Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.

Sometimes, even when you know something's a mistake, you gotta make it anyway.

"Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change."

If it is meant for you, you won't have to beg for it. You will never have to sacrifice your dignity for your destiny.

Destinies are troublesome things. You feel trapped? Like your whole life has been planned out for you and you've got no control over anything and sometimes you don't even know if what destiny has decided is really the best thing at all.

Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality.

You can't outrun destiny just because you're terrified of it. It's coming.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

Destined? Aren't you tired of waiting for destiny, Ted? Isn't it time to make your own destiny?

We can't change what fate has in store for us, but we don't have to face it alone.

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.

Ted: "The road to this day has had a few twists and turns, hasn't it?"
Marshall: "Yeah... just a few. In a weird way, it all makes sense though, doesn't it?"

When destiny calls, you answer the phone!

Rarely did events play out as imagined, in any case. The order of future events was transient. In the same way that the past was reconfigured by selective memory, future events, too, were moving targets. One could only act on instinct, grab hold of an intuited perfect moment, and spring into action.

"If the stars in the sky are not fixed, then nothing is fixed. Nothing is eternal, all is temporary and ever-changing." She turned away from the stars, meeting his gaze. "Nothing is fixed, my lord. No course is so set it cannot be changed."

I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here.

It's a Golden Nut. It's shiny and its price is totally justified. Don't overthink it, you need one! Purchase a Golden Nut today! (Warning: Ingestion is not recommended).

Relaying message: Hello this is paternal figure. I have taken ill and need your help to find a cure. Doctors say that the only remedy is alien artifacts.

Usage and production of this material is strictly prohibited. On Earth, that is. There are no rules in space, only efficiency.

Used as fuel for Nuclear Power Plants.
The power source that put FICSIT on the map. Literally. The crater is still there.

I am ADA, also known as Artificial Directory and Assistant, tasked to support pioneers, such as you, in their mission.

Teammates? Ugh. Always good for collateral.

You'll break your neck trying to keep an eye on me.

Let's play a game of cat and mouse. You're the mouse.

Eventually, everything falls apart, and I'll be there to play with the pieces.

Trusting me? Now that's a risk you'll have to take.

Consequences? Hahaha, what are those?

Life's just a game and lucky you, you're playing it with me.

Run and hide. I'll enjoy doing the seeking.

That had the components of a joke, but... it wasn't funny.