The best Quotes by Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin

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

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.

Please don't think too badly of me. We are what we are.

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."

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."

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!

A man with nothing that he loves is a man who cannot be bargained. A man that cannot be betrayed. A man who answers to no one but himself.

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

I don't want revenge. I want to understand how it all works.

Taking a punch is just as important as throwing one.

I am given, and I am taken. I was there from your first breath, and I will follow you until your death.
[Name]

In the darkness, there are no rules. So, tonight Gotham, do what you want. Kill who you want. And when morning comes, you too shall be reborn.

Without fingers I point, without arms I strike, without feet I run. What am I?
[Clock]

I can't be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I'm worthless to one, but priceless to two. What am I?
[Love]

I can start a war or end one. I can give you the strength of heroes or leave you powerless. I might be snared with a glance but no force can compel me to stay. What am I?
[Love]

I'm strong as a rock, but a word can destroy me. What am I?
[Silence]

A diamond plate, a glowing grate, a place you never leave. Where am I?
[Home]

I'm the revealer of masks. When I appear, friend becomes foe. And the one that you love becomes the one that you hate. What am I?
[Betrayal]

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.

You're all prisoners. What you call sanity, it's just a prison in your minds that stops you from seeing that you're just tiny little cogs in a giant absurd machine. Wake up! Why be a cog? Be free like us. Just remember, smile!

What's the secret to good comedy? Timing. And what's courage? Grace under pressure. And who's the boss? I'm the boss.

You make a life of crime sound very noble.

It's what they represented. Different Gotham. Decent. Hopeful. Whatever it was, it's gone now.

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.

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

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.

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..."

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.

Freedom is power. To live a life untamed and unafraid is the gift that I've been given, and so my journey begins.