Superman (1978) quotes, page 3

52 quotes · 9 characters
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Characters
Lex Luthor Gene Hackman · 19 quotes
Lois Lane Margot Kidder · 12 quotes
Clark Kent 8 quotes
Jor-El Marlon Brando · 8 quotes
Otis Ned Beatty · 7 quotes
Miss Teschmacher Valerie Perrine · 5 quotes
Perry White Jackie Cooper · 4 quotes
Jimmy Olsen Marc McClure · 3 quotes

Most scenes together: Lex Luthor & Otis (7), Lois Lane & Clark Kent (5), Superman & Lois Lane (4)

Superman (1978) quotes

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Jetliner pilot #1
[Superman has just saved a jetliner from crashing into the sea during a thunderstorm]

What the hell happened? Did we get our engine back? What the hell is going on out there?!

Jetliner pilot #2

Fly. Don't look. Just...fly. We've got...something. I don't know what it is, but...trust me. [they both look out the window and see Superman holding on to the jetliner while flying]

[A cat burglar is climbing up the side of a building. He looks up and sees Superman standing there]

Hi there. Something wrong with the elevator?

[After getting "clubbed" on the head by a crowbar by a thief; the crowbar shivers uncontrollably in the thief's hands]

Bad vibrations?

[after he's explained how a meteor from Krypton can kill Superman]

Doesn't it give you kind of a, a, a...shudder...of electricity through you to be in the same room with me?

[answering criticism from the Council leader]

My friends, you know me to be neither rash nor impulsive. I'm not given...to wild, unsupported statements. And I tell you we must evacuate this planet immediately!

[As he bids his infant son farewell before sending him to Earth]

You will travel far, my little Kal-El. But we will never leave you...even in the face of our deaths...the richness of our lives shall be yours. All that I have, all that I've learned, everything I feel...all this, and more I...I bequeath you, my son. You will carry me inside you...all the days of your life. You will make my strength your own, and see my life through your own eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father, the son. This is all I...all I can send you, Kal-El.

[lands holding a cat burglar]

Officer! Uh, good evening, Officer Mooney. Well, they say confession's good for the soul. [takes a handful of stolen jewelry out of the burglar's bag] I'd listen to this man. Take him away.

[to Otis]

Do you know why the number 200 is so vitally descriptive to both you and me? It's your weight and my I.Q.

[voiceover]

Can you read my mind? Do you know what it is that you do to me? I don't know who you are. Just a friend from another star. Here I am, like a kid out of school. Holding hands with a god. I'm a fool. Will you look at me? Quivering. Like a little girl, shivering. You can see right through me. Can you read my mind? Can you picture the things I'm thinking of? Wondering why you are...all the wonderful things you are. You can fly. You belong in the sky. You and I...could belong to each other. If you need a friend...I'm the one to fly to. If you need to be loved...here I am. Read my mind.

[watching Otis approaching the hideout]

It's amazing that brain can generate enough power to keep those legs moving.

A chance for life, nonetheless...as opposed to us, you cannot ignore these facts! It's SUICIDE! No, it's worse. It's GENOCIDE...!

Because if any human being were going to perpetrate such a fantastic hoax, it would've been me!

I have to leave you now. No hard feelings. We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.