Smallville (TV Series)

Tempest (2002)

John Glover: Lionel Luthor

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• Lionel Luthor : When Alexander the Great was dying his generals asked him who he would leave his armies to and his answer was "I leave it to the strongest."

  Lex Luthor : I believe the term is "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

  Lionel Luthor : You're not my enemy. You're my son!

  Lex Luthor : Funny, I never saw the distinction.

• Lionel Luthor : You're not in a hurry to pack.

  Lex Luthor : That's because I'm not leaving.

  Lionel Luthor : Accept your fate, Lex. It's time to move on.

  Lex Luthor : I'm forcing a vote of the board of directors to accept an employee buyout of the plant.

  Lionel Luthor : [laughs]  What are you gonna do? Convince the employees to take out a second mortgage? Cash in their IRAs?

  Lex Luthor : Something like that.

  Lionel Luthor : Even if you sell all your stock, and drain your trust fund, you still come up short, Lex. What are you going to do about the rest of the money, hmm?

  Lex Luthor : Take the buyout now and you can keep your dignity. It's more than you left me.

  Lionel Luthor : That's very gracious of you, son. You might wanna look at this first.

  Lex Luthor : You've bought the Smallville Savings and Loan.

  Lionel Luthor : Go ahead, lead your buyout. But remember I own your employees' mortgages. As soon as they begin missing payments, I won't hesitate to foreclose on each and every one of them. They'll be homeless, and it'll be your fault. You ready to accept that kind of responsibility? You're gonna take me on, son, you're gonna have to bring your game up to a whole different level.

• Lex Luthor : You just fired 2,500 people and blamed it on me.

  Lionel Luthor : Monday, you'll thank me, Lex. Smallville isn't in your future; it's just a brief chapter in your biography.

• Lionel Luthor : [to Lex]  I'll bury you and everyone in Smallville who takes your side!