Smallville

Smallville Season 1 Quotes (Page 5)

Season 1 Episode 17: "Reaper"

Martha: I'm not going to play referee, you two need to work this out.
Clark: We will. First we'll have a week of uncomfortable silence and then we'll start talking about something trivial. And then we'll move on.
 • Rating: Unrated

Lex: Do you know what my father gave me for my tenth birthday? A copy of The Will to Power. "Behold the Superman - man is something to be overcome." Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, they were the voices that nurtured me after my mother died. My father made every question a quiz, every choice a test. Second best was for losers, compassion for the weak, trust no one. Those were the lessons I grew up with.
Dominic: I'll remember that if I'm ever interviewed by the Biography Channel.
Lex: All I'm saying, Dominic, is try to remember who I was raised by. I try to deny it, but I'm still my father's son. Tread carefully.
 • Rating: Unrated

Season 1 Episode 16: "Stray"

(talking about Lex)
Ryan: I know you like him, Clark, but there's a lot of darkness he keeps from the world.
 • Rating: Unrated

(giving Clark a present)
Lex: It's a foil, Clark. Every hero should have one.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Lionel: We don't need to play games, son.
Lex: Dad, games are all we have.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Jonathan: You always had a soft spot for strays.
Martha: The last one turned out all right.
 • Rating: Unrated

Lionel: Lex, your performance of late has been... more than adequate.
Lex: That sounds dangerously like a compliment.
 • Rating: Unrated

Lionel Luthor: I've been harsh on you, Lex, but greatness is a rarefied air one has to be taught to breathe.
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Ryan: (after being kissed by Lana) I don't know, but I'm definitely in love.
Clark: Join the club.
 • Rating: Unrated

Jonathan: You can stay as long as you want. Maybe some of you'll rub off on Clark.
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Lex: I thought you were in Monaco.
Lionel: The backbone of surprise is fusing secrecy with speed.
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Ryan: Maybe she (Chloe) has a romantic side you don't know about?
Clark: And maybe my mom hit you harder than we thought.
 • Rating: Unrated

Clark: Warrior Angel, why him?
Ryan: Because he protects people who can't protect themselves. I like being around you Clark. It's...peaceful.
 • Rating: Unrated

Clark: Don't worry, Chloe's the queen of obscure and irrelevant references.
 • Rating: Unrated

Clark: I didn't know you liked comic books.
Lex: Are you kidding? A strange visitor from another planet who protects the weak? When I was young he was my idol, not to mention that fact he's bald. I have the whole collection.
 • Rating: Unrated

Lex: The day Julian was born was the only time I felt like I was part of a real family.
 • Rating: Unrated

Lex: I think he saw Julian as his second chance. A chance for him to have a son he could truly love.
Clark: I'm sorry.
Lex: It's in the past, Clark. We would have ended up hating each other anyway. My father would have seen to that.
 • Rating: Unrated

Clark: If anyone can choose who they want to be, Lex, it's you.
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Clark: You have sources?
Chloe: Yeah. A cute officer in traffic. I talked my way out of a speeding ticket. He told me I was plucky. Maybe I'll ask him to prom.
 • Rating: Unrated

Lex: You know what those emperors you're always talking about were really afraid of? That their sons would become successful and return to Rome at the head of their own army.
Lionel: You think you can find your future in Smallville? I'm your future. Join me, Lex. Join me in Metropolis. How long have you been waiting to hear me to say those words?
Lex: I've waited to hear other things from you for a lot longer. I'll return to Metropolis when I'm ready.
Lionel: At the head of an army?
 • Rating: Unrated

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