Jonathan Kent quotes from Smallville

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.

Jonathan Kent

Look, I need you to promise me that you won't tell anybody about this, and I mean anybody.

Helen Bryce

Mr. Kent, I take my doctor/patient confidentiality very seriously. But Clark needs proper care.

Jonathan Kent

Doctor, Clark isn't exactly what you'd call a normal boy.

Helen Bryce

I need to get a blood sample.

Jonathan Kent

Listen, Dr. Bryce, you can't do that.

Helen Bryce

Is this some sort of religious thing?

Jonathan Kent

No, I mean literally, you can't do that.

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.

Jonathan Kent

Sheriff, we know our son and Clark would never deliberately hurt anybody. I'm sure whatever he did, he did it 'cause he thought he had to.

Sheriff Nancy Adams

By throwing another young man across my police car? I ran a complete check on your son, Mr. Kent. He's been at more crime scenes than Eliot Ness.

Martha Kent

If Clark's been involved with police business, it's only because he was trying to help people.

Sheriff Nancy Adams

Or maybe he's got some kind of hero complex? I mean, even heroes got to play by the rules.

Jonathan Kent

You did throw him into that car, Clark.

Clark Kent

Maybe this is where it all starts. Remember what it said in the spaceship? "They're a flawed race. Rule them with strength".

Jonathan Kent

Son, I got into a lot of fights when I was your age too, believe me. But, Clark, these are not alien feelings. What you have to remember under these circumstances is that there are consequences.

Martha Kent

Your father's right. You don't make decisions in a split second that you have to live with for the rest of your life.

Jonathan Kent

Clark, it's true. We are a flawed race, sure. But we're a flawed race that raised you. You're a lot more human than you think.

Clark Kent

Dad, look around. Look at what they did to this place. You said yourself I can't protect you. You have to think of Mom. You have to think about the baby.

Jonathan Kent

I am thinking about Mom. I am thinking about the baby. I'm also thinking about you.

Clark Kent

Dad, please! Please.

Jonathan Kent

All right, I'll take your mother to a doctor in Metropolis, and maybe stay with your grandfather for a couple days. Son, I'd feel a whole hell of a lot better if you'd agree to come with us.

Clark Kent

I can't.

Jonathan Kent

Clark, I'm not going to stand here and ask you to do nothing because you and I both know that I would not do nothing. But I want you to remember something son. They have your strength, but they don't have any of your other abilities. You make sure you give yourself a fighting chance.

Martha Kent

Whatever your biological father may have had in mind for you, they're his hopes and dreams, not yours.

Jonathan Kent

Clark, you choose your own destiny. Nobody can decide that for you, son.

Clark Kent

This is my home. And you're my parents. It's where I belong, and I'm not going anywhere.

Jonathan Kent

Clark, it's me.

Jonathan. How's the farm?

Jonathan Kent

Clark, your mother and I love you very much and we want you to come home.

Is that right? Hey, what about not dwelling on the past and making a fresh new start? Come on, you can admit it. You're happier I'm gone.

Jonathan Kent

Son, that's not true.

I'm not your son! And you're not my parents, you never have been! You never will be!

Lana Lang

Clark, what is the matter with you? Your parents love you! I love you.

Do you always betray the people you love?

Jonathan Kent

Hello, Clark.

Jonathan Kent. Isn't it a little past your bedtime? How'd you find me?

Jonathan Kent

Your biological father.

You two are working together now, huh? That's cute. But I didn't listen to him and I'm certainly not gonna listen to you.

Jonathan Kent

You don't realize how dangerous you are when you're wearing that ring!

Clark Kent

It's not the ring. I was born that way. You just can't accept it.

Jonathan Kent

What in the hell did Jor-El do to you, Clark?

Clark Kent

He made sure I'd never forget who my real father is.

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

I think Jor-El was sent here as some kind of rite of passage. Grandpa Kent was down here too. He told Joe that if there was anything he needed...

Jonathan Kent

What is it, Clark?

Clark Kent

I don't think you and Mom found me by accident... I think you were chosen.

Jonathan Kent

Oh, something must be wrong if he stuck his head in the refrigerator and didn't eat the last piece of cherry pie.

Clark Kent

It's nothing. It's just Lana. Seth Nelson asked her out.

Martha Kent

What did she say?

Clark Kent

She said yes so fast it gave me whiplash.

Jonathan Kent

Look, Clark, jealousy is a tough emotion.

Clark Kent

Dad, I'm not jealous!

Jonathan Kent

Ah...

Clark Kent

Well, maybe a little bit.

Clark Kent

Everything's taken care of. What you need to concentrate on is feeling better and your checkers strategy, not necessarily in that order.

Jonathan Kent

Clark, you've been here every night. Why don't you go out with your friends, have some fun.

Clark Kent

Why would I go out with my friends when I can beat my dad at checkers?