Gotham quotes

Jim Gordon

I promise you, however dark and scary the world might be right now... there will be light. There will be light, Bruce.

Harvey Bullock

[to Gordon] Jim, you seem like a nice guy, but this is not a city or a job for nice guys.

Fish Mooney

You have a little danger in your eye. I wonder what you plan to do with that.

Jim Gordon

You'll have to wait and see.

Carmine Falcone

Pepper was sacrificed so that the people of Gotham would see swift justice done, so they can feel safe and secure.

Jim Gordon

And that matters so much to you.

Carmine Falcone

Of course. I'm a businessman. You can't have organized crime without law and order. I love this city, and I see it going to hell. But I won't let it fall apart without a fight.

Jim Gordon

You make a life of crime sound very noble.

Carmine Falcone

You have a hard head, James, just like your father. Don't be self-righteous. Don't be arrogant.

Jim Gordon

You want me to keep quiet about all this?

Carmine Falcone

Gotham is on a knife edge. What do you suppose bringing down City Hall and the police force will do, even if you could? Would it make things better?

Oswald Cobblepot

Listen to me, there is a war coming. A-a terrible war. Falcone is losing his grip, and his rivals are hungry. There-there will be chaos. Rivers of blood in the streets. I know it! I-I can see it coming. I'm clever that way.

Bruce Wayne

I'm learning to conquer fear.

Jim Gordon

Fear doesn't need conquering. Fear tells you where the edge is. Fear is a good thing.

Alfred Pennyworth

And you think I haven't told him that, have you?

Harvey Bullock

How now so righteous? Hmm? Not long since you put a man in the river.

Jim Gordon

You want to say that a little louder? Not everybody heard.

Harvey Bullock

Ever since then, you've been a royal pain in the ass. You think I or anybody around here gives a crap about a dead snitch or your guilty conscience?

Oswald Cobblepot

Foolish arrogance led me astray. But I learned my lessons. I'll be back, stronger and smarter than ever.

Sarah Essen

Look, Jim, it's not like I can order you to break the law, but this is Gotham. You don't bend, you'll get broke.

Fish Mooney

I'll play this thing loyal and bide my time. But I swear, Butch, on my sainted mother's grave, some day soon, I am going to kill that old man with my bare hands and my teeth.

Butch Gilzean

I'll be holding your shoes.

Fish Mooney

[to Gordon] You're just a little sinner like the rest of us. I'm almost kind of sad about that.

Alfred Pennyworth

Bruce's father gave me very firm orders was him and his missus to die. Now, I will raise the boy the way his father told me to raise him.

Jim Gordon

Which is how?

Alfred Pennyworth

Trust him to choose his own course. He is, after all, a Wayne.

Sal Maroni

You see, Falcone is only the boss of Gotham because people believe he's the boss. That's what this Arkham thing is gonna change. People are gonna see that the emperor's got no clothes.

Sal Maroni

[looking at the video of a bishop being killed] See this, this is not good. [while making the sign of the cross] You can't go around killing priests. At least not in public.

Jim Gordon

No body? We calling this a murder?

Harvey Bullock

Call it a public service. Danzer was a bum. He got what he deserved. I'm gonna go get a danish. That's what I deserve.