Mr. Earle "You're in excellent hands. We'll be watching the empire. When you grow up, it'll be waiting for you."
Bruce Wayne/Batman
Christian Bale · 58 quotes
Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul
34 quotes
Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow
Cillian Murphy · 11 quotes
Rachel Dawes
Katie Holmes · 11 quotes
James Gordon
Gary Oldman · 10 quotes
Carmine Falcone
Tom Wilkinson · 9 quotes
Alfred
Michael Caine · 6 quotes
Lucius Fox
Morgan Freeman · 6 quotes
Thomas Wayne
Linus Roache · 4 quotes
Most scenes together: Bruce Wayne/Batman & Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul (8), Bruce Wayne/Batman & James Gordon (6), Bruce Wayne/Batman & Alfred (5)
Batman Begins quotes
Page 4 of 9 Mr. Earle
Police Officer
"Can you at least tell me what it looks like?" [Batmobile thunders by] "Never mind..."
Police Officer
[Trying to describe the Batmobile]
"It's a black... tank!"
"And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up."
"Gotham's been good to our family. But the city's been suffering. People less fortunate than us have been enduring very hard times. So we built a new, cheap, public transportation system to unite the city. And at the center... Wayne Tower"
I've prepared the master bedroom for you, sir.
No. My room will be fine.
With respect, Wayne Manor is your house.
It's my father's house.
Your father is dead.
This place is a mausoleum. If I had my way, I'd pull the damn thing down, brick by brick.
This house, Master Wayne, has sheltered six generations of your family.
Why do you give a damn, Alfred? It's not your family.
I give a damn, sir, because a good man once made me responsible for what was most precious to him in our world.
You still haven't given up on me?
Never.
Are you coming back for long, sir?
As long as it takes. I want to show the people of Gotham that their city doesn't belong to the criminals and the corrupt.
Couldn't find any mob bosses.
Well, Sergeant?
Oh, it's lieutenant now. You really started something. Bent cops running scared, hope on the streets...
But?
The Narrows is lost. And we still haven't picked up Crane or half the inmates of Arkham that he freed.
We will. We can bring Gotham back.
And what about escalation?
Escalation?
We start carrying semi-automatics, they buy automatics. We start wearing Kevlar...they buy armor-piercing rounds.
And?
And you're wearing a mask... and jumping off rooftops. Now, take this new guy. Armed robbery, double homicide. Got a taste for the theatrical. Like you. Leaves a calling card. [hands Batman a Joker playing card]
I'll look into it. [walks to edge of roof]
I never said thank you.
[turns around to look at Gordon]
And you'll never have to.
[Batman spreads his cape and leaps off the roof]
I wanted to save Gotham. I've failed.
Why do we fall, Master Wayne? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.
You still haven't given up on me, have you?
Never.
You're not Ra's al Ghul. I watched him die.
[Batman headbutts Falcone into unconsciousness, then sees the Homeless Man he traded coats with years earlier]
Nice coat.
Homeless Man [He flies off; the Homeless Man stares after him]
Thanks.
You're taller than you look in the tabloids, Mr. Wayne. [his men frisk Bruce] No gun? I'm insulted. You could've just sent a thank-you note.
I didn't come here to thank you. I came here to show you that not everyone in Gotham's afraid of you.
Only those who know me, kid. Take a look around you. You'll see two city councilmen, a union official, a couple of off-duty cops, and a judge. [draws a pistol and points it at Bruce] Now I wouldn't have a second's hesitation in blowing your head off, right here and right now, in front of them. That's power you can't buy! That's the power of fear.
I'm not afraid of you.
Because you think you got nothing to lose. But you haven't thought it through yet. You haven't thought about your lady friend, down at the DA's office. You haven't thought about your old butler. [gestures with his gun] Bang! People from your world have so much to lose. Now, you think because your mommy and your daddy got shot, you know about the ugly side of life, but you don't. You've never tasted desperate. You're, uh, you're Bruce Wayne, the prince of Gotham! You'd have to go a thousand miles to meet someone who didn't know your name! So don't, don't come down here with your anger, trying to prove something to yourself. This is a world you'll never understand, and you always fear what you don't understand.
Are you so desperate to fight criminals that you lock yourself in to take them on one at a time?
Actually, uh, there were seven of them.
I counted six, Mister Wayne.
Compassion is not a quality your enemies will share.
That's why it's so important. It separates us from them.