"I don't carry no grudges, bub - I work out my aggressions on the spot!"
(Ben Grimm & Logan 1)
"I wasn't goin' to shoot nobody down by accident, darlin' - I was aimin' to do it on purpose."
(Ben Grimm & Logan 2)
"We ain't winnin' this shootin' match by tip-toein' through the tulips, darlin'."
(Cable 16)
"If this plan works, I'm going to go down in history as the craziest mother who ever lived."
(Codename: Xmen 1)
"You could learn a thing or two about covering your tracks too well. Sometimes it's more noticeable than hiding in plain sight."
(Exiles 3)
"Unfortunately, the best intentions don't always equate t' the best actions."
(J2 5)
"I'm a creature of the wild. I hate cities... hate civilization with all its idiot rules. Gimme the free, open, elemental spaces of my mountains where a man holds his fate in his own hands. No lies there. No deception, no compromise. So why, I wonder, do I love this land, this city? It's probably the most structured on Earth, laced tight with centuries of tradition and ritual, covering every conceivable aspect of public and private life. I was born to one world. But I choose to be part of the other."
(Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 3)
"Wonder why this temple was specified for the meet? I've always loved its garden, the elegant simplicity of the pattern formed by the arrangement of rocks and stones -- creating harmony from diversity, order from chaos. A man's spirit, it's said, can be shaped the same way. I've tried -- from my first trip to these islands, longer ago'n I care t' remember -- an' always failed. "
(Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 3)
"She nailed me good -- little slip of a girl -- been a fair piece since anybody's done that. I consider how I look -- me, Wolverine, the hotshot warrior, supposidely the deadliest critter on two legs -- an' I can't help but laugh!"
(Marvel Comics Presents 3)
"Never met Razorfist. Heard of him though. Had his hands surgically replaced with super-keen swords. Always wondered how he eats or gets dressed."
(Marvel Comics Presents 4)
"By rights, we should both be history. But Fate's a fickle dame. She'll do the darndest things sometimes to keep her great game interesting."
(Marvel Comics Presents 7)
"Dobermans. Their larynxes removed so they can't warn their prey by barking. Scent gives 'em away. I twist upwind to give 'em a breath o' mine plus a growl to let 'em know who's boss. Dogs're smarter in some ways than people. They know when they're outmatched."
(Marvel Comics Presents 8)
"I don't die easy. For real, that is. Gettin' a lot o' practice at fakin' it though."
(Marvel Comics Presents 10)
"I never take anything on faith or at face value."
(Marvel Comics Presents 10)
"I tried to be nice. I really did, but you people just bring out the worst in me!"
(Ultimate War 4)
"Music to my ears, bub! Step right up! Be the first in line to meet your ancestors!"
(Uncanny X-Men 268)
"Right orders. Smart moves. You're good, bunkies. I'm better. Especially when I'm mad!"
(Uncanny X-Men 271)
"Face facts. You're a loner. You've always been a loner. Domestic garbage may work in the short term, but it always loses its hold on you in the long run."
(Uncanny X-Men 353)
"Y'better believe I'm goin' down fightin' every step o' the way!"
(Uncanny X-Men 380)
"More'n enough time t' do what I do best -- major damage!"
(Uncanny X-Men 380)
"This may shock you to your drawers, Elf, but I'm with Summers on this one."
(Uncanny X-Men 423)
"What is it with X-Men?! We'll tackle Magneto or even Galactus without a second thought, but heaven forbid any of us, man or woman, can ask someone out on a flamin' date! Pop the question, get an answer, deal with it, an' move on."
(Uncanny X-Men 453)
"I... don't like being nearly cut in half, bub... think you would...?"
(Uncanny X-Men Annual 2001)
"Long as I can leave with what I came for, I got no quarrel with any of you. And remember before you try any stunts that'll send you out that window... the second your boss touched bottom, all of you went off the payroll."
(Wolverine 26)
"'Rogan', huh? That's rich. In your language, 'Ro' can mean old age and dissipation and 'Gan' can mean cancer. Together, they add up to Death and if you're looking for death, you've come to the right place."
(Wolverine 31)
"I should hate myself when I get like this. Everything goes red. Don't even know if I'm talkin' or just howlin'."
(Wolverine 31)
"I should run and hide. Give the ol' bod time to renew itself, but that ain't my style. Not my style at all."
(Wolverine 31)
"Well, if it ain't Larry, Moe and Curly. You're just in time. I'm about finished with your goons."
(Wolverine 31)
"I'm not impressed. I knew a sailor who could make the hula-girl on his bicep do the hootchy koo."
(Wolverine 31)
"You're the one who oughtta be shakin' 'cause I'm about to carve you up into sushi."
(Wolverine 32)
"No time to rest. Somebody out there is out to do unto me and it behooves me to do unto him first!"
(Wolverine 32)
"'Scuse me for interruptin' your little shindig here, but I got a bone to pick with your boss-man and a couple of his pals."
(Wolverine 33)
"Correction. I'm an insignificant hairy barbarian mutant with a mutant healing factor, adamantium laced bones, razor-sharp adamantium claws and I'm the best at what I do!"
(Wolverine 33)
"That hand cannon don't mean diddly if you can't hit me!"
(Wolverine 33)
"'Bout time you two showed up. I was beginnin' to suspect you cashed in my insurance and went to Disney World."
(Wolverine 33)
"He was paraphrasin' Nietsche, ya illiterate midget."
(Wolverine 35)
"Ah, get away from me with that malarky! I intend to see you all again when I get through kickin' butt, so get outta my face and leave a man to his dirty business."
(Wolverine 36)
"I didn't ask for this adamantium-laced skeleton. I didn't ask to be what I am. I just wanted to be human. Something you had and you threw it away."
(Wolverine 37)
"It ain't over 'til Roseanne sings the anthem, darlin'."
(Wolverine 37)
"Funny thing about this mutant healin' factor o' mine - it sure don't cancel out any o' the pain. Most times, you can bear the pain if that's all there is that stands between you and what you gotta do. Still don't stop it hurtin' though."
(Wolverine 39)
"You're wrong, lil' darlin'. There's something I can do real good. The real thing I do best. I don't give up. Ever."
(Wolverine 39)
"That was nothin' - I get body-slammed by giant aircraft every alternate Tuesday."
(Wolverine 40)
"Most times when I have that fightin' rage, it's like ten thousand volts o' alternatin' current was zappin' straight through my central nervous system, but sometimes when I get a hurtin' even my mutant healin' factor has to think twice about, it's like a big black curtain fallin' down on me."
(Wolverine 41)
"It's just a bit o' greenery in the middle o' the city, but Central Park is a jungle in its own way. Folks with a keen survivial instinct stay away from it at night. They're afraid o' the things that go runnin' through the underbrush and howl at the moon. They don't understand the need to run free."
(Wolverine 43)
"I don't suppose they come any lower on the food chain than you."
(Wolverine 43)
"Better not slow down, Linus - wolverines ain't nothin' if they ain't persistant."
(Wolverine 43)
"I take my regrets out every nights and dump 'em in the trash, Jubilee."
(Wolverine 45)
"There's just somethin' wild inside me pullin' me to do things I don't understand. I can't figure it. It's like tryin' to explain desire."
(Wolverine 45)
"Pain and me are old buddies. I gotta see this out..."
(Wolverine 49)
"I'll never be an animal again! I'm Logan! I'm human! Not an animal!"
(Wolverine 49)
"Gonna sue me? I'm warnin' you.. my lawyer's a psychotic mutant. Hrmph! Is that a redundacy or what?"
(Wolverine 50)
"I had you pegged as a neatness freak -- if you wasn't a robot, I'd say it was lousy potty-training."
(Wolverine 50)
"I'm bad to the adamantium-laced bone! And the more you hurt me... the badder I get!"
(Wolverine 50)
"Gonna have a real rip an' tear-fest, huh? The more the merrier as far as I'm concerned. Come on! Let's boogie - let's rock and roll!"
(Woverine 51)
"I always figured she had a few chairs missin' in her kitchen!"
(Wolverine 51)
"Defensive ain't in my nature, sister - offense is more my game!"
(Wolverine 57)
"Nobody ever said I was no Einstein, bub - but you are on the money about me not bein' a dummy!"
(Wolverine 60)
"Step aside and let a fella who's the best at what he does thrash some adamantium upside his head."
(Wolverine 64)
"You an' me, we're goin' to Slash City!"
(Wolverine 64)
"Sometimes you wanna reach out an' do more'n just touch someone. Gotta throw down heavy. Gotta extrude adamantium and go to Claw City."
(Wolverine 65)
"Go tell the Bossman that Wolverine is here to bust heads and take names!"
(Wolverine 69)
"It's one o'clock, bub -- time to get yer face ripped off!"
(Wolverine 79)
"Sabretooth's got his uses. He's got the sheer guts and total lack o' fear to try some nigh impossible things and pull 'em off."
(Wolverine 87)
"You shoulda just slunk away in the smoke, bub! Now you gotta mess with the ol' Canuckle-cutter and I'm still the best at what I do!"
(Wolverine 87)
"Let's see whatcha look like under the cape and cowl, bub -- Hope you ain't no psycho millionaire with a utility belt--"
(Wolverine 87)
"Deadpool, ain't it? Sorta rhymes with dead fool?"
(Wolverine 88)
"Hard to keep my edge up there with nothin' more threatenin' than bunny rabbits and bambis."
(Wolverine 95)
"Killin' anything is bad mojo. That's why every huntin' society has cleansin' rituals for after the hunt. People get too civilized, they forget that they need stuff like that."
(Wolverine 96)
"Goin' feral don't mean I'm goin' stupid. It's just that I'm beginnin' to see other people in a different light... I'm beginnin' to see some o' them as prey."
(Wolverine 96)
"I think you're missing all the hotels from your Monopoly set, lady."
(Wolverine 97)
"You boys have guts ... too bad they're all over the floor!."
(Wolverine 98)
"The red rage in me is an animal thing. This is the real reason for anger. It's that curtain of blood in front o' my eyes and the molten lava pumpin' through my veins. It's that roarin' sound in my ears that ain't nothin' but myself howlin'. This is the real reason for anger... to rev yourself up for killing!"
(Wolverine 98)
"Bein' dead is somethin' I'd rather you knew more about than me!"
(Wolverine 107)
"I've got no mercy for low-lifes who would cut down a man they think is unarmed. Anybody here want to try me now?"
(Wolverine 107)
"But seein' as I've got a mutant healin' factor and you don't, I got a feelin' I'll be makin' with the quips way before you stop howlin'!"
(Wolverine 109)
"Last chance, bub. Lower the weapon or take a ride on the meat wagon!"
(Wolverine 110)
"I know all about havin' a bunch o' Mengele types messin' where they shouldn't... indulgin' their own twisted curiosity."
(Wolverine 117)
"Among other things, I got a sense o' smell that can tell you what brand deodorant you were using this time last year."
(Wolverine 119)
"The pain brings me back to myself, just a bit. The animal's caged for a while. I'm thinkin' again."
(Wolverine 122)
"One a' the advantages of belongin' to a team like the X-Men is that ya meet a wide variety a' people. Take my buddy Storm, for instance. She was trained as a lockpick while still a kid and ain't never met a latch she couldn't slip. Lucky for me, she's a pretty good teacher."
(Wolverine 123)
"Didn't mean t' hurt your feelin's, bub - just the rest'a ya!"
(Wolverine 123)
"The first time we fought, Sabretooth and I, he left me for dead. Pretty much every year after that, on my birthday, he's put his mark on me. When I look at him, I see the darkest side of myself, elemental ferocity cast in a semblance of humanity -- a shark made sentient an' given a twisted sense of humor. My whole life has been a struggle to transcend my nature. Sabretooth embraces it. The world for him is a simple place. Everything in it is his for the taking. His for the killing. Unless someone can stop him."
(Wolverine 126)
"I'm the best there is at what I do --too bad that ain't flyin'."
(Wolverine 131)
"The killers who always live to fight again aren't the ones who worship death -- they're the ones who love life."
(Wolverine 131)
"It ain't that simple, toots. The world ain't black an' white."
(Wolverine 133)
"Why do they always give the guns to the stupid guys?"
(Wolverine 135)
"Sorry 'bout this, bub, but it's you or me -- an' I like me better!"
(Wolverine 135)
"The guy at the door is an old acquaintance o' mine - or an old sparrin' partner, dependin' on which day o' the week it is and which time zone we're in."
(Wolverine 139)
"Well, that's just ducky, bub. But I've got a news flash for ya - I'm not impressed!"
(Wolverine 139)
"That'll teach you dim bulbs t'leave yer tinkertoys unattended!"
(Wolverine 143)
"If yer expecting me t' run over an' give you a lovin' embrace, yer barkin' up th' wrong tree."
(Wolverine 145)
"Well, I wish it would get on the stick, bub. There's a nature program I'm hopin' t' catch on the Learning Channel."
(Wolverine 145)
"Funny. Even after all o' this, I feel like something's missin'... like I don't know what t'do next."
(Wolverine 147)
"There's something about the city in the middle of a really nasty rain storm that makes me want t' get out into th' thick of it."
(Wolverine 149)
"No need t' get your knickers in a knot, bub."
(Wolverine 149)
"Where's the flamin' cavalry already?"
(Wolverine 149)
"Gettin' to where you can't tell th' good guys from the bad without an official handbook."
(Wolverine 149)
"It's been a refreshing change t' take a break from my usual chorus line o' ninja and super assassins."
(Wolverine 149)
"Life lonely atop the criminal dung pile? It's easy to have second thoughts when everything's gone into the toliet."
(Wolverine 150)
"Know this - if either of them are hurt, there's nowhere you can go where I won't find you."
(Wolverine 151)
"Bad day, girl? It gets worse!"
(Wolverine 153)
"Y'ask me, bub, the only one in any serious danger is you!"
(Wolverine 157)
"Claws, great. You think I should be jealous or something?"
(Wolverine 157)
"I don't play games."
(Wolverine 182)
"Surf's up, honey."
(Wolverine v. 3 21)
"Yeah, that's a mistake most people make... To think just 'cause my claws are the result of a genetic mutation, that they're a super-power."
(Wolverine v. 3 47)
"Ya just won the ugliness prize, bub -- ya get to die and feed worms!"
(Wolverine '95 Annual)
"Lady I once knew told me a friend is someone who knew your own personal song and is there to sing it for you when you forget it."
(Wolverine '95 Annual)
"Never mind the music, bub -- just keep dancin'."
(Wolverine '95 Annual)
"It's hard to fight yourself and somebody else at the same time."
(Wolverine '97 Annual)
"All I can see is red. My pulse pounds in my head. The beast howls. I do not surrender. The beast will not win."
(Wolverine '97 Annual)
"Animals kill only for survival. They don't kill out of anger or vengence. Maybe what I've really been fighting is my human nature."
(Wolverine '97 Annual)
"All I wanted was my six-pack and you lunatics had to go all Bruce Lee on me!"
(Wolverine '99 Annual)
"Why so eager, boys? That whole livin' thing gettin' old for ya?"
(Wolverine Origins #11 - Apr 2007)
"Comes a time when you've gotta take the bull by the tail and face the situation!"
(Wolverine/Gambit: Victims 2)
"It ain't like I've never been in love. Just takes me a while to let a lady in. And when I do... Silver Fox... Mariko... let's say it ain't exactly healthy for them. Guess it shoulda made me skittish about gettin' involved. But that ain't how I'm built. When something special comes your way, you gotta grab it and hold on tight. 'Cause you never know how long it's gonna last."
(Wolverine/Punisher - Revelation)
"You gettin' all unfriendly has me thinkin' maybe you're behind what's happened to my lady. You better believe I'm an obstacle. The nastiest obstacle you've ever run across!"
(Wolverine/Punisher - Revelation)
"Aww... Didums miss his shot? Real world lesson, Gambit.. don't try to reinvent the rules, unless you're prepared to have others do the same!"
(X-Men 4)
"First time I laid eyes on Maggott, I took a shine to him. Crass, charming, tough... even though he comes with a truckload of baggage, my gut told me he was all right. An' my gut is never wrong. Twenty minutes ago, I picked up a scent at the second murder scene.. the unmistakable spoor of two carapaced critters. My sniffer is never wrong, either. Maggott has been known t'disappear at length, supposedly to 'feed the girls'... but he never says what exactly they eat. Slug tracks tinged with a hint o' blood start t'give me an idea of what's on the menu. Man... this rots--"
(X-Men 74)
"Stay outta my head, Charley -- you too, Ray -- my thoughts right now ain't for decent folks."
(X-Men/Alpha Flight - The Gift)
"So you're asking me if I want war.. or peace? That's a no-brainer. Wars are ugly, pal. I'm all for avoiding them whenever possible. So I choose peace. I may not know much about who I am, but I do know that I ain't no better than anyone else."
(X-Men: Evolution 1)
"Take Stryker's remarks about mutants not bein' human to its ultimate an' we've no rights under the law. No rights to have any rights. Or protection. We could be exterminated, like rats. Legally murdered."
(X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills)
"You might remember that 'annoyed' is my natural state."
(X-Men: Liberators 2)
"Maybe next time you come into the wilderness, you'll show a little respect for the wild. Maybe I'll learn you some!"
(X-Men: Liberators 2)
"My whole life, I've felt like an animal — but I've ignored my instincts, I ignored what I really am. But that will never happen again."
(X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Official Website)
"Don't play well with others, do you, frail?"
(X-Men #191 - March 2007)
"I've been surrounded by death my whole life and it still don't make no sense to me. But then again, maybe my perspective is a little skewed. I mean, I got eaten by a dinosaur once. And ninjas -- you wouldn't believe how many of those guys have had it in for me. Hell, I even got trampled by horses trying to get away from poachers. I still like 'em, though. Horses, I mean. Killed the poachers."
(X-Men Unlimited 9)
"People tend to forget how beautiful New York state is. They just think 'bout the city an' it's like the rest of the state don't exist."
(X-Men Unlimited 24)
"Maybe the difference between man an' beast is simple... animals focus on survival, but man can think beyond, to death -- and even beyond that, to survival after death. That should make man more than an animal, but all too often there's greater nobility in beasts... so maybe they have souls, too. There's somethin' I heard at a funeral once an' never forgot -- written by John Donne, a rare man who restores faith in man.. "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. One short sleep past, we wake eternally, and Death shall be no more... Death, thou shalt die!" Kinda flowery for such a small fire, but nice an' brassy too -- as if havin' a soul lets ya spit in Death's eye.. an' live to tell about it in a better place. An' if that don't hold true for animals as well as men, you can keep heaven, an' I'll go with the beasts."
(X-Men Unlimited 25)
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