The best Quotes by Harvey Dent

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

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."

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

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..."

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!

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

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

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!"

Why so serious?

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

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!

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

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

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?

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.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

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.

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

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."

You make a life of crime sound very noble.

The police are either incompetent or corrupt. Or both.

The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.

Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night.

You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery.

In the beginning of a jorney, no one knows what to expect. They might have a vague idea the road ahead could be rough. That's what makes new beginnings so exciting. You don't know what will happen until it's over.

Beginnings can be painful. But that doesn't mean they're bad.

All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health. What have the Romans ever done for us?

Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them, and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar.

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

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

I'm more than a man. I'm an idea, a philosophy. And I will live on in the shadows within Gotham's discontent. You'll be seeing me soon. Au revoir.

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.

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

Friends don't owe friends, silly. They just do favors because they want to.

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

Taking a punch is just as important as throwing one.

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

Jim, you seem like a nice guy, but this is not a city or a job for nice guys.

You don't bend, you'll get broke.

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

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

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