Jonathan Kent Quotes in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

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Jonathan Kent Quotes:

  • Jonathan Kent: It's somethin', innit? One minute in Kansas livin' on a pancake so we come to the mountains. All downhill from here; down to the floodplain, arm at the bottom of the world. I remember one season the water came bad. I couldn't've been twelve. Dad had out the shovels and we went at it all night. We worked 'til I think I fainted, but we managed to stop the water. We saved the farm. Your grandma baked me a cake, said I was a hero. Later that day we found out we blocked the water alright - we sent it upstream. A whole Lange farm washed away. While I ate my hero cake, their horses were drowning. I used to hear them wailing in my sleep.

    Clark Kent: Did the nightmares ever stop?

    Jonathan Kent: Yeah. When I met your mother. She gave me faith that there's good in this world. She was my world. I miss you, Son.

    Clark Kent: I miss you too, Dad.

  • [from Comic Con trailer]

    Jonathan Kent: People are afraid of what they don't understand.

  • Jonathan Kent: Did they hurt you?

    Clark Kent at 13: You know they can't.

    Jonathan Kent: That's not what I meant. I meant, "are you all right?"

    Clark Kent at 13: I wanted to hit that kid. I wanted to hit him so bad.

    Jonathan Kent: I know you did. I mean, part of me even wanted you to, but then what? Make you feel any better? You just have to decide what kind of a man you want to grow up to be, Clark; because whoever that man is, good character or bad, he's... He's gonna change the world.

  • Clark Kent at 13: Can't I just keep pretending I'm your son?

    Jonathan Kent: You are my son. But somewhere out there you have another father too, who gave you another name. And he sent you here for a reason, Clark. And even if it takes you the rest of your life you owe it to yourself to find out what that reason is.

  • Clark Kent at 13: I just wanted to help.

    Jonathan Kent: I know you did, but we talked about this. Right? Right? We talked about this! You have...!

    [calms himself]

    Jonathan Kent: Clark, you have to keep this side of yourself a secret.

    Clark Kent at 13: What was I supposed to do? Just let them die?

    Jonathan Kent: Maybe; but there's more at stake here than our lives or the lives of those around us. When the world... When the world finds out what you can do, it's gonna change everything; our... our beliefs, our notions of what it means to be human... everything. You saw how Pete's mom reacted, right? She was scared, Clark.

    Clark Kent at 13: Why?

    Jonathan Kent: People are afraid of what they don't understand.

    Clark Kent at 13: Is she right? Did God do this to me? Tell me!

  • Jonathan Kent: [Jonathan shows Clark his ship] We found you in this. We were sure the government was gonna show up at our doorstep, but no one ever came.

    Clark Kent at 13: [Clark looks over the ship in puzzlement] .

    Jonathan Kent: [Jonathan shows Clark the command key] This was in the chamber with you. We took it to a metallurgist at Kansas State. He said whatever it was made from didn't even... didn't even exist on the periodic table. It's another way of saying that it's not from this world, Clark... and neither are you. You're the answer, son. You're the answer to, "are we alone in the universe?"

    Clark Kent at 13: I don't want to be.

    Jonathan Kent: And I don't blame you, son. It'd be a huge burden for anyone to bear; but you're not just anyone, Clark, and I have to believe that you were... that you were sent here for a reason. All these changes that you're going through, one day... one day you're gonna think of them as a blessing; and when that day comes, you're gonna have to make a choice... a choice of whether to stand proud in front of the human race or not.

    Clark Kent at 13: Can't I just keep pretending I'm your son?

    Jonathan Kent: [hugs Clark nearly in tears] You are my son;... but somewhere out there, you... you have another father too, who gave you another name, and he sent you here for a reason, Clark; and even if it takes you the rest of your life, you owe it to yourself to find out what that reason is.

  • Lana Lang: [driving up with Brad] Hey, there's Clark! Clark?

    Brad: How'd you get here so fast?

    Young Clark Kent: [shrugs] I ran.

    Brad: "Ran," huh? Told ya he's an oddball. Let's get outta here.

    [they drive away, Lana looking back at Clark]

    Jonathan Kent: Been showing off a bit, haven't you, son?

    Young Clark Kent: [going over to Jonathan] Um... I didn't mean to show off, Pop. It's just that, guys like that Brad, I just want to tear him apart.

    Jonathan Kent: Yeah, I know, I know.

    Young Clark Kent: And I know I shouldn't...

    Jonathan Kent: Yeah, I know, you can do all these amazing things and sometimes you feel like you will just go bust unless you can tell people about them.

    Young Clark Kent: Yeah. I mean every time I kick the football I can make a touchdown. Every time! I mean, is it showing off if somebody's doing the things he's capable of doing? Is a bird showing off when it flies?

    Jonathan Kent: No, no. Now, you listen to me. When you first came to us, we thought people would come and take you away because, when they found out, you know, the things you could do... and that worried us a lot. But then a man gets older, and he starts thinking differently and things get very clear. And one thing I do know, son, and that is you are here for a *reason*. I don't know whose reason, or whatever the reason is... Maybe it's because... uh... I don't know. But I do know one thing. It's *not* to score touchdowns. Huh?

    [they laugh]

    Young Clark Kent: Thanks, Dad.

  • Jonathan Kent: Gold. You know, next to the Lord and maybe the land, I reckon it's the most powerful thing there is.

  • Jonathan Kent: Even though we might be the last wagon, we'd never be the first to fall out.

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