“You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman.” ― Neil Gaiman
“If you need to stop an asteroid, you call Superman. If you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But if you need to end a war, you call Wonder Woman.” ― Gail Simone
“Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on...none of you are safe.” ― Frank Miller
“Dan: 'Ah, well, I hope this didn't have anything to do with me.' Ellen: 'No, not unless you played Cat Woman in Batman.” ― Ellen DeGeneres
“I run blindly through the madhouse ... And I cannot even pray ... For I have no God.” ― Grant Morrison
“I’d suggest we go get milk shakes or something to celebrate, but this is kind of a scary neighborhood.” “Shadowhunters don’t worry about scary neighborhoods,” said Dru. “Have you learned nothing from the way Batman’s parents died?” said Kit, feigning shock. Ty smiled. And for the first time since Livvy had died, Dru laughed.” ― Cassandra Clare
“Ryodan says softly, “Holy strawberries, Dani, we’re in a jam.” I look at him like he’s sprouted two heads. Holy strawberries? In a jam? Even Barrons looks stumped. He continues, “But don’t worry. Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods—you really butchered that one, by the way—I’ve got it in the bag. How about this one: holy borrowing bibliophile, let’s book.” ― Karen Marie Moning
“Actually I'd always thought he sat in the library with a slim volume of metaphysical poetry until the commissioner called him on the bat phone and summoned him into action. Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.” ― Ben Aaronovitch
“Bruce Wayne/Batman: A hero can be anyone, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat on a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended.” ― Christopher Nolan
“Alfred: Hmf. I suppose you'll take up flying next, like that fellow in Metropolis.” ― Frank Miller
“I always knew it would come down to you and the big blue school boy. Planet's too big for the BOTH of you. When it all comes down, I want a piece of him. A small piece, will do? For OLD TIMES, sake, you know..it still hurts when its cold.” ― Frank Miller
“He's clearly a man with a mission, but it's not one of vengeance. Bruce is not after personal revenge ... He's much bigger than that; he's much more noble than that. He wants the world to be a better place, where a young Bruce Wayne would not be a victim ... In a way, he's out to make himself unnecessary. Batman is a hero who wishes he didn't have to exist.” ― Frank Miller
“These characters were like twelve-bar blues or other chord progressions. Given the basic parameters of Batman, different creators could play very different music.” ― Grant Morrison
“Let’s not get started on their uniforms. Superman’s stretchy spandex has nothing on Batman’s sculpted pecs.” He glared at her. “You cannot bring fashion sense into a superhero discussion!” “If they wear it, it’s fair game.” She folded her arms on the table.” ― Alisha Rai
“Who are you?" Aru grinned. This was the moment she had been waiting for all her life. In school, the teachers always asked instead: What's you name? Now, finally, she could say her dream response to Who are you? "Your worst nightmare," she said in a deep Batman voice.” ― Roshani Chokshi
“Fiction with its big question of 'what if?' is one of the most powerful forces in the world. Once upon a time, the ability to light a fire was fictitious.” ― Travis Langley
“I requested off this damn night shift four times now. Barbara needs me. Barbara and little James. So I hope it's boy, so what?” ― Frank Miller
“Batman: a force of chaos in my world of perfect order. The dark side of the Soviet dream. Rumored to be a thousand murdered dissidents, they said he was a ghost. A walking dead man. A symbol of rebellion that would never fade as long as the system survived. Anarchy in black.” ― Mark Millar
“I'm not Barbara Gordon. I have to keep remembering that. Tonight, I'm not Barbara. Tonight, I'm not the Police Commissioner's daughter. Tonight, I'm the one who pored over the details of the confidential police and reports when her dad wasn't looking. I'm the one who recognized the vintage costumes you wear. Tonight? Tonight, I'm Batgirl.” ― Gail Simone
“We ordinary people might lack your great speed or your X-Ray vision, Superman, but never underestimate the power of the human mind. We carry the most dangerous weapon on Earth inside these thick skulls of ours.” ― Mark Millar
“Seven actors have played Batman on the big screen, and if you can name all seven without reading any further, your youth has been wasted.” ― Grant Morrison
“If only Jason could have reached out to us. Any one of us. He could have saved himself. But you know what? Some people don't want to be saved. Because saving means changing. And changing is aways harder then staying the same. It takes courage to face yourself in the mirror and look beyond the reflection. To find the you that you should have ben. The you who got derailed by crul childhood events. Events that took your life's natural trajectory and twisted it. Changing it into something unmaginable... or even incredible...... giving you thecourage to embrace your birthright, you destiny, and finaly realize... that you ARE BATMAN.” ― Tony S. Daniel
“Show some respect. They were your grandparents. -Batman Just names and dusty frames on the wall to me. -Damien I take exception to that. There is not a speck of dust collecting on those portraits. -Alfred
“So why don't we have a go? There are two of us.' Little Mike realized that his friend was actually serious. 'Two of us? Father Hillary had God Almighty helping out, and look where it got him.' 'I know. But we're a team. For years, since primary. Batman and Robin.' 'Robin got killed,' said Mike. Christy was shocked. 'He did not, did he? Jesus, I didn't hear about that.' 'Yeah. It was a big shock. The Joker kilt him.' 'That fuckin' Joker. I didn't see that coming.' ("Taking on PJ")” ― Eoin Colfer
“I thanked him and he asked me if my cape got caught on stuff when I was running and jumping, and I said, "Sometimes.” ― Joe R. Lansdale
“I wanted to kind of make this like, 'Yeah, this is what Batman would be in the real world'. But I had forgotten that actually to a lot of comic fans, that smelling, not having a girlfriend—these are actually kind of heroic! So actually, sort of, Rorschach became the most popular character in Watchmen. I meant him to be a bad example. But I have people come up to me in the street saying, "I am Rorschach! That is my story!' And I'll be thinking: 'Yeah, great, can you just keep away from me, never come anywhere near me again as long as I live'?” ― Alan Moore
“«I realize there are a lot of things I haven't shared with you.» «That's because you don't trust me, father.» «I didn't trust you, Damian, do you really think you'd be standing here--my life's most safeguarded secrets accessible?» «Sometimes I think your secrets have secrets»” ― Peter J. Tomasi
“Counting on Jesus to save the day is no more real than sending up the Batman signal.” ― Barbara Kingsolver
“Batman’s not a hero. He’s a complicated character. I don’t think I could ever play a real hero — there’s always got to be something a little bit wrong. I think it’s because one of my eyes is smaller than the other one.” ― Robert Pattinson
“I Wear A Mask. And That Mask, It’s Not To Hide Who I Am, But To Create What I Am.” ― Brian Azzarello
“—Abuelo, ¿tú eres Batman?” ― Manuel Jabois
“Going to keep standing there brooding over Gotham?” his sarcastic voice sliced through the air. Kincaid’s smile tilted in amusement as he faced Renn.” ― Katherine McIntyre
“Renn took a step in closer, a predatory gleam returning to his eyes. “Vigilante against the establishment and rich guy CEO with more connections than necessary? Bust out some fancy tech and you’re pretty much fae Batman.” ― Katherine McIntyre
“A great movie hero is JOKER. Man, we fucking hate that Batman motherfucker. Anyone who wants to take him down is obviously one of the good guys! So, a sleazy billionaire playboy – a member of the super-rich elite – is supposed to be the hero of the people. Get to fuck!” ― David Sinclair
“Bruce can never quite reconcile himself to the fact that all the best and worst parts of his life are so hopelessly tangled together that they’re functionally inseparable. He can never have the good without the bad.” ― Shoalsea
“So, your parents are murdered, and you dedicate your life to fighting crime. Like Batman.” ― Ben H. Winters
“No faith in me at all, Alfred," he said lightly. "You're the one who taught me how to drive in the first place." "And did I teach you to drive like a demon possessed?" "A demon possessed with skills," Bruce clarified.” ― Marie Lu
“A group of Christian Bale doppelgängers, The Machinist Bales, not the Batman Bales, lounge on the corner of the street. Drug addicts. Drug fiends sit with noon and needles. The noon, the “bread” is naked, there in the middle for mere show.” ― Soroosh Shahrivar
“I couldn’t handle the sudden rush of emotions. You couldn’t handle any emotions. We made quite the pair.” ― Ariel Thomas
“The old moves come back. Dick always went off-book. Jason hated practicing them. But Tim… he loved it. The teamwork. We had each other’s backs.” ― Chip Zdarsky
“I think of Dick, Tim… Jason… Damian. Legacy. My sons. Can’t move, body’s giving out. This is a good death, isn’t it? In this place. With all these memories.” ― Chip Zdarsky
“Tim is the best Robin, but Damian is probably more fun to write. I’d say that Tim’s role is partner to Batman while Damian’s role is that of a son who needs guidance, and the role of Robin is a way of doing that. Tim no longer needs Batman’s guidance, he’s just a damned good partner.” ― Chip Zdarsky
“Maybe they weren't a smart match but fate had matched them anyway; and someday in some future perhaps they would be matched again.” ― Marie Lu
“All men have limits. They learn what they are and they learn not to exceed them. I ignore mine.” ― Chuck Dixon
“I have to find another path. Divine my own future. One uniquely mine. Not a page from someone else's book. Not a fate that begins and ends on page one.” ― Chuck Dixon
“You weren't the perfect father but that's okay because -- probably nobody's a perfect father. No family's perfect, either. I was lucky. I was privileged. Not because of the big house and the money, but because you gave me a lot of yourself. You taught me, you showed me, you encouraged me -- you never lied to me and you never demanded that I be anything I’m not. I didn’t imitate you because you insisted that I do so, but because I wanted to. Of all the men I knew, you were most worthy of imitation. Then I blamed you for letting me be who I was. Pretty dumb. You and Alfred gave me a home and you gave me what we don't mention. The L word. You were the best family I could have had. Thanks.” ― Dennis O'Neill
“[At his parents' graves] I've brought a young man -- a boy, actually -- to stay at the house. He's … lost his parents at roughly the same age that I … That I lost you. I don't know what will happen. I don't see myself as any sort of father figure. But … I think I can make a difference in his life.” ― Jeph Loeb
“The Joker as sadistic chaos, the Batman as merciless order. This mirror-image theme would come to define the two characters' relationship in the comics and across all media for the next forty years.” ― Glen Weldon
“I am not a joke. I am not a riddle! I am not a bird or a cat or a penguin! I'm not a scarecrow or a plant or a puppet! I am not your broken friend! I am not your regretful teacher! I am not a child's fairy tale! I am not a circus act here to amuse and frighten you! I am not another one of your madmen howling at the moon! And I...I am not...I am not some rich boy playing dress-up! I AM BANE!” ― Tom Kin
“And yes, it all might end at any moment for any of us, in violence or not, but what matters is what we do before that. The lives we lead.” ― Scott Snyder
“From that moment on, Batman Returns was destined to become what it ultimately turned out to be: un film de Tim Burton...with Batman in it.” ― Glen Weldon
“Age is a scalpel, cutting out bits of what we are. Second after second. Day after day. Year after year” ― Tim Seeley
“Look into his eyes and tell yourself he's just a man. Tell yourself he can't know the things he says he does. He can't know your fears. But he has Alfred. He has your friend. And his eyes... you have studied the human eye. There are six eye movements that reveal motive, then fifteen variations of each one. On everyone else you face - even the most hardened criminals - the pupils contract or expand depending on emotion. Happiness, laughter, affection. The pupils open. Fear, anger, hatred, the pupils close. But not his. His pupils stay fixed, tiny points of blackness, the eyes of someone who hates everything, everyone. Eyes that let in no light, that see through the darkness, stare into you, each pupil a tiny black pearl fixed in space. A bullet coming at you. Eyes that say he's more than a man, eyes that say he knows you. No... you know what he is. Tell yourself the truth. He's just a man who fell in a vat of chemical waste. He's just a man... like you, made of bone and tissue and blood.” ― Scott Snyde
“A superhero is just an ordinary person who has found a better way to mask their human frailties.” ― Stewart Stafford
“Gotham may have lost its king and queen, Bruce, but it could still have its prince” ― Geoff Johns
“There are no heroes and there are no villains. There are just opposing points of view. That's all history is... the viscously long battle between world views. And eventually -Finally- no matter how much it may hurt, Truth wins out. Every. Damn. Time.” ― Peter J. Tomas
“He does not provide solace from pain. He cannot give you hope for the eternal. He cannot comfort you for the love you lost. God blesses your soul with grace. Batman punches people in the face. - Bruce Wayne
“Sometimes people identified too strongly with the famous—it was one of the prices of notoriety, especially when so many considered you to be a hero. Batman sometimes filled much too large a hole in people’s lives.” ― Craig Shaw Gardner
“Run, Bruce! Run from the truth! Run like you always have…but when you feel that prickling on the back of your neck, know that I’m coming for you! Reaching you from the other side of your reflection!” ― Scott Snyder
“Who wanted to grow up, when we had the heroes like batman and superman and we had this little tiny body to act with, like them. Alas, we all have that childish nature still in us, but it's all about how people would think of us.” ― Neymat Khan
“Perhaps the suspicions stemmed from the distinct lack of women in Batman’s world. True, he crafted his Bruce Wayne alter ego to be an idle playboy, which meant there were a lot of beautiful women in his life. But, the most important female figure in his world seemed only to be his sainted, slain mother, to whose memory, along with that of his late father, Bruce swore to uphold justice and thwart evil. Bruce and Batman might have had romances with girls like debutante Julie Madison or reporter Vicki Vale, but showed neither any true affection. The one female who generated the most heat with Batman was the seductive, whip-wielding jewel thief Catwoman. Of course, since she was on the wrong side of the law, any chance of a romance with Batman was immediately crushed. (...) Batman’s sexy foe Catwoman was deemed too racy for the new world of the Comics Code. She was gone by 1954.” ― Mike Madrid
“You listen to me. You try to tell her that she failed that man... And you're not welcome here anymore.” ― Scott Peterson
“Harvey. Grundy. Myself. Each of us lost pieces of our lives......and hid what was left in the dark, is this what I want for myself? A world that exists only in darkness?” ― Jeph Loeb
“I know there's something about me you want. I can tell. You go all rigid when I'm around." "Let's do it. Right now. Take off the masks. No Secret." "What is your relationship to the Falcone crime organization?" "Happy Valentine's Day. Your Loss.” ― Jeph Loeb
“What if, like Superman, everyone is born with powers to discover and grow into? And what if, like Batman, everyone has resources to uncover and utilize?” ― Jolene Stockman
“Jak pisze Nietzsche w Philosophy and Truth: "Czym zatem jest prawda? Zmienną wiązką metafor, metonimii i antropomorfizacji". Nietzsche twierdzi, iż tak jak chrześcijanie ukształtowali Boga na swój obraz i podobieństwo, a potem zaczęli twierdzić, że było odwrotnie, tak też tworzymy prawdy, a potem udajemy, że istnieją one niezależnie od naszych umysłów i czekają na odkrycie.” ― Mark D. White
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” ― Christopher J. Nolan
“I want you to remember, Clark. In all the years to come, in your most private moments, I want you to remember, my hand, at your throat, I want you to remember, the one man who beat you.” ― Frank Miller
“Look at me. Do you see terror? Do you see fear? Or is it just your own reflection?" "You're right. I see my reflection in your eyes--And it's kicking your ass!” ― Tony S. Daniel
“In my society we know how to say things, but we don't know how to realize them. In my society everyone has a perfect personality in public, and a dirty one behind the curtain.” ― Eyden I.
“Holy Adam West!” ― Glen Weldon
“Detective Comic #27: The very first glimpse we get of the guy and already he looks pissed.” ― Glen Weldon
“You want them to give Batman counselling sessions?" "It's genius. Just make Bruce Wayne get over his shit, then, presto, no more Batman. The baddies win by default.” ― Jay Stringer
“Batman: One more thing. When you find something out, you can call me on this. Commissioner Gordan: A cell phone with one button? Batman: A bat signal. Commissioner Gordan: Christ. He actually put a bat on it.” ― Geoff Johns
“Most of the things that "everybody knows" are wrong. The rest are merely unreliable. Batman” ― Neil Gaiman
“Even before the letter he'd been divided: one part of him swanning with Jay Gatsby around an imaginary Gotham; the other part stolid and earthbound, nose to the deep fryer, in the stifling, sizzling South.” ― Garth Risk Hallberg
“So I am not at all interested in this whole 'she-shed' thing, I love my 'man-cave' - after all, cave is much more sturdy than a shed and there is always a chance that it's the entrance to Batman's secret hideout.” ― C.S. Woolley
“The Dark Knight 2008, favourite character Joker always in the right face and showing all humans in one character. A character died from characters!” ― Deyth Banger
“The whereabouts of Batman remain unknown. And yet… I can see him now, in the grip of implacable forces, innumerable foes. Somewhere without hope. In a place where all seems lost. And I know this… the enemy will look away, for just a moment, underestimating him for that single fraction of a second too long. And no matter how dark the night… there will be no hiding place for evil.” ― Grant Morrison
“All you need remember is one simple rule. Never mix business...with pleasure.” ― Andrew Helfer
“-Me ha parecido ver a Killer Croc. Es... sólo es una gabardina verde. -Un error muy comprensible. El otro día confundí a una formidable monja con el Pingüino, señor.” ― Grant Morrison
“Batman: What do you think Alfred? Alfred: I think you're a bad driver. Batman: I've got Lucius looking into another car- Alfred: Well you're going to need one if you actually want to catch these blokes. Tea's on the table behind you.” ― Geoff Johns
“Alfred: Are you alright? Batman: I'm going to need a better car. Police are here. They'll pick up the others. Alfred: And they'll probably be back on the streets by sunrise thanks to Harvey Dent. I know you don't want to hear it, but if you want to make Gotham a safer place we need to rethink how we're going to do that. You should come home now. Dinner's gonna get cold. Batman: Don't tell me it's cottage pie again. Alfred:...I'll order a pizza.” ― Geoff Johns
“What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is dangerous?" "A sparrow with a machine gun." "Or course” ― Batman Memes
“I always had trouble with the Bruce Wayne in the comic book," Burton said. "I mean, if this guy is so handsome, so rich, and so strong, why the fuck is he putting on a Batsuit?” ― Glen Weldon
“I couldn't stand boy companions," he [Jules Feiffer] wrote in his 1965 essay " The Great Comic Book Heroes. "Robin was my own age. One need only look at him to see he could fight better, swing from a rope better, play ball better, eat better and live better...He was obviously an A student, the center of every circle, the one picked for greatness in the crowd—God, how I hate him. You can imagine how please I was when, years later, I heard he was a fag.” ― Glen Weldon
“The world has accepted hard-core fans' argument. Batman, this children's character who dresses up in a costume to effect the change he wishes to see in the world via face punching, is serious. And awesome. And definitely not gay. And, most importantly, now and forever, badass. This is the Batman narrative that now permeates the culture—the narrative that doesn't like nobody touching its stuff and doesn't want any of you homos touching it, neither.” ― Glen Weldon
“If you were casting the part of the evil scientist who would prove the Caped Crusader's deadliest nemesis, you'd likely glance at the headshot of German-born psychiatrist Dr. Fredric Wertham, with his owl-like glasses and severe Prussian features, and think, "Nah, too on-the-nose.” ― Glen Weldon
“Live bravely in the time you have and smile at the void.” ― Scott Snyder
“Batman was human. He had no powers. He stood next to Gods and said, "I handle my city.” ― Scott Snyder
“A gun is a coward's weapon. A liar's weapon.We kill.. too often.. because we've made it easy.. too easy.. sparing ourselves the mess.. and the work..” ― Frank Miller
“I was just so afraid.... So afraid of being seen through, of being caught, that I missed the point. I missed the most important fact of it all, which is quite simply...they want to believe in you up there.... The audience wants to forget who's under the mask. But they don't want to forget because of obfuscation...no, they want to forget it's you by virtue of the passion of your performance. They want to be transported.... Transported to a world where bigger truths are at work, and anything--anything--can happen. A world where the impossible is possible. Batman can be someone like that for them, Bruce. Someone who defies every damn rule of logic that governs their lives.” ― Scott Snyder
“You wear your shame like a badge, because you don't have the balls to actually pin one on.” ― Brian Azzarello
“There’s a scream that can’t be silenced.It’s rising, growing louder and louder. It’s the scream of a child abandoned, suddenly long ago. As the scream echoed then in that alley, it echoes now in my mind. It penetrates all the dark places. It slams into the loss, bounces against the regret.. and the pain.” ― Tom Taylor
“It's all up to you, kid. The dinosaurs are dying out. Become a Bird...” ― Scott Snyder
“We all look for meaning behind the tragedies that befall us. And sometimes the meaning is there. But sometimes, Master Bruce, terrible things just happen. No sinister plots. No secret societies. They just happen.” ― Batman vs. Robin
“Jim Gordon: I never cared who you were... Batman: And you were right. Jim Gordon: ...but shouldn't the people know the hero who saved them? Batman: A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended. Jim Gordon: Bruce Wayne?” ― Christopher Nolan
“The Batcave is a monument… to his pain. The cave is more than his war room. He might think of it that way, all the tools and resources he’s assembled for his work. But that’s not it at all. The Batcave is a monument to his pain. And this morning, the way he’s hurting, it was the last place he would come.” ― Chris Dee
“I'm not the hero of this story. I'm a man who's been corrupted by his own unbearable pain. I'm a man who has too much blood on his hands to be called good.” ― Geoff Johns
“پدر و مادر من، وقتی در این خیابان افتاده بودند، وقتی داشتند دست و پا می زدند و جان می کندند، وقتی داشتند بی دلیل می مردند، چیزی به من آموختند: به من آموختند که دنیا فقط وقتی بر مدار درستی می چرخد، که به زور وادارش کنی.” ― Frank Miller
“There were no more heroes. Kennedy was dead, shot by an assassin in Dallas. Batman and Robin were dead... Superman was missing...” ― Robert Mayer
“Any negative trait, if known, becomes your ultimate trait. Unless you are Batman.” ― Nikhil Sharda
“When it came to "getting away from it all," there really weren’t many places quite like the top of the tallest mountain in the world. He glanced around the summit, noting the other reason why he enjoyed coming up here. It was tradition for every expedition to the top of Everest to leave something behind—a small token or marker indicating their successful climb to the famous peak. Each one was different and each one seemed to reflect the personality of the party it represented: small flags and banners with the hand-written names of climbers past, a used oxygen canister, a spare glove, even a small metal lunchbox with (Clark noted with a small smile) a picture of Superman on the cover. To Clark, each of these markers indicated the pinnacle of human achievement, the fulfilled promise of the best the human race had to offer. And today, it represented something else as well: man’s ability to conquer the harsh reality of nature… a point in stark contrast to the previous night’s activities. This set were Sherpa prayer flags, each displaying a symbol, not of a distant god or mythological beast, but denoting some aspect of the enlightened human mind: compassion, perfect action, fearlessness. His thoughts turned to another example of the peak of human achievement, of what one man with drive, desire and dedication could accomplish without the benefit of superpowers or metagene enhancement. One that held a much more personal meaning to Clark. Bruce.” ― Chris Dee
“What's Batman's superpower? He hasn't got one. He's just got a lot of gear. Cars and boomerangs and super-lightweight climbing equipment. Which he bought because he's rich. Batman's superpower is cash.” ― Frank Cottrell Boyce
“Marilyn Monroe is pissing me off, Charlie Chaplin owes me twenty bucks, that fucker Shrek tried to fuck my girlfriend at Baskin Robbins.” ― David Louden
“One way or another we’re taking your bank. All you have to do is decide the level of persuasion we need to apply.” ― David Louden
“The antidote to joy is dread.” ― Sam Hamm
“We divided the bar of chocolate and tried to console ourselves with Batman, but he was really a bad man. Not only, as the cover had promised, did he climb up the outsides of houses; one of his chief pleasures was evidently to frighten women in their sleep; he could also fly off through the air by spreading out his cloak, taking millions of dollars with him, and his deeds were described in an English such as is taught neither in Continental schools nor in the schools of England and Ireland; Batman was strong and terribly just, but hard, and toward the wicked he could even be cruel, for now and again he would bash in someone’s teeth, a procedure fittingly rendered with the word “Screech.” There was no comfort in Batman.” ― Heinrich Böll
“That ‘S’ on your chest doesn’t stand for ‘subtle,’ Clark.” ― Chris Dee
“How was it they had cut to Hollywood Boulevard for a fluff piece and ended up with Gangs of New-Fucking-York?! Bonnie looked to her co-Anchor. He was wearing a good mouth for cooling soup.” ― David Louden
“Every little prick out there wants me to lift them. I had this one kid from Oklahoma, big fat shitter he was. Legs as fat as a Downers forehead screaming Up, up, Hulk up! at me for ten minutes until I had no other choice. Fat fucker damn near put my back out and then his old man stiffs me with Canadian dollars. Canadian, can you believe that shit?!” ― David Louden
“They stood either side of him like haunting little genetic bookends. The one thing he’ll leave behind, two kids who called another man for help with their homework.” ― David Louden
“The boulevard was awash with the curious and the shocked as wave after wave of tourist crashed into the unmoving masses of families who had just witnessed a brawl between The Incredible Hulk and SpongeBob Squarepants over territory, boundaries and the age old issue of ownership.” ― David Louden
“So, you play Batman at night, and fix-it man during the day?" His nose wrinkled in a way that was entirely too adorable for his tough guy demeanor. She didn't say a word about it though, knowing he'd never do it again if she pointed it out. "Batman? Batman's a pathetic jelly donut. He's a little Richie Rich that prances 'round in fancy tights and dress up panties, too much of a wuss to do anythin' without a mask and a prepubescent scarecrow as a sidekick.” ― Amy Cook
“AH AH AH, sai, è buffo, questa situazione. Mi ricorda una barzeletta. Vedi, ci sono questi due tizi in un manicomio ... e una notte, una notte, decidono che sono stanchi di vivere in un manicomio. Decidono che cercheranno di fuggire! Così, salgono sul tetto e, dall'altra parte, vedono i palazzi della città distendersi alla luce della luna... verso la libertà. Il primo salta sul tetto vicino senza alcun problema. Ma il suo amico non osa compiere il balzo perché... perché ha paura di cadere. Allora il primo ha un idea... e dice"ehi, ho preso la torcia elettrica con me! Illuminerò lo spazio tra i due edifici. Così mi raggiungerai camminando sul raggio di luce."M-ma il secondo scuote la testa. E d-dice... dice "co-cosa credi? Che sia pazzo? Quando sarò a metà strada la spegnerai!"[Joker]” ― Alan Moore
“Am I going to crave blood, raw steak, that kind of thing?” Gary asked, straight-faced. “Well, actually…” Savannah started. “I do not have rabies.” Gregori silenced her with a look. “I am not contagious.” “All the books say if you drink my blood, I get to drink your blood, and then I’m like you.” Gary sounded slightly disappointed. “Some people grow bat wings,” Savannah admitted, her teeth tugging at her lower lip. “That’s where Batman came from. And capes, all those swirling capes. A regular epidemic. It’s from our blood, a kind of allergic reaction. Don’t worry, you would be showing signs already if you were one of those with a problem.” “Is she always like this?” Gary asked Gregori. “She gets worse,” Gregori said truthfully.” ― Christine Feehan
“You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I KNOW pain. Sometimes I share it. With someone like you.” ― Frank Miller
“You don't get it boy... this isn't a mudhole... its an operating table. (KRAKKKKK) And I'm the surgeon.” ― Frank Miller
“We must not remind them that giants walk the Earth.” ― Frank Miller
“Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?” ― Joker
“Gotham City. Clean shafts of concrete and snowy rooftops. The work of men who died generations ago. From here, it looks like an achievement. From here, you can't see the enemy.” ― Frank Miller
“Like Batman, all of us hide behind our masks and use them to help define ourselves for others. We all have secret identities of a sort, hidden behind our smiling social-networking profiles or our happy church faces. They're not lies, really. They're just not the whole truth, because we know that most of the people we encounter day-to-day couldn't handle the truth (or perhaps we couldn't handle giving it to them).” ― Paul Asay
“Everyone looks up to you. They listen to you. If you tell them to fight, they'll fight. But they need to be inspired. And let's face it, "Superman"... the last time you really inspired anyone -- was when you were dead.” ― Geoff Johns
“I made a promise to my parents that I would rid the city of the evil that took their lives.” ― Jeph Loeb
“I always claimed I became the Batman to fight crime. That was a lie. I did it to overcome the fear.” ― Jim Starlin
“I see now the virtue in madness, for this country knows no law nor any boundary. I pity the poor shades confined to the Euclidean prison that is sanity” ― Grant Morrison
“No, she doesn't know it's me. I'm in disguise. Look, I know someone who does this with just a pair of glasses. And I have glasses AND a moustache.” ― Dan Slott
“It was thrilling, wasn't it? [...] That moment, that perfect moment you let go of your rigid concepts of what was possible. When there was nothing left to do but step beyond anything you'd learned before...when you stopped being a poor mimic and became a master of the mind. How did that feel?" "Empowering.” ― Scott Snyder
“I'm thinking of killing everyone whose name is a palindrome” ― Dan Slott
“Most of us are like those Russian nesting dolls, presenting a slightly different visage to the world depending on which world we're dealing with at the time. The outermost doll isn't a lie; mine still offers part of who I am, but it's not all of who I am. As I get closer to people, the nesting dolls open and the masks change. But it's a rare person whom I allow to see what's at my core: my innermost thoughts and fears, my dreams and desires, my pettiness and peevishness.” ― Paul Asay
“Caution: Cape does not enable user to fly.” ― Warning Label
“Life's a bitch. Now so am I!” ― Catwoman
“Make evil intelligible, justice desirable, sorrow endurable, and love possible. My hero taught me that, and for once, I don't mean Batman.” ― Victor Giannini
“Tomorrow is a dream away.” ― Scott Synder
“Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman, then always be Batman.” ― Shadowtext
“Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman, then always be Batman.” ― Jayy Von Monroe
“Bruce decides to spend the family fortune on capes and crime labs and to fritter away his free time fighting crazy criminals. Now that's an out-of-the-box calling. What sort of person makes a life change like that without radical submission? Without that submission, without an understanding that there is something greater out there, the principles of the comic villain look far more reasonable.” ― Paul Asay
“Lots of folks would argue that Bruce hides behind his perfectly coiffed hair and ever-easy smile far more than Batman does underneath his cowl.” ― Paul Asay
“But the real joy he feels doesn't come in the guise of Bruce the billionaire playboy. It comes as Batman - when he does what he was meant to do. When he follows his purpose.” ― Paul Asay
“I've already got the storm figured out. Some idiot blew up the sun. Some dumb Russian general pushed the wrong button and launched one of their million missiles, or maybe NASA misaimed one of our test rockets. Either way, the sun is gone and we're now engaged in a nuclear shootout. It's the end of everything. Batman and Superman aren't coming and James Bond doesn't have a trick up his sleeve to save us this time. In a week or a month, we'll all freeze to death, just like in that Twilight Zone episode where the pretty lady is burning up with fever, dreaming the sun is baking the world dry, when really the Earth has dropped out of orbit, is hurtling further and further away from the sun, rapidly turning into a big ball of ice.” ― Bob Thurber
“Let's roll out, Batman." "I'm Batman and you're Robin?" "Don't make me laugh. I'm Spider-Man." "Then we live in different universes. I'm DC and you're Marvel." Duncan rolled his eyes. "Can't we all get along? And since when are there different universes?” ― Mimi Strong
“Say, what's the question mark for? Sexual identity?” ― Dan Slott
“Non tutti possono essere batman, ma batman può nascondersi dentro ognuno di noi.” ― Fabio Volo
“But doesn't add something to what has come before; but takes something away. At its most daring, it can feel like a Bat Turn, a 180-degree spin int the Batmobile. Make that a But Turn.” ― Roy Peter Clark
“Holy broken nose, Batman!” ― Veronica Blade
“always be yourself unless you can be batman then be batman” ― logan
“Green Lantern: "What are your powers anyway? You can't fly." Batman: "No." Green Lantern: "Super-strength?" Batman: "No." Green Lantern: "Hold on a second... You're not just some guy in a bat costume, are you? Are you freaking kidding me?!” ― Geoff Johns
“Does Batman ever NOT have a plan...?” ― Mark Waid
“[On the subject of Heath Ledger's Joker] This character who attracts psychotic henchmen may have lingering symptoms from his own past psychosis. He keeps making involuntary, repetitive movements—flicking his tongue, smacking his mouth—which suggest tardive dyskinesia, a condition that arises as a consequence of long-term or high-dosage use of antipsychotic (neuroleptic) medication.” ― Travis Langley
“[He]... watches the Joker rising from his wheelchair, the way a rabbit watches car headlights bearing down, unable to move a single, spotlit muscle. The madman's limbs appear to unlatch as though some psychotic god has chosen to give life to a complicated Swiss Army knife. The Joker's head rotates... the green lasers of his eyes target the keys at the big man's belt, and he shakes his head.” ― Grant Morrison
“What can you do with a character who responds to everything by either punching it or deploying Bat Anti-thing Spray. . . then punching it?” ― Yahtzee Croshaw
“(…) Trying to think of how to take the least crowded ways to class, so the least amount of people will stare at the hole in my neck. Sometimes it feels like it has a beacon in it, flashing for the entire world to see, except it's not cool like the Bat signal.” ― Keary Taylor
“El Rata Alada?” – Penguin
“Are you El Rata Alada?” – James Gordon
“Really, Oz? Because to me, you were always just a gimp in an empty suit.” – Carmine Falcone
“Maybe I am.” – Penguin
“So you’re a big man now, Oz, huh?” – Carmine Falcone
“Enjoy your night at Blackgate, Carmine. Probably be your last.” – Penguin
“What’d you say?” – Carmine Falcone
“Goddamn rat.” – Penguin
“Falcone is the rat? Falcone works for you guys?” – James Gordon
“I’m well aware.” – Alfred
“Alfred, stop. You’re not my father.” – Batman
“I have to try.” – Batman
“It won’t.” – Selina Kyle
“You know this place is never gonna change. With Carmine gone, it’s only gonna get worse for you. There’s gonna be a power grab. It’ll be bloody.” – Selina Kyle
“What I’m doing is my family’s legacy.” – Batman
“You don’t care about your family’s legacy?” – Alfred
“Yeah, a rat with wings. A stool pigeon. That’s not you?” – James Gordon
“Hey, Vengeance! You think you can come after my money, huh?” – Penguin
“A friend.” – Riddler
“Well, that’s the question, isn’t it? Riddle me this – the less of them you have, the more one is worth.” – Joker
“Who are you?” – Riddler
“Isn’t that just terrible? Them raining on your parade like that? What is it they say? One day you’re on top, the next you’re a clown.” – Joker
“Help you?” – Batman
“I’m gonna find him and I’m gonna make him pay. You gonna help me?” – Selina Kyle
“Cat burglar pulling another score?” – Batman
“You guys realize I’m still here, right?” – Penguin
“We’re not a team.” – Batman
“You assume the worst in people. Which, well…maybe we’re not so different after all.” – Selina Kyle
“I’m sorry for what I said.” – Batman
“You got me on assaulting three.” – Batman
“I’ve got you on assault on an officer!” – Police Officer
“Because he’s my father! My mother worked at the 44 Below. Just like Anni. She used to take me there when I was a little girl.”
“Yeah, and a lot more.” – Selina Kyle
“He owes you?” – Batman
“You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Falcone owes me that money.” -Selina Kyle
“Compromising yourself for money. What’d you have to do to set up that score? How close did you have to get to Penguin? To Falcone?” – Batman
“You’ll see.” – Riddler
“How am I a part of this?” – Batman
“Yes! Let’s do this together okay? You’re part of this too.” – Riddler
“Unmask?” – Batman
“Me? Nobody. I’m just an instrument, here to unmask the truth about this cesspool we call a city.” – Riddler
“Who are you?” – Batman
“You came.” – Riddler
“Mine or yours?” – Batman
“Get out of here or that suit’s gonna be full of blood.” – The Twin
“I did.” – Batman
“You could’ve at least pulled that punch.” – James Gordon
“You know, I would love to sit and go over every gory detail with you, batboy, but, uh, those *ssholes are coming back.” – Selina Kyle
“Yeah. I thought you were Vengeance.” – Selina Kyle
“I have a thing about strays.” – Batman
“You got a lot of cats.” – Selina Kyle
“Jesus. Don’t you ever just say hello?” – Selina Kyle
“Rata Alada. A falcon has wings, too.” – Batman
“You’re out of your goddamn mind.” – Batman
“You showed me what was possible. You showed me all it takes is fear and a little focused violence. You inspired me.” – Riddler
“I gave you nothing.” – Batman
“I had all the pieces, I had the answers. But I didn’t know how to make them listen. You gave me that.” – Riddler
“It means your choices have consequences.” – Batman
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” – Selina Kyle
“Your friend got involved with the wrong people. She didn’t know any better. Maybe you should have explained it to her.” – Batman
“Yeah, man, that’s your thing.” – James Gordon
“No guns.” – Batman
“Cross that line, you’ll become just like him.” – Batman
“There is no other way! He owns the city!” – Selina Kyle
“No! We’ll get him. But not that way.” – Batman
“It’s “La.” La rata. What, is this Riddler stupid or something? Jesus! Look at you two. World’s greatest detectives! Am I the only one here who knows the difference between “el” and “la”? Jesus! No habla espanol, fellas?” – Penguin
“You’re becoming quite a celebrity.” – Alfred
“Don’t worry, honey. I got nine of ’em.” – Selina Kyle
“Selina, don’t throw your life away.” – Batman
“A rat with wings? You know what that sounds like to me? A friggin’ bat! Huh? You ever think of that?” – Penguin
“I don’t know. Upstate. Bludhaven, maybe. Why? You asking me to stay?” – Selina Kyle
“Where will you go?” – Batman
“You make it sound like he had it coming.” – James Gordon
“What the hell is this? Good cop, bat-sh*t cop?” – Penguin
“Is this how you get your kicks, hon? Sneaking up on girls in the dark?” – Selina Kyle
“Dangerous crowd you’re stealing from.” – Batman
“I told you, we’ve been doing this together. You’re a part of this.” – Riddler
“Why did you write me?” – Batman
“Come on, Vengeance. Let’s go kill that son of a b*tch.” – Selina Kyle
“Vengeance won’t change the past, mine or anyone else’s. I have to become more. People need hope. To know someone’s out there for them.” – Batman
“Jesus. His next target is Bruce Wayne.” – James Gordon
“Sins of the father.” – James Gordon
“Your mask is amazing. I wish you could’ve seen me in mine. Ain’t it funny? All everyone wants to do is unmask you, but they’re missing the point. You and I both know I’m looking at the real you right now. My mask allowed me to be myself completely. No shame, no limits.” – Riddler
“The bat and the cat. It’s got a nice ring.” – Selina Kyle
“Is Bruce Wayne making an actual appearance?” – Alfred
“I’ve been invisible my whole life. I guess I won’t be anymore, will I? They’ll remember me now. They’ll remember both of us.” – Riddler
“Giving back is not just an obligation. It’s a passion. That is our legacy.” – Thomas Wayne
“You needed a father, and all you had was me.” – Alfred
“Fear is a tool. When that light hits the sky, it’s not just a call. It’s a warning.” – Batman
“This is so much bigger than you could ever imagine. It’s the whole system.” – Gil Colson
“Our scars can destroy us, even after the physical wounds have healed.” – Batman
“They think I am hiding in the shadows, but I am the shadows.” – Batman
“I’m vengeance.” – Batman
"I never said thank you."... "And you'll never have to." - Commissioner Gordon and Bruce Wayne
"You're about to become compost." - Barbara Gordon
"Meow." - Selina Kyle
"All you care about is money. This city deserves a better class of criminal. And I'm gonna give it to them!" - The Joker
"It's obvious. Only a criminal would disguise himself as a licensed, bonded guard yet callously park in front of a fire hydrant." - Bruce Wayne
"A reporter's lot is not easy, making exciting stories out of plain, average, ordinary people like Robin and me." - Bruce Wayne
"I'm still here." - Bane
"For once I'm stuck without a punchline." - The Joker
"Let that be a lesson. In the future, be more careful from who you accept free lemonade."- Bruce Wayne
"The bat-signal is not a beeper." - Bruce Wayne
[whipping out Batman credit card] "Never leave the cave without it!" - Batman
"Come on, I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me. Hit me!" - The Joker
"Grr, monkey work!" - Bane
“Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away…forever." - The Joker
"Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big black bat?" - The Riddler
"A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a little boy’s shoulders to let him know that the world hadn’t ended." - Bruce Wayne
"I see without seeing. To me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I?" - Bruce Wayne
"You're a real nice girl, and I like you a lot, but right now—shut up!" - Bruce Wayne
"The pen is truly mightier than the sword!" - The Joker
