Luke Cage (Earth-616)/Quotes

Quotes by Luke Cage (Earth-616)

We have to-- we have to do what's right for her. It's all about her. Everything we do from now on. It's all about her. I know we knew that in theory, but this is it. This is how it has to be.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Sweet Christmas!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

There's a word we use. Everyone who's ever served as an Avenger, we've spoken that word. Hell, it's a competition to say it. To shout it. Because it is that sacred to what we are and what we do. And that word is assemble. When we come together, we're stronger than when we stand apart. That's what it's always been about. We come together to fight what can't be fought alone. To defeat those things in the world that would drag us down. That would make us lesser. Those things no single hero can withstand. And by we? I mean all of us. When we make the effort to help those who need us-- to help each other, to be there for each other -- we are all Avengers. You are Avengers.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Yeah! Outfit's kinda hokey... but so what? All part of the super-hero scene. An' this way when I use my powers, it's gonna seem natural. A little promotion work an' I'm in business!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You know who I am... But NOBODY'S cagin' me up again! No way... Not ALIVE!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

But you wish I was unselfishly aidin' mankind like you wanted to--? --Savin' the universe gratis like the Fantastic Four or the Avengers or some other local super-studs? I lost enough of nothin' already in this life, man. Girl I loved, lotta good years-- No more, baby!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Sweet Sister! Am I seein' what I'm seein?!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You pay me to work -- I like to earn my pay.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Claire, start rollin' bandages for you and the Doc! Be some brusin' comin' up!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Wouldn't be in this line of work if I was a creampuff!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I'm no crook - - NEVER WAS!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

My only sin was actin' without really thinkin'... Forgettin' how much power I have...

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I still got some kick left in my soul...

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I'm Power Man, Skid -- THE ONE AND ONLY!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

SWEET JUMPIN' SISTER!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I tell ya, Doc, next time you need my help savin' the world ... I'm not at home, okay?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Violence is sometimes it's own reward, m'man.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You creeps ain't nuthin' but second-raters next to some of the weirdos I've had to fight--

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

A vampire! A freakin' vampire! I finally met one! And the next time I meet 'im. I'm gonna ice him!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Heads up, Honky!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

... Or don't you believe in Jiminy Cricket?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Goodbye, Mr. Fish!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Now, Chase, would I lay a jive rap on you?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Power Man for hire -- Cage speakin'

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Why me, God? I been good. Why do I have to meet up with all the fruitcakes?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Ain't no place more hostile than 42nd Street!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Hey, the soda machine -- It's Working!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

... My memories of my days as a prisoner at Seagate haunt me...

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You wanna fight. I'm your action!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Sayonara Baby! Seeya in traction!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Don't EVER mess with Luke Cage AGAIN! DIG??

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Christmas! And I thought I had problems on Forty-Second Street!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Two Grand? Smith, you just bought yourself a super hero.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I escape prison for a crime I never committed, only eveyone who knows I'm straight is dead.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Mace, We've fought twice before and both times I knoocked you low. This time I'm gonna make sure you never get up again!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Nothin' personal Babe... But I just don't think you can keep up with my style of travelin'

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Sorry, I'm not too good with strangers.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

We're super-heroes, Ororo, not God. We can save humanity from Doc Doom or Galactus -- but not from itself.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

...Heard your exits we're blocked ... Decided to make some new ones.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

That does it, Sucker! One more speech and you eat your own teeth!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Theatre's one big INFERNO! Where's D.W.?!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I got skin like steel and muscles to match.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

They don't call Ol' Luke Cage "Power Man" for nothin'!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

(To another quip from Jeryn Hogarth) I'll believe that when Fist an' me get our share a' the money.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Sheew! you guys ain't had a bath since Washington lost his wooden teeth.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Iron Fist didn't hit you -- He's squeamish about sluggin' a lady. Me, I'm from the streets. Ain't much I won't do, includin' slug a lady

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

OKAY, KHAN -- YOU'N ME'S GONNA HAVE WORDS!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Put some K'un Lun moves on 'em!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Now, it's time to get ugly.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Brace yourself! We're taking the express elevator -- straight down!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Oh, you got orders? Can't argue with that, can I? Or can I? Now. Do we talk. Or play catch?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Yeah, but remember what your mom said... You've got your family to back you up.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I saw some of what went down, folks......but I think she's the only one who can really answer your questions.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Tell you what. After I'm all done with Venus here, my plate is clean for the afternoon. You bought me 'til dinnertime.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Don't hate the game, Clifto... hate the playas.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Next you're going to tell me I f*#^%d Iron Fist.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I want to say that I should tell ya that over the last couple of months I seem to... I seem to be thinking about you... A lot. More than I was admitting to myself. You know what I mean?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Danny Rand never cried... Except the one time.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

... Never touch a black man's remote.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

It's a girl.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I'm going to go inside and sit my home. And not bother no one. We're supposed to be allowed to do that right?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

The war is over when we SAY it's over.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Pretty sure that's blasphemy.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Remember you asked me how we know if we're the good guys in all this? This is how we know. We do good guy #$%@.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Hey, we'll beat 'em. ... We will. They're weasels. They came all the way here, threw everything they had at us...and look, we're still here.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I get it. He pulls a 12-year-old, you pull a Fat Cobra.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Tremble before the power of Power Man!! That sounded weird. Luke Cage. Tremble before Luke Cage.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Only one thing will tell me the battle was won. That the fight was over. And that is one day I am going to go for a walk. A free man of convictions. And I said to myself, if I ever get to do that again, I'll know, on that day...we won.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Remember when we used to get paid for @#$% like this?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Yeah -- get me. You got me? Come on! Who you got? Say it! Say my name! I'm the Power Man! Luke. Cage!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You're right, Stryker. I lost my way. I lost my humanity. I forgot who I was...but then something happened -- Something I didn't expect -- I was reborn!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Songbird is doing just fine.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

And if I have to work with the "Dark Avengers," then let's put the whole band back together. You all remember Skaar, son of Hulk? He threw you in prison.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Dark Avengers... Dark Assemble.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Fool! Put that gun down before I shove it where the sun don't shine!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You want Avengers, lady? Take a good look. We're the Avengers.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Kat?... There's a word we use. Everyone who's ever served as an Avenger, we've spoken that word. Hell, it's a competition to say it. To shout it. Because it is that sacred to what we are and what we do. And that word is assemble. When we come together, we're stronger than when we stand apart. That's what it's always been about. We come together to fight what can't be fought alone. To defeat those things in the world that would drag us down. That would make us lesser. Those things no single hero can withstand. And by we? I mean all of us. When we make the effort to help those who need us-- to help each other, to be there for each other-- we are all Avengers. You are Avengers.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

We're here to fight what can't be fought alone, for the people who need us to. The ones who can't fight at all. If that ain't the definition of Avenger--Well, I'm changing the damn definition right now.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

So. You want to live happily ever after?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Honestly, Danny, I've thought about this long and hard... I'm sitting this one out.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

A plan? I've got a plan. And you best believe that... 'cause ain't no way I'm leavin' my partner in prison. Time to get to work.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Yeah, we all know the proverb, B. You want to raise a child? Stick with your village. But if you want to save a kingdom... call in the crew.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

How can all the heroes just disappear? This town's got loads of 'em. Web-crawlers, fire dudes, crazy mutants... and what about a brother with super-strength and skin of steel? Why haven't I disappeared? I'm a hero... somebody's got some explaining to do!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Hi, honey. Where's our daughter?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Got three words for you, Captain Marvel. Wanna guess what they are?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Aw, Hell no! They did not just box me up! Man, that is just disrespectful. Don't they know? Nobody cages Cage!!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You gotta be kidding me! I'm done, man! I ain't fighting no old skinny dude. I'm outta here! And your rhyming sucks!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I can tell by the masks that you're bad guys. Nice touch. Almost intimidating. But the minivan ruins the effect. Maybe that's how y'all do it down here in New Orleans, but the rest of the world -- New York, Madripoor, Boise -- the bad guys don't roll up in minivans. And there ain't but three of you. A van that big can comfortably seat eight. Seems like you don't take your villainy serious.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You really think Burstein is alive?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

They killed her. They done her wrong for what he did. And she never did nothin' to nobody.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Stop... I don't want your damn apologies. ...I want to know what I'm caught up in. Two dead bodies -- at least two -- and a man with unbreakable skin who now has a hole in his chest. Outside of Tanner, the only one connecting all these threads is you. So talk.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I don't even understand how a cat like you gets mixed up in this, Eden. Ain't you Australian or something?

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You made me?! Let me break it down for you... you experimented on me. You gave me some really inspiring pep talks from time to time. But make me? You. Did. Not. Make. Me. I made myself.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

This is what I get for taking the scenic route! Just remember... I didn't start this!

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Dude, we're out here on the streets fighting for our lives, we got Diamondback knocking on our front door, and now we got assassins breaking into our office...

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You made me forget who I am.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Harlem can be a tough place sometimes. Sweet Christmas, can it ever. But if I'm here with these two... there's no other place I'd rather be.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

I have to hand it to Deadpool. I didn't see this one coming.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Wilson Fisk is a gangster and a fool. A big man who's small, who needs to show his power over me, my friends... and you. This isn't just about "super heroes." It's about a man with his grip on all of us. He makes it sound like if he loosens it, you'll just get in trouble. The kind of trouble that shows him that it's actually you who has the power. Look, I'm not Captain America. I'm not Mr. Fantastic. I'm just a New Yorker like you. And if someone's in trouble I do what New Yorkers do: I help. If Mayor Fisk wants to stop me... he can come and try.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

You're a hero, Tony. But Jessica's right. Fisk will twist things, and we're worried you won't come out on top. I think... I think I should run.

--Luke Cage (Earth-616)

Conversations with Luke Cage (Earth-616)

— Hero for Hire #9

— Defenders #24

— Defenders #25

— Defenders #44

— Power Man #48

— Power Man and Iron Fist #53

— Power Man and Iron Fist #56

— Power Man and Iron Fist #57

— Power Man and Iron Fist #64

— Power Man and Iron Fist #71

— Power Man and Iron Fist #75

— Power Man and Iron Fist #81

— Power Man and Iron Fist #84

— Power Man and Iron Fist #87

— Power Man and Iron Fist #89

— Power Man and Iron Fist #91

— Power Man and Iron Fist #120

— Heroes for Hire #9

— Heroes for Hire #10

— Heroes for Hire #13

— Marvel Knights #13

— Daredevil: Cage Match #1

— New Avengers Vol 2 #16

— Avengers Vol 4 #17

— New Avengers Vol 2 #17

— New Avengers Vol 2 #19

— New Avengers Vol 2 #20

— Mighty Avengers Vol 2 #6

— Power Man and Iron Fist Vol 3 #3

— Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon #4