Batman (1989) quotes

View Quote Alexander Knox: (upon seeing a strange, wooden suit of armor in Wayne's display hall) Check this out! He must have been "King of the Wicker People!"

View Quote Lieutenant Eckhardt: Sorry Knox. These two slipped on a banana peel.

View Quote Alexander Knox: You know what they say? They say he can't be killed. They say he drinks blood. They say...
Lieutenant Eckhardt: And I say you're full of shit, Knox. Oh, uh, you can quote me on that.

View Quote [Vickie sits down while Bruce stands, nervous. He wants to tell her something, but he's not sure how to say it.]
Bruce Wayne: You know my life is really complex. You know how a normal person gets up... and goes downstairs and... eats breakfast... kisses somebody goodbye [Bruce stares off in the distance, but his arms move as if to kiss someone goodbye], and... goes to a job [he makes a pushing motion with his hands, as if someone going out a door], and... [hrmmph]... you know?
Vicki Vale: No.

View Quote Batman: He's psychotic.
Vickie: There are some people who say the samething about you.
Batman: What people?
Vickie: Well lets face it, you're not exactly..."normal" are you?
Batman: It's not exactly a "normal" world, is it?

View Quote (Knox and Vicki have found Wayne's display room)
Alexander Knox: Remember: the more they have, the less they're worth.
Vicki Vale: Then he must be the most worthless guy in America.

View Quote [Knox, Wayne, and Vicki are looking at a strange suit of armor.]
Bruce Wayne: It's Japanese.
Alexander Knox: How do you know?
Bruce Wayne: Because I bought it in Japan.

View Quote Boss Carl Grissom: Is that you sugar bumps? [turns around to see Joker in the doorway]. Who the hell are you?
Joker: It's me. "Sugar bumps".
Grissom': Jack? Oh, thank God you're alive! I heard you been...
Joker: Fried? Is that what you heard? You set me up over a woman. A WOMAN!!! You must be insane. [Laughs]
[Grissom reaches for a gun]
Joker:(Pulls out gun) Don't bother.
Grissom: Your life won't be worth SPIT!
Joker: I've been dead once already. It's very liberating. You should think of it as...therapy. (steps forward)
Grissom: Jack, listen...maybe we can cut a deal.
Joker: Jack? Jack is dead, my friend. You can call me... [steps into the light to reveal his gruesome grin] Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier. [Laughs]

View Quote Vicki Vale: What do you want?
The Joker: My face on the one dollar bill.
Vicki Vale: You must be joking.
The Joker: Do I look like I'm joking?

View Quote Vicki Vale: What do you want?
The Joker: Oh, little song, little dance. Batman's head on a lance.

View Quote Nic: Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man! Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man!!
Batman: I'm not gonna kill you. I'd like you to do me a favor. I'd like you to tell all your friends about me.
Nic: What are you?!
Batman: I'm Batman.

View Quote Harvey Dent: We've received a letter from Batman this morning. "Please inform the citizens of Gotham that Gotham City has earned a rest from crime. But if the forces of evil should rise again to cast a shadow on the heart of the city, call me."
Alexander Knox: Question: How do we call him?
Commissioner Gordon: He gave us a signal!

View Quote Batman: I tried to save you.
Joker: You idiot! You made me, remember? You dropped me into that vat of chemicals. That wasn't easy to get over, and don't think that I didn't try!
Batman: I know you did. [punches Joker in the stomach]

View Quote Joker: Have you shipped a million of those things?!
Scientist at Axis Chemical Factory: Yes, sir.
Joker: Ship 'em all! We're gonna take 'em out a whole new door!

View Quote Anchorwoman: Six new deaths, with no clues to the Joker's deadly weapon.
Anchorman: And what is the pattern? Food, alcohol, or beauty and hygeine product? Cologne, mouthwash, underarm deodorant?
Anchorwoman: Or worse yet, there maybe no pattern. The search goes on through Gotham's shopping nightmare.