Movie Quotes for Alfred Pennyworth

"Those are Bruce Wayne’s guests out there, sir. You have a name to maintain."

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"At least you’ll have company."

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"13, 1, 8, and 5. What do they mean?"

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"Why don’t you hire them and take the weekend off?"

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"Master Wayne’s dead wives."

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"Quite. In the, uh, meantime, Sir, may I suggest you try to avoid landing on your head?"

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"When you told me your grand plan for saving Gotham, the only thing that stopped me from calling the men in white coats was when you said that it wasn’t about thrill-seeking."

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"Master Wayne, you’ve been gone a long time."

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"I thought champagne would be in order, ma’am."

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"Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They’ll hate you for it, but that’s the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice."

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"I give a damn, because a good man once made me responsible for what was most precious to him in the whole world. Miss Dawes has offered to drive you to the hearing. She probably hopes to talk you out of going."

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"You look very fashionable. Apart from the mud."

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"Of course, 13 is M."

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"I suppose they’ll lock me up as well. As your accomplice…"

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"You spat in the faces of Gotham’s worse criminals. Did you not expect casualties? Things were always going to get worse before they got better."

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"You’ve been gone seven years."

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"May I help you, Master Grayson?"

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"I thought this might be a good opportunity for improving the foundations."

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"And if I may say so, quite special. Perhaps you could try telling her the truth."

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"Oh, not yet, sir."

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"I hope you’re not a member of the fire brigade."

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"Batman may have made the front page, but Bruce Wayne got pushed to page eight."

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"No, sir. The other car."

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"Not the Jaguar. The other car."

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"You really are quite bright, despite what people say."

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"We burned the forest down."

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"Quite so, sir. And you can borrow the Rolls if you like. Just bring it back with a full tank."

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"Well, you do, sir."

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"Know your limits, Master Wayne."

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"I’ve prepared the master bedroom."

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"With all due respect, sir, Wayne Manor is your house."

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"Old habits die hard. Are you all right?"

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"It’s a miracle no one was killed."

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"Today, I don’t want to."

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"What is the point of all those push-ups if you can’t even lift a bloody log?"

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"Did you get mauled by a tiger?"

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"18 is R. M-R-E."

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"I’m afraid they’ve taken Dr. Meridian. Master Dick has run away. The cave has been destroyed. And there’s another riddle."

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"In a way. Their murders shocked the wealthy and the powerful into action."

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"Strange injuries a non-existent social life, these things beg the question as to what exactly does Bruce Wayne do with his time and his money."

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"You can tell me the Russian for, apply your own bloody suntan lotion."

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"Actually, he took the car."

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"But I did bloody tell you."

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"I just couldn’t figure the legal ramifications of bringing you back from the dead."

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"In the depression, your father nearly bankrupted Wayne Enterprises combating poverty. He believed that his example could inspire the wealthy of Gotham to save their city."

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"In the Civil War, your great-great grandfather was involved in the Underground Railroad, secretly transporting freed slaves to the North. And I suspect these caverns came in handy."

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"I assume that as you’re taking on the underworld, this symbol is a persona to protect those you care about from reprisals."

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"Mr. Wayne told me to tell you that he might be a little late."

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"I’m afraid Master Dick has…gone traveling."

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"A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. One day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away."

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"The silver closet. On your way."

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"If those are to be the first of many injuries to come, it would be wise to find a suitable excuse. Polo, for instance."

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"You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation. And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn’t fully understand."

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"Are you coming back to Gotham for long, sir?"

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"I wouldn’t presume to tell you what to do with your past, sir. Just know that there are those of us who care about what you do with your future."

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"I’m sorry to bother you, sir. But I have some rather distressing news about Master Dick."

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"You don’t like it there?"

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"It’s not just your name, sir! It’s your father’s name! And it’s all that’s left of him. Don’t destroy it."

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"Took quite a fall, didn’t we, Master Bruce?"

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"What would you call that?"

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"Your father is dead."

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"Master Bruce. Master Bruce. How are you, young man?"

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"The Wayne legacy is more than bricks and mortar, sir."

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"Actually, sir, I was thinking of myself."

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"Will you be wanting the Batpod, sir?"

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"Drive sports cars, date movie stars, buy things that are not for sale…who knows, Master Wayne? You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident."

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"Is the young master leaving? Pity. I’ll just toss this away, then. Perhaps the dogs are hungry."

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"Can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you, sir?"

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"Will you be heading back to Princeton after the hearing, sir, or can I persuade you to stay on for a day or two?"

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"Just the way it was, sir?"

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"Broken wings mend in time. One day Robin will fly again. I promise."

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"This house, Master Wayne, has sheltered six generations of your family."

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"Why bats, Master Wayne?"

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"With respect, sir, perhaps this is a man that you don’t fully understand."

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"I have no wish to fill my few remaining years grieving for the loss of old friends. Or their sons."

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"Oh, actually it was Mr. Earle, he’s taking the company public. He wanted to liquidate your majority shareholding. Those shares are worth quite a bit of money."

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"Oh, you have no idea."

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"They’ll have to be, uh, large orders, uh, to avoid suspicion."

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"Bats may be, but even for billionaire playboys, three o’clock is pushing it. The price of leading a double life, I fear. Your theatrics made an impression."

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"Not entirely unclever, sir, but what do a clock, a match, chess pawns, and vowels have in common? What do these riddles mean?"

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"It’s a problem with the graphite, sir. The next 10,000 will be up to specifications."

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"Miss Vale called again. Dare I suggest that your present course of action might simply strengthen her resolve. She is quite tenacious."

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"Young men with a mind for revenge need little encouragement. They need guidance. You, above all, should know the consequences of the life you choose."

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"Why do we fall, sir? So that we might learn to pick ourselves up."

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"Because he thought it was good sport. Because 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."

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