The Dark Knight quotes

128 total quotes

Alfred Pennyworth
Bruce Wayne/Batman
Commissioner Gordon

Harvey Dent/ Two-Face
Rachel Dawes
The Joker

View Quote [To the Joker] This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good.

View Quote [Quoting Harvey Dent] "Either you die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

View Quote [To Harvey Dent] You're the symbol of hope I can never be.

View Quote [After being told he's crazy] I'm not. No, I'm not.

View Quote And here we...go.

View Quote [Regarding him as a planner] I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know...I just do things.

View Quote I believe...whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you...stranger.

View Quote [After his truck has crashed] Harvey, Harvey, Harvey Dent. [pushes the unconscious (or dead) driver out of the way] Excuse me, I wanna drive. [takes the wheel]

View Quote [Hanging upside down over the edge of a building] Madness, as you know, is like gravity...all it takes is a little push!

View Quote [After Batman asks Joker why he wants to kill him] I don't want to kill you. What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mob dealers? No...no, no. No, you...complete me.

View Quote Introduce a little anarchy...upset the established order...and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos.

View Quote You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time...but you were wrong! The world is cruel. And the only morality in a cruel world is chance. Unbiased, unprejudiced, fair.

View Quote [Batman has agreed to take the blame for Two-Face's murders so that Harvey Dent can be remembered as a hero] He's the hero that Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now...and so we'll hunt him...because he can take it...because he's not our hero... he's a silent guardian, a watchful protector... the Dark Knight. [credits roll]

View Quote 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.

View Quote [Gordon is on the roof standing by the lit Batsignal, looking at it painted on the clouds, as Det. Ramirez brings him coffee]
Ramirez: You expecting him to show?
Gordon: He often doesn't.
Ramirez: Why wouldn't he show?
Gordon: Hopefully... [sips his coffee] ...because he's busy.
Ramirez: Then why do you light it?
Gordon: I just like to remind people he's out there.
[We see a montage of people looking up at the signal from around the city; two criminals beside a car planning a crime see the signal and one gets nervous and runs off; then we see the Chechen with his crew at a parking garage looking at the signal]
The Chechen: That is why we bring dogs!