Edward Nygma quotes from Gotham

Edward Nygma

I need advice, Mr. Penguin. These murders... changed me. And like the butterfly, I've come to realize that I cannot be a caterpillar once again.

Edward Nygma

Hey, Pinkney. What do you call a tavern of blackbirds? (hits him with a crowbar) A crow bar. You get it? A crow bar? I know, it's kind of lame. Just came up with it on the spot.

Edward Nygma

I know it was you, Oswald! Isabella was my everything and you took her from me! And now I've taken everything from you. Well, almost everything. You still have your life. But that ends tonight.

Edward Nygma

[watching the virus wreak havoc on the city] As the flames of hedonism licked the very foundation of its society, Nero played and sang "The Destruction of Troy". I will say this about the Court of Owls: they have style!

Edward Nygma

Hello, Oswald. We have a great deal to talk about. But first: did you name your dog after me?

Harvey Bullock

Ed, what you got?

Edward Nygma

I have a paradox for you.

Harvey Bullock

What?

Edward Nygma

Well, a paradox, Detective, is when you...

Harvey Bullock

I know what a paradox is, smart-ass.

Harvey Bullock

What are you laughing at?

Jim Gordon

Ah, it's good to be back.

Harvey Bullock

Only a man from a lunatic asylum would say that. You're like a human roller coaster, except you only go down.

Edward Nygma

Wouldn't that make him more of an elevator?

Kristen Kringle

I believe you left this on my desk.

Edward Nygma

It's a riddle.

Kristen Kringle

It's a cupcake with a live bullet sticking out of it.

Edward Nygma

It's a riddle.

Kristen Kringle

It's menacing and weird and inedible.

Edward Nygma

Good morning, Captain.

Sarah Essen

Morning, Ed.

Edward Nygma

The more you cut me, the bigger I grow. What am I?

Harvey Bullock

We're on a rooftop, Nygma. Don't tempt me.

Oswald Cobblepot

Can I help you?

Edward Nygma

I don't think so. Can you?

Oswald Cobblepot

What do you want?

Edward Nygma

What I want, the poor have, the rich need, and if you eat it you'll die.

Oswald Cobblepot

Is this... are you asking me a riddle?

Edward Nygma

Do you like riddles?

Oswald Cobblepot

No.

Edward Nygma

So do you give up?

Oswald Cobblepot

Friend, lookit...

Edward Nygma

Nothing. The answer's nothing. The poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you'll die.

Oswald Cobblepot

Who are you?

Edward Nygma

Edward Nygma.

Edward Nygma

I can start a war, or end one. I can give you the strength of heroes, or leave you powerless. I can be snared with a glance, but no force can compel me to stay. What am I?

You got me.

Edward Nygma

Love.

Kristen Kringle

I mean, why do I keep picking creeps?

Edward Nygma

Sometimes, with men, you need to read between the lines.

Kristen Kringle

Sometimes, with men, you need a drink.

Edward Nygma

What do you call a three-legged cow?

Dr. Leslie Thompkins

I am terrible...

Kristen Kringle

Lean beef.

Edward Nygma

Or supper. At my place.

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.

Edward Nygma

Any news on the Kringle front?

Jim Gordon

Uh, no. Damn. Sorry. I've been a little busy. I'll get into, don't worry.

Edward Nygma

[chuckles] Me, worry?

Jim Gordon

I'll let you know as soon as I know anything. [leaves]

Edward Nygma

[to self] You'll let me know. I'll bet you will. Acting like you forgot all about Kristin Kringle. I'm sure you forgot! You suspect me somehow. That must be it. You're trying to lull me into a false sense of security while the claws of your investigation close around me, eh? Is that it, my little man? You take me to be a fool? We'll see about your clever little plan, Jim Gordon. We'll see. I can make plans of my own.