Clark Kent quotes from Smallville

Clark Kent

Look, this may be hard for you to understand considering everything that's happened to you in this world. You taught me so much. You taught me to be fair and honest. You taught me the only person in control of your destiny...

Is you.

Clark Kent

You were the man that I tried to live up to. You didn't have powers, and you didn't have a destiny to save the world, but you were my hero. And I lost you.

You don't even know me. I'm just an obsessed man hanging onto a place as if memories could make up a lifetime.

Clark Kent

This place isn't your home. Martha is. It's not the place, it's the people in it. And Martha's still here. You still have a chance. It's better to risk everything than hold onto nothing.

Who told you that?

Clark Kent

You did.

Clark Kent

You made yourself the most hated man in your world. But there's still a chance of redemption for you.

Redemption? Looks like the two of us have different preoccupations.

Clark Kent

I'm sorry that you weren't found by Jonathan and Martha Kent. The thing is, you could have killed Tess in an instant. But something was holding you back. You can go to your world and show people what you can give them, change their minds.

Why would you ever believe in me?

Clark Kent

Because I know you. And Lionel's not there anymore. You don't need to be defined by your past, you can choose a different future. So trust me.

Booster Gold

Well, you know what? I've got some advice for you too.

Clark Kent

What's that?

Booster Gold

"The Blur". No. No, no, no. It sounds like a roller coaster or something. You need something strong. You need something simple. Something that actually starts with that "S" you wear. Something...super. You got to brand it, baby. You know?

Clark Kent

I'll start brainstorming.

Clark Kent

Hey, Lois. Where can I put this box?

Lois Lane

Well, I don't think that requires any super-sleuthing. It does say "living room".

Clark Kent

No, I can decipher your scrawl. I'm just thinking it was mislabeled.

Lois Lane

If you're talking about my Whitesnake throw pillow, loving everything about me includes the sentimental. I made this from my 8th grade concert t-shirt. And I talked to Oliver, and he told me how smoothly he and Chloe fused their hero green and geek chic.

Clark Kent

Don't worry. My "for better or worse" will include your love of hair metal.

Oliver Queen

Listen, about this Zone, Clark -- You know, when you said Jor-El built a prison, I kind of pictured something more confined than a national park.

Clark Kent

He built this place so Krypton's worst criminals could have some kind of life.

Oliver Queen

Sounds like a real sweetheart.

General Zod

I know, it's a terrible feeling. So powerless when you know you've got such strength inside of you, with no way of unleashing it.

Clark Kent

Even without the yellow sun, I will find a way to defeat you.

General Zod

You'll have to work twice as hard. Because when I arrived here, I met a very special acquaintance, someone you know, and someone that I'm very, very...fond of.

Clark Kent

Who?

General Zod

Me.

Clark Kent

The original Zod's phantom.

General Zod

Finally back in the body that you stripped me of. Now I have the full knowledge of two lives, and you...you are my enemy in both.

Clark Kent

I defeated you in both.

General Zod

Which is why it will give double the satisfaction to see you kneel...and serve...until you die.

Clark Kent

You have the console crystal. How?

General Zod

We're blood brothers, Kal-El. Have you forgotten how you healed me with your blood on Earth?

Clark Kent

We're not brothers. I saved you because it was the right thing to do. We have nothing in common.

General Zod

We're from the same world. Do you really think that having powers is the only thing that makes you Kryptonian? It's not. We share the same instincts. We're decisive...single-minded, headstrong. We were meant to be leaders.

Clark Kent

Leaders? You're a tyrant who believes only in himself.

General Zod

Who else should I put my faith in? We both know that trusting others is a calculated risk, one a Kryptonian is not willing to take. Oh, we can easily fool those closest to us, can't we? But we can lean on no one. Do you remember that most famous story about two brothers from your adopted planet? You've got Cain and Abel. Which brother are you, Kal-El?

Clark Kent

Well, I'd never murder you. I saved you.

General Zod

You exiled me. I'm in charge here. And you're about to find out what that means, brother.

Jor-El

Kal-El, my son, you have returned.

Clark Kent

Jor-El, I come here today as a Kryptonian, as a member of your house, and your son. In honor of our home, I'm here to declare my desire to start a life bond with this woman...Lois Lane.

Jor-El

Lois Lane, do you truly intend to initiate a life union with my son?

Lois Lane

I do.

Jor-El

Your pledge is observed. If your lives are to be joined, then you must both understand.

Jor-El

Kal-El, I trust you found my gift to the both of you illuminating.

Clark Kent

It wasn't a gift. It was a trial. And it wasn't about Lois appreciating what it was like to have my abilities or me realizing what it was like to be human. It was about control.

Jor-El

Your trials are not a riddle, Kal-El. They are stepping stones on a long path.

Clark Kent

A path that I have blindly walked forever, but I understand now. This whole time, it's been up to me to decide when to take control of my own destiny. The trials end when I'm ready for them to end.

Jor-El

Your journey is far from over.

Clark Kent

But I can only be what the world needs when I can finally admit that I am no longer just the son of Jor-El or Jonathan Kent. And you knew the time would come when neither of you can guide me anymore, and that time...is now. Goodbye, Jor-El.

Clark Kent

Lois, we know the prophets use the people's darkness to mark them with an Omega. What we don't know is why. And Tess quoted one of the prophecies as saying that the markings weren't just spiritual. There's some sort of anti-life dark force that could bring about the Apokolips.

Lois Lane

You mean like bringing a giant planet crashing into ours?

Clark Kent

Exactly like that. Maybe the marking has some sort of unexplainable gravitational pull.

Lois Lane

Too bad anti-life equations aren't covered in Physics 101.

Clark Kent

I need to figure out a way to lift the darkness and break whatever's binding these people to that planet.

Lois Lane

Today definitely tops Chloe's Wall of Weird. Exactly how many are marked?

Clark Kent

(scans the people in the room with his x-ray vision, they are marked with the Omega) More than you want to know.

Lex Luthor

Hello, Clark. Can't say I love what you've done with the place.

Clark Kent

Lex.

Lex Luthor

You still say it the same way -- astonishment mixed with a hint of dread, yet... with a hopeful finish.

Clark Kent

You're alive.

Lex Luthor

Seems my father had a... a change of heart. And I got a second chance of life.

Clark Kent

Where's Tess? What have you done with her?!

Lex Luthor

She's fine. I wouldn't worry so much about my dear little sister. You know, I used to think it was our families who made us who we are. Then I hoped it was our friends. But if you look at history, the great men and women of the world have always been defined by their enemies.

Clark Kent

You have a second chance. You can change all that.

Lex Luthor

But that's the thing about memories -- you can't forget them. Like how you're always one step ahead of me, Clark. No matter how meticulously I prepared, no matter how strategic I was, if only I'd known I never stood a chance.

Clark Kent

It wasn't a competition.

Lex Luthor

Of course it wasn't. You were born to be the chosen one. You're simply better than us.

Clark Kent

And that always killed you.

Lex Luthor

No. No, what killed me is that you didn't even want it. You fought it -- you hid from it! I would have taken it and relished it, embraced it.

Clark Kent

My destiny wasn't yours to take!

Lex Luthor

I get that now. Which is why I finally embraced my own. You and I... we will both be great men. Because of each other, we have a destiny together, Clark... only on different sides.

Clark Kent

I'll always be there to stop you. Always.

Lex Luthor

Oh, I'm counting on it.

Jor-El

Your journey has come to an end, Kal-El.

Clark Kent

I shouldn't have tried to push away my Kryptonian side. My strength is accepting it -- accepting you.

Jor-El

You honor me. A father's pride cannot be measured in words, but know that I'm proud of you, son.

Clark Kent

You have no idea how long I've waited to hear you say that.

Jor-El

We have been down our long road, Kal-El -- one paved with difficult trials. Those trials are behind you now. Any father can only hope that he is one day humbled by the feats of his son. But it is your soul, Kal-El, of which I am most proud. You -- and you alone -- possess the courage, the determination, and the compassion that will be required of you to lift the darkness from the Earth. (returns the suit to Clark) I ask you to remember one thing. Your abilities may be of my blood, but it is your time in Smallville, with Jonathan and Martha Kent and all the people there, that made you a hero, Kal-El.

Jonathan Kent

Always hold on to Smallville. (hands the suit over to Clark)