- Detective James Gordon: Ma'am, was that screaming we heard back there?
- Fish Mooney: Yes. My boys were watching a scary movie.
- Detective James Gordon: Really?
- Fish Mooney: No. Actually, one of my staff has been stealing money from me, so we're beating his punk ass.
- Edward Nygma: What's nowhere but everywhere, except where something is?
- Detective James Gordon: Nothing.
- Carmine Falcone: Who knows who killed the Waynes? Some lowlife. We needed a culprit before the funeral. Pepper was sacrificed so that the people of Gotham would see swift justice done, so they can feel safe and secure.
- Detective James Gordon: And that matters so much to you.
- Carmine Falcone: Of course. I'm a businessman. You can't have organized crime without law and order.
- Detective James Gordon: I promise you, however dark and scary the world might be right now... there will be light. There will be light, Bruce.
- Fish Mooney: James, wait. You have a little danger in your eye. I wonder what you plan to do with that.
- Detective James Gordon: You'll have to wait and see.
- Fish Mooney: I hate surprises.
- Detective James Gordon: Why were you up on the roof?
- Bruce Wayne: I'm learning to conquer fear.
- Detective James Gordon: Fear doesn't need conquering. Fear tells you where the edge is. Fear is a good thing.
- Detective Harvey Bullock: What the hell are you doing? We had the drop on him.
- Detective James Gordon: Well, he's dropped, isn't he?
- Detective Harvey Bullock: You could have gotten hurt. Rookie mistake. Next time, shoot the son-of-a-bitch.
- Detective James Gordon: If I shoot, that sets everybody off. Gunfire every which way.
- Detective Harvey Bullock: Somebody takes a cop's gun, you shoot him. That's basic.
- Comedian: [auditioning at Fish's nightclub] I'm not afraid of death, so much as of dying. I want to die how my father did - peacefully, in his sleep... not like his screaming, terrified passengers.
- [Fish bursts out laughing]
- James Gordon: [to Gordon] Jim, you seem like a nice guy, but this is not a city or a job for nice guys.