Luthor Quotes

[the warden of a prison is sitting in his office when he hears the alarms sound & the guard dogs barking. He steps onto his balcony to see Superman flying into the prison yard, holding Luthor & Otis by the scruff of their jackets]
Lex Luthor: You're messing up my suit, you lummox, you!
Lex Luthor: [to Superman] Watch the ground!
[They land

with a start. Luthor & Otis are immediately cornered by the guards]
Superman: Good evening, Warden. I think these 2 men should be safe here with you now till they can get a fair trial.
Warden: Who is it, Superman?
Lex Luthor: [Lex rips off his wig to reveal his bald head] Lex Luthor! The greatest criminal mind of our time!

Otis: [repeating what Lex says] ... Of our time!
Lex Luthor: I hereby serve notice...
Otis: He's serving notice to you...
Lex Luthor: That these walls...
Otis: That these walls here...
Lex Luthor: Will you shut up, please!
Superman: [to

the guards] All right, take them away, boys!
[the guards take Luthor & Otis to a cell]
Lex Luthor: [shouting at Otis as the guards lead them away] Neanderthal! Nitwit! Nincompoop!

Lex Luthor: [DELETED SCENE: at his underground manor, Luthor is playing the piano and singing] "You must've been a beautiful baby, you must've been a wonderful child; when you were only startin' to go to kindergarten, you must've drove the little boys wild; And when it came to winning blue ribbons, you must've shown the other kids how; I can see the judge's eyes, when he handed

you the prize, you must've made the cutest bow; Yeah, you must've been a beautiful baby... 'Cause, baby, look at you now."
[He looks over at Eve T., who is about to be fed to Lex's "babies"]
Miss Teschmacher: [in tears] You can't do this to me...! Why, Lex? WHY?
Lex Luthor: Because I love you, Miss Teschmacher.
[He signals for Otis to

drop Eve, which the henchman does. Then a familiar blue-and-red streak follows her down... and reappears, depositing Eve safely on the floor]
Superman: By the way, Miss Teschmacher, your mother sends her love.
[He gazes over at Luthor, who sighs in defeat]

Lex Luthor: Now. As you may or may not know, I am as they say, very heavy into real estate. In order to make money in that game you have to buy for a little and sell for a lot. Right?
Otis: Right.
Lex Luthor: Right. So. Problem: how to make the land more valuable in between the time you buy it and the time you sell it.
[Luthor

points to a map of California and the San Andreas Fault on the floor]
Lex Luthor: Now this is California. The richest, most populous state in the Union.
Superman: I don't need a geography lesson from you, Luthor.
Lex Luthor: Oh, yes, of course, you've been there. I do forget you get around, don't you.
[chuckles; to

Otis]
Lex Luthor: Where was I?
Otis: California.
Lex Luthor: California. Right... the San Andreas Fault. Maybe you've heard of it.
Superman: Yes. It's the joining together of two land masses. The fault line is unstable and shifting, which is why you get earthquakes in California from time to time.

Lex Luthor: Wonderful. Couldn't have said it better myself.
[pointing to San Andreas fault line]
Lex Luthor: Everything west of this line is the richest, most expensive real estate in the world: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco. Everything on *this* side of the line is just hundreds and hundreds of miles of worthless desert land. Which just

so happens to be owned by...
[whacks Otis on the backside]
Otis: Lex Luthor Incorporated!
Lex Luthor: Now, call me foolish, call me irresponsible...
[laughing]
Lex Luthor: It occurs to me that a 500 megaton bomb planted at just the proper point would, uh...
Superman: [concerned] ... would

destroy most of California. Millions of innocent people would be killed. And the West Coast as we know it would...
Lex Luthor: -- fall into the sea.
[gives a little wave]
Lex Luthor: Bye-bye, California. HELLO, new West Coast. My West Coast.
[Otis ducks down and overlays map with new map]
Lex Luthor: [reading

from map] "Costa del Lex", "Luthorville", "Otisburg"...
[looks at Otis]
Lex Luthor: "Otisburg"?
Otis: Miss Teschmacher, she's got her own place.
Lex Luthor: "Otisburg"?
Otis: [pleading] It's a little bitty place!
Lex Luthor: "OTISBURG"?
Otis: Okay,

I'll just wipe it off, that's all. Just a little town.
Superman: You're a dreamer, Lex Luthor. A sick, twisted dreamer. Your plan couldn't possibly work.
Lex Luthor: I'll admit there were a few problems. Adjusting the precise trajectory of the missile, finding the optimum stress point for the fault line itself... which by the way is, uh, Target Zero,

right
[smashes overlay of map with pointer]
Lex Luthor: here.