Jonathan Kent quotes from Smallville

Lex Luthor

Do you have a family photo?

Jonathan Kent

Yeah, I got lots of family photos, Lex.

Lex Luthor

The only picture of my father and me appears in the LuthorCorp annual report.

Jonathan Kent

Is this the part where I'm supposed to feel sorry for you?

Lex Luthor

No. I just want you to understand if I'm guilty of anything regarding your family, it's envy.

Clark Kent

Dad, I know how we can catch more fish this year.

Jonathan Kent

What, new lures?

Clark Kent

X-ray vision.

Clark Kent

Dad, Lex is just trying to do the right thing.

Jonathan Kent

I know he is, Clark. I know he didn't try to buy me off, he's just trying to repay me for damages that he thinks he caused. You're right, I got no real reason to doubt him. It's just something in my gut tells me I should.

Clark Kent

Lex isn't perfect, Dad. I know that. But slamming the door in his face over and over only helps turn him into exactly what you think he already is.

Jonathan Kent

When did you get to be so wise?

Clark Kent

Ask my dad.

Roger Nixon

Why don't you stop playing the protector and admit the truth? You and your wife kept him because you couldn't have children of your own.

Jonathan Kent

We kept him because he is our son and we love him.

Roger Nixon

He's not your son, you deluded hick! He's not even human! You can kill me if you want for saying this, but you know I'm right. You're just a small man whose son's destiny is too big for you to comprehend. Clark doesn't belong to you. He belongs to the world.

Roger Nixon

Dying in a tomb. That's ironic. At least you got a legacy to leave behind... and a son to be proud of.

Jonathan Kent

The first time Clark used his abilities, he'd crawled under a big oak bed that my grandfather had made, and I crawled underneath it to try to get him out. All of a sudden the frame just came up in the air. He was a toddler lifting, I don't know, 500 pounds over his head.

Roger Nixon

What did you do?

Jonathan Kent

We decided to take him to a doctor scientist, somebody more equipped to understand than we were. But when we got in front of the office, Martha, she said that if we left him there that they would want to keep him and we'd never see him again. So I took him home. Now, that may have been a mistake, but it was a mistake I'd gladly make again.

Clark Kent

Dad, you were right. Once I understood what triggered the heat, I was able to control it without thinking about... sex.

Jonathan Kent

You sure about that son?

Clark Kent

Trust me. Next time I have a date, I'll be able to take her out without setting her on fire.

Jonathan Kent

Well, that's a relief.

Martha Kent

I think our not so normal son might be going through some classic teenage rebellion.

Jonathan Kent

Well, I think I liked dealing with heat vision a lot better than that.

Jonathan Kent

Get in the truck, son.

Clark Kent

Give me one reason why I should.

Jonathan Kent

Because I am your father and I just told you to get in the truck.

Clark Kent

You're not my father. You never were.

Martha Kent

If the green meteor rocks affect Clark physically, maybe the red affects him emotionally.

Jonathan Kent

It would sure explain his personality changes.

Martha Kent

The longer he's exposed to the green meteors, the worse he gets. If the same is true with the red rocks, then God help us all.

Clark Kent

Hey, if you guys want to waste your life in this mud hole, that's your problem. I'm through being poor.

Jonathan Kent

Listen, we might not have all the things that other people have, but I didn't think our family was about that!

Clark Kent

With my abilities, I can make millions. Sports, TV... it's all waiting for me. You're the ones who have been forcing me to hide who I really am.

Jonathan Kent

No! We are the ones who have been trying to protect you. We don't want anybody coming here and taking you away.

Clark Kent

Protecting me? Using me. I'm just another piece of equipment to keep your little farm going.

Martha Kent

How can you be as fast as lightning and as slow as molasses all at the same time?

Clark Kent

Sometimes, Mom, I'm even a mystery to myself.

Jonathan Kent

Wait a minute, didn't I just fix your alarm clock recently?

Clark Kent

Yeah, but I crushed it this morning hitting the snooze alarm. Guess I'm not much of a morning person.

Jonathan Kent

Must have got that from your mother. You know, she could be late to her own wedding. In fact, she was late to her own wedding.

Martha Kent

Not all of us were trained by roosters.

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.

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.

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.

Jonathan Kent

Wait. Are you sure that this is the best thing to do? Quit, I mean.

Martha Kent

What do you mean? I thought you'd be happy about it.

Jonathan Kent

If you hadn't been working for Lionel, then we'd have no way of knowing that he was keeping tabs on Clark.

Martha Kent

So, instead of staying away from him...

Jonathan Kent

Maybe we should take a page out of the Luthor playbook.