Smallville Quotes
Lucas: [to Clark] So, you and Lex seem close.
Pete: What, are you kidding? They're like brothers.
Clark: So, Lucas, where did you grow up?
Lucas: All over.
Pete: Must be kind of weird not knowing your mom or your dad.
Lucas: No, not really. Parents always try to make you little versions of them selves. When you grow up without those constraints, you're allowed to become your own person.
Clark: It's an interesting theory. I don't think I buy it, though.
Lucas: All right. Let's take you and Lex, for example. If he were raised by your parents and you were raised by Lionel, you wouldn't grow up to be different people? Trust me, you'd be rich and miserable, and he'd be wearing flannel. But if you were left totally alone, abandoned by your parents, how do you think you'd turn out?
Pete: What, are you kidding? They're like brothers.
Clark: So, Lucas, where did you grow up?
Lucas: All over.
Pete: Must be kind of weird not knowing your mom or your dad.
Lucas: No, not really. Parents always try to make you little versions of them selves. When you grow up without those constraints, you're allowed to become your own person.
Clark: It's an interesting theory. I don't think I buy it, though.
Lucas: All right. Let's take you and Lex, for example. If he were raised by your parents and you were raised by Lionel, you wouldn't grow up to be different people? Trust me, you'd be rich and miserable, and he'd be wearing flannel. But if you were left totally alone, abandoned by your parents, how do you think you'd turn out?
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Lex: I bet a lot of people are out looking for you. Like your friends from Edge City.
Lucas: Oh, wow, Lex, is that a threat?
Lex: You know, Lucas, the Luthor gene pool is a shark tank, and our father's just chummed the waters. Good Luck.
Lucas: Oh, wow, Lex, is that a threat?
Lex: You know, Lucas, the Luthor gene pool is a shark tank, and our father's just chummed the waters. Good Luck.
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Clark: I'm sorry that Lucas didn't turn out to be the brother you wanted.
Lex: Considering his father, I'm surprised he's still alive at all.
Clark: Where is Lucas now?
Lex: Safe. But I'm going to have some work to do to regain his trust.
Clark: You will. You're not your father.
Lex: Sometimes, Clark, we're all held hostage by the will of our fathers. The only difference is, your dad is a good man. All my father does is push people away.
Lex: Considering his father, I'm surprised he's still alive at all.
Clark: Where is Lucas now?
Lex: Safe. But I'm going to have some work to do to regain his trust.
Clark: You will. You're not your father.
Lex: Sometimes, Clark, we're all held hostage by the will of our fathers. The only difference is, your dad is a good man. All my father does is push people away.
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Clark: As long as I live, I don't think I'm ever going to understand your family.
Lex: Neither will I. Just remember, my father may try and rule the world, but yours will inherit the earth.
Lex: Neither will I. Just remember, my father may try and rule the world, but yours will inherit the earth.
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Chloe: Well, this is gonna make quite a story. "Clark Kent ends record-breaking perfect attendance streak." Sorry. I'm doing it again. I just... I've never seen you sick before, and it just got me thinking, you know? What if something did happen to you? And I never got to... [pause] So in yet another classic maneuver to avoid emotional intimacy, I wrote my feelings down so that I could read them to you, thereby eliminating embarrassing eye contact. [reading] "I want to let you in on a secret. I'm not who you think I am. In fact, my disguise is so thin, I'm surprised you haven't seen right through me. I'm the girl of your dreams masquerading as your best friend. Sometimes I want to rip off this façade like I did at the Spring Formal, but I can't because you'll get scared and you'll run away again. So I decided that it's better to live with a lie than expose my true feelings." [stops] This is so much easier when you're unconscious... [continues reading] "My dad told me there are two types of girls. The ones you grow out of and the ones you grow into. I really hope I'm the latter. I may not be the one you love today, but I'll let you go for now, hoping one day you'll fly back to me because I think you're worth the wait."
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Clark: I offered Dad a bit of spot welding, but he said it'd only slow him down.
Jonathan: Son, as hard as it is for you to believe, even your abilities are no substitute for a three-quarter inch copper washer.
Jonathan: Son, as hard as it is for you to believe, even your abilities are no substitute for a three-quarter inch copper washer.
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Clark: Pete, are you sure the ship will be safe in your shed?
Pete: Yeah, we'll put it between the old Betamax and my dad's Pong game. Indiana Jones couldn't find it down there.
Pete: Yeah, we'll put it between the old Betamax and my dad's Pong game. Indiana Jones couldn't find it down there.
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Jonathan: Look, I need you to promise me that you won't tell anybody about this, and I mean anybody.
Helen: Mr. Kent, I take my doctor/patient confidentiality very seriously. But Clark needs proper care.
Jonathan: Doctor, Clark isn't exactly what you'd call a normal boy.
Helen: I need to get a blood sample.
Jonathan: Listen, Dr. Bryce, you can't do that.
Helen: Is this some sort of religious thing?
Jonathan: No, I mean literally, you can't do that.
Helen: Mr. Kent, I take my doctor/patient confidentiality very seriously. But Clark needs proper care.
Jonathan: Doctor, Clark isn't exactly what you'd call a normal boy.
Helen: I need to get a blood sample.
Jonathan: Listen, Dr. Bryce, you can't do that.
Helen: Is this some sort of religious thing?
Jonathan: No, I mean literally, you can't do that.
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Clark: Is Chloe okay?
Lana: What happened to you really affected her. Me too. It was really hard seeing you sick. Guess I somehow always thought of you as invincible.
Clark: Now you think I'm just human.
Lana: I guess that's my way of saying that you mean a lot to me, Clark. And I know it's not very eloquent... but I guess some people are just better with words than others.
Lana: What happened to you really affected her. Me too. It was really hard seeing you sick. Guess I somehow always thought of you as invincible.
Clark: Now you think I'm just human.
Lana: I guess that's my way of saying that you mean a lot to me, Clark. And I know it's not very eloquent... but I guess some people are just better with words than others.
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Clark: What is it?
Swann: It's a message from the stars, Clark. All my life, I've been staring out into space wondering. Wondering is anybody else out there? And then 13 years ago, I got an answer.
Clark: The day of the meteor shower.
Swann: One of my receiving stations picked up a faint signal. It took me years to decrypt it. And finally, I discovered a mathematical key that was built into the transmission.
Clark: Can you read it?
Swann: Yes. It says "This is Kal-El of Krypton. Our infant son, our last hope. Please protect him and deliver him from evil."
Swann: It's a message from the stars, Clark. All my life, I've been staring out into space wondering. Wondering is anybody else out there? And then 13 years ago, I got an answer.
Clark: The day of the meteor shower.
Swann: One of my receiving stations picked up a faint signal. It took me years to decrypt it. And finally, I discovered a mathematical key that was built into the transmission.
Clark: Can you read it?
Swann: Yes. It says "This is Kal-El of Krypton. Our infant son, our last hope. Please protect him and deliver him from evil."
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Swann: I've always wondered what happened to that child, if he survived the journey, if he lived among us. And then three days ago, I saw the symbol for Hope burned onto the side of a barn in Smallville, and I found that the farmer and his wife had an adopted son.
Clark: So you think I'm Kal-El? I'm just Clark Kent.
Swann: No, no, I'm not trying to expose you, Clark. I'm just... I'm just seeking the truth.
Clark: I'm sorry, Doctor. The truth is, I'm not who you think I am.
Swann: If you can live with that decision, so can I. But if you walk out that door, it'll never be open to you again.
Clark: So you think I'm Kal-El? I'm just Clark Kent.
Swann: No, no, I'm not trying to expose you, Clark. I'm just... I'm just seeking the truth.
Clark: I'm sorry, Doctor. The truth is, I'm not who you think I am.
Swann: If you can live with that decision, so can I. But if you walk out that door, it'll never be open to you again.
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Swann: That's where Krypton was. I followed the signal's path billions of miles out into space. I was hoping to discover its origin but instead, I found nothing.
Clark: Planets just don't disappear. What do you think happened to it?
Swann: Oh, it could be any one of a million different scenarios. War, famine, disease. I mean, look at the world around us. Is it really that hard to believe?
Clark: Planets just don't disappear. What do you think happened to it?
Swann: Oh, it could be any one of a million different scenarios. War, famine, disease. I mean, look at the world around us. Is it really that hard to believe?
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Clark: It's a message from my biological father. I'm sure I'm reading it wrong.
Jonathan: Why? What does it say?
Clark: [reading] "On this third planet from this star Sol, you will be a god among men. They are a flawed race. Rule them with strength, my son. That is where your greatness lies." I think I was sent here to conquer. What kind of planet am I from?
Jonathan: Why? What does it say?
Clark: [reading] "On this third planet from this star Sol, you will be a god among men. They are a flawed race. Rule them with strength, my son. That is where your greatness lies." I think I was sent here to conquer. What kind of planet am I from?
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Jonathan: Clark Kent, you're here to be a force for good, not a force of evil.
Clark: How can you be so sure?
Jonathan: Because I am your father. I raised you, and I know you better than anyone.
Clark: How can you be so sure?
Jonathan: Because I am your father. I raised you, and I know you better than anyone.
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Chloe: What are you doing to those poor citrus?
Clark: Well, apparently there's enough acid in them to act as a battery.
Chloe: How very "Survivor" of you. What are you going to call it? A Clockwork Orange?
Pete: Don't you wish you were the first one to say that?
Clark: Well, apparently there's enough acid in them to act as a battery.
Chloe: How very "Survivor" of you. What are you going to call it? A Clockwork Orange?
Pete: Don't you wish you were the first one to say that?
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Clark: It's like Cyrus is in his own world. He takes teenage alienation to a whole new level.
Lana: Well, we all have our ways of escaping from our lives. I ride, Chloe writes, and you... you do incredibly strenuous farm chores by yourself.
Clark: Well, I guess you know my deepest and darkest secret now.
Lana: Well, we all have our ways of escaping from our lives. I ride, Chloe writes, and you... you do incredibly strenuous farm chores by yourself.
Clark: Well, I guess you know my deepest and darkest secret now.
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Clark: You don't think he's really an alien, do you?
Chloe: No. But wouldn't it be awesome if he was, though?
Clark: Yeah, it'd be the story of the century, wouldn't it?
Chloe: This isn't about Pulitzers, Clark. I mean, can you imagine being from another planet? The experiences you could share?
Clark: It wouldn't freak you out?
Chloe: Compared to most people, I think aliens would be a step up.
Chloe: No. But wouldn't it be awesome if he was, though?
Clark: Yeah, it'd be the story of the century, wouldn't it?
Chloe: This isn't about Pulitzers, Clark. I mean, can you imagine being from another planet? The experiences you could share?
Clark: It wouldn't freak you out?
Chloe: Compared to most people, I think aliens would be a step up.
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Pete: Clark, couldn't the bone yard visit have waited till after the rain stopped?
Clark: It's the only way to disprove the zombie theory.
Pete: Yeah. Well, if this Emily girl really is a ghost I really don't think she'd appreciate you scoping out her coffin.
Clark: It's the only way to disprove the zombie theory.
Pete: Yeah. Well, if this Emily girl really is a ghost I really don't think she'd appreciate you scoping out her coffin.
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Lex: I never figured you for having an identity crisis, Clark.
Clark: It's for a friend.
Lex: Haven't heard that one before. What's your friend's problem? Napoleon or Messiah complex?
Clark: Actually he thinks he's an alien.
Lex: So that proves he isn't... come on, Clark, if you were really an alien would you go around telling people about it?
Clark: Probably not.
Lex: Let me guess. Your friend, he's a little odd. Spends a lot of time alone, thinks no one understands him. I just described myself in high school. It's a classic outsider profile. I'd say he's just trying to get attention. You believe there are aliens among us, Clark?
Clark: It's for a friend.
Lex: Haven't heard that one before. What's your friend's problem? Napoleon or Messiah complex?
Clark: Actually he thinks he's an alien.
Lex: So that proves he isn't... come on, Clark, if you were really an alien would you go around telling people about it?
Clark: Probably not.
Lex: Let me guess. Your friend, he's a little odd. Spends a lot of time alone, thinks no one understands him. I just described myself in high school. It's a classic outsider profile. I'd say he's just trying to get attention. You believe there are aliens among us, Clark?
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Chloe: Trust me. This kid is more David Blaine than he is Wall of Weird.
Clark: All right, well, that still doesn't explain how he cured Tyson.
Chloe: Yeah, I haven't figured that one out yet. But I'd be willing to bet that he faked that one too somehow.
Clark: No, I was there. It was real.
Chloe: Okay, well, I'm not discounting the possibility that he may have some magic healing power. But if he does, it's probably byproduct of meteorite poisoning. He is no more extraterrestrial than you are.
Clark: All right, well, that still doesn't explain how he cured Tyson.
Chloe: Yeah, I haven't figured that one out yet. But I'd be willing to bet that he faked that one too somehow.
Clark: No, I was there. It was real.
Chloe: Okay, well, I'm not discounting the possibility that he may have some magic healing power. But if he does, it's probably byproduct of meteorite poisoning. He is no more extraterrestrial than you are.
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Jonathan: Sheriff, we know our son and Clark would never deliberately hurt anybody. I'm sure whatever he did, he did it 'cause he thought he had to.
Sheriff Adams: By throwing another young man across my police car? I ran a complete check on your son, Mr. Kent. He's been at more crime scenes than Eliot Ness.
Martha: If Clark's been involved with police business, it's only because he was trying to help people.
Sheriff Adams: Or maybe he's got some kind of hero complex? I mean, even heroes got to play by the rules.
Sheriff Adams: By throwing another young man across my police car? I ran a complete check on your son, Mr. Kent. He's been at more crime scenes than Eliot Ness.
Martha: If Clark's been involved with police business, it's only because he was trying to help people.
Sheriff Adams: Or maybe he's got some kind of hero complex? I mean, even heroes got to play by the rules.
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Pete: Clark Kent, convict.
Chloe: Yeah, I know, when do you get fit for that orange jump suit? Or is it one size fits all?
Clark: Forty hours of community service is not funny... it's an orange vest.
Chloe: Oh, no! It's gonna clash with the plaid!
Pete: Welcome to Smallville, where you stop the crime, you do the time.
Adams: Very pithy. Maybe I should use that as my campaign slogan?
Chloe: Yeah, I know, when do you get fit for that orange jump suit? Or is it one size fits all?
Clark: Forty hours of community service is not funny... it's an orange vest.
Chloe: Oh, no! It's gonna clash with the plaid!
Pete: Welcome to Smallville, where you stop the crime, you do the time.
Adams: Very pithy. Maybe I should use that as my campaign slogan?
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Lex: Lana, I know what it's like to feel vulnerable.
Lana: You?
Lex: Trust me. Eccentric bald kids sit pretty low on the prep school totem pole.
Lana: You?
Lex: Trust me. Eccentric bald kids sit pretty low on the prep school totem pole.
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Jonathan: You did throw him into that car, Clark.
Clark: Maybe this is where it all starts. Remember what it said in the spaceship? "They're a flawed race. Rule them with strength."
Jonathan: Son, I got into a lot of fights when I was your age too, believe me. But, Clark, these are not alien feelings. What you have to remember under these circumstances is that there are consequences.
Martha: Your father's right. You don't make decisions in a split second that you have to live with for the rest of your life.
Jonathan: Clark, it's true. We are a flawed race, sure. But we're a flawed race that raised you. You're a lot more human than you think.
Clark: Maybe this is where it all starts. Remember what it said in the spaceship? "They're a flawed race. Rule them with strength."
Jonathan: Son, I got into a lot of fights when I was your age too, believe me. But, Clark, these are not alien feelings. What you have to remember under these circumstances is that there are consequences.
Martha: Your father's right. You don't make decisions in a split second that you have to live with for the rest of your life.
Jonathan: Clark, it's true. We are a flawed race, sure. But we're a flawed race that raised you. You're a lot more human than you think.
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Lana: Lex has a way of bringing out a side of me that's both scary and liberating at the same time.
Clark: Well, you know the first rule of self defense is to avoid conflict.
Lana: Relax, Clark, I'm not about to go prowling the night fighting crime. I'll leave that to the expert.
Clark: Well, you can trust me, there's no future in fighting crime unless you enjoy being sued.
Clark: Well, you know the first rule of self defense is to avoid conflict.
Lana: Relax, Clark, I'm not about to go prowling the night fighting crime. I'll leave that to the expert.
Clark: Well, you can trust me, there's no future in fighting crime unless you enjoy being sued.
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Clark: My article about the debate team. Oh, Chloe, I'm really sorry. I'll give it to you first thing tomorrow morning.
Chloe: Well, unfortunately Clark, I needed it tonight. To fill in the hole, I had to blow up the lunch menu to a 60-point type. I'm sure the student body is going to find that fascinating.
Chloe: Well, unfortunately Clark, I needed it tonight. To fill in the hole, I had to blow up the lunch menu to a 60-point type. I'm sure the student body is going to find that fascinating.
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Henry Small: I guess some small part of me is still getting used to all this.
Lana: What, dropping by for a casual visit with your daughter?
Henry Small: No, entering a business co-owned by a Luthor without an injunction in my hand.
Lana: What, dropping by for a casual visit with your daughter?
Henry Small: No, entering a business co-owned by a Luthor without an injunction in my hand.
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Clark: What are you doing out of jail?
Eric: Seems I've got friends in higher places that I didn't even know about. And suddenly, you're not so anonymous.
Clark: I'll testify, if that's what it takes to put you away.
Eric: Oh no, I'd think about that Kent. I mean, I know you're unbreakable, but people that you care about aren't. I'd sure hate to think something happened to those wholesome parents of yours.
Eric: Seems I've got friends in higher places that I didn't even know about. And suddenly, you're not so anonymous.
Clark: I'll testify, if that's what it takes to put you away.
Eric: Oh no, I'd think about that Kent. I mean, I know you're unbreakable, but people that you care about aren't. I'd sure hate to think something happened to those wholesome parents of yours.
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Clark: Dad, look around. Look at what they did to this place. You said yourself I can't protect you. You have to think of Mom. You have to think about the baby.
Jonathan: I am thinking about Mom. I am thinking about the baby. I'm also thinking about you.
Clark: Dad, please! Please.
Jonathan: All right, I'll take your mother to a doctor in Metropolis, and maybe stay with your grandfather for a couple days. Son, I'd feel a whole hell of a lot better if you'd agree to come with us.
Clark: I can't.
Jonathan: Clark, I'm not going to stand here and ask you to do nothing because you and I both know that I would not do nothing. But I want you to remember something son. They have your strength, but they don't have any of your other abilities. You make sure you give yourself a fighting chance.
Jonathan: I am thinking about Mom. I am thinking about the baby. I'm also thinking about you.
Clark: Dad, please! Please.
Jonathan: All right, I'll take your mother to a doctor in Metropolis, and maybe stay with your grandfather for a couple days. Son, I'd feel a whole hell of a lot better if you'd agree to come with us.
Clark: I can't.
Jonathan: Clark, I'm not going to stand here and ask you to do nothing because you and I both know that I would not do nothing. But I want you to remember something son. They have your strength, but they don't have any of your other abilities. You make sure you give yourself a fighting chance.
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Chloe: I don't understand why the most powerful man in the city is interested in helping me.
Lionel: We're after the same thing, Miss Sullivan... the truth. You know, journalists are the midwives of history. Perhaps, with my help, we could make history together.
Lionel: We're after the same thing, Miss Sullivan... the truth. You know, journalists are the midwives of history. Perhaps, with my help, we could make history together.
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