"You're worse than a traitor, Nina. You don't even have a cause; you don't believe in anything."
— Jack Bauer to Nina Myers, 24
The Joker: Let me be totally honest here. I'm really new to this. The whole "white face green hair super criminal" thing, I mean. I'm still trying to figure out essentially: am I the sort of criminal that has demands? Am I even a criminal?
Superman: Setting bombs all over the city seems somewhat illegal.
The Joker: Yes. But I did it because I wanted to meet you. I hadn't really thought it out beyond that. Demands; how cliche! Maybe sometimes I'll have demands, and other times, no? Pretty exciting stuff, right?
Superman: Setting bombs all over the city seems somewhat illegal.
The Joker: Yes. But I did it because I wanted to meet you. I hadn't really thought it out beyond that. Demands; how cliche! Maybe sometimes I'll have demands, and other times, no? Pretty exciting stuff, right?
— Adventures Of Superman 2013 #14 — "The Sound of One Hand Clapping"
"Because I am a wolf in a world of sheep. Because terror is the blood of life and its guiding principle. I have no politics to espouse through my terror, no ideals to force through. Terror is its own reward."
— Kaizen Gamorra, The Authority
"My job? Yes, it's finally clear to me now. My job is to be an Enemy of the State."
— Masahiro Takenaka, Black Lagoon
"I've come here to create a new country for you called Chaos and a new government called Anarchy. All for you."
— Gaerity, Blown Away
Hale: So that's what this is about, huh? The money?
Deakins: Yeah.
Hale: Bullshit.
Deakins: Well, you tell me why. Go ahead, tell me why.
Hale: Because you've been passed over for promotion so many times, you want to show the bastards you're right. Maybe it's because everyone's cashing out, so why the Hell not you? Maybe your mother dropped you on your head when you a baby. Who the Hell cares, Deke? I mean, there's no difference between you and a guy who shoots up a schoolyard; you've both got a head full of bad wiring.
Deakins: Yeah.
Hale: Bullshit.
Deakins: Well, you tell me why. Go ahead, tell me why.
Hale: Because you've been passed over for promotion so many times, you want to show the bastards you're right. Maybe it's because everyone's cashing out, so why the Hell not you? Maybe your mother dropped you on your head when you a baby. Who the Hell cares, Deke? I mean, there's no difference between you and a guy who shoots up a schoolyard; you've both got a head full of bad wiring.
"Terrorists have causes. They claim responsibility. Al-Qaeda wanted the world to know exactly what kind of assholes they were. This guy? Not a peep. All terror without the -ist. You know what they call that? Nutjob."
— Foggy Nelson, Daredevil
"Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."
— Alfred, The Dark Knight
"Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know? I just... do things."
— Joker, The Dark Knight
"What is Cobra? What nationality are its leaders, other than Scottish? What will it gain by destroying world capitals? Readers, I do not know."
— Roger Ebert, review of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
"I opened the book of mankind's history. People have always fought and killed, many times without real reason. Violence is the way of the world. I am simply playing along."
— Giacomo Dante, Gunslinger Girl
"To put it in the simplest possible terms, our 'purpose' is a total absence of purpose! You should be aware, fraulein, that there are some people in this world, some irredeemable louts, for whom the means do not require an end! I speak, of course, of myself."
— The Major, Hellsing Ultimate
"At the signing ceremony of the UN's world security treaty in the year 2003, terrorists who called themselves "Smiling Faces" attacked the ceremony. The devastating attack caught the International Society by surprise and temporarily crippled key operations in the UN. That assault was aimed at nothing more than using terrorism to create terror."
— The Opening Narration of Killer7
"When they say that mankind shall be free at last, they mean that mankind shall commit suicide. When they talk of a paradise without right or wrong, they mean the grave. They have but two objects, to destroy first humanity and then themselves. That is why they throw bombs instead of firing pistols. The innocent rank and file are disappointed because the bomb has not killed the king; but the high-priesthood are happy because it has killed somebody."
— Policeman, The Man Who Was Thursday
"I don't know if you're communists, fascists, anarchists, or just garden-variety nutjobs."
— The Red Panda, The Red Panda Adventures
Strannix: You fix that bow plane and I'll make you an Admiral.
Commander Krill: Consider it done. Where are you going?
Strannix: Make Honolulu glow in the dark.
Krill: Outstanding.
Commander Krill: Consider it done. Where are you going?
Strannix: Make Honolulu glow in the dark.
Krill: Outstanding.