Clinton Barton (Earth-616)/Quotes

Say somethin', willya? I hate to fight in silence!

Anyone ever tell you how your eyes sparkle when you're angry?

A joker with a tongue like mine can't afford to get mad at what anyone else says!

I didn't know there was a contest goin' on! But we should'a guessed it! Seems like everybody's tryin' to conquer the universe these days!

Sheesh! This lab looks like somebody really pearled our harbor! If that's what happens when we win a fight, I sure hope we never lose one!

I'm not sure I believe in Thunder Gods!

The world still doesn't know that Cap's quit us! When it finds out... will it figure that the once-mighty Avengers are washed up? Can we make it without Cap -- the greatest leader a fighting team ever had?

Mister, I may not be great shakes on quotes... but somethin's rotten in Denmark... and it's you!!

Watch out for the Skull, Rick! Don't try to take him alone!

Stand aside kiddies, while Goliath does his thing!

Dig Pietro! Back in the Avengers for two days, and already he's making with the leader-sounds!

I heard you mumble you were lookin' for Doc Strange -- and I wanna know what a brainless baboon and a sorcerer have in common!

Dynamite! I knew sittin' in for this one gig with the Defenders was a good move!

Thrice shalt thou see me, Thrice shall we vie -- and then on the fourth time Steve Rogers shall die!

Cap trusted me -- had faith in me -- even when I wasn't sure I deserved it! I've met alot of Joe's in my time -- but there'll never be another like Captain America!

Married! Married! Mantis I was expectin'-- though an intelligent tree for a groom came outta left field-- But Wanda and the Vision took me completely by surprise! That synthezoid's sly, boy!

Hey, Avengers? Where's the cake and brass band, huh? Hawkeye's back!

I might be wrong, but I think gruesome just wiped out our two strongest members...without batting an eye!

From now on, if Avengers are needed anywhere west of the Rockies, we'll answer the call!

I was just remembering how I used to be the one who always blew his stack. All of a sudden I feel old... real old.

Come on! Tigra's one tough lady and Wonder Man's up there in Thor's league! What could possibly threaten him?

East Coast or West... New York or California, it makes no difference! Once an Avenger, always an Avenger!

I'm strictly a bow and arrow type.

Best bunch'a heroes you ever saw!

Archery may be my specialty but I also took combat lessons from Captain America himself!

At last! My bow's at the proper tension, I have plenty of arrows-- guess it's finally time to-- "Rock 'n' Roll!"

Hey, pal, if I have wanted to sit on the sidelines, I would've bought tickets to Wrestlemania!

I might have to do something drastic-- like use my brains for a change! Nah! No sense going overboard!

I'm startin' to think maybe this Midwest team isn't such a bad idea. Your powers are kinda funky, and your code names stink...But with the proper management...my management...This could be a heckuva team!

Yeah, it looks like everyone's here but Steed and Mrs. Peel!

Starting now, this neighborhood belongs to the people who LIVE in it. Starting now, you will be held ACCOUNTABLE for every act of violence you commit -- and the CONSEQUENCES will be delivered to your door.

Okay, old timer. Enough mopin' around. You 'n' me are going out!

Lying sonofa... Tony Stark was Iron Man. And Stark is dead.

Whatever happens to Hank, or to Bobbi -- This is one time this West Coast bunch is gonna live up to their name -- as AVENGERS!

So -- think it's time I went playing Robin Hood instead of Goliath?

They came here for you and me, Rover. They wiped everyone else out just to get us. Well, they're gonna get us. But they're not gonna LIKE it!

Trick Shot's right. Bobbi wouldn't want me doing this bitter loner routine. She'd want me to go on. I'n not to blame for what happened. No one is. She died doing something important to her.

I don't have the answers to all your questions, Jim. I'm not sure anybody does. But I do know that Hitlers like Arul, psychos like Deathtoll and obedient soldiers like Cold Warrior don't even ask those kind of questions. Maybe the questions keep you honest. Maybe it's when you think you've got all the answers you ought to worry.

First sign of madness. Talkin' to yourself. First sign, definitely. Fishing's the second.

Wait, wasn't Deathunt involved with...

You an' me, Stark! Right here, right now!

Stark's finally lost it!

Sheesh! A punk kid - and he's already giving orders!

... Stark always had a control problem. When he wasn't abusing it, he was losing it.

Sorry, Spider-Man-- --but I can't do it. I guess I just need something -- or someone -- to believe in-- --or maybe I just need someone who believes in me. But either way-- --thanks.

Five'll get you ten they're being mind controlled again -- by the Serpent Crown, the Over-Mind, my aunt Pearl -- anybody!

Annoying? MY ARROWS?! You think it's easy to engineer custom-made arrowheads?! It took months to design an aerodynamic boxing glove arrow -- and you wouldn't believe the laughs I've had with it!

Just hold tight, old son. 'Cause if that rumbling I'm hearing from either side means what I think it does, the Avengers are here.

Huh? Of course it-- Wait a-- Huh?

I know I haven't mentioned it yet -- but what you guys did -- coming to help me -- --I -- I wanted to say...thanks. A lot. And if you guys ever have to go to hell again, don't worry......I'll be behind you every step of the way!

When you talk to the cops about this, tell 'em Hawkeye was the good guy willya? I don't need anymore bad press.

I don't have the power to put the world back the way it was and I don't even know if it can be put back... but I damn well can kick the guy's ass who did it.

I'm not Hawkeye anymore.

You don't know how to handle it, do you? The grief. The pain. The loss... So you reached for the thing you know best -- you tried to make a deal. Tried to strike a bargain that would make it all go away. And you CAN'T.

Go out, fight hard, screw up. Save the world a few times...Just Keep taking the shots, okay?

Listen to me... all of you... this doesn't end till every last one of them dies! You hear me?! Every @#$%ing last one of them!

Every time the world has gone to hell someone take advantage of it. Stock market crashes and some dirtbag parachutes out with a billion dollars. Country goes to war, the mob has a field day...now this? This? And dressed in our uniforms? Representing something we've dedicated our lives to? Twisting it into something they can sell? No! NO! We don't wait for them to show their true colors. We know their true colors. We go there and we stop them before it all goes to hell again. We go there and we take back the Avengers from the hands of the Green Goblin maniac! We're the Avengers. We take it back.

I get it. New look, new attitude. You think you need to do this on your own. But you don't.

Figured you hadn't had one of these in a long time... A party I mean...not birthdays...you gotta be at least eighty or something.

What I should have done is gone to Avengers Tower and killed him. ... Every second that this is allowed to continue, every second this madness goes on...is our fault.

That's not how it works, Red. You owe us all explanations...and, Lady, Clint Barton is first in line!

I'd be more worried if Natasha wasn't spying.

When you do what Mockingbird and I do -- without powers -- you can't rely on super speed or flight as your weapons. Everything around you is there to help you hit the target. ...We are the weapons!

Bobbi, stay down! I found the shooter, it's Crossfire!

To successfully make a shot, you gotta follow and master basic steps. Your stance is the foundation. Where you draw your strength. Nock the arrow and grip. Realize you are wielding a weapon. Mindset. Focus solely on your goal, regardless of your surroundings. Be in the now. Set up and draw. Inhale and prepare for what you are about to do. Anchor and hold. There is no going back. Aim. All that remains is you and your target. Release and follow through. Master those and you hit every time. One last step. Feedback. Basically...take responsibility for the outcome. For every shot.

So we're clear, you're admitting you're a hypocrite? The guy who's gone off when he was dying, back from the dead, in armor, and...am I missing any more? Take the high road, Steve, and at least admit when you're wrong.

Everything seems to be telling me the impossible is true. Somehow, my brother, Barney Barton, is alive. And he wants to kill me.

I want this Superia, H.A.M.M.E.R., all of it. I want to know what they were trying to do and I want it all burned to the ground in front of her. I want her in jail or dead for this and I want it all done by the time Bobbi is out of surgery.

Well? You bring us a miracle or what?

Yeah, man. The idea of Avengers Academy is a winner. And what you've done to our old West Coast Avengers compound is a thing'a beauty. So quit beatin' yourself up. Let's get out there--and meet the new class!

Anyone here who can help me with an algebra question?

I mean, I can't miss... I'm on a team with super-humans. And one god, in case you've forgotten. Even you... well, you climb walls really well. The training is the only thing that makes me special. And if I'm not special, then none of this is worth it. I gave up a lot for this life. I could have been happy with Mockingbir-- Bobbi. We could have had a good, simple life. But I wanted to play with the big boys. And if I miss, it means I'm just another dude with a bow. It means I've been fooling myself this whole time. And that's why I never miss.

I got into this because Alicia's brother came to me for help. I understood him. Understood his need to look out for his sister. It's why I kept Steve out of it. And it's why I'm going to lie to you, Tony. I don't want to tell you they're afraid of you. Afraid you'll round them up, no matter what I tell them... I want to protect you. Because I'm an Avenger. Because you're my brothers.

Yeah, I may not be Captain America. But I'm not Bucky, either, so stop treating me like some sidekick.

I like where your head's at, Cap. Iron Man would hate it, so of course I like it.

Eric understands what it means to be an Avenger. We're not mercenaries. You need to get it through your head.

I had a plan. It was wait for Zemo to sneak away and shoot an arrow at him. And you know what? The simplest plans really are the most effective.

It's okay, everybody. It's okay, I'm an Avenger.

Aw... are we dealing with an alternate reality here? I have a hard enough time keeping this one straight.

Come on, it's Tony Stark and Hank Pym. Two of the smartest guys on the planet... If they don't know what they're doing...

If only Dr. Druid was still alive... That guy, man. He knew from A/V hookups.

We're all still here because of Jim Hammond. And he'll live with the cost for the rest of his life.

Same ol' Barney, huh? C'mere.

Also you are old.

Come on! Get me! T-1000 was much cooler!

I'd rather stay in character. Like Daniel Day Lewis. Like Stanislavsky. I like playing dumb. It makes me feel smart. Sometimes.

You can keep saying "bloody," but you're still not English, Dane.

I Marty McFly-ed him out of existence!

Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Avenger Three... boldly going where pretty much all of us have gone before...

Hydra? Did you see that move? They don't teach moves like that in Hydra school, pal! You picked the wrong team! Hail Hawkeye!

At least now Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. can both stop hunting those poor kids and they can rest in peace. Right? Isn't that what your report is going to say, Director Hill?

I didn't need rescuing until about an hour ago. You couldn't have gotten here that fast. Besides, Coulson wouldn't have sent you. He knows... you... you... distract me.

You having doubts, Carol?

I used to hate you. Hated your body count. Now I get it. You were just making the hard choices that most of us never had to. Do you ever... regret taking a shot?

I'm ready to face my demons -- but there's a guardian angel with other plans... which means this isn't my time to die. It's my time to fight. I can't die. Not again. And definitely not now. Maybe I'm meant for more than being remembered as the guy who killed the Hulk. Maybe. I don't know. All I know is one thing... there are fights to be fought. People that need protection. That's why Banner asked me to kill him. He knew me... knew that I'd do what needed to be done.

Too clunky, Pappy! I say we call her, "Avenger X"!

Look... I get it... I do. You're a lone wolf. That's your thing. I can respect that. But... Puck said you'd called him, you were asking for help. And if you're asking him for help, despite being a loner, then that makes me think that maybe things are bad.

I followed every lead I could find, and they led me here. Same as you.

Hey, gang... somebody want to fill ol' Hawkeye in on what we've missed...?

You need a team.

We never found him. Mysterio's gone into hiding. But... I think he's found us.

Funny... I never miss anything.

This time we already know where she is.

I... I honestly don't know if it's something we should be "rescuing" her from.

Well...This sucks.

Hot damn, Jarvis! You're the best!

Okay, team... let's bring the thunder.

Little help?

What is D.U.D.E.? Who is D.U.D.E.? Why do I get the feeling that I'm talking in capital letters?

The Russian Minister... I shot him.

New Yorkers. Collectively, you know how to make every food known to humanity. And some that aren't. You know how to get a boot off your car using a Phillips screwdriver and a Pez dispenser. As prickly as a desert cactus. As fluidly coordinated as a school of fish. You may not always work together... but when you do... you're a force of nature.

I mean, I can't miss... I'm on a team with super-humans. And one god, in case you've forgotten. Even you... well, you climb walls really well. The training is the only thing that makes me special. And if I'm not special, then none of this is worth it. I gave up a lot for this life. I could have been happy with Mockingbir-- Bobbi. We could have had a good, simple life. But I wanted to play with the big boys. And if I miss, it means I'm just another dude with a bow. It means I've been fooling myself this whole time. And that's why I never miss.

Every time I think I'm ready to give up my trick arrows, they make a surprising comeback.