Abner Jenkins (Earth-616)/Quotes

Years from now, school children will be taught to remember this date! For it marks the birth of... the supremely powerful beetle!

I'm looking out for NUMBER ONE ... and no one else!

I feel so stupid--! I'm supposed to be the leader... in control!

I deserve better! I've been around-- accomplished plenty. Gone toe-to-toe with Spider-Man, Iron Man... had millions... lost millions... I've got to stop thinking small. Stop taking on these "henchmen" gigs. Time to network...

"Dear Songbird: you're so beautiful, you make my knees weak. Could I have your autograph -- or maybe buy you a dinner?" Sorry, pal, but she's taken!

Oh, get real, will you? I've got all the weaponry of a fighter plane - and then some. You're a big ribbon.

Uhm -- I -- I want to do for others -- -- what was done for me. I want to offer men and women who've made mistakes the same chance... the same hope I got. I guess that means... ... I'm starting up the Thunderbolts again!

I know I sort of put it together on the fly, and some of them don't quite get it yet, but, Mel--I need you-- --I can't make it right without you!

We're going to need a lot more......if we plan to take on the T-bolts!

Look, when all this started, way back when I was the Beetle, I just wanted to get what I deserved... money, prestige, something more than minimum wage and a dead-end life! Then along came the Thunderbolts and I realized that something more could also be something good. I went to jail, served my time, sacrificed so much to do the right thing... but now I could lose it all again! I don't know if I can handle that...

Oh, get real, would you? I've got all the weaponry of a fighter plane - and then some. You're a big ribbon.