Batman Begins Quotes

Bruce Wayne : [ seated in the back of his car; he answers the phone ] Bruce Wayne.
Earle : What makes you think *you* can decide who's running Wayne Enterprises?
Bruce Wayne : Well, the fact that I'm the owner.
Earle : What are you talking about? The company went public a week ago.
Bruce Wayne : And I bought most of the shares - through various charitable foundations, and trusts, and so forth. Look, it's all a bit technical, but the important thing is that *my* company's future is secure. [ speaks slightly louder ]
Bruce Wayne : Right, Mister Fox?
Lucius Fox : Right you are, Mister Wayne. [ turns to Earle, takes off his glasses, and relishly says ]
Lucius Fox : Didn't you get the memo?

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[ in the Narrows, a boy goes out onto the balcony to escape his parents' arguing; he sees Batman hanging on the side of the building, spying on a nearby one ]
Little Boy : It's you, isn't it? Everyone's been talking about you.
Father : [ from inside ] Get in here!
Mother : [ from inside ] Don't you yell at him like that!
Little Boy : The other kids won't believe me. [ Batman folds the optic instrument he's been using, and tosses it to the boy ]

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Rachel Dawes : [ Bruce and Rachel haven't seen each other for years. Bruce is wet from swimming in a "pool" in the restaurant ] Bruce?
Bruce Wayne : Rachel?
Rachel Dawes : I heard you were back. What are you doing?
Bruce Wayne : Uh, just swimming. Wow, it is good to see you.
Rachel Dawes : You were gone a long time.
Bruce Wayne : I know, how are things?
Rachel Dawes : The same. Job's getting worse.
Bruce Wayne : Can't change the world on your own.
Rachel Dawes : What choice do I have when you're too busy swimming?
Bruce Wayne : Rachel, all- all this, it- it's not me, inside, I am, I am more.
European supermodel : Come on, Bruce.
European supermodel 2 : We have some more hotels for you to buy.
Rachel Dawes : Bruce, deep down you may still be that great kid you used to be, but it's not who you are underneath, it's what you *do* that defines you.

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Bruce Wayne - age 8 : [ riding his father's monorail ] Did you build this train, Dad?
Thomas Wayne : Gotham's been good to our family, but the city's been suffering. People less fortunate than us have been enduring very hard times. So we built a new, cheap, public transportation system to unite the city. And at the center... Wayne Tower. [ We see the building in the skyline from the window ]
Bruce Wayne - age 8 : Is that where you work?
Thomas Wayne : No, I work at the hospital. I leave the running of our company to much better men.
Bruce Wayne - age 8 : Better?
Thomas Wayne : Well... more interested men.

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Finch : Falcone has half the city bought and paid for. Drop it.
Rachel Dawes : How can you say that?
Finch : Because as much as I care about getting Falcone, I care more about you. [ Rachel kisses Finch lightly on the cheek ]
Rachel Dawes : That's sweet... but we've been through all that.

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Jim Gordon : This guy did deliver us one of the city's biggest crime lords.
Loeb : No one takes the law into their own hands in my city. Understand?

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Ra's al Ghul : When a forest grows too wild a purging fire is inevitable and natural. Tomorrow, the world will watch in horror as its greatest city destroys itself. The movement back to harmony will be unstoppable this time.
Bruce Wayne : You've attacked Gotham before?
Ra's al Ghul : Of course. Over the ages our weapons have grown more sophisticated. With Gothan we tried a new one: economics. But we underestimated certain of Gotham's citizens... such as your parents. Gunned down by one of the very people they were trying to help. Create enough hunger and everyone becomes a criminal. Their deaths galvanized the city into saving itself and Gotham has limped on ever since. We are back to finish the job. And this time no misguided idealists will get in the way. Like your father you lack the courage to do all that is necessary. If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them... and stab them in the heart.

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[ Rachel grabs a gun to protect herself and a little boy from escaped asylum inmates ]
Little Boy : Batman will save us. He'll come. He'll come.
Rachel Dawes : [ raises gun and shields the boy's face ] Don't peek.

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The Scarecrow : They scream, and they cry, much as your doing now.

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Rachel Dawes : Crane?
Dr. Jonathan Crane : No, Scarecrow!

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Bruce Wayne : Who is he? [ implying the man imprisoned in a wooden cage ]
Henri Ducard : He was a farmer. Then he tried to take his neighbor's land and became a murderer. Now he is a prisoner.
Bruce Wayne : What'll happen to him?
Henri Ducard : Justice. Crime can not be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding.

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[ last lines ]
Jim Gordon : I never said thank you.
Batman : And you'll never have to.

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Old Asian Prisoner : You have dream?
Bruce Wayne : Nightmare.
Old Asian Prisoner : Worse than this?

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