Ralph Dibny (New Earth)/Quotes

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We just heard a declaration of war... and maybe some of us here also believe we heard a sentence of death for the human race.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Silly girl! How could you ever be more beautiful than you are right now?!

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

It's a mystery.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

1700 Broadway. Is it my imagination, or does this building get totalled in every major crisis?

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

How can you say those words so fast backwards-- and get them to come right?

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Opal City and the Elongated Man are going to make Friends.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Down inside, I know I'm just a circus clown, a guy who lucked into something bigger than he is. But... Isn't that the way it is with everyone? Don't we all find ourselves outclassed sometime? Of course--! And that's the point, that's the whole point of everything that's happened to all of us today! We've been outclassed-- And defeated-- But that doesn't matter! All that ever matters is-- Going on!

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

It's a mystery.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

They want to resurrect my wife... I brought you here to tell me if they can really do it.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

I said "P.M.S." and I meant "P.M.S."! Parisian Moonlight Syndrome. It never fails. Put a woman on the left bank and hang a moon over the Seine and suddenly she has to find her soul's deepest desire.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Look at this place, Sue! An unspoiled old-world paradise! Romance! Quaintness! Innocent Marzipan animals!

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Firestorm... Why don't you try to grow up? This isn't a movie. John Wayne isn't going to come charging to the rescue with a gang full of marines in tow. We just heard a declaration of war... And maybe some of us here also believe we heard a sentence of death for the human race. Try to get your mind around that, kid.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Here's a little change-up for you, Fate. This time, I'll drive and you guess who we're stopping in on.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

The end is already written! You just don't get it! You had no chance because I was never caught in your spell! You were caught in mine!

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Talk is cheap! It's action that counts!

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Anyone who puts on a costume paints a bullseye on his family's chests.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Hey... this place looks familiar. Like something out of The Hunchback of Notre Dame! Gee, I hope it has a bell-ringer! I love bell-ringers!

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Say, uh...gang? Don't look now ... but is that an enormous rubber Japanese monster rampaging in the street?

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Every time you go into action, you take the chance of seeing a friend fall. They know it... and you know it. The only thing you can do-- is make sure they don't fall in vain. Corny, but true.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Aww, gee, big guy... You always get to save Metropolis. Hows about giving us lesser-known luminaries a shot at it?

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

Look it up... it's in Don Juan, cantos 4, stanza 3!

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)

This isn't the first time I've failed the Justice League-- And I doubt it'll be the last! I'm the weak link in their chain-- And I know it! The others all became heroes for a purpose-- To make this world a better place-- But I became the Elongated Man as a lark-- Just to satisfy my own over-inflated ego! And now it's all catching up to me. Maybe it's time to quit before somebody really does get killed because of me... I just don't know.

--Ralph Dibny (New Earth)