Joker Quotes: Unforgettable Lines from the Clown Prince of Crime

Why so serious?

I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger.

I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

Do I really look like a guy with a plan?

They laugh at me because I’m different. I laugh at them because they’re all the same.

Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”. Even if the plan is horrifying!

Smile, because it confuses people. Smile, because it’s easier than explaining what is killing you inside.

Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos.

As you know, madness is like gravity…all it takes is a little push.

Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away…forever.

I’m an agent of chaos.

The real joke is your stubborn, bone-deep conviction that somehow, somewhere, all of this makes sense! That’s what cracks me up each time!

I may be crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? No, thank you!

If you’re good at something, never do it for free.

You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are.

I’m not exactly sure what I’ll do if I find him, but, ah… that’s beside the point.

I don’t judge people based on their worst mistakes.

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

I just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself.

Don’t talk like one of them. You’re not! Even if you’d like to be.

I’m only laughing on the outside. My smile is just skin deep. If you could see inside, I’m really crying. You might join me for a weep.

The plans of the best organized mice often go astray.

If you have to explain a joke, there is no joke!

All I wanted to do was bring a little joy. Oh, come on.

Do I really look like a guy with a plan?

I’m just ahead of the curve.

I’m not a psychopath. I’m a high-functioning sociopath.

Those mob fools want you gone. So, they can get back to the way things were. But I know the truth, there’s no going back. You’ve changed things. Forever.

I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.

They need you right now, but as soon as they don’t, they’ll cast you out.

Nobody panics when things go according to plan.” Even if the plan is horrifying!

As soon as a coin hits the ground, its fate is sealed.

I took Gotham’s white knight and I brought him down to our level.

When the chips are down, these civilized people will eat each other.

That’s the thing with chaos… it’s fair.

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

The pen, is truly mightier than the sword!

And I won’t kill you because you’re just too much fun.

You can’t have a little danger in the big final act.

In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people.

What doesn’t kill you simply makes you… stranger.

Do you want to know why I use a knife? You see, guns are too quick. You can’t savor all of the little emotions. You see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are.

Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But remember, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile.

The greatest power you can possess is to be yourself.

If you have to explain a joke, there is no joke!

You always think you’re the only one who’s afraid to try.

Why don’t you tell your good friend Commissioner Gordon to turn himself in? Or is that too much for you to handle?

Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos.

April sweet is coming in, let the feast of fools begin!