The best Quotes by Alan Moore

Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long.

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor...I am Pagliacci.

Watchmen

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And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up!

Alfred in Batman - Begins

Giving Up Beginning

You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

Craziness & Weirdness Gravity

Sometimes the truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded...

Batman in Batman - The Dark Knight

Truth

I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... stranger.

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

Salvatore Maroni: "If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?"
Joker: "If you're good at something, never do it for free!"

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.

Harvey Dent in Batman - The Dark Knight

Hope Beginning

Why so serious?

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

Never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy. He can't feel the next.

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

Head

All you care about is money. This city deserves a better class of criminal. And I'm gonna give it to them. It's not about money, it's about sending a message!

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it.

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

Joker: "A little fight in you. I like that."
Batman: "Then you're gonna love me."

Batman in Batman - The Dark Knight

Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little emotions. In... you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

Knifes

Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it.
Because he's not our hero, he's a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight.

James Gordon in Batman - The Dark Knight

Harvey Dent: "When their enemies were at the gates, the Romans would suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city. It wasn't considered an honor, it was considered a public service."
Rachel Dawes: "Harvey, the last man who they appointed the Republic was named Caesar and he never gave up his power."
Harvey Dent: "Okay, fine. you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain..."

Harvey Dent in Batman - The Dark Knight

Julius Caesar Rome

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight

Rules

Dent: "Rachel talks about you all the time. You've known her her whole life?"
Alfred: "No, not yet, sir."
Dent: "Any psychotic ex-boyfriends I should be aware of?"
Alfred: "You have no idea."

Harvey Dent in Batman - The Dark Knight

Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands; and your plan, is to blackmail this person? Good luck.

Lucius Fox in Batman - The Dark Knight

Joker: "You got a little fight in you. I like that."
Batman: "Then you're gonna love me."

Batman in Batman - The Dark Knight

Remember, remember ...the fifth of november

V in V for Vendetta

For 20 years, I sought only this day. Nothing else existed... until I saw you. Then everything changed. I fell in love with you Evey. And to think I no longer believed I could.

V for Vendetta

There are no coincidences, Delia... only the illusion of coincidence.

V in V for Vendetta

Chance & Randomness

Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.

V in V for Vendetta

Symbols are given power by people. Alone, a symbol is meaningless, but with enough people, blowing up a building can change the world.

V in V for Vendetta

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

Gordon Deitrich in V for Vendetta

Appearance Masken

We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world.

Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

Ideas

Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

Art Truth Politicians

Someone will do something stupid and when they do, things will turn nasty.

Finch in V for Vendetta

What you have are bullets, and the hope that when your guns are empty, I'm no longer standing, because if I am... you'll all be dead before you've reloaded.

V for Vendetta

I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.

V in V for Vendetta

Anonymity Masken

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mister Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.

V in V for Vendetta

Ideas

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

V in V for Vendetta

Democracy Governments

In my opinion, the existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon.

Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen -

Things are tough all over, cupcake. An' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike... except in California.

Silk Spectre in Watchmen -

Justice California

My father was a watch maker. He abandoned it when Einstein discovered time is relative.

Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen -

Why are so few of us left active, healthy, and without personality disorders?

Rorschach in Watchmen -

You know, mankind's been trying to kill each other off since the beginning of time; now, we finally have the power to finish the job.

The Comedian in Watchmen -

Nuclear Weapons

You just ask the same questions every week. 'How's your job? Are you having any negative thoughts?'
All I have are negative thoughts.

Joker in Joker

Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you're stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.

Joker in Suicide Squad

Scars

Cop partnerships are like marriages. You know each other better than your wives.

Harvey Dent in Gotham - Season 1 Episode 18

Police

Fear doesn't need conquering. Fear tells you where the edge is. Fear is a good thing.

James Gordon in Gotham - Season 1 Episode 1

Fear

I promise you, however dark and scary the world might be right now, there will be light. There will be light, Bruce.

James Gordon in Gotham - Season 1 Episode 1

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