Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - Quotes

Superman: [''Wracked with guilt and rejection''] I didn't see it, Lo. Standing right there, and I didn't see it.

Bruce: [[w:Indian Ocean|the Indian Ocean] It's a weapon. It's a rock. A mineral capable of weakening Kryptonian cells. The first sample big enough to mean something turned up in ] three months ago. It is now aboard the White Portuguese being delivered to Lex Luthor. Who I am going to steal it from.

Alfred: To keep it out of Luthor's hands. To destroy it.

Bruce: No.

Alfred: You're going to go to war?

Bruce: That son of a bitch brought war to us two years ago. Jesus, Alfred, count the dead. Thousands of people. What's next? Millions? He has the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's a 1% chance that he is our enemy, we have to take it as an absolute certainty! And we have to destroy him.

Alfred: But he is not our enemy!

Bruce: [''Walks away''] Not today. Twenty years in Gotham, Alfred. we've seen what promises are worth. How many good guys are left. How many stayed that way. Fourteen hours.

James Harmon: [''Walks up to Diana with an elderly couple''; ''To Diana''] I wonder, would you excuse us? There's something I'd like to show you.

Diana: [''To couple''] I'm sorry.

James Harmon: [''Walks away with Diana''; ''They walk up to museum case display of sword artifact''; [w:Cura Si Manjakini|the sword of Alexander; [w:Gordian Knot|the Gordian Knot] Now some scholars insist it never happened, but I believe its the action perfectly in keeping with a king who was also a psychopathic killer. For me, its the culmination of 40 years of curating. And I can't believe it, but I've finally got it here. It's ]. It's the blade that cut ]. It's a triumph.

Diana: Yes.

James Harmon: Enjoy.

Diana: [''He walks away''] Thank you.

Bruce: [''Approaches''; [w:1998|'98] It's a fake. The real one was sold in ] on the black market. And now it hangs...

Diana: [''Looks at him and smiles factually''; ''Walks away''] Over the bed of the Sultan of Hajar. Excuse me.

Bruce: [''Grabs her arm with her glancing down''] Excuse me, miss. The other night you took something that doesn't belong to you. Stealing's not polite.

Diana: Is it stealing if you steal from another thief?

Bruce: Who are you?

Diana: Someone interested in the same man you are.

Bruce: Is that right?

Bruce: [''Diana attempts to walk past him with him thwarting her''] You know, I bet with that dress, nine out of ten men will let you get away with anything.

Diana: But you're the tenth?

Bruce: Hmm, I'm guessing I'm the first to see through that babe-in-the-woods act. You don't know me, but I've known a few women like you.

Diana: [''Turns smiling to him''; ''Turns to walk away''] I don't think you've ever known a woman like me. You know, it's true what they say about little boys. Born with no natural inclination to share. I didn't steal your drive. I borrowed it. You'll find it in the glove compartment of your car. Mr. Wayne.

Swannick: [''Lois approaches him washing hands in restroom''] Wrong room Miss.

Lois: Secretary Swannick, you haven't been returning my phone calls.

Swannick: Miss Lane, if you'd like an interview, Major Farris is just outside that door.

Lois: You're treating me like a stranger?

Swannick: I'm treating you like a reporter.

Lois: All right. Is the U.S. government providing experimental military arms to rebels in Africa?

Swannick: [''Walks away''; [w:Tin foil hat|A tin-foil hat?] You know, with balls like yours, you belong in here. What's your source on this? ]

Lois: [''Follows him holding up a baggie of bullet''; [w:The Pentagon|The Pentagon] No, not tin. But it's metal. Fired in the Superman incident. Experts at ] can't ID it. We haven't been told the truth.

Swannick: [''Walks up to her''; ''Walks away''] Here's the truth. A reporter got greed for a scoop and went where she shouldn't have. Superman acted like some rogue combatant to rescue her, and people died. Don't invent a conspiracy theory to put back his halo. Or yours.

Vikram Gandhi: [[w:paradigm shift|paradigm shift] We, as a population on this planet, have been looking for a savior. Ninety percent of people believe in a higher power – and every religion believes in some sort messianic figure. And when this savior character actually comes to Earth, we want to make him abide by our rules? We have to understand that this is a ]. We have to start thinking beyond politics.

Andrew Sullivan: Are there any moral constraints on this person? We have international law. On this Earth, every act is a political act.

Charlie Rose: Is it really surprising that the most powerful man in the world should be a figure of controversy?

Senator June Finch: To have an individual engaging in these state-level interventions should give us all pause.

Glenn Woodburn: Human beings have a horrible track record of following people with great power down paths that led to huge human atrocities.

Vikram Gandhi: We have always created icons in our own image. What we've done is we project ourselves on to him. The fact is, maybe he's not some sort of Devil or Jesus character. Maybe he’s just a guy trying to do the right thing.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: [[Copernicus] We're talking about a being whose very existence challenges our own sense of priority in the universe. When you go back to ] where he restored the Sun in the center of the known universe, displacing Earth, and you get to Darwinian evolution and you find out we're not special on this Earth; we're just one among other lifeforms. And now we learn that we're not even special in the entire Universe – because there is Superman. There he is, an alien among us. We're not alone.

Charlie Rose: Are you, as a United States Senator, personally comfortable saying to a grieving parent, "Superman could've saved your child, but on principle we did not want him to act.

Senator June Finch: I'm not saying he shouldn't act. I'm saying he shouldn't act unilaterally.

Charlie Rose: What are we talking about here then? Must there be a Superman?

Senator June Finch: There is.

Clark Kent: Mr. Wayne! Mr. Wayne! Clark Kent, Daily Planet.

Bruce Wayne: Oh, my foundation has already issued a statement in support of– books.

Clark Kent: Sir?

Bruce Wayne: [''Gazing at Diana Prince''] Wow! Pretty girl – bad habit. Don't quote me, alright?

Clark Kent: What's your position on the bat vigilante in Gotham?

Bruce Wayne: Daily Planet"– Wait, do I own this one? Or was that the other guy?

Clark Kent: Civil liberties are being trampled on in your city; good people living in fear.

Bruce Wayne: Don't believe everything you hear, son.

Clark Kent: I've seen it, Mr. Wayne. He thinks he's above the law.

Bruce Wayne: The Daily Planet criticizing those who think they're above the law is a little hypocritical, wouldn't you say? Considering every time your hero saves a cat out of a tree, you write a puff-piece editorial about an alien who – if he wanted to, could burn the whole place down. There wouldn't be a damn thing we can do to stop it.

Clark Kent: Most of the world doesn't share your opinion, Mr. Wayne.

Bruce Wayne: [[w:Joker (comics)|freaks dressed like clowns] Maybe it's that Gotham City in me. We just have a bad history with ].

Lex Luthor: [Shakes Bruce's hand] Boys! Mmm, Bruce Wayne meets Clark Kent. Ah, I love it! I love bringing people together! How are we? Hi, hello.

Bruce Wayne: Lex.

Lex Luthor: [''Shakes Clark's hand''] Lex. It is a pleasure– Ow! Wow! That is a good grip! You should not pick a fight with this person!

Clark: So why didn't you tell me? You're digging up snakes Lo'. It's kind of dangerous.

Lois: [''Condescendingly smirks''] That is why I didn't tell you.

Perry: Lane, don't you have a plane to catch?

Lois: [''Walks away''] Yes, sir.

Perry: [''Hands paper to Clark''; ''Walks away''] Benefit for the Library of the Metropolis. Someone on the committee that Clark Kent cover it. Probably some old charity crone who's got a thing for nerds.

Kent: [''To Perry in meeting room''] It's like a one-man reign of terror. This bat vigilante has been consistently targeting the port and the adjacent projects and tenements. And, as far as I can tell, the cops are actually helping him.

Perry: [''Makes a sweeping gesture''] Crime Wave in Gotham". Other breaking news; "Water. Wet". Did you file the football yet?

Kent: Why aren't we covering this this? Poor people don't buy papers?

Perry: People don't buy papers, period, Kent.

Kent: Perry, when you assign a story, you're making a choice about who matters. And who's worth it.

Perry: [[w:Robert F. Kennedy|Robert; [w:Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin; [w:John F. Kennedy|John] Good morning, Smallville. The American conscience died with ], ] and ].

Lois: [''Enters meeting room''; ''Holding up [[w:Pactiv Evergreen|a baggie] Sorry. I'm sorry. ] of a bullet] No match. No guys in the crime lab ever seen one before.

Perry: [''Snatches bag from Lois''] It's called a bullet. You shoot people with them.

Lois: Recovered from scene of the firefight in the desert. Not sold anywhere commercially in the world, even black market.

Perry: So?

Lois: [[w:Tuareg people|Tuareg fighters; [w:Sahara|the Sahara] So who gave prototype military rounds to ] in ]?

Perry: You're the reporter. Tell me.

Lois: [[w:Federal government of the United States|the U.S. government] I think ] is arming the rebels while claiming to support the elected government!

Perry: The Ask, Lois!

Lois: [[w:Washington, D.C.|D.C.] Flight to ] Couple of days there.

Perry: Go! Coach. No extra leg room!

Lois: [''Opens door and turns around pointing''] Economy plus.

Perry: Coach!

Bruce: [''After watching an underground bare-knuckle boxing match, then to Anatoli at the bar''] The house treats luck like an insult.

Anatoli: Good luck for one is always his brother's misfortune.

Bruce: [''In Russian''; ''In English''; [w:Bolshoi Theatre|Bolshoi] But all accounts are balanced in the end. Three nights with a ] ballerina and that line was all she taught me.

Anatoli: [[w:One-night stand|Not all, I'm sure; ''Grabs phone and walks away''] ]. Good evening.

Clark: [''Holds up newspaper photo of Kahini to a woman in a tenement''] Is she in?

Woman: No, she's been gone.

Man: What'd she do, officer?

Clark: I'm not a cop. I'm a reporter. The young lady living here...

Man: No, no, she hasn't been back. In fact, if she's smart, then she's gotten out of this city. And you need to get out before dark! Unless you want to run into him.

Woman: Don't listen to that nonsense! Only people scared of him, people who got reason to be.

Clark: Scared of who?

Man: [''Scratches a lottery ticket''; ''Holds up lottery ticket to reveal Batman logo''] There's a new kind of mean in him. He is angry. And he is hunting.

TV news reporter: [''Interviewing Kahini with Superman cooking and listening''; ''Superman stops cooking and walks up to TV''] Because the time has come for the world to hear the other side of the story. They say that Superman is a hero. Okay, but whose hero? If Superman were here right now, what would you say to him?

Kahini Ziri: That my family, too, had dreams. To look him in his eye and ask him how he decides... which lives count, and which ones do not!

Alfred Pennyworth: [[w:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart; [w:harpsichord|the harpsicord] Master Wayne, since the age of seven you have been to the art of deception as ] to ]. But you've never been too hot at lying to me. The White Portuguese is not carrying a dirty bomb. What is it carrying?

Alfred Pennyworth: [''To Bruce over being caught in [[w:Server farm|the server room; ''To self''] Go upstairs and socialize. Some young lady from the Metropolis will make you honest. In your dreams, Alfred.

Alfred Pennyworth: [''Bruce informs him that he can't break into Lex Luthor's house''; ''Hands Bruce an invitation''] Bruce Wayne won't have to. He's been invited.

Alfred Pennyworth: [''Observes wine bottle, then to Bruce''; ''Under breath''] Oh. I hope the next generation of Waynes don't inherit an empty wine cellar. Not that there's likely to be a next generation.

Perry White: [''After watching news report of Wallace vandalizing Superman statue with statement of "False God"''] Jenny. Headline. "End of Love Affair With Man In The Sky". Question mark.

Perry White: [''Walks up to Clark in office''; ''Envisioning headline''] Kent. You're sports today. I want you to go to Gotham and follow up on football. "Underdog Dreams Dashed: Ten Yards between Gotham and Glory". Oh, um, watch yourself over there in Gotham. Don't let them take your lunch money.

June Finch: [''To Lex before testifying before a Congressional hearing''] I grew up on a farm. I know how to wrestle a pig.

June Finch: [''To Lex''] You can call me whatever you like. Take a bucket of piss and call it Granny's Peach Tea. Take a weapon of assassination and call it deterrence. You won't fool a fly or me. I'm not gonna drink it.

Lex Luthor: [''She turns and walks away''] Do you know the oldest lie in America, Senator? It's that power can be innocent. Good luck!

Lex Luthor: [''To June before testifying before a Congressional hearing''] You are going to be on the hot seat in there, Junebug!

Lex Luthor: [''Nicky announces Lex's presence at benefit gala''; ''Gets on stage''; ''Diana turns to look at Bruce''; ''Bruce walks away''; [wikt:philanthropist|philanthropist; [w:Greek language|the Greek; ''Alfred gives Bruce instructions of direction''; [w:Prometheus|Prometheus; [w:Zeus|Zeus'; ''Diane stares unimpressed''; [w:Scientia potentia est|Books are knowledge and knowledge is power; ''sheepishly chuckles''; ''sheepishly chuckles''; ''Benefit gala guests start applauding''] Me? Ah. Okay. Nicky. Uh... you're embarrassing me. Um... speech, speech. Blah, blah, blah. Uh... open bar. The end. Uh... the word "]" comes from ]. Meaning a lover of humanity. It was coined about 2,500 years ago. Gods and men. ] went with us. And he ruined ] plan to destroy mankind, and for that, he was given a thunderbolt, boom! But on a serious note, the Library of Metropolis. But at one time, Dad could not buy them. No. My father could not afford books growing up. He had to root through the garbage for yesterday's newspaper. ], and I am... No. Uh, um... no. What am I? I... what was I saying? No. The bittersweet pain among men is having knowledge with no power, because... because that is paradoxical! And, um... Thank you for coming. Please drink! Drink!

Lex Luthor: See, what we call God depends upon our tribe, Clark Joe, cause God is tribal; God takes sides! No man in the sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from daddy's fist and abominations. I figured out way back if God is all-powerful, He cannot be all-good. And if He is all-good, then He cannot be all-powerful. And neither can you be.

Lex Luthor: [''To June''; ''Points to painting''] You don't think Dad would mind, do you? If I just... changed one thing in this room? Because that should be upside-down. We know better now, don't we? The devils don't come from hell beneath us. No. No, they come from the sky.

Lex Luthor: [''To June over announcing blocking his license to mineral access''; [w:Paul Revere|The redcapes are coming.; [w:Red tape|The redcapes are coming.; ''Sits on table near her and starts drumming table underside''; ''June stops his drumming''] ] ] Hmm. You and your hearings. Galloping through the streets to warn us. One if by land, two if by air. Hmm. Do you know the oldest lie in America, June? Can I call you June?

Lex Luthor: [''To June entering his quarters''; [w:bourbon|bourbon; ''June subtlety declines''] A little ] before lunch? No bourbon?! Kentucky girl like yourself?! Hmm. My dad always said that Kentucky mash was the secret to health. Hmm. This was his room. I kept it just the same. Hmm. "Maybe one day Dad'll come back if I just keep everything the same". Hmm-mm. That is silly. The magical thinking of orphan boys.

Lois Lane: I don't have a halo over my head, General. I walked into the desert, people died. It keeps me awake at night. It should.

Clark Kent / Superman: [''To Lex''] I'll take you in without breaking you, which is more than you deserve.

Clark Kent / Superman: Next time they shine your light in the sky, don't go to it. The Bat is dead. Bury it. Consider this mercy.

Bruce Wayne / Batman: [''To Superman''; ''Superman shoots upwards''] Tell me. Do you bleed? You will.

Bruce Wayne / Batman: There was a time above... a time before. There were perfect things... diamond absolutes. How things fall, things on Earth. And what falls... is fallen. In the dream, they took me to the light. A beautiful lie.