The Dark Knight Quotes
The Dark Knight
When the menace known as the Joker emerges from his mysterious past, he wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham. The Dark Knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
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PG-13 | 2h 32min | Action, Crime, Drama | 18 July 2008 (USA)
Harvey Dent: Lightly irradiated bills. Fancy stuff for a city cop. Have help?
Lt. James Gordon: We liase with various agencies.
Harvey Dent: Save it, Gordon. I want to meet him.
Lt. James Gordon: We liase with various agencies.
Harvey Dent: Save it, Gordon. I want to meet him.
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Harvey Dent: Alfred, right?
Alfred Pennyworth: That's right, sir.
Harvey Dent: Yeah, Rachel talks about you all the time. You've known her, her whole life!
Alfred Pennyworth: Oh, not yet, sir.
Harvey Dent: Heh heh heh. Any psychotic ex-boyfriends I should be aware of?
Alfred Pennyworth: [smiles] Oh, you have no idea.
Alfred Pennyworth: That's right, sir.
Harvey Dent: Yeah, Rachel talks about you all the time. You've known her, her whole life!
Alfred Pennyworth: Oh, not yet, sir.
Harvey Dent: Heh heh heh. Any psychotic ex-boyfriends I should be aware of?
Alfred Pennyworth: [smiles] Oh, you have no idea.
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[first lines]
Grumpy: [before a bank heist] Three of a kind, let's do this.
Chuckles: That's it, three guys?
Grumpy: Two guys on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is plenty.
Chuckles: Six shares, don't forget the guy who planned the job.
Grumpy: He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice? I know why they call him "The Joker."
Grumpy: [before a bank heist] Three of a kind, let's do this.
Chuckles: That's it, three guys?
Grumpy: Two guys on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is plenty.
Chuckles: Six shares, don't forget the guy who planned the job.
Grumpy: He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice? I know why they call him "The Joker."
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Bruce Wayne : Targeting me won't get their money back. I knew the mob wouldn't go down without a fight, but this is different. They crossed the line.
Alfred Pennyworth : You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation. And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
Bruce Wayne : Criminals aren't complicated, Alfred. Just have to figure out what he's after.
Alfred Pennyworth : With respect, sir, perhaps this is a man that *you* don't fully understand.
Alfred Pennyworth : You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation. And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
Bruce Wayne : Criminals aren't complicated, Alfred. Just have to figure out what he's after.
Alfred Pennyworth : With respect, sir, perhaps this is a man that *you* don't fully understand.
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Harvey Dent : The famous Bruce Wayne. Rachel's told me everything about you.
Bruce Wayne : I certainly hope not.
Bruce Wayne : I certainly hope not.
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Gotham National Bank Manager : Oh, criminals in this town used to believe in things. Honor. Respect. Look at you! What do you believe in, huh? WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN? [ Bozo leans down and sticks a grenade in the manager's mouth ]
Bozo : I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... [ takes off his mask ]
The Joker : ...stranger.
Bozo : I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... [ takes off his mask ]
The Joker : ...stranger.
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Mayor : [ regarding The Joker ] What do we got?
Lt. James Gordon : Nothing. No matches on prints, DNA, dental. Clothing is custom, no labels. Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint. No name, no other alias.
Lt. James Gordon : Nothing. No matches on prints, DNA, dental. Clothing is custom, no labels. Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint. No name, no other alias.
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[ stumbles out of wrecked truck ]
The Joker : [ to Batman ] Come on, I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me. *Hit me!*
The Joker : [ to Batman ] Come on, I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me. *Hit me!*
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Happy : So why do they call him "The Joker"?
Dopey : I heard he wears make-up.
Happy : Make-up?
Dopey : Yeah, to scare people. You know, war paint.
Dopey : I heard he wears make-up.
Happy : Make-up?
Dopey : Yeah, to scare people. You know, war paint.
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Harvey Dent : Alfred, right?
Alfred Pennyworth : That's right, sir.
Harvey Dent : Yeah, Rachel talks about you all the time. You've known her, her whole life!
Alfred Pennyworth : Oh, not yet, sir.
Harvey Dent : Heh heh heh. Any psychotic ex-boyfriends I should be aware of?
Alfred Pennyworth : [ smiles ] Oh, you have no idea.
Alfred Pennyworth : That's right, sir.
Harvey Dent : Yeah, Rachel talks about you all the time. You've known her, her whole life!
Alfred Pennyworth : Oh, not yet, sir.
Harvey Dent : Heh heh heh. Any psychotic ex-boyfriends I should be aware of?
Alfred Pennyworth : [ smiles ] Oh, you have no idea.
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The Joker : Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We are tonight's entertainment! I only have one question. Where is Harvey Dent? [ nobody responds; The Joker walks around the room pointing with his shotgun at everyone ]
The Joker : You know where Harvey is? You know who he is? [ grabs a man's face ]
The Joker : You know where I can find Harvey? I need to talk to him about something. Just something, a little. [ turns the man's face away ]
The Joker : No...
The Joker : You know where Harvey is? You know who he is? [ grabs a man's face ]
The Joker : You know where I can find Harvey? I need to talk to him about something. Just something, a little. [ turns the man's face away ]
The Joker : No...
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Bruce Wayne : You know that day that you once told me about, when Gotham would no longer need Batman? It's coming.
Rachel Dawes : Bruce. You can't ask me to wait for that.
Bruce Wayne : It's happening now. Harvey is that hero. He locked up half of the city's criminals, and he did it without wearing a mask. Gotham needs a hero with a face.
Rachel Dawes : Bruce. You can't ask me to wait for that.
Bruce Wayne : It's happening now. Harvey is that hero. He locked up half of the city's criminals, and he did it without wearing a mask. Gotham needs a hero with a face.
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[ Lau announces that he's removed all the mob's cash from their banks before the police raid, and stashed them in a secure location ]
Lau : Now, obviously, no one except me can know the location for now. But rest assured, your money is safe. [ From outside comes the sound of loud, fake laughter. The mob bosses turn and see the Joker enter ]
The Joker : And I thought my jokes were bad.
Lau : Now, obviously, no one except me can know the location for now. But rest assured, your money is safe. [ From outside comes the sound of loud, fake laughter. The mob bosses turn and see the Joker enter ]
The Joker : And I thought my jokes were bad.
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Alfred Pennyworth : A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. One day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne : Then why steal them?
Alfred Pennyworth : Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Bruce Wayne : Then why steal them?
Alfred Pennyworth : Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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The Joker : You know, I'll settle for his loved ones.
Gentleman at Party : We're not intimidated by thugs!
The Joker : [ as he smacks his lips ] You know, you remind me of my father. [ the Joker pulls out his switchblade and brings it to the Gentleman's mouth ]
The Joker : I hated my father!
Rachel Dawes : [ off-screen ] Okay, stop! [ turns to face Rachel, tosses the Gentleman to his thugs and approaches Rachel, adjusting his hair with the knife ]
The Joker : Well, hello, beautiful. You must be Harvey's squeeze, hm? And you *are* beautiful. [ the Joker hovers around the incredibly nervous Rachel ]
The Joker : Well, you look nervous. Is it the scars? You want to know how I got 'em? [ He grabs Rachel's head and positions the knife by her mouth ]
The Joker : Come here. Hey! Look at me. So I had a wife, beautiful, like you, who tells me I worry too much. Who tells me I ought to smile more. Who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks... Look at me! One day, they carve her face. And we have no money for surgeries. She can't take it. I just want to see her smile again, hm? I just want her to know that I don't care about the scars. So... I stick a razor in my mouth and do this... [ the Joker mimics slicing his mouth open with his tongue ]
The Joker : ...to myself. And you know what? She can't stand the sight of me! She leaves. Now I see the funny side. Now I'm always smiling! [ Rachel knees the Joker in the groin; he merely laughs it off ]
The Joker : A little fight in you. I like that.
Batman : [ off-screen ] Then you're going to love me. [ attacks him ]
Gentleman at Party : We're not intimidated by thugs!
The Joker : [ as he smacks his lips ] You know, you remind me of my father. [ the Joker pulls out his switchblade and brings it to the Gentleman's mouth ]
The Joker : I hated my father!
Rachel Dawes : [ off-screen ] Okay, stop! [ turns to face Rachel, tosses the Gentleman to his thugs and approaches Rachel, adjusting his hair with the knife ]
The Joker : Well, hello, beautiful. You must be Harvey's squeeze, hm? And you *are* beautiful. [ the Joker hovers around the incredibly nervous Rachel ]
The Joker : Well, you look nervous. Is it the scars? You want to know how I got 'em? [ He grabs Rachel's head and positions the knife by her mouth ]
The Joker : Come here. Hey! Look at me. So I had a wife, beautiful, like you, who tells me I worry too much. Who tells me I ought to smile more. Who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks... Look at me! One day, they carve her face. And we have no money for surgeries. She can't take it. I just want to see her smile again, hm? I just want her to know that I don't care about the scars. So... I stick a razor in my mouth and do this... [ the Joker mimics slicing his mouth open with his tongue ]
The Joker : ...to myself. And you know what? She can't stand the sight of me! She leaves. Now I see the funny side. Now I'm always smiling! [ Rachel knees the Joker in the groin; he merely laughs it off ]
The Joker : A little fight in you. I like that.
Batman : [ off-screen ] Then you're going to love me. [ attacks him ]
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The Joker : It's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, do you know how I got these scars?
Batman : No! But I know how you got these!
Batman : No! But I know how you got these!
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[ bumps along while driving hijacked truck ]
The Joker : I like this job - I like it!
The Joker : I like this job - I like it!
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[ first lines. Grumpy and Chuckles pick up Bozo on the street ]
Grumpy : Three of a kind, let's do this!
Chuckles : Huh that's it? Three guys?
Grumpy : Plus two guys on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is plenty.
Chuckles : *Six* shares. Don't forget the guy who planned the job.
Grumpy : He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice? I know why they call him "the Joker." [ up on the roof, Happy and Dopey are breaking open the alarm box ]
Happy : So why do they call him "the Joker"?
Dopey : I hear he wears makeup.
Happy : Makeup?
Dopey : Yeah to scare people. You know, war paint. [ On the street, Bozo, Grumpy and Chuckles get out of their car and run inside the bank. Grumpy fires off a round into the air to grab the attention of the customers and tellers ]
Grumpy : All right everybody! Hands up, heads down! [ In the background, Chuckles overpowers one of the guards ]
Grumpy : Let's put hands up, heads down! [ Grumpy grabs a teller by his collar and pulls him over his desk ]
Grumpy : Let's go pal! I'm making a withdrawal here! [ He then points his gun at a female teller ]
Grumpy : I said hands up! [ on the roof, Happy and Dopey are waiting eagerly ]
Dopey : Here comes the silent alarm... [ presses a button to disable it ]
Dopey : ... and there it goes! [ Downstairs, Grumpy has managed to pull the female teller over the counter. Up on the roof ]
Dopey : That's funny. It didn't dial out to 911 - it was trying to reach a private number.
Happy : Is there a problem?
Dopey : Nah, nah I'm done here. [ Happy shoots him, steals his bag, and rushes downstairs in
Grumpy : Three of a kind, let's do this!
Chuckles : Huh that's it? Three guys?
Grumpy : Plus two guys on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is plenty.
Chuckles : *Six* shares. Don't forget the guy who planned the job.
Grumpy : He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice? I know why they call him "the Joker." [ up on the roof, Happy and Dopey are breaking open the alarm box ]
Happy : So why do they call him "the Joker"?
Dopey : I hear he wears makeup.
Happy : Makeup?
Dopey : Yeah to scare people. You know, war paint. [ On the street, Bozo, Grumpy and Chuckles get out of their car and run inside the bank. Grumpy fires off a round into the air to grab the attention of the customers and tellers ]
Grumpy : All right everybody! Hands up, heads down! [ In the background, Chuckles overpowers one of the guards ]
Grumpy : Let's put hands up, heads down! [ Grumpy grabs a teller by his collar and pulls him over his desk ]
Grumpy : Let's go pal! I'm making a withdrawal here! [ He then points his gun at a female teller ]
Grumpy : I said hands up! [ on the roof, Happy and Dopey are waiting eagerly ]
Dopey : Here comes the silent alarm... [ presses a button to disable it ]
Dopey : ... and there it goes! [ Downstairs, Grumpy has managed to pull the female teller over the counter. Up on the roof ]
Dopey : That's funny. It didn't dial out to 911 - it was trying to reach a private number.
Happy : Is there a problem?
Dopey : Nah, nah I'm done here. [ Happy shoots him, steals his bag, and rushes downstairs in
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The Joker : Oh, you. You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You are truly incorruptible, aren't you? Huh? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
Batman : You'll be in a padded cell forever.
The Joker : Maybe we can share one. You know, they'll be doubling up, the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds.
Batman : This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good.
The Joker : Until their spirit breaks completely. Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent and all the heroic things he's done. You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight with you? No. You need an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey.
Batman : What did you do?
The Joker : I took Gotham's white knight and I brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push! [ the Joker laughs hysterically as Batman races off and the cops come to take the Joker into custody ]
Batman : You'll be in a padded cell forever.
The Joker : Maybe we can share one. You know, they'll be doubling up, the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds.
Batman : This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good.
The Joker : Until their spirit breaks completely. Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent and all the heroic things he's done. You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight with you? No. You need an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey.
Batman : What did you do?
The Joker : I took Gotham's white knight and I brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push! [ the Joker laughs hysterically as Batman races off and the cops come to take the Joker into custody ]
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Lt. James Gordon : [ to Harvey Dent ] Everyone knows you're Gotham's White Knight.
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The Joker : [ to Det. Stephens ] 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?
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[ last lines ]
James Gordon Jr. : Why's he running, Dad?
Lt. James Gordon : Because we have to chase him.
James Gordon Jr. : He didn't do anything wrong.
Lt. James Gordon : 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.
James Gordon Jr. : Why's he running, Dad?
Lt. James Gordon : Because we have to chase him.
James Gordon Jr. : He didn't do anything wrong.
Lt. James Gordon : 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.
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[ ***SPOILER*** the Joker pins Batman, in view of the two rigged ferries ]
The Joker : We really should stop fighting, we'll miss the fireworks!
Batman : There aren't going to be any fireworks!
The Joker : And here... we... go! [ Silence. Nothing happens. Confused, Joker turns to look at the clock, which shows that it's past midnight and neither ferry has blown the other up ]
Batman : What were you hoping to prove? That, deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're *alone*!
The Joker : [ sighs ] Can't rely on anyone these days...
The Joker : We really should stop fighting, we'll miss the fireworks!
Batman : There aren't going to be any fireworks!
The Joker : And here... we... go! [ Silence. Nothing happens. Confused, Joker turns to look at the clock, which shows that it's past midnight and neither ferry has blown the other up ]
Batman : What were you hoping to prove? That, deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're *alone*!
The Joker : [ sighs ] Can't rely on anyone these days...
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The Chechen : What are you going to do with all your money?
The Joker : See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and gunpowder... [ the Chechen watches, appalled, as Joker's thugs pour gasoline on his mountain of cash ]
The Joker : And gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They're cheap!
The Joker : See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and gunpowder... [ the Chechen watches, appalled, as Joker's thugs pour gasoline on his mountain of cash ]
The Joker : And gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They're cheap!
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