Andrew Ryan was an American businessman and the founder of the fictional city of Rapture in the video game BioShock. In the game, Ryan is a hard-nosed industrialist who believes in the power of the individual to make change in the world. He is also a very religious man, believing in the principles of Objectivism.
Andrew Ryan Quotes
“There’s two ways to deal with mystery: uncover it, or eliminate it.” – Andrew Ryan
“Stop, would you kindly? ‘Would you kindly’. Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? Sit, would you kindly? Stand, would you kindly? Run! Stop! Turn. A man chooses, a slave obeys. Kill! A man chooses! A slave obeys! OBEY!” – Andrew Ryan
“It was not impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea. It was impossible to build it anywhere else.” – Andrew Ryan
“We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.” – Andrew Ryan
“Commerce is the lifeblood of the City. If we are not careful, the government will become cancer.” – Andrew Ryan
“To build a city at the bottom of the sea: insanity. But where else could we be free from the clutching hand of the parasites? Where else could we build an economy that they would not try to control, a society they would not try to destroy? It was not impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea. It was impossible to build it anywhere else.” – Andrew Ryan
Bioshock Andrew Ryan Quotes
“What would the Russian Bear and the American Eagle do if they discovered our paradise? Our secrecy is our shield!” – Andrew Ryan
“My city was betrayed by the weak…” – Andrew Ryan
“Before the final rat has eaten the last gram of you, Rapture will have returned. I will lead a parade. “Who was that,” they’ll say, as they point to the sad shape hanging on my wall, “who was that?” – Andrew Ryan
“Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?” – Andrew Ryan
“Altruism is the root of all Wickedness.” – Andrew Ryan
“Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. ‘Never mind your own needs,’ they say, ‘Think of the needs of… of whoever. Of the state. Of the poor. Of the Army, of the King. Of God.’ The list goes on and on. How many catastrophes were launched with the words ‘Think of yourself?’ It’s the king and country crowd who light the torch of destruction.” – Andrew Ryan
Best Andrew Ryan Quotes
“In what country is there a place for people like me?” – Andrew Ryan
“Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?” – Andrew Ryan
“Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. ‘Never mind your own needs,’ they say, ‘Think of the needs of… of whoever. Of the state. Of the poor. Of the Army, of the King. Of God.’ The list goes on and on. How many catastrophes were launched with the words ‘Think of yourself?’ It’s the king and country crowd who light the torch of destruction.” – Andrew Ryan
“In what country is there a place for people like me?” – Andrew Ryan
“Altruism is the root of all Wickedness.” – Andrew Ryan
“To build a city at the bottom of the sea: insanity. But where else could we be free from the clutching hand of the parasites? Where else could we build an economy that they would not try to control, a society they would not try to destroy? It was not impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea. It was impossible to build it anywhere else.” – Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan Rapture Quote
“Commerce is the life blood of the City. If we are not careful, the government will become cancer.” – Andrew Ryan
“My city was betrayed by the weak…” – Andrew Ryan
“Before the final rat has eaten the last gram of you, Rapture will have returned. I will lead a parade. “Who was that,” they’ll say, as they point to the sad shape hanging on my wall, “who was that?” – Andre Ryan
“What would the Russian Bear and the American Eagle do if they discovered our paradise? Our secrecy is our shield!” – Andrew Ryan
“Stop, would you kindly? ‘Would you kindly’. Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? Sit, would you kindly? Stand, would you kindly? Run! Stop! Turn. A man chooses, a slave obeys. Kill! A man chooses! A slave obeys! OBEY!” – Andrew Ryan
“We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us.” – Andrew Ryan
“It was not impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea. It was impossible to build it anywhere else.” – Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan Parasite Quotes
“Lacking its own ingenuity, the parasite fears the visionary. What it cannot plagiarize, it seeks to censor. What it cannot regulate, it seeks to ban.” – Andrew Ryan
“In the end what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses, and a slave obeys!” – Andrew Ryan
“Before the final rat has eaten the last gram of you, Rapture will have returned. I will lead a parade. “Who was that,” they’ll say, as they point to the sad shape hanging on my wall, “who was that?”
― Andrew Ryan
“With the sweat of your brow. Rapture can become your city as well.” – Andrew Ryan
“I am Andrew Ryan, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? ‘No,’ says the man in Washington, ‘it belongs to the poor.’ ‘No,’ says the man in the Vatican, ‘it belongs to God.’ ‘No,’ says the man in Moscow, ‘it belongs to everyone.’ I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose Rapture.” – Andrew Ryan
“An artist strives to frame his ideals in an image; to challenge his audience and to make his vision immortal. But the parasites say ‘no, your art must serve the cause… your ideals endanger the people!” – Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan Forest Quote
“A man has a choice.. I chose.. the impossible!.” – Andrew Ryan
“I built a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the great would not be constrained by the small, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality. I chose to build Rapture. But my city was betrayed by the weak. So I ask you, if your life was priced would you kill the innocent? Would you sacrifice your humanity? We all make choices but in the end our choices make us.” – Andrew Ryan
“God did not plant the seeds of this Arcadia. I did.” – Andrew Ryan
“What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds, a parasite asks ‘Where’s my share?’ A man creates, a parasite says ‘What will the neighbors think?’ A man invents, a parasite says ‘Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God…” – Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan Arcadia Quote
“No gods or kings, only men.” – Andrew Ryan
“Why worship a flag or a God, when we can worship that which is best in us: our will to be great.” – Andrew Ryan
“I believe in no God, no invisible man in the sky. But there is something more powerful than each of us, a combination of our efforts, a Great Chain of industry that unites us. But it is only when we struggle in our own interest that the chain pulls society in the right direction. The chain is too powerful and too mysterious for any government to guide. Any man who tells you differently either has his hand in your pocket, or a pistol to your neck.” – Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan was an American businessman and entrepreneur who founded the Atlantic Richfield Company. He was quoted as saying “the man who starts a business is a hero. The man who maintains a business is a champion. The man who loses a business is a zero.”