Category:Bruce Wayne (New Earth)/Quotes

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Apokaliptian demigods. We're a little out of our depth here.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Call it self-preservation, Superman. I don't much fancy the idea of a super-vampire flying around.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Your life could end here, now, and nobody would ever know. Would anyone even miss you? Tell me, what's your life worth, punk... ?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Crime has learned my name, and it has recoiled.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I decided early that I would never take a life. Right around the time I decided that I wanted to live. It wasn't an arbitrary decision and it was more than moral. It's about identity. As long as you can choose that, choose who you are in the world... you can choose to call yourself sane.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Slime like you made me. You earned me.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Without warning it comes... crashing through the window of your study... and mine... I have seen it before... somewhere... it frightened me... as a boy... frightened me... yes, Father. I shall become a bat.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

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.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

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.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I've known Commissioner Jim Gordon for more Years than I'd care to admit. During that Time a Friendship has grown that I thought was as solid as a Rock. I would have trusted my Life to the Man.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I survive, but the Beast escapes... leaving a startling realization in the wake of his departure. I've finally run into someone who's better at this game than I am.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The police, unfortunately, have been trained to give a suspect a chance to surrender before they open fire. That moment's hesitation is all the Russian Killing Machine needs.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

With the exception of Bruce Wayne, who was a logical if erroneous choice to be on the list, each of these men had a part in the process that led to my becoming the Batman. These were the men who trained me.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

We're seeking justice, Alfred. How can that ever be a mistake?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Gotham isn't your city, Slasher -- it belongs to its people, not to its vermin!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I'm going to try to break the link in the unreal world.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I've a good mind to teach you a lesson in telling the truth!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

That I've defeated and captured him time and again is a piercing thorn in his side. That I frighten him must be sheer hell.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The rain falls on murderers and madmen, the same as it does on innocent children... and it can't stop a bullet.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I really screwed up tonight. I let myself get off-balance and it was used to my disadvantage... Let my anger run away with me.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

You can't fight fate, and you can't survive alone... I can't help but notice that almost seems like a definition of who I am... A person who's trying to do both.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

If Clark wanted to, he could use his superspeed and squish me into the cement. But I know how he thinks. Even more than the Kryptonite, he's got one big weakness. Deep down, Clark's essentially a good person... and deep down, I'm not.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I made a promise on the grave of my parents that I would rid this city of the evil that took their lives. Tonight... I nearly became a part of that evil...

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The LexCorp Gulf Stream 5 has the same specifications as WayneTech's Air Glide 3. Lucius tells me that we'll be in court for years over patent infringement. Having knowledge of the inner workings of the aircraft gives me the edge. It's one of the few times I'm grateful for the way LexCorp does business.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Riddles are your compulsion. Your addiction. And a riddle that everyone knows the answer to is worthless.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

That's the trouble about girls who love secrets: They can't keep them.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I'd feel lucky, though, if I were you. Angel's capable of anything. Hell, he even had his own sister murdered.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I wear a mask. And that mask, it's not to hide who I am, but to create what I am.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

And as the sun, that had been too afraid to show its face in this city, started to turn the black into grey, I smiled. Not out of happiness. But because I knew... that one day, I wouldn't have to do this anymore. One day, I could stop fighting. Because one day... I would win. One day, there will be no pain, no loss, no crime. Because of me, because I fight. For you. One day, I will win.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Whatever you are up to - stop.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Man-Bats. Ninja Man-Bats. Alarming Twist.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

You don't seek justice. You seek vengeance. They're not the same. You have no regard for life. So I'm stopping you.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Prepare to bleed.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

You ask for pity? You demand mercy? I have only Justice.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Had I finally come face-to-face with the Devil?... And was that fear in his eyes?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Police scanner reports a warehouse full of bodies. Seemingly poisoned. All bearing some semblance of a rictus-like grin, even in death. Gordon's bound to be there.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Remember the prediction! Your precog said one day I'd show up to avert a disaster!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I don't do deals with the devil!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

He calls himself "Scarecrow." Psychologist turned psychopath. He preys on the innocent and instill them with fear. When I chose to wear my... costume, it was to prey upon the criminals, and instill them with fear. The irony is not lost on me...

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Tell everyone. All the punks, junkies, gunsels, enforcers... all the wise guys, leg-breakers, muscle boys... tell them they're finished. Tell them the streets belong to the Batman.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

He's dead. The Joker is dead.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

This is a story about Mercy. It's also about revenge... justice... and fighting for yourself.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I am the Batman. This is my city. At night it belongs to me.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

It's over, Jean-Paul.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

You and your kind have turned Gotham City into a hell. Now rot in it.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

If I ever see you in this city again, God help you.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Whatever the case, I won't stop until I have rescued Gotham City.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The Batman can't die. He feeds on evil like yours.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I AM NOT INSANE!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Alan Scott said Grundy isn't really alive -- therefore he can't really die! I could let him go... but he walks like a man -- talks like a man -- and who am I to judge where life begins or ends?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

My present reality is not a pretty sight. It is a thing of agony and delirium.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

It's humiliating to admit Batman has his limits. That none of my abilities makes any difference if the mark doesn't believe.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I believe in Harvey Dent.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Everyone needs a friend.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Without warning it comes... crashing through the window of your study... and mine... I have seen it before... somewhere ...it frightened me... as a boy... frightened me... yes, Father. I shall become a bat.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

That's the most reckless card playing I've ever seen. I wish Barry had lived to see you with money.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

You should know, whatever created you, whatever Yatz shot you up with contained not only the Doctor’s nano-technology, the smart skin, but also elements of the Joker’s so-called “venom”. I’ve seen men driven insane from exposure to it… Sometimes they come back. Sometimes they don’t.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

There's law -- and there's justice. What have you gained by all this? Nothing. You've put yourself in your own prison. And I'll always be around to make sure you stay there. That's the promise I made -- and that's the promise I'll keep. For the rest of our lives.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

No one will hurt you anymore.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The aliens have brought the war to Gotham... it's only fair Gotham should take it right back!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

There is a city that needs looking after. The Buccaneer of Birds may have crossed that Great Divide -- but crime won't take time off to mourn!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Don't brood too much, son. For your parents' sake, be strong. Always remember -- life has to go on.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Become like me? The Night-Monster. The man who taints the lives of all around him. Is that what I want for him? Is that what he will want for himself?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I'm Batman. And we both know Batman's secret identity is.....Bruce Wayne!!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The doubt is still there. Even if it were an illusion, there is the uncertainty. Is it possible that I never brought their killer to justice? And in the end, does that matter? Does that make a difference in what I do? No. It does not.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

He thinks he can scare me. He thinks he can stop me. There's nothing wrong with him a bullet in the head won't fix.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

James Gordon is the heart of the GCPD. His heart aches, but it will never quit. And like mine, his will remember.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I'm not interested in playing games.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I'm...sorry I was so slow.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

This is holy work for me. There's little room for mistakes, and less for forgiveness.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

You've got thirty days to prove you can keep up and not get killed. Otherwise I will fire you.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Vesper Fairchild... Go home. Go. Home.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I have questions. You will answer them. Or else.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Debbie Farrow will never fall in love. She will never have children. She will never fulfill whatever dreams she had. She will never have anything again. Because of you. Doesn't that make you want to die?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Some would say it isn't him attacking. It's his disease. It's his addiction. Too bad I can't kick his addiction.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Hard to imagine a sparkling young woman such as yourself slaving away in that dry old tomb.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I wasn't aware an option existed.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I made a very solemn vow about firearms. But for you, I'm making a once-in-a lifetime exception.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Goodbye, old friend.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I'm Batman. I don't enjoy anything.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

In her own perverse way, she loves him.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

People think it's an obsession. A compulsion. As if there were an irresistible impulse to act. It's never been like that. I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Not again...

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

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.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I'm opening the Sci-Fi closet, Alfred. Don't tell my friends in the GCPD about this.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

First blood goes to them, but now it's our turn. My suggestion is this: we make plans, we move fast and we hit hard. This is war!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I don't carry guilt around like a cross. Life is hard. Terrible things happen. We do our best and we keep doing it -- and we don't cross the line.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The JLA are dead... but the JLA can never die. It's too important, both practically and symbolically.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

No matter what differences we had over the years, I've always known that Dick had a gift. Jason had only...rage.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

And when you're sitting here alone in the middle of the night, unsleeping in the dark, remember -- every breath you take you owe to me.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

You did your best Mrs. Waller -- but you came up against something that was too big for you... too big for any of us.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

There's a lot we have to learn -- about each other and about ourselves -- before we can present ourselves to the public in any major fashion.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The Justice League is a strike force. The Justice Society is a family.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

The most powerful being on the planet and they kept him hidden on a small Kansas farm.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Defending a planet and cleaning up a city are two very different things.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

You're a junkie. A Chocos junkie!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

It means Ted Kord is dead, Alfred... and none of us are safe - none of us.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I need a team people expect the worst from-- a team that bad guys see as kindred spirits. All those "screw-ups" you refer to-- the coup in Africa, the Nuke in Russia, the Prison Riot-- they got you branded as terrorists. As much as you hate it, that's exactly why the Outsiders will accomplish things no so-called heroes can. And if you refuse to be a part of that, well... then you're everything I always hoped you would be. Go back to the good fight, Dick. Leave the bad fight to us.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

His parents--circus acrobats--had been murdered. And I... wanted to make a difference in his life...

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

If the best Cassandra could do to drive a wedge between us is criticize your costume color... that's just proof of how disturbed she is.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

He didn't become the world's greatest escape artist for the applause. He did it to survive.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Is there a race of half-men, half-bat that live deep in the caves of Gotham? Did I meet one of them tonight?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Why does the Honolulu SCU have this number?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Clark was right. Kara did handle herself well. I just can't help feeling like it was all a setup.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Supergirl, you're one of the most powerful creatures on the planet. If someone intelligent were to come after you, they wouldn't attack you directly. They'd try to trick you. Surprise you. Remember Supergirl... only your body's invulnerable.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then... he shoots fire from the skies, and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Which one of us is the detective again?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

"Her presence will bring death and destruction". When this day is done, Clark, how will you answer for that?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

An island of beautiful women and a man spying on them from above and Clark doesn't see any problem with that.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

No, Clark, you're missing the point of the question. Why do I keep that giant penny? Or old costumes, models of the Batmobile? Orphans are collectors, Clark. Losing so much... makes it that much harder to give things up.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Croc was crazed, insane, lashing out... I'm not sure he knew where he was. Or who he was fighting. He's all rage - desperate, desperate rage. Not that it was helping me any.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

There's no reward in being right all the time.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Let them all know. That when they need one...when they want one...they have a savior. And he is safe again.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I hate Metropolis. It's an art deco nightmare. All bright lights and rounded corners.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I hear it in Clark's voice. Something alien to him. Panic.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Your Bereavement needn't destroy you. In Time it can even make you stronger. But all that starts with one Thing: Acceptance. He's gone.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

There's a master cat burglar on the loose and you're chatting with your friends?

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Dick saw Robin as being a thrill. It's probably why he outgrew it. Jason saw it as a game. It's probably what got him killed. But... Tim... I have to hand it to the boy... He wants to be the world's greatest detective. And from what I've seen so far... he will be someday.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I am a practical man. I do not believe in gods, or devils, or souls. But if perchance there is a Devil... tonight he had his fingers burned.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Horrible things happen to children everywhere.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

Let you in on a little secret, Superman. I can't fly. Bullets don't bounce off my chest. I can't bend steel in my bare hands. But criminals fear me. I'm sorry normal citizens do too, but I'd rather have that than word on the street what a nice guy I am. That sort of talk could get me killed.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

What's wrong, is you assumed I'd be your backup just because it's the anniversary of Harrison Grey's death! You act like we're partners, or friends!

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)

I didn't pull the trigger on Robin and Batgirl, but I might as well have. I trained them. I let them wear the costumes that made them targets. It doesn't matter that the Joker shot Barbara Gordon, not Batgirl. It was only a matter of time.

--Bruce Wayne (New Earth)