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1960's Batman Quotes

Im willing to bet Adam West improvised a vast quantity of these
> >insights.....
> >
> >Batman Lecturing Robin
> >
> >
> >Robin: 'Let's go!'
> >Batman: 'Not you, Robin. They have strict licensing laws in this country. A
> >boy of your age is not allowed in a drinking tavern.'
> >Dick Grayson: 'What's so important about Chopin?'
> >Bruce Wayne: 'All music is important, Dick. It's the universal language.
> >One of our best hopes for the eventual realization of the brotherhood of
> >man.'
> >Dick Grayson: 'Gosh Bruce, yes, you're right. I'll practice harder from now
> >on.'
> >
> >Robin: 'You can't get away from Batman that easy!'
> >Batman: 'Easily.'
> >Robin: 'Easily.'
> >Batman: 'Good grammar is essential, Robin.'
> >Robin: 'Thank you.'
> >Batman: 'You're welcome.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Better put 5 cents in the meter.'
> >Robin: 'No policeman's going to give the Batmobile a ticket.'
> >Batman: 'This money goes to building better roads. We all must do our
> >part.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Boy! That was our closest call ever! I have to admit that I was
> >pretty scared!'
> >Batman: 'I wasn't scared in the least.'
> >Robin: 'Not at all?'
> >Batman: 'Haven't you noticed how we always escape the vicious ensnarements
> >of our enemies?'
> >Robin: 'Yeah, because we're smarter than they are!'
> >Batman: 'I like to think it's because our hearts are pure.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Holy molars! Am I ever glad I take good care of my teeth!'
> >Batman: 'True. You owe your life to dental hygiene.'
> >
> >Bruce: 'Yes, Dick, your bird calls are close to perfect. If more people
> >practiced them, someday we might have a chance for real communication with
> >our feathered friends.'
> >Dick: 'In that case I think I'll polish up my ruby-crowned kinglet and my
> >rose-breasted yellow-tailed grouse-beak calls.'
> >
> >Dick: 'Sorry, I'm not interested in dance lessons.'
> >Bruce: 'Wait a minute, Dick. The junior prom's coming up, isn't it?'
> >Dick: 'Yes, but...'
> >Bruce: 'Well, we don't want you to be a wallflower, do we? Dancing is an
> >integral part of every young man's education.'
> >Dick: 'Gosh Bruce, you're right.'
> >
> >Batman to Robin: 'When you get a little older, you'll see how easy it is to
> >become lured by the female of the species.'
> >
> >Robin: 'I guess you can never trust a woman.'
> >Batman: 'You've made a hasty generalization, Robin. It's a bad habit to get
> >into.'
> >
> >Robin: 'That's an impossible shot, Batman.'
> >Batman: 'That's a negative attitude, Robin.'
> >
> >Batman: 'The green button will turn the car a la escarda o a la drecia.'
> >Robin: 'To the left or right. Threw in a little Spanish on me, huh,
> >Batman?'
> >Batman: 'One should always keep abreast of foreign tongues, Robin.'
> >
> >Dick: 'Gosh, Economics is sure a dull subject.'
> >Bruce: 'Oh, you must be jesting, Dick. Economics dull? The glamour, the
> >romance of commerce... Hmm. It's the very lifeblood of our country's
> >society.'
> >
> >
> >
> >'Gosh, Batman, you're right!'
> >Bruce: 'Don't dip your oar in this sordid sea, Dick. You might be
> >besmirched.'
> >
> >Batman: 'That's one trouble with dual identities, Robin. Dual
> >responsibilities.'
> >
> >Batman: 'In fact, Mr. Wayne is taking Mrs. Harriet Cooper, a devotee of
> >Miss Glaze's, backstage before the performance to meet the dazzling star.'
> >Robin: 'While Dick Grayson, I suppose, stays home and works on his essay on
> >glaciers?'
> >Batman: 'Right again, Robin.'
> >
> >Robin: 'To the batcave?'
> >Batman: 'And up the batpoles.'
> >Robin: 'The batpoles?'
> >Batman: 'Even crimefighters need their sleep, Robin.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Picked up the seal pulsator yet, Batman?'
> >Batman: 'We're still over land, Robin, and a seal is an aquatic, marine
> >mammal.'
> >Robin: 'Gosh, yes, Batman, I forgot.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Where'd you get a live fish, Batman?'
> >Batman: 'The true crimefighter always carries everything he needs in his
> >utility belt, Robin.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Batman, maybe I should stay home tonight. Homework, you know.'
> >Batman: 'I think you should acquire a taste for opera, Robin, as one does
> >for poetry and olives.'
> >
> >Robin, to Carpet King: 'You must be that gentleman I've read about. Aren't
> >you a king or something?'
> >Batman: 'Robin, England has no king now. England has a queen, and a great
> >lady she is, too.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Gosh, Batman, this camel grass juice is great.'
> >Batman: 'Beware of strong stimulants, Robin.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Robin, the Constitution provides that a man is innocent until
> >proven guilty. And the Constitution is the cornerstone of our great nation.
> >We must abide by it.'
> >Robin: 'Gosh, when you put it that way...'
> >
> >Batman: 'Man-eating lilacs have no teeth, Robin. It's a process of
> >ingestion through their tentacles.'
> >
> >Batman (after cracking a safe): 'It's not difficult, if you have steady
> >nerves and a good ear. Quality is destroyed by the tenor of criminal life.'
> >
> >Batman: 'An older head can't be put on younger shoulders.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Venus seemed like a nice girl in that costume.'
> >Batman: 'I suspect she is a nice girl down deep, but she's fallen in with
> >bad companions. And who knows what her home life was like.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Go back outside and calm the flower children.'
> >Robin: 'They'll mob me!'
> >Batman: 'Groovy.'
> >
> >Batman: 'You know your neosauruses well, Robin. Peanut butter sandwiches it
> >is.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Too many Bessarovian Cossacks around here, Robin. If I'd joined
> >you in the fight, some of them may have been injured.'
> >
> >Robin, about Batgirl: 'She's gone again! For once, Batman, let's follow
> >her.'
> >Batman: 'No, Robin. With my head sticking out of this neosaurus costume, I
> >might not appear like an ordinary, run of the mill crimefighter.'
> >
> >Bruce: 'Just because we're traveling, I don't think that Dick should
> >neglect his studies, so we brought along one thousand key works of
> >literature, his biological specimens, and also his own desk.'
> >Dick: 'Yes, I expect to study hard.'
> >
> >Batman: 'You're far from mod, Robin. And many hippies are older than you
> >are.'
> >
> >Superintendent Watson: 'Well, I think this calls for a cup of char at
> >venerable Ireland Yard.'
> >Robin: 'Char?'
> >Batman: 'Yes, Robin, a colloquialism for tea.'
> >
> >Catwoman: 'Let noone say that Catwoman is not the best-dressed woman in the
> >world.'
> >Batman: 'There are no fashion shows where you're going, Catwoman.'
> >Robin: 'And how could a feline feloness like you also be a fashion model?'
> >Batman: 'Ah-ah. Give credit where credit is due, Robin. She may be evil,
> >but she is attractive. You'll know more about that in a couple of years.'
> >
> >Robin: 'If we close our eyes, we can't see anything.'
> >Batman: 'A sound observation, Robin.'
> >
> >Robin, about Catwoman: 'Do you think she'll kill Batgirl?'
> >Batman: 'Or worse, Robin. Or worse.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Nobody wants war.'
> >Robin: 'Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a
> >few hours.'
> >Batman: 'Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years.'
> >
> >Joker: 'Let bygones be bygones. I'd like to shake hands with both of you.
> >Can't we be friends?'
> >Robin: 'I'd rather shake hands with a spitting cobra!'
> >Batman: 'You're being cynical, Robin. To err is human, to
> >forgive...divine.'
> >
> >Batman: 'What took you so long, Batgirl?'
> >Batgirl: 'Rush hour traffic, plus all the lights were against me. And you
> >wouldn't want me to speed, would you?'
> >Robin: 'Your good driving habits almost cost us our lives!'
> >Batman: 'Rules are rules, Robin. But you do have a point.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Cattail Lane and Nine Lives Alley. The Grimalkin Novelty Company
> >is on that corner.'
> >Robin: 'Grimalkin? What kind of a name is that?'
> >Batman: 'An obscure but nevertheless acceptable synonym for cat, Robin.'
> >
> >Robin, looking at Batgirl: 'You know something, Batman?'
> >Batman: 'What's that, Robin?'
> >Robin: 'She looks very pretty when she's asleep.'
> >Batman: 'I thought you might eventually notice that. That single statement
> >indicates to me the first oncoming thrust of manhood, old chum.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Gosh, if I could just figure out that riddle. Why can't I get it?'
> >Batman: 'Maybe your mind's on that cute little teenager who waved to you on
> >the way across town, eh?'
> >Robin: 'Awww, come on, Batman.'
> >
> >Dick: 'Awww, heck! What's the use of learning French anyway?'
> >Bruce: 'Dick, I'm surprised at you! Language is the key to world peace. If
> >we all spoke each other's tongues, perhaps the scourge of war would be
> >ended forever.'
> >Dick: 'Gosh, Bruce, yes. I'll get these darn verbs if they kill me!'
> >
> >Robin: 'What do we do, tip off Commissioner Gordon?'
> >Batman: 'No, not on your life, old man. The Penguin and I have a score to
> >settle.'
> >
> >Dick: 'Wow! The rings of Saturn! This is sure some fun, Bruce.'
> >Bruce: 'Astronomy is more than mere fun, Dick.'
> >Dick: 'It is?'
> >Bruce: 'Yes, it helps give us a sense of proportion. Reminds us how little
> >we are, really. People tend to forget that sometimes.'
> >Dick: 'Gosh yes, that's right. I'll bet I see those rings a little
> >differently this time!'
> >
> >Robin: 'Gosh, there could be diplomatic repercussions if we fail this time,
> >Batman.'
> >Batman: 'That's not the point, Robin. What's important is that the world
> >know that all visitors to these teeming shores are safe, be they peasant or
> >king.'
> >Robin: 'Gee, Batman, I never thought of that. You're right.'
> >Batman: 'It's the very essence of our democracy.'
> >
> >Batman to Robin: 'Stop fiddling with that atomic pile and come down here!'
> >
> >Dick: 'Gosh, botany is tough. I'll never learn to recognize all these
> >trees!'
> >Bruce: 'Come come, Dick. Pine. Elm. Hickory, chestnut, maple. Part of our
> >heritage is the lure of living things, the storybook of nature.'
> >Dick: 'That's true, Bruce. I'll learn to read that book of nature yet!'
> >
> >Batman: 'Robin, you haven't fastened your safety bat-belt.'
> >Robin: 'We're only going a couple of blocks.'
> >Batman: 'It won't be long until you are old enough to get a driver's
> >license, Robin, and you'll be able to drive the Batmobile and other
> >vehicles. Remember, motorist safety.'
> >Robin: 'Gosh, Batman, when you put it that way..'
> >
> >Bruce: 'When we have more time, I'll acquaint you with the various
> >processes of sculptoring. It's a fascinating art to which I devoted many
> >hours of study.'
> >Dick: 'I sure would like to hear about it, Bruce.'
> >
> >Batman (during a bat-climb): 'Careful, Robin. Both hands on the Bat-rope.'
> >Robin: 'Sorry, Batman.'
> >
> >Robin (about Lydia Limpet): 'Gosh, Batman, those look like honest eyes.'
> >Batman: 'Never trust the old chestnut, 'Crooks have beady little eyes'.
> >It's false.'
> >
> >Robin: 'When we put the fake jewels in Miss Starr's safe and take the real
> >ones out, we could be nailed as crooks.'
> >Batman: 'That's a chance we have to take, Robin. In our well ordered
> >society, protection of private property is essential.'
> >Robin: 'Yes, you're right, Batman. That's the keystone to all law and
> >order.'
> >
> >Dick Grayson: 'I thought Lima was the capital of Equador.'
> >Bruce Wayne: 'As you can see, I was right. It's the capital of Peru.'
> >Aunt Harriet: 'Oh, I just love this game of capitals. It's just so
> >educational!'
> >Bruce: 'Not only that, if we don't know all about our friends to the south,
> >how can we can carry out our good neighbor policy?'
> >
> >Bruce: 'Most Americans don't realize what we owe to the ancient Incas. Very
> >few appreciate they gave us the white potato and many varieties of Indian
> >corn.'
> >Dick: 'Now whenever I eat mashed potatos, I for one will think of the
> >Incas.'
> >
> >Dick (working on a jigsaw puzzle): 'It's so much harder with the pieces
> >upside down.'
> >Bruce: 'Of course. Think of what excellent training it is for your visual
> >memory.'
> >Dick: 'Gosh yes, I guess that's true.'
> >
> >(in Batmobile, on golf course)
> >Robin: 'Let's get going and make an emergency bat-turn!'
> >Batman: 'Not this time, old chum. Have to think of the golfers. The
> >retro-rockets would burn up the course for a hundred yards.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Human mechanisms are made by human hands, Robin. None of them is
> >infallible. It is a lesson that must be faced.'
> >
> >Batman: 'That's life, Robin, full of ups and downs. It ill befits any of us
> >to become to confident.'
> >
> >Batman (about to cross the street): 'Remember Robin, always look both
> >ways.'
> >
> >Robin: 'It sure is a shame, Batman. A restaurant with such terrific chow
> >turning out to be a mere front for some criminal scheme.'
> >Batman: 'Look at it this way, Robin. That $100 cover charge is pretty
> >stiff. Penguin's 'terrific chow' is hardly within the budget of the average
> >worker.'
> >Robin: 'Gosh yes, you're right, Batman. All the needy people in the world,
> >all the hungry children.'
> >Batman: 'Good thinking, Robin.'
> >
> >Dick: 'Gosh Bruce, Greek is still Greek to me.'
> >Aunt Harriet: 'It's Greek to a lot of Greeks too. It's one of the world's
> >oldest, most important, most beautiful languages.'
> >Dick: 'It may be, Aunt Harriet, but can't we take a breather and work out
> >in the gym for a while?'
> >Aunt Harriet: 'But the mind needs excercise too, Dick.'
> >Dick: 'Well, my mind is getting muscle-bound.'
> >Bruce: 'Ahhh, there is an old saying, Dick. A sound mind and a sound body.
> >A worthy goal.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Ma Parker's girl is more dangerous than her three boys.'
> >Robin: 'Her legs sort of reminded me of Catwoman's.'
> >Batman: 'You're growing up, Robin. Remember, in crime-fighting always keep
> >your sights raised.'
> >
> >Robin: 'But what is it?'
> >Batman: 'Saribus Sacer. A species of ancient Egyptian beetle, sacred to the
> >Sun God, Hymeopolos. And from which the term scarab is derived. But, you
> >should know that, Robin, if you are up on your studies of Egyptology.'
> >Robin: 'You're right.'
> >
> >Batman: 'I know. Hieroglyphics self-taught are a chore, Robin; but, it is a
> >surefire way to unravel the secrets of the ancient mystics.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Experience teaches slowly, Robin. And at a cost of many mistakes.'
> >
> >Robin: 'I am a little hungry.'
> >Batman: 'Of course, Robin. Even crime-fighters must eat. And especially
> >you. You're a growing boy and you need your nutrition.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Remember the Boy Scouts' motto.'
> >Robin: ''Be prepared'.'
> >Batman: 'It would do well to keep that in mind at all times.'
> >
> >Robin: 'We better hurry, Batman.'
> >Batman: 'Not too fast, Robin. In good bat-climbing as in good driving one
> >must never sacrifice safety for speed.'
> >Robin: 'Right again, Batman.'
> >
> >Batman: 'Tarnished reputations are unfortunate, Robin. We can live with
> >those. However, a threat to all of Gotham City is something else.'
> >
> >Robin: 'Self-control is sure tough sometimes, Batman!'
> >Batman: 'All virtues are, old chum. Indeed, that's why they're virtues.'
> >
> >Robin: 'How about rushing the place, Batman?'
> >Batman: 'Shh. I think not, Robin. All they've done so far is stolen a few
> >items, attempted to kill you, me, and Batgirl. No, I think they plan
> >something really big.'