Poll: Top Batman Quotes

Results of 296 votes:

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   Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)

    

   You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
2. 2.
   

   Michael Keaton in Batman (1989)

    

   I’m not going to kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me.
3. 3.
   

   Christian Bale and Katie Holmes in Batman Begins (2005)

    

   It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.
4. 4.
   

   "Batman" Burt Ward and Adam West 1966 ABC

    

   Quick! To the Batmobile!
5. 5.
   

   #2

    

   When that light hits the sky… it’s not just a call. It’s a warning.
6. 6.
   

   Christian Bale in Batman Begins (2005)

    

   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…
7. 7.
   

   Christian Bale in The Dark Knight (2008)

    

   You’ll hunt me. You’ll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that’s what needs to happen. Because sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to ha…
8. 8.
   

   Ben Affleck and Ezra Miller in Justice League (2017)

    

   Barry Allen: What are your superpowers again? I’m rich.
9. 9.
   

   Adam West in Batman: The Movie (1966)

    

   Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb.
10. 10.
    

    Christian Bale and Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (2008)

     

    Batman to Joker: What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone’s as ugly as you? You’re alone.
11. 11.
    

    Christian Bale in Batman Begins (2005)

     

    Alfred Pennyworth: Why bats, Master Wayne? Bats frighten me. It’s time my enemies share my dread.
12. 12.
    

    The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

     

    The idea was to be a symbol. Batman could be anybody. That was the point.
13. 13.
    

    Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

     

    A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy’s shoulders to let him know the world hadn’t ended.
14. 14.
    

    George Clooney and Michael Gough in Batman & Robin (1997)

     

    Bruce Wayne to Alfred: Not all the heroes wear masks.
15. 15.
    

    Christian Bale and Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

     

    Batman to Bane: Tell me where the trigger is. Then you have my permission to die.
16. 16.
    

    Christian Bale and Liam Neeson in Batman Begins (2005)

     

    Batman to Henri Ducard: I won’t kill you… but I won’t have to save you.
17. 17.
    

    Ben Affleck and Jeremy Irons in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

     

    Bruce Wayne to Alfred: Criminals are like weeds. Pull one up, another grows in its place.
18. 18.
    

    Ben Affleck in Justice League (2017)

     

    Clark Kent: How did you get the house back from the bank? I bought the bank.
19. 19.
    

    Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

     

    I’m not afraid. I’m angry.
20. 20.
    

    George Clooney in Batman & Robin (1997)

     

    Robin: I want a car. Chicks dig the car. This is why Superman works alone.
21. 21.
    

    Ben Affleck in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

     

    I’m real when it’s useful.
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    #12

     

    Bruce Wayne to Alfred: Criminals aren’t complicated. We just need to figure out what he’s after.
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    George Clooney in Batman & Robin (1997)

     

    Vengeance isn’t power, anyone can take a life. But to give life, that’s true power.
24. 24.
    

    Val Kilmer and Chris O'Donnell in Batman Forever (1995)

     

    Bruce Wayne to Dick Grayson: You make the kill. But your pain doesn’t die with Harvey, it grows. So you run out into the night to find another face, and another, and another, until one terrible mornin…
25. 25.
    

    Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995)

     

    I don’t blend in at a family picnic.
26. 26.
    

    Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

     

    Men are still good. We fight. We kill. We betray one another. But we can rebuild. We can do better. We will. We have to.
27. 27.
    

    Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995)

     

    I’m both Bruce Wayne and Batman. Not because I have to be. Now, because I choose to be.
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    George Clooney and Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin (1997)

     

    Batman to Poison Ivy: Why are all the gorgeous ones homicidal maniacs? Is it me?