Bruce Wayne (Earth-One)/Quotes
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You may not recall it, but today is the anniversary of your arrival on Earth from the planet Krypton! 
I had a hunch this would happen! That's why I brought along invention number two -- suction shoes for walking up the sides of buildings!
What we need is a remote-controlled eye that can move swiftly and scan everything! We'll have to build one.
He -- he's dead! Robin is dead! He sacrificed himself for me on this alien world!
It's an awful slim lead, but I'll grab at straws when Gotham's drowning!
Got ti=o face up to it--no matter how it hurts! From now on, everything is going to be different--it has to be...
There's not enough water in that stream to wash the guilt from anyone who presumes to take the life of another... !
I've begun it -- the war with Ra's al Ghul! -- The war only one of us can survive. On his side, dozens of trained soldiers -- assassins -- And on mine, a reluctant scientist, a superstitious bandit, and a dead gangster.
No! Don't leave! The world needs you! Will you help? Will you come out of retirement?
That stinking rat decoyed me... set me up like an amateur! I've been jobbed!
Pull in your claws. Don't force me to hit you! Can't you understand? You're beaten! I'll have to tie you... as you well know!
The serving girl...! Her movements -- fluid as quicksilver... unmistakably graceful -- and the voice like sun-warmed honey! It's her!
Save 'em Joker! As Queen Victoria remarked... "we are not amused"!
I'd like to pound your rotten bones to dust... but there's been too much violence already!
There are still unanswered questions... But what else can it be except an insane terrorist conspiracy to blow up-- pulverize!-- the Panama Canal.
Deduction had little to do with solving this Commissioner... it was mostly luck! Aye, the luck of the Irish!
Bad taste in clothing is the least of your crimes, mister...
The Egyptian Cat-God Exhibition at the museum was stolen earlier tonight---the perfect sort of crime for the Catwoman!
You'll never make it in the underworld wearing those threads, anyway...Burger King will sue you for trademark infringement!
I'll find a cure, Langstrom. And when I do, I'll bring you to your daughter... so you can see her, hold her... and that you'll know -- the future still lives -- and you still have hope!
Save the humor until we're home-free, Robin... and remember everything I've ever taught you. This is death we face... now!!"
Hello again. Beware... forever.
Robin -- What is this? What are these handcuffs doing on me?
A bat That's it! It's like an omen! I shall become a bat!
A bat That's it! It's like an omen! I shall become a bat!
I hereby accept the office of United States Senator.
Poor Gordon! He really is getting too old! They did him a favor...retiring him before he becomes decrepit! Hope someone does the same when my time comes!
I can't help being who or what I am! I'm sorry if that upsets you -- but I didn't ask to come here! You think it's fun, being in a world where an older version of yourself has died? Try facing your own mortality like that sometime, Robin! It's not very pleasant!
The Flash... dead... and it's all my fault! I should have stopped him -- locked him up if necessary! Those fiends... they knew he was ill, and deliberately ran him to death!
Enough, you two! I've had enough! You've ruined everything with your kooky romanticism!
All right, Deadman! I know you're here...! Listen! I'll take your case...I'll help you find your killer!
I hereby accept the office of United States Senator.
At least they sent Beta and not VHS.
You aren't any Terrible Trio I recognize!
You're everything I could possibly want in a woman... beautiful, intelligent, loyal! If I was anyone else, I'd cherish you for the rest of my life! But I can't consider our marriage real! I have a mission and you'd keep me from doing what I must! So, forgive me Talia!
They'll find no gold at the end of this rainbow... only prison.
He's too tough for Batman... but not for Bruce Wayne!
Here's where I cloud up and rain all over you, Weather Wizard! I'm in a stormy mood myself, you see!
Well, I don't think Janis Joplin would appreciate being called "Batty," either...
I believe in "The Hammer of Hell"-- and the things it can say to audiences about the nature-- and folly-- of war!
Langstrom! What mad cravings made you go this far? Man-Bat was evil enough! But now... a Vampire-Bat?
In a way, it's lucky that the Batman can't bring you in... because Bruce Wayne is the one to grieve for his butler... and Bruce Wayne gets the best wherever he goes!
This is my city, Royal--the best in the country, and maybe in the world, in spite of the rats that live here! I've sworn to keep it clean of rats! That's my right!
She doesn't really know me -- not inside! There's a part of me she can't ever know!
You picked a bad night to tangle with me, little man... a real bad night!
You might say that, Alfred... I've been shot. I'm at someplace called Hotel Dolan, Can you pick me up?
I have needs now, Alfred -- Dirty, horrible needs -- Needs I can't control!
As good a man as Jacques Remarque no doubt was... remember that the mind often turns a blind eye on reality, favoring the darkness of what it wants to see.
The Riddler has a strange conditioned reflex. He can never make an important move in his life without leaving a riddle to explain it.
A court will have to decide a punishment fit for their crimes. But in the meantime--they won't be bothering anyone for a good long while!
Robin! What have I done to you?
Man --! You're even more a "bat" than I ever was!
I hereby accept the office of United States Senator.
Who is this new Batgirl who seems to have taken over my crime-fighting territory?
You may not recall it, but today is the anniversary of your arrival on Earth from the planet Krypton!
Superman, help me... HELP ME!
All right! I have to shield him! That murdering madman... is my own brother!!
Goodbye, Thomas... my brother! Your tragic life is over... your sick soul is finally at peace!
You can do me a favor -- you can shut up about it! The disease is from your planet -- so it's your headache... not mine!
