The best Quotes by Alfred Pennyworth

There is time for masks, and there is time for Bruce Wayne.

Taking a punch is just as important as throwing one.

Pick your battles. Don't let them pick you.

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

Alfred: "Gotham is not your responsibility."
Bruce: "I'm making it mine."

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

We can't change the past, but there's a difference between moving on and letting go.

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

It's good you're changing. Just don't change too much.

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

When crooks become more popular than cops, that's anarchy.

A good riddle reveals the asker. To solve it is to solve the mystery of the person posing it.

Jim Gordon: "Personal business."
Harvey Bullock: "You disappear in the middle of a case, you can't even tell me why?"
Jim Gordon: "That's what 'personal' means."

When you know what a man loves, you know what can kill him.

Good ol' Gordon. Always playing by the rules. That's why I'll outlive you. That's why I'm loved, 'cause I don't give a damn about the rules.

The less you have, the more they're worth. To friends!

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

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

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

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

See, if the bullets don't work, right, why the punching? I just never understood that.

Jimmy Olsen: "There's Mr. Kent. Bet he wishes he'd been around when it all happened."
Lois Lane: "Clark, he's never around when Superman appears."

How can you speak six languages and sound like a dick in every one of them?

How do we prevent making mistakes where we actually only want to help?

Sometimes we have to do what’s right, even if your heart aches against it.

Atlanna: "Where I come from, the sea carries our tears away."
Thomas Curry: "Not here. You feel them."

I love the rain. It's like angels are smooching all over us.

Cassandra Cain: "Oh, you're that psycho chick."
Harley Quinn: "You never call a woman chick. I'll accept 'broad', 'lady', 'woman', and on occasion 'b*tch'."

Do you know the oldest lie in America, Senator? It's that power can be innocent.

The truth is meaningless. The people of Earth believe I am their savior. They needed a human hero, and I fulfill that need. Nothing will ever change their minds. Facts are irrelevant. All that matters is spin. People are so stupid, they don't even read. And even when they do, they certainly don't think.

My name's Zatanna Zatara. I'm a spellaholic.

Well, even a real sorceress can sometimes learn from a magician!

Nothing good is born from lies. And greatness is not what you think.

Welcome to the future. Life is good, but it can be better. And why shouldn’t it be? All you need is to want it. Think about finally having everything you always wanted.

When I was a child, my planet Krypton was dying. I was sent to earth to protect my cousin. But my pod got knocked off-course and by the time I got here, my cousin had already grown up and become... Superman.

How is it hard to be nice to Superman? He's Superman!

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

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

Darkness, the truest darkness, is not the absence of light. It is the conviction that the light will never return.

Bruce Wayne: "I'll tell you on the plane."
Barry Allen: "Plane? What are your superpowers again?"
Bruce Wayne: "I'm rich."

You can be a better hero. You can be a better hero than I ever was.

I'm a woman, I'm used to do things I don't want to do.

Cats come when they feel like it. Not when they're told.

Sometimes, when I feel the darkness come out... it feels good.

When I'm the tiger, it's not completely me. It's like I'm inside something controlling it, but it has control, too.

The love you feel for your family makes you weak.

It's called the Scarab. It's some kind of world-destroying weapon. It's designed to protect its host. Sometimes it does what you want, and sometimes it doesn't.