My name is General Zod. I come from a world far from yours. I have journeyed across an ocean of stars to reach you. For some time, your world has sheltered one of my citizens. I request that you return this individual to my custody. For reasons unknown, he has chosen to keep his existence a secret from you. He will have made efforts to blend in. He will look like you, but he is not one of you. To those of you who may know of his current location: the fate of your planet rests in your hands. To Kal-El, I say this: surrender within twenty-four hours, or watch this world suffer the consequences...
General Zod
Michael Shannon · 17 quotes
Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman
11 quotes
Jor-El
Russell Crowe · 9 quotes
Jonathan Kent
Kevin Costner · 5 quotes
Lara Lor-Van
Ayelet Zurer · 4 quotes
Faora-Ul
Antje Traue · 2 quotes
Most scenes together: Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman & General Zod (4), General Zod & Jor-El (3), Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman & Lois Lane (2)
Man of Steel quotes
Page 3 of 3People are afraid of what they don't understand.
Silencing me won't change anything. My son is twice the man you were, and he will finish what we started, I can promise you that.
Tell me, you have Jor-El's memories, his conscience, can you experience his pain? I will harvest the Codex from your son's corpse, and I will rebuild Krypton atop his bones.
There is only one way this ends, Kal: either you die or I do.
This council has been disbanded! [Ro-Zar: On whose authority?] Mine.
Welcome to the Planet.
What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater?
What's the "S" stands for? .....well, here it's an S. ...well, how about "Super...".
You can save her Kal. You can save all of them.
YOU THINK YOU CAN THREATEN MY MOTHER?
You won't kill us yourself! You wouldn't sully your hands, but you'll damn us to a black hole for eternity! Jor-El was right! You're a pack of fools! Every last one of you! [to Lara] And you... you believe your son is safe? I will find him. I will reclaim what you have taken from us! I will find him. I will find him, Lara. I WILL FIND HIM!
You'll just have to decide what kind of man you'll want to grow up to be, Clark, because whoever that man is, good character or bad, he's–he's gonna change the world.
You're not just anyone, Clark, and I have to believe that you're–that you're sent here for a reason. All these changes you're going through, one day–one day, you're goin'a think of them as a blessing, and when that day comes, you're goin'a have to make a choice: a choice of whether to stand proud in front of the human race or not.