Batman Begins Quotes
Dr. Jonathan Crane : [ after being called down to Arkham by Rachel. She is observing Falcone, who is muttering "scarecrow" over and over ] Miss Dawes, this is most irregular. I have nothing further to add to the report I filed with the judge.
Rachel Dawes : I have questions about your report.
Dr. Jonathan Crane : Such as?
Rachel Dawes : Isn't it convenient for a 52 year old man who has no history of mental illness to suddenly have a complete psychotic breakdown, just when he's about to be indicted?
Dr. Jonathan Crane : Well, as you can see for yourself, there is nothing "convenient" about his symptoms. [ They look at Falcone, still muttering "Scarecrow" ]
Rachel Dawes : What's "scarecrow"?
Dr. Jonathan Crane : Patients suffering delusional episodes often focus their paranoia on an external tormentor. Usually one conforming to Jungian archetypes. In this case, a scarecrow. [ pause ]
Dr. Jonathan Crane : Outside, he was a giant. In here, only the mind can grant you power.
Rachel Dawes : You enjoy the reversal?
Dr. Jonathan Crane : I respect the mind's power over the body. It's why I do what I do.
Rachel Dawes : I have questions about your report.
Dr. Jonathan Crane : Such as?
Rachel Dawes : Isn't it convenient for a 52 year old man who has no history of mental illness to suddenly have a complete psychotic breakdown, just when he's about to be indicted?
Dr. Jonathan Crane : Well, as you can see for yourself, there is nothing "convenient" about his symptoms. [ They look at Falcone, still muttering "Scarecrow" ]
Rachel Dawes : What's "scarecrow"?
Dr. Jonathan Crane : Patients suffering delusional episodes often focus their paranoia on an external tormentor. Usually one conforming to Jungian archetypes. In this case, a scarecrow. [ pause ]
Dr. Jonathan Crane : Outside, he was a giant. In here, only the mind can grant you power.
Rachel Dawes : You enjoy the reversal?
Dr. Jonathan Crane : I respect the mind's power over the body. It's why I do what I do.
Movie: Batman Begins
Alfred Pennyworth : Took quite a fall, didn't we, Master Bruce?
Thomas Wayne : And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Thomas Wayne : And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.
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Bruce Wayne : Yield.
Henri Ducard : You haven't beaten me. You have sacrificed sure footing for a killing stroke.
Henri Ducard : You haven't beaten me. You have sacrificed sure footing for a killing stroke.
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Henri Ducard : You are stronger than your father.
Bruce Wayne : You didn't know my father.
Bruce Wayne : You didn't know my father.
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Rachel Dawes : The DA couldn't understand why Faden insisted on making the hearing public. Falcone paid him off to get Chill out in the open.
Bruce Wayne : Maybe I should be thanking them.
Rachel Dawes : You don't mean that.
Bruce Wayne : What if I do Rachel? My parents deserved justice.
Rachel Dawes : You're not talking about justice. You're talking about revenge.
Bruce Wayne : Sometimes they're the same.
Rachel Dawes : No, they're never the same. Justice is about harmony. Revenge is about you making yourself feel better, which is why we have an impartial system.
Bruce Wayne : Your system is broken.
Rachel Dawes : [ Rachel makes a sharp turn ] You care about justice? Look beyond your own pain, Bruce. This city is rotting. People talk about the depression as if its history. It's not. Things are worse than ever down here. Falcone floods our streets with crime and drugs creating new Joe Chills everyday. Falcone may've not killed your parents Bruce but he's destroying everything they stood for. [ She parks in front of a building ]
Rachel Dawes : You wanna thank him for that? Here you go. We all know where to find him, as long as he keeps the bad people rich and the good people scared no-one will touch him. Good people like your parents won't stand against injustice, they're gone.
Bruce Wayne : I'm not one of your good people Rachel.
Rachel Dawes : What do you mean?
Bruce Wayne : All these years I wanted to kill him. [ reveals the gun ]
Bruce Wayne : Now I can't.
Rachel Dawes : [ Rachel slaps him twice ] Your father would be ashamed of you.
Bruce Wayne : Maybe I should be thanking them.
Rachel Dawes : You don't mean that.
Bruce Wayne : What if I do Rachel? My parents deserved justice.
Rachel Dawes : You're not talking about justice. You're talking about revenge.
Bruce Wayne : Sometimes they're the same.
Rachel Dawes : No, they're never the same. Justice is about harmony. Revenge is about you making yourself feel better, which is why we have an impartial system.
Bruce Wayne : Your system is broken.
Rachel Dawes : [ Rachel makes a sharp turn ] You care about justice? Look beyond your own pain, Bruce. This city is rotting. People talk about the depression as if its history. It's not. Things are worse than ever down here. Falcone floods our streets with crime and drugs creating new Joe Chills everyday. Falcone may've not killed your parents Bruce but he's destroying everything they stood for. [ She parks in front of a building ]
Rachel Dawes : You wanna thank him for that? Here you go. We all know where to find him, as long as he keeps the bad people rich and the good people scared no-one will touch him. Good people like your parents won't stand against injustice, they're gone.
Bruce Wayne : I'm not one of your good people Rachel.
Rachel Dawes : What do you mean?
Bruce Wayne : All these years I wanted to kill him. [ reveals the gun ]
Bruce Wayne : Now I can't.
Rachel Dawes : [ Rachel slaps him twice ] Your father would be ashamed of you.
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Batman : [ to James Gordon ] Don't turn around. You're a good cop. One of the few.
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Lucius Fox : [ Bruce points to the Tumbler ] The Tumbler? Oh you wouldn't be interested in that. [ Cuts to Bruce test driving the Tumbler on an indoor course, with Fox in the passenger's seat describing the vehicle ]
Lucius Fox : She was built as a bridging vehicle. During combat, two of these would jump over a river, towing cables. Over here on the throttle, flip that open and throttle up. This will boost you into a rampless jump. [ Bruce goes to flip the throttle ]
Lucius Fox : Not now! Not... not now, Sir! [ Bruce flips it back ]
The Tumbler : Afterburner disengaged.
Lucius Fox : We never could get the damn bridge to work, but this baby works just fine. [ Bruce brings the Tumbler to a stop. He is very impressed ]
Lucius Fox : So what do you think?
Bruce Wayne : Does it come in black?
Lucius Fox : She was built as a bridging vehicle. During combat, two of these would jump over a river, towing cables. Over here on the throttle, flip that open and throttle up. This will boost you into a rampless jump. [ Bruce goes to flip the throttle ]
Lucius Fox : Not now! Not... not now, Sir! [ Bruce flips it back ]
The Tumbler : Afterburner disengaged.
Lucius Fox : We never could get the damn bridge to work, but this baby works just fine. [ Bruce brings the Tumbler to a stop. He is very impressed ]
Lucius Fox : So what do you think?
Bruce Wayne : Does it come in black?
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Henri Ducard : You've traveled the world to understand the criminal mind and conquer your fears.
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Batman : Hold on.
Rachel Dawes : What are you doing?
Batman : Short cut. [ He takes the Tumbler up to the top of a parking garage. Entering the garage, he breaks the gate, and the guy at the booth simply looks on ]
Uniformed Policeman #1 : Air one to ground. Block that ramp. [ the Tumbler squeezes into a compact parking space, pushing aside cars in the immediately adjacent spaces ]
Uniformed Policeman #1 : He's got no way off that roof. [ One of the cops takes out his megaphone and says ]
Policeman # 2 : Turn off your engine. Step away from the car.
Batman : Trust me. [ presses a button ]
The Tumbler : Weapon system activated. [ He blasts through the concrete barrier at the edge of the roof. Then Batman accelerates the Tumbler towards the gap. As the Tumbler nears the edge, it goes into a rampless jump to scale the street. It makes its way across city rooftops ]
Policeman # 3 : Who is this guy?
Policeman # 4 : Where's he going?
Policeman # 3 : He's on the roof. [ He looks up to see debris coming over the edge of the roof ]
Policeman # 4 : What street is he taking?
Policeman # 3 : He's not on a street. He's flying on rooftops! [ the Tumbler, meanwhile, jumps onto the roof of a church, destroying part of the roof as it crosses. It eventually jumps onto a highway, and takes an offramp to the lower level of Wacker Drive ]
Rachel Dawes : What are you doing?
Batman : Short cut. [ He takes the Tumbler up to the top of a parking garage. Entering the garage, he breaks the gate, and the guy at the booth simply looks on ]
Uniformed Policeman #1 : Air one to ground. Block that ramp. [ the Tumbler squeezes into a compact parking space, pushing aside cars in the immediately adjacent spaces ]
Uniformed Policeman #1 : He's got no way off that roof. [ One of the cops takes out his megaphone and says ]
Policeman # 2 : Turn off your engine. Step away from the car.
Batman : Trust me. [ presses a button ]
The Tumbler : Weapon system activated. [ He blasts through the concrete barrier at the edge of the roof. Then Batman accelerates the Tumbler towards the gap. As the Tumbler nears the edge, it goes into a rampless jump to scale the street. It makes its way across city rooftops ]
Policeman # 3 : Who is this guy?
Policeman # 4 : Where's he going?
Policeman # 3 : He's on the roof. [ He looks up to see debris coming over the edge of the roof ]
Policeman # 4 : What street is he taking?
Policeman # 3 : He's not on a street. He's flying on rooftops! [ the Tumbler, meanwhile, jumps onto the roof of a church, destroying part of the roof as it crosses. It eventually jumps onto a highway, and takes an offramp to the lower level of Wacker Drive ]
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Ra's al Ghul : You were my greatest student. It should be you standing by my side, saving the world.
Bruce Wayne : I'll be standing where I belong. Between you and the people of Gotham.
Ra's al Ghul : No one can save Gotham.
Bruce Wayne : I'll be standing where I belong. Between you and the people of Gotham.
Ra's al Ghul : No one can save Gotham.
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Lt. James Gordon : The Narrows is tearing itself to pieces.
Batman : This is just the beginning. If they hit the whole city with toxins, there's nothing to stop Gotham from tearing itself apart through mass panic.
Lt. James Gordon : How are they gonna do that?
Batman : They'll be using the train. [ as Batman describes what will happen, we cut to a camera view following the monorail beam ]
Batman : The monorail follows the water mains to the central hub beneath Wayne Tower. If they get their machine into Wayne station, it'll cause a chain reaction that'll vaporize the entire city's water supply.
Lt. James Gordon : Covering Gotham in this poison.
Batman : I'm gonna stop them from loading that train, but I may need your help.
Lt. James Gordon : What do you need?
Batman : [ holds up the remote to the Tumbler ] Can you drive stick?
Batman : This is just the beginning. If they hit the whole city with toxins, there's nothing to stop Gotham from tearing itself apart through mass panic.
Lt. James Gordon : How are they gonna do that?
Batman : They'll be using the train. [ as Batman describes what will happen, we cut to a camera view following the monorail beam ]
Batman : The monorail follows the water mains to the central hub beneath Wayne Tower. If they get their machine into Wayne station, it'll cause a chain reaction that'll vaporize the entire city's water supply.
Lt. James Gordon : Covering Gotham in this poison.
Batman : I'm gonna stop them from loading that train, but I may need your help.
Lt. James Gordon : What do you need?
Batman : [ holds up the remote to the Tumbler ] Can you drive stick?
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Batman : [ taps the Bat-signal ] Nice
Jim Gordon : I couldn't find any mob bosses
Batman : Well Sergeant
Jim Gordon : Its Lieutenant now, you really started something, bent cops running scared, hope on the streets
Batman : But?
Jim Gordon : We still haven't picked up Crane or half the inmates he released from the asylum
Batman : We will, we can bring Gotham back
Jim Gordon : What about escalation?
Batman : Escalation?
Jim Gordon : We start carrying semi automatics, they buy automatics, we start wearing Kevlar, they buy armor piercing rounds, and *you're* wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops. take this guy: armed robbery, double homicide. Got a taste for the theatrical, like you. Leaves a calling card.
Jim Gordon : [ Gordon presents Batman with a clear plastic evidence bag containing what appears to be a single playing card; Batman turns it over to reveal a "Joker" ]
Batman : I'll look into it.
Batman : [ turns away from Gordon and walks toward the rooftop ledge ]
Jim Gordon : I never said, "Thank you."
Batman : [ looks back to Gordon ] And you'll never have to.
Jim Gordon : I couldn't find any mob bosses
Batman : Well Sergeant
Jim Gordon : Its Lieutenant now, you really started something, bent cops running scared, hope on the streets
Batman : But?
Jim Gordon : We still haven't picked up Crane or half the inmates he released from the asylum
Batman : We will, we can bring Gotham back
Jim Gordon : What about escalation?
Batman : Escalation?
Jim Gordon : We start carrying semi automatics, they buy automatics, we start wearing Kevlar, they buy armor piercing rounds, and *you're* wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops. take this guy: armed robbery, double homicide. Got a taste for the theatrical, like you. Leaves a calling card.
Jim Gordon : [ Gordon presents Batman with a clear plastic evidence bag containing what appears to be a single playing card; Batman turns it over to reveal a "Joker" ]
Batman : I'll look into it.
Batman : [ turns away from Gordon and walks toward the rooftop ledge ]
Jim Gordon : I never said, "Thank you."
Batman : [ looks back to Gordon ] And you'll never have to.
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Henri Ducard : And do you still feel responsible for your parents' death?
Bruce Wayne : My anger outweighs my guilt.
Henri Ducard : Come.
Bruce Wayne : My anger outweighs my guilt.
Henri Ducard : Come.
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Alfred Pennyworth : Why bats, Master Wayne?
Bruce Wayne : Bats frighten me. It's time my enemies shared my dread.
Bruce Wayne : Bats frighten me. It's time my enemies shared my dread.
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Alfred Pennyworth : Are you coming back to Gotham for long, sir?
Bruce Wayne : As long as it takes. I'm gonna show the people of Gotham their city doesn't belong to the criminals and the corrupt.
Alfred Pennyworth : In the depression, your father nearly bankrupted Wayne Enterprises combating poverty. He believed that his example could inspire the wealthy of Gotham to save their city.
Bruce Wayne : Did it?
Alfred Pennyworth : In a way. Their murders shocked the wealthy and the powerful into action.
Bruce Wayne : People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne, as a man I'm flesh and blood I can be ignored I can be destroyed but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.
Alfred Pennyworth : What symbol?
Bruce Wayne : Something elemental, something terrifying.
Alfred Pennyworth : I assume that as you're taking on the underworld, this symbol is a persona to protect those you care about from reprisals.
Bruce Wayne : You thinking about Rachel?
Alfred Pennyworth : Actually, sir, I was thinking of myself.
Bruce Wayne : As long as it takes. I'm gonna show the people of Gotham their city doesn't belong to the criminals and the corrupt.
Alfred Pennyworth : In the depression, your father nearly bankrupted Wayne Enterprises combating poverty. He believed that his example could inspire the wealthy of Gotham to save their city.
Bruce Wayne : Did it?
Alfred Pennyworth : In a way. Their murders shocked the wealthy and the powerful into action.
Bruce Wayne : People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne, as a man I'm flesh and blood I can be ignored I can be destroyed but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.
Alfred Pennyworth : What symbol?
Bruce Wayne : Something elemental, something terrifying.
Alfred Pennyworth : I assume that as you're taking on the underworld, this symbol is a persona to protect those you care about from reprisals.
Bruce Wayne : You thinking about Rachel?
Alfred Pennyworth : Actually, sir, I was thinking of myself.
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Rachel Dawes : Bruce, I don't suppose there's any way to convince you not to come.
Bruce Wayne : Someone at this proceeding should stand for my parents.
Rachel Dawes : We all loved your parents, Bruce. What Chill did is unforgivable.
Bruce Wayne : Then why is your boss letting him go?
Rachel Dawes : In prison, he shared a cell with Carmine Falcone, he learned things and he will testify in exchange for early parole.
Bruce Wayne : Rachel, this man killed my parents. I cannot let that pass. And I need you to understand that, please.
Bruce Wayne : Someone at this proceeding should stand for my parents.
Rachel Dawes : We all loved your parents, Bruce. What Chill did is unforgivable.
Bruce Wayne : Then why is your boss letting him go?
Rachel Dawes : In prison, he shared a cell with Carmine Falcone, he learned things and he will testify in exchange for early parole.
Bruce Wayne : Rachel, this man killed my parents. I cannot let that pass. And I need you to understand that, please.
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Alfred Pennyworth : Will you be heading back to Princeton after the hearing, sir, or can I persuade you to stay on for a day or two?
Bruce Wayne : I'm not heading back at all.
Alfred Pennyworth : You don't like it there?
Bruce Wayne : I like it fine. They just don't feel the same way.
Alfred Pennyworth : I've prepared the master bedroom.
Bruce Wayne : No. My room will be fine.
Alfred Pennyworth : With all due respect, sir, Wayne Manor is your house.
Bruce Wayne : No, Alfred, it's my father's house.
Alfred Pennyworth : Your father is dead.
Bruce Wayne : This place is a mausoleum. If I have my way, I'll pull the damn thing down brick by brick.
Alfred Pennyworth : This house, Master Wayne, has sheltered six generations of your family.
Bruce Wayne : Why do you give a damn, Alfred? It's not your family.
Alfred Pennyworth : I give a damn, because a good man once made me responsible for what was most precious to him in the whole world. Miss Dawes has offered to drive you to the hearing. She probably hopes to talk you out of going.
Bruce Wayne : Should I just bury the past out there with my parents, Alfred?
Alfred Pennyworth : I wouldn't presume to tell you what to do with your past, sir. Just know that there are those of us who care about what you do with your future.
Bruce Wayne : Haven't given up on me yet?
Alfred Pennyworth : Never.
Bruce Wayne : I'm not heading back at all.
Alfred Pennyworth : You don't like it there?
Bruce Wayne : I like it fine. They just don't feel the same way.
Alfred Pennyworth : I've prepared the master bedroom.
Bruce Wayne : No. My room will be fine.
Alfred Pennyworth : With all due respect, sir, Wayne Manor is your house.
Bruce Wayne : No, Alfred, it's my father's house.
Alfred Pennyworth : Your father is dead.
Bruce Wayne : This place is a mausoleum. If I have my way, I'll pull the damn thing down brick by brick.
Alfred Pennyworth : This house, Master Wayne, has sheltered six generations of your family.
Bruce Wayne : Why do you give a damn, Alfred? It's not your family.
Alfred Pennyworth : I give a damn, because a good man once made me responsible for what was most precious to him in the whole world. Miss Dawes has offered to drive you to the hearing. She probably hopes to talk you out of going.
Bruce Wayne : Should I just bury the past out there with my parents, Alfred?
Alfred Pennyworth : I wouldn't presume to tell you what to do with your past, sir. Just know that there are those of us who care about what you do with your future.
Bruce Wayne : Haven't given up on me yet?
Alfred Pennyworth : Never.
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Rachel Dawes : The day that Chill died, I... I said terrible things.
Bruce Wayne : But true things. I *was* a coward with a gun. Justice is about more than revenge, so, thank you.
Bruce Wayne : But true things. I *was* a coward with a gun. Justice is about more than revenge, so, thank you.
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[ Earle enters the conference room and, in disbelief, sees Fox, resplendent in a suit and bow tie, distributing materials to board members seated around the table ]
Earle : Fox? I seem to remember firing you.
Lucius Fox : You did. I got another job: Yours.
Earle : On whose authority?
Earle : Fox? I seem to remember firing you.
Lucius Fox : You did. I got another job: Yours.
Earle : On whose authority?
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Rachel Dawes : Hey, what the hell are you doing?
Ra's al Ghul : Gentlemen, time to spread the word. And the word is panic.
Ra's al Ghul : Gentlemen, time to spread the word. And the word is panic.
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Bruce Wayne : I thought the point of solitary confinement was the solitary part.
Henri Ducard : These men have mistaken you for a criminal, Mr. Wayne...
Henri Ducard : These men have mistaken you for a criminal, Mr. Wayne...
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Loeb : [ talking to Gordon on walkie-talkie ] Gordon... there's nobody left to send in. [ the Tumbler jumps across the river ]
Lt. James Gordon : So I'm on my own?
Lt. James Gordon : So I'm on my own?
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