Watchmen * Quotes

"Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense."

"None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here WITH ME!"

"I heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Life seems harsh, and cruel. Says he feels all alone in threatening world. Doctor says: "'Treatment is simple. The great clown - Pagliacci - is in town. Go see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears. 'But doctor...' he says 'I am Pagliacci.' Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains."

"I'm not a comic book villain. Do you seriously think I would explain my master stroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome? I triggered it 35 minutes ago."

"This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!'... and I'll whisper 'no'."

"God didn't kill that little girl. Fate didn't butcher her and destiny didn't feed her to those dogs. If God saw what any of us did that night he didn't seem to mind. From then on I knew... God doesn't make the world this way. We do."

"Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon. That's always been the difference between us, Daniel."