Favorite Quotes from The Dark Knight Trilogy

[Kensei]

JOKER: "It's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, you know how I got these scars?"

BATMAN: "No. But I know how you got these!"

[Dr. Hurt]

I liked everything Bane said during the first fight, but particularly this:

"Ooooh... You think darkness is your ally. You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didnt see the light until i was already a man. By then it was nothing to me but blinding!"

[Filip]

Sexy Nurse Joker: Hiiiiiiii.
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Selina: Oops.
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Prof. Crane: Would you like to see my mask?
Falconi: O.o (WTF?)
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Selina: Yeah? Who are you pretending to be?
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Selina: You don’t get to judge me because you were born in the master bedroom of Wayne Manor.
Wayne: Actually, I was born in the Regency Room.
Selina: I started off doing what I had to. Once you’ve done what you had to they’ll never let you do what you want to.
Wayne: Start fresh.
Selina: There’s no fresh start in today’s world. Any twelve-year-old with a cell phone could find out what you did. Everything we do is collated and quantified. Everything sticks.
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Ra's Al Ghul: There are many forms of immortality.
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Prisoner: I told you it could not be done.
Wayne: You told me a child did it...
Prisoner: No ordinary child... A child born in hell. A child forged by suffering, hardened by pain... Not a man from privilege.
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Talia: 'Innocent' is a strong word to throw around Gotham, Bruce.
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Talia: You see, it’s the slow knife...the knife that takes its time, the knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips quietly between bones...that’s the knife that cuts deepest.
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Crane: Death... by exile!

[bat39]

Hell, one can put practically the ENTIRE scripts of Begins, TDK and TDKR into this section!

But here are a few that REALLY stand out-

"A vigilante is a man lost in the scramble for his own gratification. He can be destroyed...or locked up. But if you make yourself MORE than just a man...if you devote yourself to an ideal...and if THEY can't stop you...then you become something else entirely...A legend, Mr. Wayne. A LEGEND" - Ra's al Ghul

"People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed...but as a SYMBOL...I can be incorruptible...I can be everlasting..." - Bruce Wayne

"It's not who I am underneath...but what I DO that defines me" - Batman

"If someone stands in the way of true justice...you simply walk up behind them, and stab them in the heart" - Ra's al Ghul

"Those Mob fools want you dead so that they can go back to the way things were. But I know the truth. There's no going back. You've CHANGED things...forever." - The Joker

"You see, their morals. Their 'CODE'. It's a bad joke...DROPPED at the first sign of trouble. Their only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you...when the chips are down these, uh, 'civilized' people...they'll EAT each other" - The Joker

"You have nothing, NOTHING to threaten me with...nothing to do, with all your strength!" - The Joker

"You either die a hero...or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" - Harvey Dent

"Introduce a little anarchy...upset the established order...and everything becomes...CHAOS. I'm an agent of chaos. And you know the thing about chaos...it's FAIR" - The Joker

"You thought we could be decent men...in an INDECENT time. But you were wrong! The world is cruel...and the only morality in a cruel world...is chance" - Harvey Dent

"He's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him...because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian...a watchful protector...a Dark Knight" - Jim Gordon

"It doesn't matter who we are. What matters is our plan. No one cared who I was before I put on the mask" - Bane

"When Gotham is...ASHES...you have my permission to DIE..." - Bane

"Ooooh... You think darkness is your ally. You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didnt see the light until i was already a man. By then it was nothing to me but BLINDING" - Bane

Selina Kyle: You don't owe these people any more. You've given them EVERYTHING.
Batman: Not everything...not yet...

"Tell me where the trigger is...THEN, you have MY permission to DIE" - Batman

"Anybody can be a hero. Even someone who does something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders, and letting him know that the world hadn't ended" - Batman

[theDarkestKnight]

I am remembering this approximately from TDKR, but it was one of the more powerful lines that jumped out at me- Bruce to Alfred in their confrontation scene: "You destroy my world, how dare you use Rachel to do it!"

I acually teared up during that scene. Then when Alfred said "I have cared for you since I first heard your cries echo through this house" I couldn't hold back

[The Man From Room X]

Bane: "Ohhh you think darkness is your ally, you merely adopted the dark, I was born in it...molded by it...I did't see the light until I was already a man by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!"

Guy: "Do those heels make it hard to walk?"
Selina: "I don't know, do they?"

Selina: "Mr.Wayne Im sorry they took all your money"
Bruce: "No your not"

Alfred: NEVAH!

"Im like a dog chasing cars, I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it...I just do things"

[mosdef]

A lot of good quotes in this thread. Here are some of my favorites from Batman Begins.

Gordan: What is that?
Batman: Backup

Then the bats come. I loved that scene.

Alfred: The only thing that stopped me from calling the men in white coats was that you said it wasn't about thrill seeking
Bruce: Its not.
Alfred: *Turns on the news of police cars chasing the batmobile* What do you call that?
Bruce: Damn good television.


Bruce :"Well it's a good thing I left everything to you then."
Alfred :"Quite so, sir. And you can borrow the Rolls if you like. Just bring it back with a full tank."


Alfred: What is the point of all those push-ups if you can't even lift a bloody log?

Alfred: I assume that as you're taking on the underworld, this symbol is a persona to protect those you care about from reprisals.
Bruce: You thinking about Rachel?
Alfred: Actually, sir, I was thinking of myself.

Loved the banter between these two

[theDarkestKnight]

Scarecrow: Would you like to see my mask?
Joker: No would you like to know how I got these scars?
Two Face: I'll flip a coin to see who goes first
Bane: After we discuss this you all have my permission to die
Batman: AAGGGRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[Dick_Wingnut]

You know, you remind me of my father.. I HATED my father.

[Dick_Wingnut]

"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 the world hasn't ended."

That really brought the whole trilogy full circle, moved the hell out of me.

[godisawesome]

I'll just stick to bad-guys for now:

Ra's: "If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them, and stab them in the heart."

"The training is NOTHING! The WILL is EVERYTHING!"

Joker: " You have all these rules, and you think they'll save you."

"All you care about is money. Gotham deserves a better class of criminal. And I'm going to give it to them."

Bane: "Theatricallity and deception are powerful agents...to the unintiated. But we are initiated, aren't we Bruce? Both members of the League of Shadows! And you betrayed us..."

The aforementioned darkness line.

"Ah. I was wondering what would break first. Your spirit....or.... your body."

[MentalPace]

Batman Begins
Ducard: You've travelled the world to understand the criminal mind and conquer your fears. But the criminal is not complicated. What you really fear, is inside yourself.


The Dark Knight
Bruce: Criminals aren't complicated, Alfred. We just need to figure out what he's after.

[MillerFan]

There were great lines from Bane in prologue too.

FBI: If I remove the mask, will it hurt?
Bane: It will be extremely painful. FOR YOU.

FBI: Was getting caught part of your plan?
Bane: OF COURSE!

FBI: So what's the next step of your masterplan?
Bane: Crashing this plane. WITH NO SURVIVORS.

Henchmen: Have we started the fire?
Bane: Yes brother, THE FIRE RISES!

[MentalPace]

There were great lines from Bane in prologue too.

FBI: If I remove the mask, will it hurt?
Bane: It will be extremely painful. FOR YOU.

That guy is from the CIA, not the FBI.

[Pauly T]

Single best line from the entire trilogy...

Joker: "Don't worry, I'm just burning my half."