Lex Luthor quotes from Smallville

Jonathan Kent

We can't accept this.

Lex Luthor

There's nothing to accept but my gratitude. After the plane went down, I made my way into one of the broken wings. This compass, your wedding present, guided me to safe harbor. The least I can do is help you keep your farm.

Jonathan Kent

We will find a way to pay you back.

Lex Luthor

I'm not worried about that, Mr. Kent. If it's not too presumptuous, I hope you'll just consider me part of the family.

Clark Kent

Look, I know this is gonna sound bizarre, but this kid Van, he's convinced that the meteor rocks in Smallville have altered certain people.

Lex Luthor

What do you mean by altered?

Clark Kent

He thinks they've developed different abilities than the rest of us, and he's hunting them. Lex, he had a hit list. They found it in his cabin, and you're on it.

Lex Luthor

Clark, the only abilities I have are playing the market and falling for the wrong women.

Lex Luthor

I wouldn't worry about it, Dad. I'm insured now.

Lionel Luthor

Not yet. There's some difficulty getting you underwritten by Lloyd's of London.

Lex Luthor

On what grounds?

Lionel Luthor

Your tendency to attract near-death experiences has made you too great a liability.

Lex Luthor

I would think surviving would count for something.

Lex Luthor

How many times have I come face to face with death and walked away without a scratch? I've practically lost count.

Clark Kent

Weirder things have happened.

Lex Luthor

All this time I thought the reason I survived that Porsche accident was because of you, Clark. Now I'm not so sure. See, I've always tried to explain everything by looking outside myself. But maybe the truth lies inside my own physiology. Maybe I am a freak.

Lex Luthor

Interesting theory, Clark.

Clark Kent

I know it sounds crazy, but that's what happened.

Lex Luthor

Now you're saving people in your dreams, too. I bet a shrink would have a field day with that scenario.

Lex Luthor

Legend has it this sword was forged in the fires of Mount Fuji. The blade can cut through anything. The Katai never took it into battle. They never had to, till the day the strongest Katai turned on his own. One by one, the Katai fell at his hand. Nothing left to lose, the last of the Katai lunged at the warrior with this sword. The blade cut him clean in two. But when the warrior's armor fell away, the Katai saw he wasn't even human. [Lex strikes Clark with the sword, shattering it] Just like you, Clark. See, I've always been honest with you. But it turns out you've been lying to me from the first day I laid eyes on you.

Clark Kent

No, Lex, I can explain!

Lex Luthor

It's too late! The irony is all you had to do was come to me, Clark. I was your friend. I would've protected your secret. I would've protected you. But I couldn't be trusted because I'm a Luthor.

Clark Kent

No, that's not it!

Lex Luthor

I don't care! I'm going to dedicate myself to ensuring the whole world knows who Clark Kent really is. Life as you know it is over.

Lex Luthor

So you took the liberty of rewriting our family history?

Lionel Luthor

That's right. Why should I have to pay for the sins of my father?

Lex Luthor

Sounds familiar.

Chloe Sullivan

You're a Luthor, so it's a given that you're unscrupulous, but I really thought that petty larceny was beneath you, Lex.

Lex Luthor

Can you be a little more specific with the charge?

Chloe Sullivan

I caught some creep in my office trying steal one of my computers. I figured either you or your father hired him.

Lex Luthor

But you're accusing me.

Chloe Sullivan

You're what they euphemistically call the lesser of two evils.

Lex Luthor

I admire your take-charge attitude. Barging in here and accusing me took guts... or sheer stupidity.

Chloe Sullivan

How did he die?

Lex Luthor

Natural causes. Apparently his heart just gave out.

Chloe Sullivan

And you believe that?

Lex Luthor

Given what he was looking into, I doubt there was anything natural about his death.

Chloe Sullivan

How do I know you're not just playing me here?

Lex Luthor

[sarcastic] You're right, Chloe. I could be. I often bring high school girls to the morgue to show them what happens when trained professionals cross my father.

Chloe Sullivan

Well, there's nothing in my files worth killing for.

Lex Luthor

We've got a corpse here that says you're wrong.

Lionel Luthor

How did you get in here, Lex?

Lex Luthor

Well, when people think you're insane and you're holding a rifle to their head, they, uh, tend to do what you ask.

Lex Luthor

You know what disappoints me, Dad?

Lionel Luthor

All right, tell me.

Lex Luthor

You hired pros to kill me. You always taught me, "If you want something done right, son, do it yourself!"

If we'd done it my way, you'd be dead by now.

Lex Luthor

What are you talking about?

You really believe you could have escaped if I wanted to kill you? It was your father's idea to make you look crazy instead.

Lex Luthor

You're lying!

It's true, Lex. Lionel's gone soft in his old age. He was willing to lose his parents, but he said he couldn't bear to lose another child.

Clark Kent

Thank you.

Lex Luthor

Don't thank me, Clark. You're part of this. I have to kill you too.

Lionel Luthor

When your attempt to escape failed, you sabotaged my efforts to have you released, to be cared for at home.

Lex Luthor

But I told you. I'm cured. A cured patient doesn't belong in a hospital.

Lionel Luthor

Oh, it's painful to see you like this. You know I have your best interest at heart, don't you?

Lex Luthor

The only interest you have... is staying out of prison. I'm not insane, and you know it.

Lionel Luthor

It's sad to see a man who's lost his mind. But it's tragic when he's convinced himself that he's sane.

Lex Luthor

I'm starting to get a complex. It seems all the women I find even remotely appealing turn out to be psychopaths.

Birds of a feather.