Charles Xavier Quotes

Professor Charles Xavier : Shaw's declared war on mankind on all of us, he has to be stopped.
Erik Lehnsherr : I am not gonna stop Shaw, I am gonna kill him. Do you have it in you to allow that?
Erik Lehnsherr : You known all along why I was here Charles, but things have changed. What started as a covert of mission, tomorrow mankind will know mutants exist. Shaw, us, they won't differentiate. They'll fear us. And that fear will turn to hatred.
Professor Charles Xavier : Not if we stop a war, not if we can prevent Shaw, not if we risk our lives doing so.
Erik Lehnsherr : Would they do the same for us?
Professor Charles Xavier : We have it in us to be the better man.
Erik Lehnsherr : We already are! We are the next stage of human evolution, you said it yourself...
Professor Charles Xavier : No, no...
Erik Lehnsherr : Are you really so naive as to think that they won't battle their own extinction? Or is it arrogance?
Professor Charles Xavier : I am sorry.
Erik Lehnsherr : After tomorrow, they are gonna turn on us. But you are blinded because you believe they are all like Moira.
Professor Charles Xavier : And you believe they are all like Shaw.
Professor Charles Xavier : Listen to me very carefully, my friend: killing Shaw will not bring you peace.
Erik Lehnsherr : Peace was never an option.

Professor Charles Xavier : Erik, you said yourself we're the better men. This is the time to prove it. There are thousands of men on those ships. Good, honest, innocent men! They're just following orders.
Erik Lehnsherr : I've been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again.

Erik Lehnsherr : I am so sorry.
Erik Lehnsherr : YOU! You did this!
Erik Lehnsherr : I SAID BACK OFF
Professor Charles Xavier : Wait, please. She didn't do this, Erik. You did.
Erik Lehnsherr : [Erik speaks apologetically towards Charles] Us turning on each other, it's what they want. I tired to warn you, Charles. I want you by my side. We're brothers, you and I. All of together, protecting each other. We want the same thing.
Professor Charles Xavier : My friend. I'm sorry, but we do not.

Professor Charles Xavier : You know, I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity. Would you mind if I...
Erik Lehnsherr : What did you just do to me?
Professor Charles Xavier : I accessed the brightest corner of your memory system. It's a very beautiful memory, Erik. Thank you.
Erik Lehnsherr : I didn't know I still had that.
Professor Charles Xavier : There is so much more to you than you know. Not just pain and anger. There is good, too. I felt it. When you can access all of that, you will possess a power no one can match. Not even me.

Erik Lehnsherr : [Shaw's mind is frozen by Charles] If you're in there, I'd like you to know that I agree with every word you said. We are the future. But, unfortunately, you killed my mother. This is what we're gonna do.
Professor Charles Xavier : No! Please, Erik, no!
Erik Lehnsherr : I am going to count to three and I'm going to move the coin. One.
Professor Charles Xavier : Please, Erik!
Erik Lehnsherr : Two. Three.

Erik Lehnsherr : You never looked better, man.
Professor Charles Xavier : Hank!
Hank McCoy : Don't mock me!
Professor Charles Xavier : Hank, put him down immediately, please. Hank! Hank!
Erik Lehnsherr : I wasn't.

Erik Lehnsherr : What an adorable lab rat you make, Charles.
Professor Charles Xavier : Don't spoil this for me, Erik.
Erik Lehnsherr : I've been a lab rat. I know when I see one

Professor Charles Xavier : Ready for this?
Erik Lehnsherr : Let's find out!

Professor Charles Xavier : They're just kids...
Erik Lehnsherr : No, they WERE kids. Shaw has his army, we need ours.

Professor Charles Xavier : Erik, don't do this! Be the better man! If you do this there will be no turning back...!
Erik Lehnsherr : Sorry Charles. It's not that I don't trust you...

Charles Xavier : Mother. What are you... I thought you were a burglar.
Mrs. Xavier : I didn't mean to scare you, darling. I was just getting a snack. Go back to bed. What's the matter? Go on, back to bed.I, I'll make you a hot chocolate.
Charles Xavier : Who are you? And what have you done with my mother?
Charles Xavier : My mother has never set foot in this kitchen in her life. And she certainly never made me a hot chocolate, unless you count ordering the maid to do it.
Young Raven : You're not... scared of me?
Charles Xavier : I always knew I couldn't be the only one in the world. The only one who was different. And here you are. Charles Xavier.
Young Raven : Raven.
Charles Xavier : You're hungry and alone. Take whatever you want. We've got lots of food. You don't have to steal. In fact, you never have to steal again.