The Joker: It's simple. We, kill the Batman.
Maroni: If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?
The Joker: If you're good at something, never do it for free.
The Joker: So listen, why don't you give me a call when you start taking things a little more seriously.
The Joker: Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was...a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not-one-bit. So...me watching ...he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it! He turns to me, and he says, "Why so serious, son?" Comes at me with the knife..."Why so serious?" He sticks the blade in my mouth..."Let's put a smile on that face!" And...
Why so serious?
The Joker: Well, you look nervous. Is it the scars? You want to know how I got 'em?
Come here. Hey! Look at me. So I had a wife, beautiful, like you, who tells me I worry too much. Who tells me I ought to smile more. Who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks... Look at me! One day, they carve her face. And we have no money for surgeries. She can't take it. I just want to see her smile again, hm? I just want her to know that I don't care about the scars. So...I stick a razor in my mouth and do this...
The Joker: ...to myself. And you know what? She can't stand the sight of me! She leaves. Now I see the funny side. Now I'm always smiling!
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain
Bruce Wayne: Targeting me won't get their money back. I knew the mob wouldn't go down without a fight, but this is different. They crossed the line.
Alfred: 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.
Alfred: 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 met 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.
Bruce Wayne: So why steal them?
Alfred: 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
The Joker: Never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy.
Batman: You wanted me, here I am.
The Joker: I wanted to see what you'd do. And you didn't disappoint...you let five people die. Then, you let Dent take your place. Even to a guy like me, that's cold...
Batman: Then why do you want to kill me?
The Joker:I don't...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... you... complete me.
Batman: You're garbage who kills for money.
The Joker: Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these eh...these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve.
The Joker: You know, for a while there I though you really were Dent, the way you threw yourself after her...
The Joker: Look at you go...does Harvey know about you and his little...
Batman: WHERE ARE THEY?
The Joker: Killing is making a choice...
Batman: WHERE ARE THEY?
The Joker: Choose between one life or the other. Your friend, the district attorney. Or his blushing bride to be.
The Joker: You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with. Nothing to do with all your strength. Don't worry I'm going to tell you where they are. Both of them, and that's the point, you'll have to choose.
The Joker: Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little emotions.
In...you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?
Rachel Dawes: [voice over] Dear Bruce, I need to be honest and clear. I'm going to marry Harvey Dent. I love him and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. When I told you that if Gotham no longer needed Batman we could be together, I meant it. But now I'm sure the day won't come when you no longer need Batman. I hope it does and if it does I will be there, but as your friend. I'm sorry to let you down. If you lose your faith in me, please keep your faith in people. Love, now and always, Rachel.
The Chechen: What you do with all your money?
The Joker: You see, I'm a guy of simple tastes. I enjoy dynamite, and gunpowder...And gasoline!
The Joker: And you know the thing that they have in common? They're cheap!
The Joker: I'm only burning my half. All you care about is money. This town deserves a better class of criminal. And I'm gonna give it to them!
The Joker: Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? 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. The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon's got plans. You know, they're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I'm not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are. So, when I say...ah, come here...When I say that you and your girlfriend was nothing personal, you know that I'm telling the truth.
The Joker: I just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself. Look what I did to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets. Hmmm? You know... You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan." But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds!
[Joker hands Two-Face a gun and points it at himself]
The Joker: Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair!
Batman: But The Joker cannot win.Gotham needs it's true hero.
Lt. James Gordon: No
Batman: You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. I can do those things because I'm not a hero, not like Dent. I killed those people. That's what I can be
Lt. James Gordon: No, you can't! You're not!
Batman: I'm whatever Gotham needs me to be.
Lt. James Gordon: They'll hunt you.
Batman: You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that's what needs to happen. Because sometimes the truth isn't good enough.Sometimes, people deserve more.Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
Batman? Batman? Why's he running, Dad?
Lt. James Gordon: Because we have to chase him.
James Gordon Jr.: He didn't do anything wrong.
Lt. James Gordon: Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector...a dark knight.
Dom Cobb: I know how to search your mind and find your secrets. I know the tricks and I could teach them to you so that even when you're asleep your defence is never down. Look if you want my help, you're gonna have to be completely open with me. I need to know my way around your thoughts better than your wife, better than your therapist, better than anyone. This is a dream and you have a safe full of secrets and I need to know what's in that safe. In order for this all to work, you need to completely let me in.
