How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Avengers.
Quote #4
TONY STARK: You know, I've got a cluster of shrapnel, trying every second to crawl its way into my heart. This stops it. This little circle of light. It's part of me now, not just armor. It's a... terrible privilege.
BRUCE BANNER: But you can control it.
TONY STARK: Because I learned how.
BRUCE BANNER: It's different.
Both of these guys are talking about control, and the ability to control their power is seen as a way of doing good with it. Obviously, Dr. Banner has a few more issues to deal with on that front than Tony, but…
Quote #5
NICK FURY: You ever been in a war, Councilman? In a firefight? Did you feel an over-abundance of control?
Another important point on the limits of control. You may be as powerful as a god, but when lots of folks get together and start shooting at each other (or throwing each other through walls or what have you), things can get out of hand very quickly.
Quote #6
NICK FURY: Last year, Earth had a visit from another planet that had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously outgunned.
You think you're the 600 lb. gorilla on the block, and then a pagan god starts smacking around a sentient suit of armor in New Mexico, and suddenly you get a proper sense of scale. Fury's actions are largely governed by the fact that he feels absolutely powerless before the alien forces elsewhere in the universe, and he's looking for a way to even the odds. Sadly, it doesn't go quite the way he expects…