Clark Kent quotes from Smallville

Clark Kent

I'm sorry that Lucas didn't turn out to be the brother you wanted.

Lex Luthor

Considering his father, I'm surprised he's still alive at all.

Clark Kent

Where is Lucas now?

Lex Luthor

Safe. But I'm going to have some work to do to regain his trust.

Clark Kent

You will. You're not your father.

Lex Luthor

Sometimes, Clark, we're all held hostage by the will of our fathers. The only difference is, your dad is a good man. All my father does is push people away.

Clark Kent

As long as I live, I don't think I'm ever going to understand your family.

Lex Luthor

Neither will I. Just remember, my father may try and rule the world, but yours will inherit the earth.

Clark Kent

I offered Dad a bit of spot welding, but he said it'd only slow him down.

Jonathan Kent

Son, as hard as it is for you to believe, even your abilities are no substitute for a three-quarter inch copper washer.

Clark Kent

Pete, are you sure the ship will be safe in your shed?

Pete Ross

Yeah, we'll put it between the old Betamax and my dad's Pong game. Indiana Jones couldn't find it down there.

Clark Kent

Is Chloe okay?

Lana Lang

What happened to you really affected her. Me too. It was really hard seeing you sick. Guess I somehow always thought of you as invincible.

Clark Kent

Now you think I'm just human.

Lana Lang

I guess that's my way of saying that you mean a lot to me, Clark. And I know it's not very eloquent... but I guess some people are just better with words than others.

Clark Kent

What is it?

Virgil Swann

It's a message from the stars, Clark. All my life, I've been staring out into space wondering. Wondering is anybody else out there? And then 13 years ago, I got an answer.

Clark Kent

The day of the meteor shower.

Virgil Swann

One of my receiving stations picked up a faint signal. It took me years to decrypt it. And finally, I discovered a mathematical key that was built into the transmission.

Clark Kent

Can you read it?

Virgil Swann

Yes. It says "This is Kal-El of Krypton. Our infant son, our last hope. Please protect him and deliver him from evil".

Virgil Swann

I've always wondered what happened to that child, if he survived the journey, if he lived among us. And then three days ago, I saw the symbol for Hope burned onto the side of a barn in Smallville, and I found that the farmer and his wife had an adopted son.

Clark Kent

So you think I'm Kal-El? I'm just Clark Kent.

Virgil Swann

No, no, I'm not trying to expose you, Clark. I'm just... I'm just seeking the truth.

Clark Kent

I'm sorry, Doctor. The truth is, I'm not who you think I am.

Virgil Swann

If you can live with that decision, so can I. But if you walk out that door, it'll never be open to you again.

Virgil Swann

That's where Krypton was. I followed the signal's path billions of miles out into space. I was hoping to discover its origin but instead, I found nothing.

Clark Kent

Planets just don't disappear. What do you think happened to it?

Virgil Swann

Oh, it could be any one of a million different scenarios. War, famine, disease. I mean, look at the world around us. Is it really that hard to believe?

Clark Kent

Why me? There must be a reason why I was sent to this planet.

Virgil Swann

You won't find the answers by looking at the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.

Clark Kent

It's a message from my biological father. I'm sure I'm reading it wrong.

Jonathan Kent

Why? What does it say?

Clark Kent

[reading] "On this third planet from this star Sol, you will be a god among men. They are a flawed race. Rule them with strength, my son. That is where your greatness lies". I think I was sent here to conquer. What kind of planet am I from?

Jonathan Kent

Clark Kent, you're here to be a force for good, not a force of evil.

Clark Kent

How can you be so sure?

Jonathan Kent

Because I am your father. I raised you, and I know you better than anyone.

Chloe Sullivan

What are you doing to those poor citrus?

Clark Kent

Well, apparently there's enough acid in them to act as a battery.

Chloe Sullivan

How very "Survivor" of you. What are you going to call it? A Clockwork Orange?

Pete Ross

Don't you wish you were the first one to say that?

Clark Kent

It's like Cyrus is in his own world. He takes teenage alienation to a whole new level.

Lana Lang

Well, we all have our ways of escaping from our lives. I ride, Chloe writes, and you... you do incredibly strenuous farm chores by yourself.

Clark Kent

Well, I guess you know my deepest and darkest secret now.

Clark Kent

You don't think he's really an alien, do you?

Chloe Sullivan

No. But wouldn't it be awesome if he was, though?

Clark Kent

Yeah, it'd be the story of the century, wouldn't it?

Chloe Sullivan

This isn't about Pulitzers, Clark. I mean, can you imagine being from another planet? The experiences you could share?

Clark Kent

It wouldn't freak you out?

Chloe Sullivan

Compared to most people, I think aliens would be a step up.

Lex Luthor

I never figured you for having an identity crisis, Clark.

Clark Kent

It's for a friend.

Lex Luthor

Haven't heard that one before. What's your friend's problem? Napoleon or Messiah complex?

Clark Kent

Actually he thinks he's an alien.

Lex Luthor

So that proves he isn't... come on, Clark, if you were really an alien would you go around telling people about it?

Clark Kent

Probably not.

Lex Luthor

Let me guess. Your friend, he's a little odd. Spends a lot of time alone, thinks no one understands him. I just described myself in high school. It's a classic outsider profile. I'd say he's just trying to get attention. You believe there are aliens among us, Clark?