Favorite Comic Book Quotes?

[Gail Simone]

I ask this every so often, cause I think it's entertaining.

From any book, mine or anyone's...

What would be some of your favorite quotes from the comicses?

Gail

[TCJohnson]

It is in a long box so sorry if I get this wrong but: Great Blazing Bags of Crap!

[Cam63]

" I'm the best there is at what I do. "

It was either Wolverine or Wonder Dog who said it.

[Sabrinaset]

"Ultron. We would have words with thee."

"They're nothin' but a bunch of Squadron Supreme wanna-be's!"

"It's Clobberin' Time!"

"Whatta revoltin' development!"

"You spoke glibly of faith moving mountains when there were no mountains to be moved!"

[Cam63]

" You smell bad and look funny. "

'Can't remember where that one's from.

[stealthwise]

Hehe, I still remember the last thread we had about this topic.

"I did it thirty-five minutes ago"

"Oh. Does that mean I get to drive now?"

Monkey Joe says: "..."

[Ponda]

Here are a variety of quotes I like (for various reasons):

"Whenever something sad or painful happens, it's like there's another me who watches it, like it's happening to someone else, thinking 'that's not me.' That's okay. I can live like that. I'll lock my heart away deeper. If I do that, I won't have to feel the pain outside or inside, or the fear. I won't have to feel anything at all."
- Shinji Ikari, in Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's 'Neon Genesis Evangelion vol.2'


"Suffering and tragedy and folly will not disappear in a purified world. They are a part of humanity. That is why, even in a world of suffering, there can also be joy and shining light."
- Nausicaä, in Hayao Miyazaki's 'Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind vol. 4'


"Oblivion is the universe's preferred state. You are so vain to think that because you are alive, that is what the universe desires. Fah!"
- Deathurge, in 'Quasar' (issue 39) by Mark Gruenwald


"Who do you skurffly seatlifters think you are?"
- Skank Zero Hopeless Savage, in 'Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero' by Jen Van Meter


"Sigurd's eyes! Skarsgaard is laid waste?!"
- Iona, in 'Warlands: Dark Tide Rising' (issue 3) by Brian Augustyn

[Larry Dixon]

From Frank Miller's Dark Knight, a in a panel where the "Batmobile" (huge frickin' tank) is mowing down troublemakers with automatic fire:

"Rubber bullets. Honest."

I used this just three days ago after bringing some overkill to a situation on a friend's behalf. The scary thing was, the friend recognized the line and nodded, with a smile. A grim, thin-lipped smile.

[Gaz]

"I will cause hammers to fall upon him like a rain..."
Frankenstein#1

[Bored at 3:00AM]

"Superman!" as said by the Iron Giant. Not exactly a comic book quote but that scene makes me weep like a little girl every time I see it.

[Arilou]

Death's entire speech to Element-Girl in Sandman:

No, I haven't come for you Ranie. There was a woman upstairs, changing the light bulb in her kid's room. The stepladder slipped... like I said: I was passing and I heard you crying, and, well, the door was open...

Anyway: I'm not blessed, or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do, and I do it.

Listen: Even as we're here talking, I'm there for old and young, innocent and guilty those who die together and those who die alone. I'm in cars and boats and planes, in hospitals and forests and abattoirs. For some folks death is a release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them.

Rainie, in West Africa a small village is being massacred by mercenaries, in pay of their own government. I'm there. In the farthest reaches of a distant galaxy, a planet is being ripped apart by internal stresses; the planet was the home of many crystal intelligences, calm and fine and beautiful. I am there as well.

I'm in all those places, and I'm also here, talking to you. But... I'm not your death. At least, not yet.

When the first living thing existed, I was there, waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights, and lock the universe behind me when I leave.

[Sharpandpointies]

Wish I had my Sensei and Student TPB with me. Seriously, that entire book had some GREAT quotes.

Let's see. Off the cuff, how well do I remember them?

"...perfectly good set of stairs."
-Shiva

Naw, that's the only one I remember perfectly. I'll have to come back to this one at a later date, when I have my entire collection.

[ninjapeps]

"we'll tell them you're Wonder Woman."

-Matt Murdock to Foggy

[Weetomuncher]

Gnash! - Gnasher from the Beano.

Gnasher is Dennis The Menace's (the ORIGINAL British version) dog.

[ninjapeps]

"death to fleshy ones!"

"I am full of useful devices."

"my robot brain needs beer."

-Aaron Stack

"Fin Fang Foom put you in his pants!"

-Fin Fang Foom

[taintedlunch]

"Surrender? Do you think this A stands for France?"

(Not sure if I have it exactly right.)

[kid_mash]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/benweldon/mensmart_girlsDUMB.jpg

[thehod]

Rather than rehash the usual ones, I've tried for some less well known ones, and ones from books you may not have read.

I've had to do some of these from memory, and some I've found whilst browsing around the internet.

Enjoy.

"Half of my city is burnt to ash and you're begging me for mercy? Request denied".
As Dredd nukes a city of 400 million people.
Judge Dredd: The Apocolypse War


King of the Vampires: You seem very sure of yourself, you little mortal bastard, so I'll tell you what... if you can tell me why your ordinary, piss-boring life is better than mine, you can walk out of here alive. If you can't, I'll cut your throat and drink my fill and leave you half-alive forever.
Constantine: Easy. Can you go for a walk in the park and hear the birds sing in the morning? Can you kiss a girl and know she loves you? Can you go out and get pissed with your mates? I can.
And just so we're sure who's better off, why don't we sit here together and watch the sun come up in an hour or so?
Well?
Hellblazer #50

"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."
Batman Year One

Captain Nemo: I must confess, I admire the British people's bravery. With horror at their doorstep, they seem unconcerned.
Allan Quatermain: Huh. Hardly unconcerned. More blinkered, I'd have said. Pretending everything's tickety-boo, Nemo. It's the great British pastime.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Book 2 #3


Happy Harry the Bartender: [scared] Ruh. Ror. Ror. Rorschach! Har Har How are ya doin', fella?
Rorschach: I'm fine, Happy Harry. Yourself?
Happy Harry: Fine! I'm fuh, I'm fine! And I'm, and I'm, and I'm glad you're fine too! And uh, and uh... Oh God. Please don't kill anybody.

Rorschach: None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me.
Both from Watchmen

Did you think to kill me? There's no flesh and blood within this cloak to kill. There is only an idea. And ideas are bulletproof.
V for vendetta

Judge Fear: Gaze into the face of Fear
Judge Dredd: Gaze into the fist of Dredd
Judge Dredd: Judge Death Lives.

Timothy Hunter: Wow. That's wicked! Like Star Wars.
The Phantom Stranger: A strange analogy, child. But indeed, there was a war in Heaven, and you see the vanquished now, burning as they fall, like stars. In the darkness before the first dawn, theirs was the first folly : theirs the first rebellion.
Timothy Hunter: They look like... angels.
The Phantom Stranger: Indeed.
Timothy Hunter: Who's he?
The Phantom Stranger: The proudest of them all, and the most beautiful.
Timothy Hunter: What's his name?
The Phantom Stranger: Lucifer, the Lightbringer, also called Morningstar.
Timothy Hunter: Oh. Bloody Hell.
The Phantom Stranger: Exactly.
Books of Magic: Book 1

John Constantine: The boy's mine. And in thirty seconds, me, and him, and the witch, are going to walk out of here. You know who I am. Or you ought to. You know my reputation. Now... does anyone here really want to start something?
Books of Magic: Book 2

Do you know why I stopped being Delight, my brother? I do. There are things not in your book. There are paths outside this garden. You would do well to remember that.
SANDMAN #47:

“What have you got in that sack, Bourne?”
"My mate, sir. My mate Ginger"
Charly’s War: Book 2

Justice has a price. That price is freedom
Judge Dredd: America

[Arilou]

"Quiche!"
"Stupid, stupid Rat-Creatures!"
-Bone.

[blackcanary_416]

Don't think I didn't notice no one ate my chili- Dinah

The whole line Shiva gives the ventriloquist about not wanting to see the man with the doll.

I wish I would have invested in a Canary grapple hook thing- Dinah

[hellokittykat]

"Anti-monitor? Who's she married to-Uncle Screensaver?"
From PAD's Supergirl

"Nobody laughs at the champ's hat"
Wildcat in BOP

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Here are (some) favorites:

"Why is it the noblest people are the ones most troubled by conscience?"
-Lois Lane, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tommorrow?

"I leave in entirely in your hands."
-the very last line in Watchmen #12

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes & time-travel."
-Superman, JLA: Classified #3

"The sword, the smile... all he has to do is slash a 'Z' into the wall... and I'm a boy again."
-Batman, Legends of the Dark Knight #32

And-- Preacher #21-- which probably my favorite exchange between two characters:

Jesse Custer: "Fat boy, huh? Well, fat boy, here's the deal: I want my buddy Cassidy back an' I want safe passage outta this here shithole... I don't get what I want, me an' these goofs're gonna get to watch a fat boy try to eat his own tits off-- an' if that ain't an evenin's entertainment, I don't know what is. Oh, and I wanna private talk with that scar-faced motherfucker [Starr] behind you, too. His ass an' the toe of my boot got kind of a rendevous comin'."

Allfather D'Aronique: "And after that?"

Jesse: "You don't fuck with me an' I'll return the favor. I got no time to mess around with fools want to start the second comin'. Fuck you an' good luck. You're dumb enough to reckon you can do it."

Which all culminates with:

Allfather: "Man of God, do you know what you face? I am the Allfather. This is The Grail. The blood of The Lamb is ours to guard. To shape the Earth to recieve that blood-- to build an apocolypse of our own design-- we have done and will do anything. The Earth continues turning at our whim. At the end of every day, every leader of every nation makes a telephone call. They dial a number I have given them, and when I answer, they simply say... 'thank you.' But you... you began my insulting me, Man of God. You demanded, and threatened, and sneered..."

Jesse: "I'm American, fat boy. What's your excuse?"

[Gaz]

"Quiche!"
"Stupid, stupid Rat-Creatures!"
-Bone.
Also, any of Fone's love poems.

[Gingold]

"Your grammar is impecable as ever, Wonder Woman" - J'onn J'onnz in the New World Order storyline in JLA. (I'm not sure if that's exactly right).

[Larry Dixon]

"Surrender? Do you think this A stands for France?"

(Not sure if I have it exactly right.)

Grrr. That is actually one of my most despised lines in comics. In World War II, over 1.3 million French volunteers died before the USA ever entered into the war. They were vastly outnumbered, outgunned, and fought anyway, losing by inches and still trying. The surrender wasn't because they were weak; it was because they'd given it their all and had nothing left, and wanted to save the lives of their loved ones.

For Captain America, who'd supposedly BEEN in that war and fought alongside the French, it was extremely out of character. As a line, it's good. As a display of American rah-rah utter arrogance, it's apalling.

[Krys Nyteshade]

"I am Hope"- Sandman, winning the game against the Deamon in Hell.

"What power does Hell hold if its inhabitants can't dream of Heaven?"- Dream, to Lucifer.

Anything Delirium has ever said, ever.

"I'm sorry, I was busy remembering to Put on all my clothes." Kitty Pride to Emma Frost

"Yes, yes, Jean Grey is a sacred cow... at least we agree on half of that." Emma Frost

Colossus: "Who is this "Hilton" Girl?"

Beast: "It doesn't matter... on a lot of levels."

[Gaz]

"I am Hope"- Sandman, winning the game against the Deamon in Hell.

"What power does Hell hold if its inhabitants can't dream of Heaven?"- Dream, to Lucifer.

Anything Delirium has ever said, ever.

And most of what Death says.

And pretty much the entirety of "The Sound of Her Wings".

[Crimson Avenger]

From Watchmen:

Nite-Owl: Rorschach...? Rorschach, wait! Where are you going? This is too big to be hard-assed about! We have to compromise!
Rorschach: No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.

[Larry Dixon]

From FLAMING CARROT COMICS, by the mighty Bob Burden (MYSTERY MEN):

"Ut! Vootie! Is danger time!"

And, Flaming Carrot reacting to a gunshot victim:

"You look hurt real bad, mister! Have some Wheaties!"

[sk716]

All time favorite:
http://www.oddduck.net/batgirl01.GIF

[Gaz]

All time favorite:
http://www.oddduck.net/batgirl01.GIF
You notice, neither Barbara nor Harley denies it... ;)

[Cam63]

" SHA...Uhhh...! "

Mary Batson, about umpteen times when the villain would knock her out before she gets a chance to turn into Mary Marvel.

[Gaz]

"Speak of the devil, and the devil, he shall appear..."
Kang the Conqueror, Young Avengers #3 (I think)

Now, THAT'S an entrance.:D

[matterconsumer]

'Nuff Said!

[Gaz]

'Nuff Said!
Excelsior!

[matterconsumer]

Stan IS the Man!

[Tommy]

"Ben, we've got to take that chance... unless we want the commies to beat us to it!" Sue Storm, Invisable Woman

[Lester C.]

“Never look a man in the eyes when you can shoot him in the back.”- Frank Castle.

[Krys Nyteshade]

From the latest issue of GL:

::Batman Punches Hal::

"We're even"


Also:

Bats: Have you given any thought at all to how you're going to bring Tattooed Man in?

GL: I'm going to hit him really really hard with a big green boxing glove.

[a. non]

Strangers in Paradise

katchoo: "Would you..hate me.. if i kissed you?"
francine: "I'd hate you if you didn't"
*doorbell*
katchoo: "Saved by the bell"
francine: "What bell?"
katchoo: "Are you sure?"
francine: "Please, kiss me before i die"

[Sharpandpointies]

From Jademan Comics, Oriental Heroes:

[Tiger, Main Character and unbeatable Marty Sue, is for the first time in the comics getting his ass handed to him on a silver platter by the main villian - the Old Supreme. Tiger has hit this guy with everything he has, done absolutely squat all, and taken hits that are causing serious damage. During a sizing-up lull, as Tiger spits blood one of the main villian's lackeys, who has suffered at Tiger's hands since day one, speaks up in what I imagine is a rather satisfied voice]

[Chap] - Bow to the greatness of the Old Supreme, Tiger. You're a dead man.

Shoot, I love that quote. :)


Sensei and Student:

[Shiva, after biting off Lau's finger] - Ah, no guns, please. Besides...how would you pull the trigger?

[Shiva] I answer this with blood and pain and cold, damp graves for my enemies.

[Shiva, watching Cheshire and Canary jump out the window] ...perfectly good set of stairs....

[Shiva, walking down those stairs] That's the problem with amateurs - the histrionics. No sense of grace at all.

[Shiva, hearing closing bad-guys] They have guns. They are many.
[Canary] Yeah, well, you don't need to sound so happy about it, Shiva.

[Shiva, paralleling Canary's early comment about her being a torturer, not a fighter] I cannot decide if you are umpredictably and admirably dangerous, or merely addled.
[Canary, firing Shiva's reply right back] Can't I be both?

Eh. I could go on. I won't. :) Some of the absolute best dialogue I've ever read happens with Shiva and Canary in Sensei and Student.

[Buzz Dixon]

All from CEREBUS:

#3: "Sometimes you can get what you want and still not be very happy."
-- Pope Cerebus to a shocked crowd after blessing then hurling an infant across the town square

#2: "You're not going to score any points if you keep feeding me straight lines."
-- Lord Julius

#1: "Show some respect, son! I've got -- I say, I've got a tall pointy hat!"
-- Elrod the Albino

[Buzz Dixon]

All time favorite:
http://www.oddduck.net/batgirl01.GIF
Okay, this one I gotta see...what series and issue?

[sk716]

Okay, this one I gotta see...what series and issue?

It's Batgirl Adventures #1. It was a one-shot.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

EDIT: Deleted after I saw Sk's reply.

[LibrarianThorne]

I'm going to preface this by saying that I'm an inordinately huge fan of the Vs. System card game, so some quotes will be from the cards.

He knows that he cannot save them all, and still he tries.- Superman, Man of Steel (DSM-023, Vs. card)

Asmodel- "YIELD!"
Superman- "NEVER!"

"You people. How many times must we face your kind? Would-be conquerors and master races, so full of your own superiority you will not see reason or hear the voice of sanity. But see THIS, hear THIS... We will NOT do as we are instructed.- Martian Manhunter

And Bolphugna the Unrelenting... relented.- Tomar Re

[Night Swordsman]

Paraphrasing this..as it's a joke,one i tell all the time,but i got this from a super-hero comic(i kid you not..see below),so some of the lines may be out of wack:

A Fork and a Spoon were out for a walk. The Spoon asks"Who was that Ladel i saw you with last night?" The Fork replies,"That was no Ladel,that was my Knife".


Hint: Roy Harper did that one.
Name the book. ;)

[Noah Johnson]

[regarding Captain America] "Ordinary people could do a lot of the stuff he does... if we cared as much. And if we tried as hard."

"On Olympus, we measure speed against Hermes, wisdom against Athena, power against Zeus. But we measure courage against Captain America."
--Hercules, naturally

"That dream we had when we were kids, that crazy idea that we could make things better... it all comes true, Jay."
--Starman, DC 1,000,000

"I've done unspeakable things. But when I formed the Global Frequency, I made a bet that ordinary people would do extraordinary things when given the chance. And I was right. And it's made everything worth it."
--Miranda Zero, Global Frequency TV pilot

"This is what I live for. The moments when you know the world is a better place than advertised."
--Jakita Wagner