Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) - Quotes

Taglines: Nuclear Power. In the best hands, it is dangerous. In the hands of Lex Luthor, it is pure evil. This is Superman's greatest battle. And it is for all of us.

Taglines: FLYING THROUGH NEW DANGER THIS SUMMER

Lex Luthor: Is the world gonna be vaporized?

Superman: No. It's the same as it's always been, Luthor. On the brink. With good fighting evil. See you in twenty.

Nuclear Man: Where is the woman?

Superman: Give it up, you'll never find her.

Nuclear Man: If you will not tell me, I will hurt people!

Superman: You'd risk world wide nuclear war for your own personal financial gain.

Lex Luthor: Nobody wants war. I just want to keep the threat alive

Lacy Warfield: What's he going to say?

Lois Lane: Something wonderful.

Superman: Madam Chairman, I don't represent any one particular country, but I'd like to address the delegates.

U.N. Chairwoman: [all delegates raise their hands] Well, in that case, you will need a sponsor. I believe that will do. Please.

Lacy Warfield: You can't park here! You'll get towed! Lois, do you have any idea how much a ticket's gonna cost here?

Lois Lane: Lacy, it's only money!

Superman: How'd you like going solo?

Lois Lane: I loved it . . . Not as much as being with you.

Superman: I need to be with you too. You make me laugh. You're the only one I can talk to, Lois. See, sometimes, I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

Lois Lane: I'm always here for you, you know that. And you'll do the right thing, no matter what it is, you always have.

Superman: Thank you. You know something?

Lois Lane: What?

Superman: You don't even know my name.

Lois Lane: Kal-El.

Superman: [she nods] You remember, don't you?

Lois Lane: I remember everything.

Superman: [he shakes his head and sighs; He gives her a long, passionate kiss. As he lifts his head away from her face, Lois's eyes are closed, her head falls back, and her shoulders relax. She is in a trance-like state. Superman takes his glasses off her dress. She is bobbling back and forth. Superman walks back into his apartment and goes to his room. Clark comes out wearing a suit and puts on his glasses. He takes Lois's coat and purse on the armchair and walks to the door leading to the balcony] Never set one of them above the rest. Love all humanity instead". It's not fair.

Clark Kent: [Lois is still in a trance-like state. When he calls her name, she starts to awaken; Lois swings her head sexily towards Clark. She turns her head around uncertainly] Lois. Uh Lois, it's time to go. We'll be late.

Clark Kent: Oh no, that's okay. I don't want to catch a cold. Here you go.

Lois Lane: God!

Clark Kent: Shall we go?

Lois Lane: [Lois and Clark start walking toward the door] I feel kinda weird. I feel like I've jet lag or something like-

Clark Kent: Jeepers!

Lois Lane: [The two stop at the door, and Lois looks at Clark] Am I gonna go crazy? How about you? Are you still down?

Clark Kent: Nope. Things are pretty clear, really.

Lois Lane: [Lois places her hands on Clark's arms; She winks. She walks to the door and turns around, pointing the hand with her purse at Clark, the other grabbing the doorknob] Good! Too much thinking wears down your batteries. Clark! You gotta go with your gut!

Clark Kent: [Lois opens the door] Hm?

Lois Lane: [She walks out, the door slightly closing behind her] C'mon!

Clark Kent: Lois?

Lois Lane: There you are? What happened?

Clark Kent: What happened? What do ya - what do you mean, "what happened?

Lois Lane: [Clark sighs] Oh, nothing, nothing. Just uh meet me at the lobby at six o'clock for the press awards dinner, wear something really nice, and don't be late. You must have been talking about some other Lois? Huh?

Clark Kent: Lois, I'm sorry. I completely forgot.

Lois Lane: Okay. Go get your penguin suit on, and we'll go.

Clark Kent: [Clark walks over to an armchair and sits] No, I'd-I'd rather not, if you don't mind. I got a lot of thinking to do. But, um, you go ahead, okay.

Lois Lane: [she takes off her coat; she sits down in another armchair. She puts her hand on Clark's] Clark? Something's wrong, isn't there? Is there anything I can do?

Lois Lane: What?

Lois Lane: [to herself; to Clark; she pats Clark's leg] Fresh air? Fresh air. Fresh air! Sure! Sure, Clark!

Clark Kent: [the two get up and head for the balcony, arm in arm] Okay.

Lois Lane: Sure, huh!

Clark Kent: C'mon.

Lois Lane: [Clark opens the doors to the balcony, and the two walk out; the two keep walking; Clark keeps walking, pulling Lois along; Clark walks onto the balcony edge, pulling Lois along; Lois grabs his arm; Clark keeps walking, pulling Lois along; Clark walks off the balcony, with Lois falling with him; Clark lets go of her hand and falls ahead; Superman arrives, wearing Clark's glasses, and catches Lois. Lois wraps her arms around Superman and smiles. She then sees that Superman is wearing Clark's glasses, surprising her; she takes off Clark's glasses and puts them on the belt of her dress. She sighs erotically] Who needs a driver chicken sandwich pieces anyway, right? Let's go! C'mon! Let's get some fresh air! Breathe, breathe, breathe! Breathe! Don't you feel better? Clark? Clark?! Clark, things aren't that bad! Clark, stop! Ahh! Clark! Clark! Clark! Clark? Superman!

Lex Luthor: You know what I can do with a single strand of Superman's hair?

Lenny: You can make a toupee that flies!

Lex Luthor: That hair is a sample of Superman's genetic material, the building blocks in his body. With my genius and enough nuclear power to mutate the genes, I can create a being who's more powerful than him..with total allegiance to me.

Perry White: You're late, Kent.

Clark Kent: I'm sorry, Mr. White. It won't happen again.

Perry White: Ha!

Prison Inmates: (Luthor has an annoying habit of whistling Mozart on the rock pile, to prove his intellectual superiority) Hey, everybody, Mozart's back!! (Chain gang inmates line up and whistle Mozart in unison)

Nuclear Man: [repeated line] Destroy Superman.

Lex Luthor: [to Superman] A toast. To a nice guy who's about to finish last.

Lex Luthor: [to Superman] You know, you're a work-o-holic. Don't you ever stop, smell the roses, huh?

Lex Luthor: [to Superman] This is my nephew Lenny. He worships me.

Lex Luthor: [to Lenny] He gets his energy from the sun. Without it, he's like you at night - useless.

Lex Luthor: Lenny, let's try and keep your IQ a family secret.

Lex Luthor: Lenny, I've always considered you the Dutch Elm disease in my family tree.

Lois Lane: [to Clark Kent, about Superman] Well, if he can't manage and if he really is in trouble, then there's, uh, there's a few things I'd like to tell him. I'd tell him that I will always cherish the time we spent together. And I never expected anything in return and no matter how few minutes I saw him for, it always made me happy. And I would tell him, that I love him. And that I'll always love him. And that whatever happens to the world, I, I know that he's doing his best to make sure it'll be all right for the rest of us.

Superman: Once more, we have survived the threat of war and found a fragile peace. I thought I could give you all the gift of the freedom from war, but I was wrong. It's not mine to give. We're still a young planet. There are galaxies out there. Other civilizations for us to meet and to learn from. What a brilliant future we could have. And there will be peace – there will be peace when the people of this world want it so badly that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them. I just wish you could all see the Earth the way that I see it. Because when you really look at it, it's just one world.

Superman: Madam secretary. Honorable delegates. Ladies and gentlemen. For many years now, I've lived among you as a visitor. I've seen the beauty of your many cultures. I've felt great joy in your magnificent accomplishments. And I have also seen the folly of your wars. As of today, I'm not a visitor anymore, because the Earth is my home too. We can't live in fear, and I can't stand by and watch as we stumble into madness of possible nuclear destruction. And so I've come to a decision. I'm going to do what our governments have been unwilling or unable to do. Effective immediately, I'm going to rid our planet of all nuclear weapons.