Alfred Pennyworth In your dreams, Alfred.
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): in 9 of its 60 quotes
Most scenes with: Bruce Wayne (3)
So falls the house of Wayne.
More lines from Alfred Pennyworth
4 quotes Alfred Pennyworth Alfred Pennyworth [Observes wine bottle, then to Bruce]
Oh. I hope the next generation of Waynes don't inherit an empty wine cellar. [Under breath] Not that there's likely to be a next generation.
Alfred Pennyworth [Bruce informs him that he can't break into Lex Luthor's house]
Bruce Wayne won't have to. [Hands Bruce an invitation] He's been invited.
Alfred Pennyworth Master Wayne, since the age of seven you have been to the art of deception as Mozart to the harpsicord. But you've never been too hot at lying to me. The White Portuguese is not carrying a dirty bomb. What is it carrying?
Scenes with Alfred Pennyworth
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We're criminals, Alfred. We've always been criminals. Nothing's changed.
Alfred Pennyworth Oh, yes it has, sir. Everything's changed. Men fall from the sky, the gods hurl thunderbolts, innocents die. That's how it starts, sir. The fever, the rage, the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men– cruel.
Alfred Pennyworth You're gonna go to war?
That son of a bitch brought the 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 ONE percent chance that he is our enemy we have to take it as an absolute certainty... and we have to destroy him.
Alfred Pennyworth But he is NOT our enemy!
Not today... but twenty years in Gotham, Alfred... we've seen what promises are worth. How many good guys are left? How many stayed that way?
Alfred Pennyworth You know you can't win this. It's suicide.
I'm older now than my father ever was. This may be the only thing I do that matters.
Alfred Pennyworth Twenty years of fighting criminals amounts to nothing?
Criminals are like weeds, Alfred – pull one up, another grows in its place. This is about the future of the world. It's my legacy. You know, my father sat me down right here. Told me what Wayne Manor was built on.
Alfred Pennyworth Railroads, real estates, and oil.
The first generation made their fortune trading with the French. Pelts and skins. They were hunters.
Bruce
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 the Indian Ocean 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
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. [Walks away]
