Franklin Nelson (Earth-616)/Quotes

I've warned you not to go prancing around town alone the way you do, Matt! I know how you like to be independent -- and I respect you for it -- but you can overdo that lone wolf bit!

Imagine... A savage wild-man appears in Britain, seemingly from nowhere!

I've warned you not to go prancing around town alone the way you do, Matt! I know how you like to be independent -- and I respect you for it -- but you can overdo that lone wolf bit!

Face it Foggy, You're all washed up.

Okay, then let's say I'm the new Evel Knievel.

I look almost fat on television.

I'd know that grinning hyena anywhere -- even in a new costume! That man's -- the Jester!

That was another brillant defensh Matthew! Thish bottle of champagne ish dedicated to you!

I'm a failure... a stupid rolypoly Teddy Bear ... I've let you carry me ever since college...

Everything's okay now Matt. Old Fog came through again .. hired us some protection!

The name's Nelson, "Guts" Nelson.

Becky Blake didn't lie. I did.

If, If, If... the story of my life.

We're out of business, Matt! Ka-Put. Fini. The End.

Sometimes you're kind of hard to figure out, pal.

Well, excuse me, dudley Daredevil... We can't all be superpowered judges of character.

Feel like God's punishing me, Matt. For cheating on Liz.

Matt, there's somebody you've just gotta meet. This is miss Karen Page, she's gonna be our new secretary!

I'm going to ask Karen to marry me.

You don't have to, Matt...you're fired.

You were in on this from the start, weren't you? Just like Judge Walden before you... another of Norman Osborn's cronies, just sweeping it all under the carpet!

No. I'm not going to walk again. I'm not. You may have turned your back on me, Matt... But I haven't turned my back on you. Hell, you've saved me more times than I can remember... It's about time I returned the favor!

And that is what's like to live in the orbit of Matt Murdock. He will confound you. He will frustrate you. He will make your choices FOR you, he will manipulte you without CONSULTING you, and you will want to PUNCH him in his self-assured face at least ONCE AN HOUR. He will make you wonder EVERYTHING SINGLE DAY why you ever put up with him, because the Devil is FULL OF TRICKS. But he will care about you in a way that no one else could. When it comes down to it, I guess I don't really need the world to know I exist. I'm just glad HE knows.

The truth is that you don't keep secrets to shield anyone but you. You think it's okay because you've convinced yourself that keeping secrets is a brave and noble act. Stop thinking that. It's not true. That's not your ammunition, Matty. When you were a kid, you got blinded just trying to help an old man across the street. That wasn't fair. Ever since then, you've devoted your life to balancing those scales. To making the world a fairer place for everyone else despite the fact that it is a vast, random entity of incomrephensible power. You get up every morning and you fight an unjust universe because you think you can make a dent. That is exactly the level of arrogance Kirsten and I will always trust to protect us.

This is the last time I help you. Never again. Matt.

Right, he's charging people admission to gawk at the thing. Charming. And, incidentally, about the most New York thing I've ever heard.

It's always a trap, Matt.

You are not... the only hero... in this city. But you are its only mayor.

Remember who you are!

I just wanted -- first of all, thank you for, uh, turning off your sparkle fingers and hearing what I have to say. I think in the end, we can arrive at a settlement that will benefit us all. Oh, God. Can I get a sidebar?!

Conversations with Franklin Nelson (Earth-616)

Karen Page

You and Matt are so much alike -- and yet -- so totally different, too!

Yeah-- Matt shuts up once in a while!

"Mike" Murdock

Mister, in my kind of work you talk every chance you get! 'Cause you never know when your mouth may suddenly be shut -- like forever!

— Daredevil #33

Deborah Harris Franklin

Hush, Franklin. My husband has no comment at this time

That's right. No comment.

— Daredevil #207

Debbie Nelson

Foggy, you're the drabbest, dullest, most boring person I know!

I resent that!

Debbie Nelson

I don't care!

— Daredevil #209

You know what you are guilty of? Of not loving Heather as much as she loved you! You really couldn't help that, Matt. You really couldn't!

Maybe not. But still, she's dead... And in some way, I'm responsible. It's my fault.

— Daredevil #220

Black Widow

Listen very carefully… You have to find him and you have to get him out of the country. Cash yourselves out and move to Paris or Argentina. Both of you. You can’t fight this.

I don’t know where he is.

Black Widow

Then you leave. Do it now.

I can’t just leave him.

Black Widow

You're going to go to jail. And Matt can't help you. And no one's going to help him. Half because people generally suck and half because Matt has pushed everyone away. There's nothing standing in between you and this. Let me get you out of the country.

I- I can’t just leave him.

— Daredevil Vol 2 #77

I promised my Dad I'd grow up to be a Lawyer, not a Lackey! What is this, a hobby to you now?

Whoa! Whoa! Whose money did we start this firm with? Mine!

— Daredevil Vol 3 #17

Daredevil

Foggy, I'm not crazy--

Yes you are! I don't care what you think you hallucinated tonight, Matt, but it wasn't your ex-wife because I am looking right at her!

— Daredevil Vol 3 #18

Go back to the previous question. What do you mean, if there's time?

Matty, I wasn't fair to you, either. I think the reason I was so angry that you might not be dealing with your problems honestly and with courage is because I... I need that from you right now. I need you to be the one who can teach me how to do all that.

Foggy, what are you talking about, please?

I've... been sick, Matty. While you've been running around, I've been running to the doctors. And they're pretty sure--

Of what?

--they're running tests right now--

For what, Foggy?