The Sphinx "You must be like the wolf pack... not like the six-pack."
Played by Wes Studi 
Mystery Men (1999) · 142 quotes
Mystery Men (1999) · 142 quotes
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in Mystery Men (1999): in 14 of its 142 quotes
Most scenes with: Mr. Furious (3), The Shoveler (2), The Bowler (2)
"Do not go there, my son! When you doubt your powers, you give power to your doubts."
More lines from The Sphinx
9 quotes The Sphinx The Sphinx "You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums."
The Sphinx "Learn to hide your strikes from your opponent and you'll more easily strike his hide."
The Sphinx "When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack."
The Sphinx "He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions."
The Sphinx "Casanova will have many weapons. To defeat him we will need to have more than forks and flatulence."
The Sphinx "We are number one! All others are number two, or lower."
The Sphinx "When you care for what is on the outside, what is inside cares for you."
The Sphinx "To learn my teachings, I must first teach you how to learn."
Scenes with The Sphinx
4 scenes
[As a training exercise, Mr. Furious is trying to balance a small hammer on his head]
Why am I doing this again?
Sphinx When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack.
And why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet?
Sphinx I don't remember telling you to do that.
[Arguing with the Sphinx's clich?d speeches]
Okay. Am I the only one who finds these sayings just a bit formulaic? "If you wanna put something down, you gotta pick it up". "If you wanna go left, you gotta go right". It's...
Sphinx Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage —
Your rage will become your master? [The Sphinx freezes, caught] That's what you were gonna say, right? Right?
Sphinx ... Not necessarily.
Sphinx, what do we do?
Sphinx Sometimes, the true hero is the one with the courage to run away.
I like the way this man thinks!
Let's run.
We can't run.
Oh, yes! Oh, yes — it's been established that we can run.
[The other heroes try to help Mr. Furious regain his anger-feuled super powers.]
Come on, somebody do something! We need him!
Okay, let's do this. You're a very furious man. Do you understand that?
No.
No? Well, you've got a lot to be furious about, and I'll tell you why. You're - not well-liked. You're, uh, abrasive and off-putting. You try to say pithy things, but your wit is a hindrance... so therefore nothing is provacative, it's just mixed metaphors. Now doesn't that make you angry? Does it infuriate you?
No.
Well, it should! Are you angry? Come ON, man!
Your penmanship is atrocious!
Sphinx You dress in the manner of a male prostitute.
