Clark Kent quotes from Smallville

Lex Luthor

Clark, I understand what you're going through, but sometimes, no matter how much you want to save someone, there's nothing you can do.

Clark Kent

I'm not gonna let Ryan down.

Lex Luthor

When my mother got sick, I spent all my time researching the best doctors and treatments. The most important thing I could've done was spend time with her. By the time I realized that, it was too late. I wasn't at her side when she passed, Clark. Don't make the same mistake I did.

Clark Kent

I'm not going to let him die, Lex.

Clark Kent

Lana, have you seen Chloe?

Lana Lang

She's at the Sheriff Station giving her statement.

Clark Kent

I don't remember ordering a side of hostility.

Lana Lang

I can't believe you accused Ian of murdering Mr. Frankel!

Clark Kent

Lana, you have to believe me. I don't know how he did it but he is lying to everyone.

Lana Lang

A boy with secrets. I'm surprised you guys aren't fast friends.

Clark Kent

Don't try to turn this around on me. He's seeing you and Chloe at the same time. He's at her house. She's his alibi!

Lana Lang

Clark, they were finishing up an interview!

Clark Kent

Does Chloe always finish up her interviews by making out with the subjects?

Clark Kent

I need to raise bail money for Joseph Willowbrook. He's being set up, I think by LuthorCorp.

Lex Luthor

That's a pretty serious accusation, Clark. Don't get me wrong, I'm impressed by your conviction, but going head to head with my father? You're a little like David trying to slay Goliath.

Clark Kent

Where do you stand?

Lex Luthor

Any culture that's left a legacy that would endure for centuries has earned my respect. I'm afraid it's a losing battle.

Clark Kent

Didn't David beat Goliath?

Clark Kent

I have these feelings for Kyla, and I don't want to doubt her, but I'm not sure she's being honest with me.

Jonathan Kent

Well, Clark, not everybody's exactly what they seem. I mean, we should know that better than anybody.

Clark Kent

Lex, you've been dating Helen for a while. But nothing you ever told me about her would lead me to believe she's the espionage type.

Lex Luthor

I'm afraid one day you'll learn the frustrating truth, Clark. People are seldom whom they appear to be.

Clark Kent

Did she give you any kind of explanation?

Lex Luthor

Didn't get that far. When she learned that I had her investigated, she turned hostile and stormed out.

Clark Kent

If I knew someone was investigating me, I'd be a little ticked off too.

Martha Kent

Sweetheart, are you all right?

Clark Kent

I just can't help thinking that... Whitney's skin wasn't bulletproof. His bones weren't unbreakable, but he still put himself in harm's way so the world could be safer. I wonder if I didn't have my abilities if I'd have that same kind of courage.

Jonathan Kent

Son, there is no doubt in our minds that you would.

Lana Lang

It seems like every person that I've ever gotten close to just leaves.

Clark Kent

That's not true.

Lana Lang

Yeah, it is. My parents, Nell, now Whitney. I know I haven't been a good friend.

Clark Kent

You've been a great friend.

Lana Lang

No, I have doubted you, accused you of things, and still you're here protecting me. I don't care if you have secrets, Clark. You are the one good, constant thing in my life and I don't want to lose you too.

Clark Kent

I'm not going anywhere.

Clark Kent

Lex, what's going on?

Lex Luthor

Big Brother is listening, or should I say "Big Daddy"?

Clark Kent

What are you saying, your dad's spying on you?

Lex Luthor

I had the inside track on a multi-million dollar contract. At the last minute, LuthorCorp manages to underbid me. You do the math.

Clark Kent

Lex, you've got to calm down...

Lex Luthor

Don't tell me to calm down, Clark! How would you feel if someone were listening to every private word you uttered, learning all your secrets?

Jonathan Kent

[to Lex] Look, I don't know how things work in your house, but around here, we think it's important to respect other people's privacy.

Clark Kent

Dad...

Lex Luthor

It's all right, Clark... Mr. Kent, ever since the day I moved to Smallville, I've done nothing but try to be a friend to you. And in return, you do nothing but lecture me with sanctimonious platitudes. I'm done listening to them.

Lex Luthor

So now you're implying I pulled the trigger?

Clark Kent

It's not like I haven't seen you shoot someone before.

Lex Luthor

Get out of here before you say something you really regret.

Clark Kent

I'm not going anywhere. Not until I get some answers. Are you trying to frame my dad?

Lex Luthor

After all this time, I thought you knew me better than the average tabloid reader.

Clark Kent

If you don't start trusting me with the truth, what else am I supposed to think?

Lex Luthor

Stay out of it, Clark.

Clark Kent

My dad's life is at stake here!

Lex Luthor

So is my father's!

Clark Kent

You grow up with someone, you think you know them, but... I mean, darkness like that just doesn't come out of nowhere... I'm sorry about your company. What's gonna happen next?

Lex Luthor

My father thinks I'll go back to work for him.

Clark Kent

Will you?

Lex Luthor

It's hard to imagine working for a man who can enrage four people to the point where any one of them had motive to kill him.

Clark Kent

Even you.

Lex Luthor

You know that darkness you were talking about? I'm not sure we're born with it. I think people like my father find a way to bring it out.

Chloe Sullivan

What are you?

Clark Kent

Let's just say I'm not from around here.

Chloe Sullivan

[to Pete] You knew about this?

Pete Ross

He's my brother... from another planet.

Chloe Sullivan

Can you fly?

Clark Kent

Whoa, wait a minute. I may be an alien, but I'm not a cartoon.

Pete Ross

Working at the Talon... could you be any more obvious?

Clark Kent

What happened to the Pete Ross rule of proximity? "If you wanna get in the game, you've gotta get on the court".

Pete Ross

Clark, Lana would be your boss. She's going to take out all of her pent up frustrations of all the times you've ever let her down. You're not going to be in the game. You're going to be in the locker room cleaning the toilets.

[to Clark] So, you and Lex seem close.

Pete Ross

What, are you kidding? They're like brothers.

Clark Kent

So, Lucas, where did you grow up?

All over.

Pete Ross

Must be kind of weird not knowing your mom or your dad.

No, not really. Parents always try to make you little versions of them selves. When you grow up without those constraints, you're allowed to become your own person.

Clark Kent

It's an interesting theory. I don't think I buy it, though.

All right. Let's take you and Lex, for example. If he were raised by your parents and you were raised by Lionel, you wouldn't grow up to be different people? Trust me, you'd be rich and miserable, and he'd be wearing flannel. But if you were left totally alone, abandoned by your parents, how do you think you'd turn out?