- Alfred Pennyworth: Are you all right?
- Bruce Wayne: I'm fine. Why?
- Alfred Pennyworth: I heard screaming.
- Bruce Wayne: A bad dream.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Oh. Was I in it?
- Bruce Wayne: Not this time.
- Harvey Bullock: No one hits councilmen. It's cheaper to bribe them. You kill them and another bum with his hand out takes his place.
- James Gordon: I should have killed you. I should put a bullet in your head right now.
- Oswald Cobblepot: And you would have every right to do so. But you won't, Jim Gordon. You're a good man. You may very well be the last good man in Gotham.
- James Gordon: This war... what are you talking about? Why will there be a war?
- Oswald Cobblepot: Uh, as you know, war is just politics by other means. And isn't politics just money? Talking?
- James Gordon: Talking about what?
- Oswald Cobblepot: [chuckles] Arkham, of course.
- [first lines]
- Barbara Kean: [answering a knock at their door] Jim...
- Oswald Cobblepot: Hello, James, old friend... You must be Barbara.
- Barbara Kean: Yes, please come in...
- Oswald Cobblepot: James, hi. I'm Peter. Peter Humboldt. Heh. Lovely to meet you at last. You're even more beautiful than I imagined.
- Barbara Kean: Shush. Nice to meet you, Peter. I never meet Jim's friends. He never tells me anything.
- Oswald Cobblepot: Men...
- Barbara Kean: Don't I know it.
- Fish Mooney: [about auditioning singer] Not bad, but keep looking.
- Butch Gilzean: Really, boss? That's a good-looking girl.
- Fish Mooney: Look at me. I ain't looking for no girl. I'm looking for a weapon.
- Fish Mooney: You want to be a woman with power, money and respect like me?
- Liza: I guess. Yeah.
- Fish Mooney: Are you willing to do whatever it takes to have it all?
- Liza: Yes, I am.
- Fish Mooney: That's the job.
- [last lines]
- Bruce Wayne: My parents believed a new asylum would bring hope to Gotham. Now that's gone. Everything they worked for is now falling into the hands of criminals.
- James Gordon: Not everything. You're alive. It's not too late.
- Bruce Wayne: Do you really believe that? Do you believe Gotham can be saved?
- James Gordon: I believe it's worth trying.
- James Gordon: You can't be this lazy.
- Harvey Bullock: Lazy? Maybe I just do my job smarter than you, you ever consider that?
- James Gordon: Yeah. I considered it.
- [to a man bound and gagged inside an oil drum, covered with gasoline]
- Richard Gladwell: You know, if it were up to me, this would be over quick, without all the fuss. My father used to say, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." But it's not up to me. And my customer specifically asked me to send a message. And you know what they say: "The customer is always right."