Oswald Cobblepot quotes from Gotham

Oswald Cobblepot

You don't have the stomach to kill me yourself? No wonder your family was run out of town. You come from a long line of cowards.

Theo Galavan

[bored sigh] Fine.

Theo Galavan

Any last words?

Oswald Cobblepot

Yes. I'm going to kill you. [stabs him]

Oswald Cobblepot

My mother was a saint! The only person who truly cared about me, and now she's gone and I have nothing left!

Edward Nygma

A man who has nothing that he loves is a man who cannot be bargained. A man who cannot be betrayed. A man who answers to no one but himself. And that is the man that I see before me. A free man.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

You keep trying to kill yourself. Did I have you all wrong? Are you just crazy?

Jim Gordon

Of course not.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

You're on the run from the law. You want to attack the mayor with the help of a depraved sociopath. That's not crazy?

Oswald Cobblepot

[offended] I can hear you.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

Shh. Don't speak.

Lucius Fox

People, surely we should have a backup strategy, given the strong possibilities of failure.

Oswald Cobblepot

Au contraire, Mr. Fox. Failure is not an option!

Jim Gordon

What he said.

Lucius Fox

As you like.

Captain Nathaniel Barnes

You're willingly confessing to murder?

Oswald Cobblepot

Yes. I'm not a criminal, you know. I'm just...insane.

Tabitha Galavan

I was thinking about visiting your mother's grave.

Oswald Cobblepot

Oh?

Tabitha Galavan

Mm. I miss the old bird. Her sobs would often lull me to sleep at night. [mocking Gertrude's accent] "Oswald... Oswald. Save me."

Oswald Cobblepot

[laughs] That does sound like her.

Oswald Cobblepot

There's so much I haven't told you. So much that I'm ashamed of. I was a criminal. I've done horrible things. Hurt people, manipulated, lied. For power. For revenge. I've killed people, father.

Our lives together started the moment I met you at the cemetery. Nothing before that concerns me. I forgive you for all your past transgressions. Be free of them, and live here in peace.

Oswald Cobblepot

Your heart?

I have a hole in it. It keeps getting bigger apparently. I think my demons are feeding on it.

Oswald Cobblepot

[about Mooney] Why didn't she kill me when she had the chance? I was powerless. She must have a larger goal. I-I need to know what she is doing.

Edward Nygma

Do you? When Alexander encountered the Gordian knot, a knot so complex no one had ever been able to untangle it... he just removed his sword and cut it in two. Details can be distracting. Sometimes, a simple solution is best. See, no matter what she is planning, just remember: Penguins... eat... fish.

Selina Kyle

You okay, Butch? World getting you down?

Butch Gilzean

[sighs] Yeah, I'm fine, kid. And you're too young to be in here. Scram.

Selina Kyle

Jeesh. Just trying to be nice. [leaves]

Butch Gilzean

[to Cobblepot, about Tabitha] Just seeing her kills me, you know?

Oswald Cobblepot

Get over it. And that child just stole your wallet.

Oswald Cobblepot

This is it, Butch. She's finally cornered, like a rat!

Butch Gilzean

Yeah, well, what are you gonna do? The cops are already there.

Oswald Cobblepot

GCPD is not Gotham. Gotham listens to me.

Oswald Cobblepot

Why didn't you kill me? I have gone over that night 1,000 times, and it doesn't make any sense. Why didn't you kill me? I would've killed you in an instant. Answer me!

Fish Mooney

Because you're mine. You were my umbrella boy, remember? You rubbed my feet when they were tired. And now look at you, the terror of Gotham. Everything I've done in my life, possibly the best thing was turning Oswald Cobblepot into... the Penguin. I couldn't destroy that. [looks to Hugo Strange] Ask him. He understands what it is to bring something into being. It is a part of you. Forever.

Oswald Cobblepot

[lowers his gun with tears in his eyes] Goodbye, Fish. Don't come back.

Oswald Cobblepot

Butch?

Oswald Cobblepot

Give me one reason why I shouldn't let Butch kill you where you stand!

Edward Nygma

Well, there are about thirty witnesses...

Oswald Cobblepot

I DON'T CARE!

Edward Nygma

[nods to the television] And there's that.

In what can only be viewed as a seismic shift even by Gotham standards, former underworld kingpin Oswald Cobblepot has won the Mayor's office by a landslide...

Oswald Cobblepot

[tearing up] I still won... they really want me as mayor.

Oswald Cobblepot

I can't be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I'm useless to one, but priceless to two. Love. They love me.

Edward Nygma

If you would have bought the election, you never would have known. Now you do. Feels good, doesn't it?

Oswald Cobblepot

How did you know I would win?

Edward Nygma

I believe in you, Oswald. Even when you don't believe in yourself.

Oswald Cobblepot

[to Butch] You. You never believed I could win this election on my own. I think maybe you're not cut out for this after all.

Butch Gilzean

What?!

Oswald Cobblepot

Oh, don't worry, I still need someone to crack skulls. [to Nygma] C'mon, Ed, we've got plans to make.

Edward Nygma

The people love you. Gangs fear you. And tomorrow, the cream of Gotham will be gathering to celebrate you. What more could someone ask for?

Oswald Cobblepot

Someone to share it with.