True Neutral/Quotes

"Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It's our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides blame one another. There's no good or bad side. Just two sides holding different views."

—Squall Leonhart, Final Fantasy VIII

"I don't want to carry anyone's burden."

—Squall Leonhart, Final Fantasy VIII

Martin: "People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care."

—High Noon

Pompey: "I don't get it...one second, you're willing to let us kill him for an insult, the next, you're helping him get back in the fight. Sort of inconsistent for Lawful Good, aren't you?"
Julia Greenhilt: "Uh, hello, Roy's LG, not me. I'm True Neutral. I go both ways."

Pompey: "That is so hot."

—The Order of the Stick

Magev: "You're deeply ambivalent."

Angel: "Well, I am and I'm not."

—Angel, "Guise Will Be Guise"

Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passing craze
It means no worries for the rest of your days
It's our problem-free philosophy

Hakuna Matata!

—The Lion King, "Hakuna Matata"

"A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned? "

—Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen, successfully weirding out Rorschach

"I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my side..."

—Treebeard, The Lord of the Rings

Neutral Advisor: "Your neutralness, it's a beige alert!"

Neutral President: "If I don't make it, tell my wife hello."

—Futurama

Zapp Brannigan: "What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?!

—Futurama

"We aren't built to be cruel."

—Cameron, The Sarah Connor Chronicles

"I don't know, and I have no opinion."

—Jet, Cowboy Bebop

Jack O'Neill: "Don't worry, she likes us."

Daniel Jackson: "The Nox like everyone. It's their way."

—Stargate SG-1

Adrian Veidt: "Jon? Right Wing? (laughs) If there's one thing in the cosmos that that man isn't capable of doing it's having a political bias. Believe me... you'd have to meet him to understand. I mean, which do you prefer, red ants or black ants?"
Doug Roth: "Uh...? Well, I don't have any particular preference..."

Adrian Veidt: "Exactly. Well, imagine how Jon feels."

—Watchmen

"Superheroes are on the side of "good." Supervillains are on the side of "right"-- er, I mean "evil." Captain Oblivious is a superneutral. He just gets in the way for no good reason."

Lajoolie: "The League makes sure no one can hurt anyone else."

Oar: "No. The League kills certain people under certain conditions; that is all they do. They still permit a great deal of hurting to take place: I can attest to that."

—Ascending

Hippy: You make the lie. You invent want. You're for them, not us.
Don Draper: Well, I hate to break it to you, but there is no "big lie", there is no "system". The universe is indifferent.

Other Hippy: Man...why'd you have to say that?

—Mad Men

Shirahoshi: "But if you're a pirate, Luffy... then aren't you a bad person?

Luffy: ...Hm? ...Mmmm... I dunno, that's up to you to decide.

—One Piece

"What I am is Kindred. How others choose to categorise themselves concerns me only where local customs are concerned. Individualism is a path frought with obstacles and sometimes, angry mobs, but for all its hardships, it is the only one worth taking."

—Beckett, defending the True Neutral path in Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines

"I've met others like you, and they have always ultimately come to the same conclusion, and that is there is no person or group on this planet they can pledge loyalty to. If this is the path you must take, I can take you to where the trail begins..."

— Caine, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines

"Really bad people are punished by society’s law. Really good people are punished by Murphy's Law."

—George Lass, Dead Like Me

Prue: You are the ultimate evil.

Angel of Death: No. I'm not good or evil. I just am.

—Charmed

Never try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur. Ruddy stargazers. Not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon. [...] They're deep, mind, centaurs. They know things. Just don't let on much.

—Hagrid, Harry Potter

Opinions are like testicles. You kick them hard enough, doesn't matter how many you got.

—Varric, Dragon Age II

I'm actually pretty neutral about a lot of things. I'm like Switzerland with a penis.

—Texts From Last Night