Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)/Quotes

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You are too lovely to die, even though you are an American!

—Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 3

The filthy swine will die trapped in their own infernal machine. War such as theirs is a horrible thing - they deserve to die.

—Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 4

We must fight... we're one against hundreds... but we must win... let's start!

—Sub-Mariner Comics Vol 1 1

The crazy fool thought he could make imitations of the Sub-Mariner! And he nearly succeed in getting us all blown up to smithereens! By gar, he'll learn, like anyone else who tries to destroy the Sub-Mariner, that he's got to reckon with my peculiar talent for revenge!!!

—Sub-Mariner Comics Vol 1 35

Well! Here is a prize worth catching!

—Fantastic Four Vol 1 4

A penny for your thoughts, Sue?

—Fantastic Four Vol 1 9

I realise now that the Torch has more power than I gave him credit for!

—Strange Tales Vol 1 107

I vow to be true to the name of Namor, which means "avenging son"! I shall never rest till the insolent human race has paid for its crimes against our people! Now rise, and pledge me your hearts, your hands, your lives!

—Fantastic Four Annual Vol 1 1

Not since I lost my heart to Sue Storm have I seen such a beauty as the Scarlet Witch!

—X-Men Vol 1 6

They recognize me! They flee in panic! Shall such as these rule over Earth instead of Namor??!

—Daredevil Vol 1 7

Something looming up ahead of me...like a mountain of seaweed or...no! By Neptune, it is a man-shape!! It is a gigantic Seaweed Man!

—Tales to Astonish Vol 1 71

No longer can I stand! The mighty Sub-Mariner is helpless..! This cannot be the way it shall end! Not for this was I born a prince! And yet...The darkness is stealing over my brain...The shadows begin to engulf me...!

—Tales to Astonish Vol 1 72

A penny for your thoughts, Sue?

—Marvel Collectors' Item Classics Vol 1 6

In the name of Father Neptune, now does Namor the First, Prince of Atlantis, Emperor of the Deep, Lord of the Seven Seas and Supreme Commander of the undersea legions, duly proclaim for all to witness... the victory is truly mine! Let no man deny that Namor is, and ever shall be, Prince of the Blood!

—Tales to Astonish Vol 1 87

Did you suppose that Namor the First, Prince of Atlantis was some mere human... to be long held at bay by naught save an illusion!?

—Iron Man and Sub-Mariner Vol 1 1

You stay right there gorgeous ... or I'll break every bone in your body!

—Marvel Super-Heroes Vol 1 14

Another whom I did love? Aye, there was... once! But that was many years ago...

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 8

No matter that Namor bears no love for the air-breathers! They are still living creatures... deserving of more than a fiery end!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 11

Namor knows but one cry to be uttered above the din of battle -- the resounding cry of -- victory!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 12

Brief though life be... and though a needless death is a crime against the very universe... man is ever noblest when he lives by ideals! Without them, though he possess even the intellect of the Thinker himself... he is but a beast... reaching vainly for the stars...!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 14

I must go myself to the swirling Sargasso! For I have vowed to find Tiger Shark, if he still lives! An, though no one has ever survived alone in that sea -- Tiger Shark is like no other!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 16

...As long as memory endures... and man rules above or below the tossing seas... he will owe a debt to... Dr. Strange!!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 22

And, for such a one--to live--Is to conquer!!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 23

For given cause, the Sub-Mariner strikes!

—Iron Man Vol 1 25

Look -- up in the sky! It's a bird -- it's a plane -- it's Mr. Spock!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 25

None must suspect that the Sub-Mariner walks among men... as a man!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 26

Your people are a race of litterbugs, Diane...Scattering their venom recklessly on the face of a planet we all must share!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 28

... Will mankind ever understand that Namor goes where he pleases?

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 30

I hope the lights of fair Atlantis are bright this day... very, very bright...!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 31

...In short, Dorma, will you be no longer my Lady... and become instead, my Bride?

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 33

But there is still no other who rules in these benighted depths! No other born to cry-- Imperius Rex!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 34

And so it ends, my lady-- an alliance of three titans, than might have altered the course of history! But perhaps we shall meet again one day-- perhaps--!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 35

Thus, for these reasons... and others, best left unnamed... I do hereby RENOUNCE and ABDICATE the golden throne of Atlantis-- FOREVER!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 38

Do they think they deal with one as brainless as the lumbering Hulk? They know they cannot drive me from this isle without totally destroying it-----and all they have built upon it.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 39

I'll not pray for failure, Mutant. Namor prays for nothing.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 40

Stare as death closely, Sunfire! Each of your "enemies" is a person... Even as you an I! You fight for "victory" and for "honor"! Yet is there "honor" in merciless murder or "victory" in the destruction of the entire Earth?

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 52

Is the curse of royalty never to leave me? I hear only echoes in reply-- echoes that will forever haunt me--

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 56

You are in my domain Avenger--! Even the strongest steel cannot long withstand my power-- and my skill!

—Iron Man Vol 1 54

Aye, Vashti! 'Tis fitting that my road back to sovereignty of all Atlantis begin with the guardianship... of its newest citizen.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 58

There is no glory in war -- only death.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 60

Another race...living among our own...? I...do not know... if my people could accept that. I do not know.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 62

And, too, I hope one day I can forgive myself-- for being so correct.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 63

At last, killer -- Namor shall drink his full measure of -- Vengeance!

—Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 14

Well, here I am-- And here is the Eye! The next move is yours, Avenger!

—Avengers Vol 1 117

Your Force-field device... We need it to save my undersea kingdom --Atlantis.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 69

Do not summon me again, Strange -- For if I come -- It will not be as an ally!

—Defenders Vol 1 14

(To Doctor Doom) Together we could rule the world which has rejected us both!

—Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up Vol 1 1

Perhaps I chose an ally too hastily!

—Super-Villain Team-Up Vol 1 1

You Nazis have been on the winning side too long!

—Invaders Vol 1 1

So, Meranno, we meet again, do we?

—Invaders Vol 1 4

Namor calls you coward, Doom.

—Super-Villain Team-Up Vol 1 4

(To the Shroud) Oh, I see, you're insane...

—Super-Villain Team-Up Vol 1 7

If you will not fight with honor -- then expect no quarter from the Avenging Son!

—Daredevil Annual Vol 1 4

Atlantis has risen again! We are a whole people once more!

—Super-Villain Team-Up Vol 1 13

I came to seek out Reed Richards. But if you are indeed Defenders, then perhaps I may acquire aid from you. Atlantis is greatly imperiled!

—Defenders Vol 1 52

Whoever is guilty of such callous disdain for the denizens of the deep shall suffer at the hands of the Sub-Mariner! THIS I SWEAR!

—Defenders Vol 1 53

The Scarab seems almost -- Invincible!

—Invaders Vol 1 25

By Proteus, that devil has given new meaning to our battle-cry.

—Invaders Vol 1 27

It is time we paid back the Liberty Legion for the time they helped save us.

—Invaders Vol 1 35

...your fellow surface-men send a champion against me -- and a familiar one as well. They are fools...!

—Iron Man Vol 1 120

You may have joined your fellow surface-men in attacking Hiram Dobbs, Iron Man, but you've e'er been a noble foe in the past. And you deserve a noble death!

—Iron Man Vol 1 121

So one mystery unlocks to show yet another. You've found us a Chinese puzzle!

—Avengers Vol 1 263

Are you insane, Alphan, to come between Prince Namor and his quest?

—Alpha Flight Vol 1 40

Metamorphosed beyond all imagining, the Leviathan is indeed my wife, Marrina! And with my life or death, I will defend her!

—Avengers Vol 1 291

Woe to love that it should demand such a price. For surely I must now cut out my living heart!

—Avengers Vol 1 292

No one may come near the person of the Sub-Mariner! The fates have decreed it so! Namor must be forever alone!

—Namor the Sub-Mariner Vol 1 1

Return that Body to the home of Doctor Strange, and the Mind to the original owner... or I will be forced to resort to... fisticuffs.

—Incredible Hulk Vol 1 371

Great Neptune's Trident! Despite his great size, the man is agile as a dolphin pup!

—Namor the Sub-Mariner Vol 1 22

Get up. Leave. Save yourself. Should my wrath need vent again... I cannot prmise your meager life will be spared.

—Namor the Sub-Mariner Vol 1 27

Have I ever thanked you, Vashti. Have I ever told you how much I value your friendship?

—Namor the Sub-Mariner Vol 1 34

What a consummate liar you are, Roosevelt.

—Captain America Vol 1 423

I have not being fighting one of the few men Namor calls a peer... in fact, this... Strange... is not even human!

—Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Vol 1 64

Your pink walls cannot stop me!

—New Warriors Vol 1 57

So, Captain--it is all right to infiltrate my country and battle the forces of fascism......but it is wrong to fight the same evil in your own land? Then I will do it without you!

—Marvel Team-Up Vol 2 9

Y-you're saying--my condition was psychosomatic all along?

—Marvel Team-Up Vol 2 11

MAR-iner. Sub-MARINER! The British pronounce it properly -- Why can't you Americans?

—Marvel Universe Vol 1 2

These waters are my province! NO ONE -- least of all you -- commands the Avenging Son!

—Thor Vol 2 4

Don't call me "Water Rat", Matchstick.

—Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty Vol 1 4

To Hell with the Defenders!

—Defenders Vol 2 5

Here we are Doctor Strange trying to reason with an imbecile!

—Defenders Vol 2 6

Do not think to dictate to me, Sorcerer.

—Defenders Vol 2 12

...Perhaps I am not the Namor you knew. Perhaps I am the menace now, the threat to all you hold dear. But if so, I do not care. And I will tell you this: Get out of my way -- or I'll leave you broken and bleeding in my wake.

—The Order Vol 1 3

I know you see me on your monitors. You are trespassing on sacred ground.

—Captain America Vol 4 12

As they have been since our..."project" with Banner began. Compounded by the face that Stark's paranoia has begun to seem...less paranoid.

—4 Vol 1 30

You are not a god! You are not an immortal! You are the royal subject of a king, and your king demands that you stop this madness now!! ALL OF IT! You will stop this, you will leave this universe and you will not come back!

—New Avengers: Illuminati Vol 2 3

No one should ever question where my allegiance lies.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 2 1

Why would you sleep with a woman who looks like Doctor Doom?

—New Avengers: Illuminati Vol 2 4

The entire Atlantean civilization will be a massive sleeper cell, waiting to awaken once more.

—Sub-Mariner Vol 2 6

I refuse to recognize Tony Stark's authority. I am in YOUR custody until a more proper authority presents itself. Let's say Susan Richards and the Fantastic Four, but I'm flexible.

—The Order Vol 2 7

I was mistaken when I said it made no difference on which side I fought. You have convinced me otherwise -- with your mad ranting of a 'master race' and 'subhumans.' Earlier tonight, I weakened -- and let this U-boat live to fight again. I will not make that mistake a second time!

—Sub-Mariner Comics 70th Anniversary Special Vol 1 1

That thing... That was once my wife. And if I was willing to do that to her... Just imagine what I'm going to do to you.

—Dark Reign: The List - X-Men Vol 1 1

Oh please. How much longer will you pretend to care about Scott Summers? You are the woman so brash as to name herself queen. You deserve a king. A leader of men. Not a boy playling at being soldier.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 527

Vampire squid. Should have seen that coming.

—Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 1

Are you listening to yourselves? Tony Stark is the most irritating lung-man I have ever met. But he is, in his own way, as regal as either of the true princes of blood with you here today. And you would insult him by offering him charity? If Stark cannot defeat his inner demons, what good is he against alien invasions and super-powered megalomaniacs? What good will he be to we who have sworn to defend this Earth? If Tony Stark succeeds in pulling himself out of the gutter, he will be stronger than ever before. And if he fails...He was not worthy to sit among us in the first place. Either way, this road of trials that faces him now...He must walk down alone.

—Iron Man: Legacy Vol 1 6

Ready your warriors, Jian. Outfit them with as much weaponry as they can carry. In four hours' time...we hunt the Aqueos.

—Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 2

We cannot help them. They have to die.

—Invaders Now! Vol 1 2

Logomancer-- our people are in danger of extinction, and this New Atlantis we're building...it means a great deal to me. It may be my last chance at redemption. This is my city. And I won't let it be destroyed by creatures that died long before we were born. ... You didn't hear that. The 'redemption' part.

—Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 3

Lowly beast! Your allies made this happen! It was your help that let them get so close to ending the world! Launched from my domain! I've upheld my word to Rogers, the threat is over. Now you will face the judgment of the deep!

—Hulk Vol 2 27

Here is the answer to your demands. Compromise...? Never.

—Fantastic Four Vol 1 585

Unlike my predecessors, Loa, I can no longer neglect matters beyond the walls of Atlantis. The era of emperors is gone. It's time to make something new. I have a kingdom to build, battles to fight. And a life I intend to live to the fullest. But like you, I will first pause to consider what has happened today. All that I have learned...and all that's been lost.

—Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 4

I learned something, down in Hell. My destiny is not written in stone, and as long as I remember that I have allies...I will prevail against Krang. I will always prevail.

—Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 8

Lucky. We were indeed lucky, this night. And Ramona Fischer -- wherever you are, whoever you are -- I have felt the depth of your young man's regard for you. I do not know whether you will reciprocate, once you know of it. But I hope that you will treasure it. For tonight...it was enough to save a world.

—Defenders: From the Marvel Vault Vol 1 1

Hammers? When I fought Attuma...when he razed New Atlantis...he wielded a hammer. I have never seen anything so... It was an ungodly weapon.

—Fear Itself: The Deep Vol 1 2

The sea should boil with the righteous fury of Namor the Sub-Mariner. I should be angry. But I'm not. I was warned that someone would be coming for the hammers. I expected my one-time ally, Valkyrie. I hoped to talk some sense into her. Instead, I find you -- the one who unleashed hell on all the world...the one who brought destruction to my kingdom. So I'm not angry. I'm glad. I'm glad it's you.

—Fear Itself: The Fearless Vol 1 4

This is a species of 200 declaring war on the United States of America. I admire Scott Summers. I would have his woman, of course. But that's a compliment, in its own way.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 2 11

Of course, Captain... We're brothers.

—New Avengers Vol 2 29

What we used to call life has very little worth these days. Welcome to the very edge.

—New Avengers Vol 3 12

What I was going to say is these times... The three of us together--four, I suppose, with the Winter Soldier... I hope there are more of them.

—All-New Invaders Vol 1 5

I am tired of waiting for the inevitable. If I must become this thing, then let it be at a time of my own choosing.

—New Avengers Vol 3 19

Haven't you been paying attention, Reed? We are all monsters now. We've just been waiting for the right circumstances to reveal ourselves.

—New Avengers Vol 3 22

Everything dies. You. Me. Everyone on this planet. Our sun. Our galaxy, and, eventually, the universe itself. This is simply how things are. It's inevitable... and I accept it. What I will not tolerate -- what I find unacceptable -- is going quietly, like some mewling child, before my time. There is something out there, coming for us, trying to kill us all -- and I would do to it what it would do to us. Brothers. Sisters. All the angels have fallen, and we devils are all that remains... so I ask you... will you help me kill worlds?

—New Avengers Vol 3 23

All I know is that I'm aware of something now that looking back I wish I'd seen at the time. When we were the Invaders of World War II, I was the team's might and Steve, the strategist and natural leader, was its brain. You were the heart, Jim.

—All-New Invaders Vol 1 11

Let it be known, I take full responsibility for everything I've unleashed. I do not regret my actions, but I understand the weight of them. But I fear I'm... losing control. The Cabal are rapid dogs, and I can no longer hold their leash. I'm ready to do what we must... I'm ready to finish this.

—Avengers World Vol 1 21

Did you just kick my severed head?

—Squadron Supreme Vol 4 13

Have to what? Do what? Because if my friend is truly dead, you'll follow him. At my hand! I Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Arisen!

—Squadron Supreme Vol 4 14

Ha! Haha hahaha haha! And perhaps the Phoenix has forgotten all about you. Out of sight, out of mind, yes? Perhaps all the monsters have given up and gone away -- so that the two of us can live happily ever after. Perhaps all is truly well. But I think we both know better. I think we both can agree -- that once a monster has your scent -- the beast will never stop coming. Until at least one of you is dead in the water.

—Jean Grey Vol 1 3

This holy war has just begun. And we will not misstep as we have in the past. No more armies hitting the beach. No more invasions. Let the air-breathers have their mounds of dirt and blackened skies. We fight for the seas, and those who called them home. The surface world has their Avengers. Now we have the Defenders of the Deep.

—Avengers Vol 8 9

The surface has developed creatures and men with great power! They will attempt to destroy not only Atlantis, but Vodan as well! I will not allow it! We can't allow it!

—Namor: The Best Defense Vol 1 1

Another exciting non-team-up for the Defenders. Let's all have shawarma sometime.

—Defenders: The Best Defense Vol 1 1

You are a kind man, Steve Rogers, and I say this as a friend... war has no place for kindness... especially among humans.

—Invaders Vol 3 2

I will make a world where this cannot happen again. I will make a better world.

—Invaders Vol 3 6

I know how this sounds. Like I'm a puppet. But... I'm a puppet to my own mind, to an unconscious savior. I may not have solely come up with this plan to save the world, but I know, deep in my heart... it's a good plan. It will save the world... I need you to understand this.

—Invaders Vol 3 8

Who sent you?! Who sent you... to your death?

—Invaders Vol 3 10

And N-Namor... Namor the f-first... King of Atlantis... Lord of all the S-Seven Seas... takes commands... from no one!

—Invaders Vol 3 12

You destroyed them! You were green...

—Tarot Vol 1 1

You dare?! To wear that damnable symbol? Here? Nazi scum!

—Sub-Mariner: Marvels Snapshot Vol 1 1

And so it was set. I remember the pride I felt. And the certainty-- the absolute certainty... this was going to be amazing! It was all so long ago. And now-- now-- I do not like to think of what will come next.

—King in Black: Namor Vol 1 1

They were never to be freed. And now they are free.

—King in Black: Namor Vol 1 5

As King of Atlantis, Namor always forbade the abuse of children. But I am not a king anymore. And you are not a child. You are Thanos. What I do now... I do for the good of all men.

—Avengers Vol 8 53

Those robots - they can't be men! Why, they're mechanical - and so ponderous - yet they're shaped like men, and certainly they're not fish - I wonder ... One of them had some kind of fire-weapon - I'd better get out of here!

—Ev Carley (Earth-616)

In the name of Father Neptune, now does Namor the First, Prince of Atlantis, Emperor of the Deep, Lord of the Seven Seas and Supreme Commander of the undersea legions, duly proclaim for all to witness... the victory is truly mine! Let no man deny that Namor is, and ever shall be, Prince of the Blood!

—Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)

Everything dies. You. Me. Everyone on this planet. Our sun. Our galaxy, and, eventually, the universe itself. This is simply how things are. It's inevitable... And I accept it. What I will not tolerate-- what I find unacceptable-- is going quietly, like some mewling child, before my time. There is something out there, coming for us, trying to kill us all-- And I would do to it what it would do to us. Brothers. Sisters. All the angels have fallen, and we devils are all that remains... So I ask you... Will you help me kill worlds?

—Cabal (Namor's) (Earth-616)

This holy war has just begun. And we will not misstep as we have in the past. No more armies hitting the beach. No more invasions. Let the air-breathers have their mounds of dirt and blackened skies. We fight for the seas, and those who called them home. The surface world has their Avengers. Now we have the Defenders of the Deep.

—Defenders of the Deep (Earth-616)

This must be Cape Anna Lighthouse, Dorma - it gives me an idea - we can start our crusade right here - you see, if we demolish this light, it will endanger many ships, and perhaps destroy them! - It will be our first move!

—Cape Anna Lighthouse

Stand quietly everyone, or I shall kill you all!

—Dell View Hospital

Namor, the Sub-Mariner

We may go our separate ways again... with nothing to bind us!

Triton

Nothing... but the invisible bonds of shared peril!

Namor, the Sub-Mariner

Yet, those, may well be the strongest chains of all!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 3

Namor

Is there no honor among your people?

Dynorr the Stalker

Honor is for the living! We had to find someone like you to examine -- or die!

—Sub-Mariner Vol 1 18

Hulk

Whole world's going nuts. Hey, Namor, I saw headline said you were dead

Namor

Ah, but the public has read of your demise, too. Not only that, but i seem to recall Doctor Strange's funeral. All of us, men who are alive when, by rights, we should be dead. Do you know what that makes us?

Hulk

Sure, the challengers of the unknown.

Namor

No. Three very proficient liars.

—Incredible Hulk Vol 1 370

Iron Fist

It was I who brought you to your present state. And it is I who shall soon usher you across the final threshold... into Death's dark domain.

Sub-Mariner

Spare me your posturing, Rand.

—Namor the Sub-Mariner Vol 1 16

Namor

This diorama cost my foundation nearly ten thousand dollars, Richards.

Reed

Consider it the start of my tab, Namor.

—4 Vol 1 8

Namor

The Defenders! How...?

Dr. Strange

While we were in New Atlantis, I took the liberty of conjuring a more...aggressive version of Belial's Beckoning. I put the call out to Defenders, Secret Defenders, even those who were only Defenders for a Day... Pretty much everyone. And I didn't take 'no' for an answer.

—Fear Itself: The Deep Vol 1 4

Black Panther

How do you do it, Namor? How do you bury the part of you that was good and noble so deep that all that remains is this? Some shell of the man you used to be.

Namor

Look at them, T'Challa-- flying off to save the unsaveable. The good and noble, warring against the inevitable. Is that us? Is that what you think we are? You might have been right at one time. Maybe I was that man once. Maybe you were as well. But then we both lost our people, and our kingdoms crumbled. Even now, while we do what we must to keep the things we love alive, we become everything they hate. Do you know what you bury deep, my friend? Things that have died. Who is this Namor, the good and noble? No man I know.

—New Avengers Vol 3 17

Namor

"It matters." The way you people talk about your lives-- Like they mean something... "It matters."

I am the greatest man I know... But compared to this, I'm nothing. Just as you... are nothing. Am I the only man here with the courage of his convictions... Or am I the only one with conviction at all?

Mister Fantastic

Namor... Don't... It's not worth it.

Namor

These lines you won't cross... These things you won't do... They shame you. How dare any of you put yourself--your damned morals--above the lives of every living thing? The truth is, you people aren't worth that... And neither am I. Our lives are a pittance. A petty, small nothing...

Black Panther

Namor! NOOOO!

Namor

Of course this is worth it. Now watch... As I do what you could not.

—New Avengers Vol 3 21

Namor

Imperious Rex!

Human Torch

Err... Yeah!

—All-New Invaders Vol 1 9