Lex Luthor Quotes (Page 3)
Lex: I knew Van was misguided, but I'm not so sure he's insane.
Clark: What makes you say that?
Lex: Churchill once said "Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge."
Lex: I wouldn't worry about it, Dad. I'm insured now.
Lionel: Not yet. There's some difficulty getting you underwritten by Lloyd's of London.
Lex: On what grounds?
Lionel: Your tendency to attract near-death experiences has made you too great a liability.
Lex: I would think surviving would count for something.
Clark: 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: What do you mean by altered?
Clark: 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: Clark, the only abilities I have are playing the market and falling for the wrong women.
Lex: Corporate life insurance?
Lionel: Standard for all upper-level employees.
Lex: Is 50 million dollars standard?
Lionel: Don't underestimate your own value, my son. You seem reluctant, Lex. I don't understand.
Lex: It's hard not to consider the implications when your mortality has a dollar sign attached to it.
Lionel: No, Lex, I'd hoped we'd move beyond this distrust reflex of yours.
Lex: It's called common sense.
Lex: I was so relieved when you forgave me for stealing the blood that I failed to realize no rational person would have done that.
Helen: I did it because I love you. You still think I tried to kill you? Why can't you see what's right in front of your eyes? It was your father's plane. He's always been threatened by you.
Lex: You're right. But, you see, I haven't been able to stop thinking about the accident and there is something that's been right in front of my eyes. If my father wanted me dead, he wouldn't have failed.
Lex: It's ironic. In the most remote solitude I still managed to find an enemy. I suppose I was just hallucinating from malaria, but the enemy I found was real. I got a good look at myself, or at least the part I've always tried to ignore.
Clark: Lex, I guess we all got to take a look at our dark side sooner or later.
Lex: The problem is if you stare at it long enough, it can get hard to tell the two sides apart.
Lionel: I had search parties scouring half the world for you.
Lex: Looks like you picked the wrong half.
Lex: Abraham threw Isaac on the pyre to prove his faith to God. What was your excuse?
Lionel: Lex? Son...
Lex: Disappointed I'm not basking in the fires of hell?
Lionel: Lex. Put the gun down.
Lex: Sorry I screwed up your plan.
Lex: Where am I?
Louis: Same place you've been the last three months. Paradise. You had another fever dream. Malaria's still got you. You were calling her name again.
Lex: Who?
Louis: That bitch who set you up.
Lex: Louis... I appreciate everything you've done for me, but if you ever refer to my wife that way again, I won't be held responsible for my actions.
Lex: I've always been fighting my destiny, trying to avoid becoming my father. But we all have certain genes that, no matter how much we want to change, dominate us.
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