Locke: What is that, some kind of code?

Ben: No John, unfortunatly we dont have a code for 'Theres a man in my closet with a gun to my daughters head'...... although we obviously should...

don't tell me what i can do

...My name is John Locke, and I'm responsible for the well-being of this island.

every second of my pathetic life as useless as this button

Do you know whats the best way to find something that's lost? You stop looking for it.

Jack: "I think I'm going crazy."
Locke: "No. You're not going crazy. Crazy people don't know they're going crazy. They think they're getting saner."

Me, well, I'm a man of faith. Do you really think all this... is an accident? That we, a group of strangers survived, many of us with just superficial injuries? Do you think we crashed on this place... more

Locke: Does any of this look familiar from when you were coming back?
Sawyer: Oh yeah! There's my favourite leaf. How could I forget this place?

(Talking about the others)
To them, we're just a bunch of scared idiots with sharp sticks!

Don't tell me what I can't do.