Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)/Quotes

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I'll go legit.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Mute, hunched over, more monster than man in the eyes of our so-called civilization-- who could have guessed that beneath your appaling appearance you have a savant brilliance when it comes to... machines. Einstein's mind in a Quasimodo's body. Even I was dumbfounded when I accidentally discovered that you are able to invent what others could never hope to imagine.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

War is business -- and business is -- very, very good.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

You are as astute as you are comely. A deadly combination, if I may say so. Deadly.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Penguin party in my pants.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

What people want and what they're most scared of are usually not far removed from each other.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

You know why people are afraid of the dark, don't you? It's a very basic loss of control, a certainty that while you suffer the disorientation of blindness... other creatures are moving through your territory, staking their own claims, manipulating your environment to suit their own needs. I'll tell you something, though. You have no need to fear those creatures who use the darkness to their advantage... Not as long as you stick to the one who's controlling the light...!

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Ah, finally. My lovely new archer. Did you do it? Is our little red robin dead?

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Forget crime, today the big money is in branding! Merchandise! Franchising!

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

I'm calling it a night, boys. Someone wants to talk business, they better be fencing the Hope Diamond.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Ladies and gentlemen, I interrupt this program in order to perform an auction for a very rare item, the likes of which hasn't been seen around here in two months. A piece of fresh fruit.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Gotham City and the Cobblepots. Oh sure, we all got off on the wrong foot a bit, what with my ancestor Sir Nigel Cobblepot being part of the invading British Redcoats during our fight for independence. And yet it would only take a couple of generations for us to make things "right" with the fair city, as the Union Army's Col. Nathan Cobblepot admirably defended Gotham during the legendary Battle of Gotham Heights. If truth be told, in time the Cobblepot name would eventually become synonymous with Gotham. So much so that Theodore Cobblepot, my great-grandfather, would enjoy one of the longest and most succesful tenures as Mayor this city ever had. Yes, Gotham and we Cobblepots have shared quite the long and prestigious history together... if you don't include me, of course. Awkward. Skittish. Friendless. Freakish. I was everything a Cobblepot was not supposed to be. And so, I would have to make my own way in life. There'd be no mayoral reigns or famous war victories for this Cobblepot. NoNo, I would have a life filled with museum thefts and clashes with masked vigilantes to look forward to instead. A life as The Penguin. And so it went. But whatever can be said about my life, even my bitterest foes must grant me this: I've always conducted myself with style. With class. And with dignity. And so it shall remain. No matter what my situation is now.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

We are dinosaurs, you know. You and I... we appreciate style, finesse, not like nowadays, where any two-bit punk with spandex and a homicidal attitude thinks he's a hero.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

You can tell your boss -- whenever the Hell you find him -- that the Penguin is no longer his partner in this endeavor... but once again his enemy.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Oh, c'mon... I've wanted nothing to do with this psycho from the start. I do one favor for someone and suddenly I'm taking all the heat for someone else's dirty work. It's just not fair!

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Where's the thrill in committing the perfect crime if nobody knows it was you?

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Birds, my sweet. Birds have happened. They've panicked the entire city. Because I told them to!

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

I'm Cobblepot, you cretin. Do you think my parents named me "The Penguin"?

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

A wise man once said there are three kinds of lies. Lies. Damn lies. And statistics.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

You think Gotham is a safe place? Not anymore. Not anymore!

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

This world belongs to the beautiful, little one. Which is why people like us must stick together. We are scars on humanity's face... ignored, jeered, ridiculed, all the while posessing most of man's genius.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

Ever prepared, the Penguin is back! And how sweet it is.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)

I hate places like this! There's no room here for entrepreneurs such as myself! They don't respect individual rights here like they do in America! At home, no one has their rights more carefully considered than a convicted felon. Gives you something to exploit! Here they'd just turn the key and forget it! Russia is no place for a bird like me.

--Oswald Cobblepot (New Earth)