Bruce Wayne (Earth-Two)/Quotes

Professor Hugo Strange. The most dangerous man in the world! Scientist, philosopher and a criminal genius... little is known of him, yet this man is undoubtedly the greatest organizer of crime in the world.

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I know it's not nice to fight with a lady, but you're no lady!

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If you're as terrific as you are as a kid—I pity the criminals when you're a grown man.

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She's clever and beautiful, yes... And it's a shame that we both work on opposite sides of the law; but I hope-- I mean-- I know we'll meet again-- soon!

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The Joker is America's most cunning criminal, but at the same time he has his own peculiar code of honor! And that code does not include clumsy, brutal crimes!

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I broke into Wylie's office and examined his books. They showed he was heavily in debt! Wylie had bought a lot of Antal's pictures while in Europe. He got them cheaply for Antal was not well known. He knew, however, that he could get fabulous prices for them if Antal suddenly became notoriously famous! He conceived the idea for these "prophetic" murders as he knew the curious public would ask for Antal's pictures.

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No, Mr. President -- We can't accept any of these weapons! BATMAN NEVER fires a GUN or uses a KNIFE!

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The trouble is you don't know which witch is which!

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Bruce Wayne is giving up his life-long dream of devoting his life to the fight against crime... a gauntlet that will be taken up by someone known only as -- The Batman!

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People who waste valuable time are really enemies of mankind. Think of all the fine cures for disease and inventions that might be found if they made use of their precious time! It's worth thinking about-

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Remember, we never kill with weapons of any kind!

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I never carry a gun!

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You shall talk now, Dala, you witch! I thought you an accomplice of your evil master who calls himself the Monk. So you are vampires!!

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Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible... a . a... a bat! That's it! It's an omen. I shall become a bat!

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My parents too were killed by a criminal. That's why I've devoted my life to exterminate them.

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Who sent you, may I ask? Your choice, gentlemen! Tell me! Or I'll kill you!

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I want a complete written confession from you about those jewel robberies, or else I'll cut this rope.

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The people of Gladeville are human beings with human rights- and I'm going to see that those rights are recognized!

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There's your answer, my friend. The public always will be attracted to something with morbid overtones -- They're probably hoping for another murder!

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What's the meaning of all this melodrama?

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Hindu idol worshipers, death-notes. All sounds very melodramatic. Maybe I'll write a story about it!

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No time for questioning, Robin, keep punching!

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Bruce Wayne lost Dick, but the Batman can bring him back again!

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Try to kill Robin, will you? I'm going to give you the beating of your life!

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We're parting company, Dick. From now on the Batman works alone!

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The only thing I'm sorry about is, I'm saving you from the electric chair!

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Santa is real and always will be if we believe in the spirit he stands for-- Good, cheer, unselfishness, and love of the fellow man! That's the real Santa Claus!

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The great lesson of democracy is that all men are created equal.

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Uh-oh! The Professor is going to ask us to take another trip to the past, Dick!

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It's my eyes! I can't see, Dick... I can't see!

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Only the human brain behind the machine can be good or evil... never the machine itself!

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Leonardo da Vinci was called a Batman when he made a flying machine with bat-like wings! People thought it was magic!

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Chill, I want to tell you a story... without an ending! Maybe you can supply it!

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I think it's time Batman helped Bruce Wayne solve a mystery!

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Robin -- What is this? What are these handcuffs doing on me?

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Chief Man-of-the-Bats? I don't understand!

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There it is, Dick- the new Batplane!

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You're forcing me to do something I thought I'd never do in public!

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It's a strange mission, but if we're needed on Mars, we'll go!

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Okay youngster... we're going out tonight, but not to catch crooks! I'm going to give you a taste of night-life!

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Crooks are people of habit! If a trick works once, they keep on repeating it, even after they're caught and serve time.

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Well, Dick, your parents have been avenged! Now you can go back to circus life!

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If you suddenly feel as if you were hit on the head... If you're weak in the knees, and you can't see straight... Brother, that's love!

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When it comes to the Joker being dead- I'm not gambling on it!

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An ex-convict who goes straight deserves a chance at happiness! Especially when he looks just like me!

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The real hero of this case was - The Batcave!

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Why don't you laugh, Joker? Laugh!

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Well... here we are Robin! This is what a jungle Batman and Robin look like!

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Don't you think that fellow might catch cold with his chest exposed like that?

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Vanity, sheer vanity! I like to look at myself! Always enjoy looking in the mirror!

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Gunplay always did bother me!

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If you can't beat them "inside" the law, you must beat them "outside" it-- and that's where I come in!

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Being Americans is enough of an award!

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It went off like clockwork! For a counterfeit hundred-dollar bill and a hamburger, I gave Slim all the dope!

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You can crack a safe-but I can crack a jaw!

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Sorry! I'm allergic to guns!

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A gun! A very dangerous toy! Drop it before it goes off and scares you to death!

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There are lots of strange things that man has been unable to explain in the past.

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Robin, will you please kick me in the pants... and do it without asking any questions?

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You've been working too hard! I prescribe a vacation from crime... A long vacation!

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Just a minute, Cavalier! Before you try to knock me out with that chair, I think I ought to tell you I know who you are-- Mortimer Drake!

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Three armed men against one woman? Is that fair?

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Your house-napping days will soon be over!

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You forget, fella, that being Batman and Robin is almost a full-time job in itself! There's a lot more to it than chasing crooks!

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There's no such thing as a ghost!

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Being hated by criminals goes with a lawman's job!

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I admire beauty... Especially a beauty like you!

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He should have known Batman would be used to fighting in the dark!

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People who throw bombs at glass houses shouldn't get away with it!

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The world forgets its tyrants, Dick- but never does it forget those heroes who fight for human rights!

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I'll have to become an ex-con myself!

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If it's the Joker's job, anything can happen!

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You should have known better than to come back to Gotham City, Penguin!

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We are normal size! We never were pigmies at all!

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I give you my word that Steve Travers served the underworld only to protect his fiancée from death- and he helped me destroy his criminal clients!

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I can see the future, Loom! Yours! I see you walking into a big gray building up the river- but I can't see you ever coming out again!

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This world will be a better place without you!

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But we three are the only ones who know the true story of Frankenstein!

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I could have killed you, Morgan, but I've got a code of honor to live by- something you wouldn't understand!

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It-- it must have been that radioactive dye! It's made me completely invisible!

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Quick, Robin, to the Batmobile!

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He got away! An invisibile criminal at large in Gotham City!

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Learn something new everyday, I always say-

--Bruce Wayne (Earth-Two)

A thousand trophies-- and everyone represents a souvenir from an important case!

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Crime is an underground railroad that always leads to the same grim end!

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I, Batman? Ridiculous! Why, for me to be that fellow Batman would ruin my social schedule!

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We'll construct a Bat-Signal that's bullet-proof! And while we're at it, there are other improvements that are badly needed!

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Dick! I can't believe it-- but it's happened! Another item has been stolen from the Batcave!

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Actually, Robin, the Batcave was first discovered by accident!

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Thanks a million for your help-- Batman!

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What you shot at was a full-length mirror which reflected my image from the doorway in which I was standing behind you! I put that mirror there to draw your fire away from me! Who's the chump now, chump?

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This case is beginning to make sense! But the wrong kind of sense!

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Some day the Batman and Robin are going to get tired of putting that laughing hyena behind bars every few months.

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There are some things beyond human understanding!

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Then it's settled! Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson go separate ways from now on!

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If a man doesn't even try to make good with a second chance, he doesn't deserve a third!

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Flint is trying desperately to join the Bullet Hole Club. He may have an ulterior motive. The best way to find out is to give him enough rope to hang himself!

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Wait, Batman! What are you doing with that gun? Batman doesn't use a gun! BATMAN NEVER KILLS!

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When the Joker is in action, you forget about the word "impossible".

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I found and captured the Scarecrow, of course... but more important... that night I found Bruce Wayne. And I found the woman who would share my life for the next twenty years. She's been gone, now, for many months it still seems impossible to me. Her death was pointless, tragic... but I have long since given up trying to find meaning in death. The meaning is in life, not death... and Selina's life was full of meaning as it was of love, and spirit and courage. And when my time comes to join her... I would only hope the same could be said for me.

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He sacrificed himself so I could live! I'll be back for you, Robin! If you're alive, I'll find you! I swear it, Robin... I'll be back!

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I'm here. And as Police Commissioner, I am placing you under arrest as a fugitive from justice!

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Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot -- so I have to wear a disguise that will strike terror into their hearts! I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible, like a… a… a bat!

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