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Category:Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)/Quotes

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Image:Quote1.png You chose as your name "The Batman". I like to think you did so deliberately. As if you aspired to be both. Bat and man. Perhaps you can be. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Two children... the same... and yet very different. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png The past casts a long shadow--but maybe the bright light of the future will help to dispel it. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png It is my belief, sir, that the admirable manner in which you've recovered from your disastrous encounter with Bane indicates that on a certain level you've learned a lesson. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Climb back on that treatment bench, young man or I'll kneecap you in your remaining good leg, for sure. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Think of Batman as a great role, like Hamlet, or Willie Loman... or even James Bond. And play it to suit your strength. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png I watched him smile. I watched him cry. I watched him grow. I watched him bleed. I did my best. I want you both to know that. But I failed him... and in the process failed you. And though it may not provide your spirits with any solace, I want you to know that I grieve as a parent... for he was my son, too. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Someone can represent what he stood for. The ideals that made Batman - justice, consequence and ironclad resolve to protect. And there is none other has the wherewithal to uphold those ideals than you, Richard Grayson. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png I do believe you've splashed Sulfuric acid on the Chippendale table. Personally, I prefer to use Lemon Pledge. Ah, well, what's a priceless antique in the pursuit of science? Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Very astute sir. Perhaps you should study to become a detective. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Perhaps a spot of tea will calm your nerves, Dr. Banner. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Seeing as how the fate of all human existence hangs in the balance... perhaps you'd forgive my curiosity if I inquire after your progress? Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png When these things stop making you sick is the time to hang up the old cape, Sir. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Batman formed the Outsiders so there would always be a "Batman" outside of Gotham. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Master Richard carries so much on his young shoulders, the normal troubles associated with adolescence in addition to sharing Master Bruce's crusade. I only wonder if he knows how casually he is throwing away the years of his youth. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png I know you tend to heal faster and with more finality than my usual patient, Master Clark. But do make an effort not to fire any lasers from that eye for a few days. The cornea took a thrashing. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Master, if you need me I'll be in the west library. Weeping. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Yes, his parents are dead and it would be no small kindness not to remind the boy of it. All you need do, Master Bruce, is play the required role for one evening. It shouldn't prove too difficult for you. As simple as putting on a costume, one might say. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)
Image:Quote1.png Merely a flesh wound. I believe my military medical training has equipped me to deal with such injuries. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth[src]


Image:Quote1.png Being summoned to pick you up has never been a good omen, Master Bruce. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth[src]


Image:Quote1.png If you intend to face this Bane again, you may have to find yourself another butler, slash physician, slash getaway driver! Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth[src]


Image:Quote1.png What was the point of all those push-ups if you can't even lift a bloody log? Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth[src]


Image:Quote1.png When you told me your grand plan for saving Gotham, the only thing that stopped me from calling the men in white coats was when you said it wasn't about thrill-seeking. Image:Quote2.png
--Alfred Pennyworth[src]


Image:Quote1.pngPower up the new computer, Alfred. I need to run a probability matrix for potential targets now.Image:Quote2.png: Batman

Image:Quote1.pngAh. Well. No.Image:Quote2.png: Alfred

Image:Quote1.pngNo?Image:Quote2.png: Batman

Image:Quote1.pngNo. The computer isn't ready. The laptop will have to do.Image:Quote2.png: Alfred

Image:Quote1.pngThe laptop is anemic. I have no leads, Alfred. I need brute processing -- why isn't it ready!Image:Quote2.png: Batman

Image:Quote1.pngThe qubits on the quantum chips seem dodgy at the current operating temperature... the neural net continues to mire in local minima and refuses to generalize beyond the training set... not to mention, the liquid cooling system is leaking all over the cave and I doubt will ever come out of my trousers... more to the point, I am building a machine that has never -- not even in the imaginations of the engineers of its component parts -- yet existed. That is why it isn't ready.Image:Quote2.png: Alfred

Image:Quote1.pngWhen will it be?Image:Quote2.png: Batman

Image:Quote1.pngThursday.Image:Quote2.png: Alfred

Image:Quote1.pngThursday?Image:Quote2.png: Batman

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