Garth Ennis > Quotes

“God: But it is my creation...!

The Saint of Killers: It's outgrown you.”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 9: Alamo

“I'm the one who steps from the shadows, all trenchcoat and cigarette and arrogance, ready to deal with the madness. Oh, I've got it all sewn up. I can save you. If it takes the last drop of your blood, I'll drive your demons away. I'll kick them in the bollocks and spit on them when they're down and then I'll be gone back into darkness, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone... who would walk with me?”
― Garth Ennis, Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits

“Don't take no shit off fools. An' you judge a person by what's in 'em, not how they look. An' you do the right thing. You gotta be one of the good guys, son: 'cause there's way too many of the bad.”
― Garth Ennis

“It doesn`t matter who you are,or how good you got things. Sooner or later,shit goes wrong for everybody. Sooner or later,there comes a time when all you want to do is shout Fuck you to the world.”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 6: War in the Sun

“..."ya gotta be one of the good guys...'cause there's too many of the bad.”
― Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, Preacher, Volume 2: Until the End of the World

“I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

“Why is it the greatest champions of the white race always turn out to be the worst examples of it? You! Where the fuck is your chin?”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 7: Salvation

“Preacher: "This is the word of God!"
Constantine: "The edited word of God”
― Garth Ennis, Hellblazer: Rake at the Gates of Hell

“An' you turn your back on your friend, you may as well go ahead an' join the asshole squad, 'cause you just became one more reason why the damn world's gone to hell.”
― Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

“You work for the devil, you better be ready to die for him.”
― Garth Ennis, The Punisher, Vol. 3: Mother Russia

“Remember the seven Ps.

Seven what?

Proper preparation and planning... Prevent piss-poor performance.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game

“We've the whole wide world out there waiting for us, and we've forever to make the most've it. And that's the thing: enjoyin' life. Not livin' death, or anything stupid like that.

What've we got to fear except the sun?”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 5: Dixie Fried

“Jesse: But—but are you okay?

Tulip: Yeah, fine. I checked out the bad guy's place and shot them up a little bit, you know. There were quite a lot of them, and one guy nearly got me with a throwing knife— But I know you'll be cool with that, because you can trust me to handle myself. Let's go.”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 5: Dixie Fried

“...so I looked at this kid from West Texas, feelin' all cut up an' betrayed 'cause he suddenly realized the Land of the Free been fuckin' him in the ass all his life--an' I told myself, 'Shit, so that's what it's like to be the white boy. Any nigga you ask can tell you that's how America works.”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 3: Proud Americans

“As the old saying goes: With great power comes the total fuckin' certainty that you're gonna turn into a cunt.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 9: The Big Ride

“Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker!

Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a lot of dick on the goddamn menu! Now grunt twice for yes! You through bitchin'?”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

“Fuck with the bull, you get the horns.”
― Garth Ennis

“I caught a glimpse of heaven once. The Angels showed me. The idea was I'd kill for them. Clean up their mistakes on Earth. Eventually redeem myself.

Tried it. Didn't like it. Told them where to stick it. So they brought me up to heaven, to see what I'd be missing. A wife. A son. A daughter. I hadn't seen them since they bled out in my arms. Then I was cast down.

Back to a world of killers. Rapists. Psychos. Perverts. A brand new evil every minute, spewed out as fast as men can think them up. A world where pitching a criminal dwarf off a skyscraper to tell his fellow scum you're back is a sane and rational act. The angels thought it would be hell for me.

(Said dwarf hits the ground with a splat)
But they were wrong.

Welcome Back, Frank. Says New York City.”
― Garth Ennis, The Punisher, Vol. 1: Welcome Back, Frank

“So who turned up the volume of ignorance up to eleven?”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 5: Dixie Fried

“Agent Brendel: These are the descendants of our Lord. I myself have seen the documents that prove it. We have protected them and their predecessors for nineteen centuries, and whatever their appearance now, we believe - we know - their child will be the next messiah.

Starr: He's shitting in his hand, Brendel.

The brother hurls his feces at, and hits Agent Brendel in the face

Agent Brendel: Have faith, Herr Starr.”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 4: Ancient History

“Constantine: "Bullocks. Anyone'll do anything."
Chas: "What? Come on, John, everyone's got a line they reach!"
Constantine: "Helen used to be the wildest woman I ever knew, Chas. A night out with her and you knew the reason we're all here, you knew what we could all be if we made the effort..She never drank or took anything and I knew she'd never need to and now look at the bleedin' state of her. No one has a line and no one has a soddin' moral code either, not outside a John Wayne movie”
― Garth Ennis, Hellblazer: Rake at the Gates of Hell

“Larger than life character; a couple of hundred years ago he would have been a pirate. "When in evil company, try to blend in" - that was one of his.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 9: The Big Ride

“I'm sweetness an' motherfuckin' light. Filled from goddamn head to toe wit' love.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 9: The Big Ride

“Men are only so much use. Men are boys.”
― Garth Ennis

“That's what you get when a bunch of fucks in tights try to save the goddamn day.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul

“I hear you're a conspiracy nut. Well, this is the conspiracy, kid. It ain't ancient gods an' aliens an' coded shit on the dollar bill. It ain't even a secret, it's somthin' ordinary folks do for a livin' every day of the week. It's business.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul

“Never plan an act of violence. Just let it happen natural.”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 7: Salvation

“Christ, would you look at that shite? Supes an' religion, the two worst things on the planet.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 7: The Innocents

“There'd be no point trynna blackmail a bloke everyone already knows is a cunt, would there?”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 2: Get Some

“I don't think this one's business as usual. Me evil cunt sense is tinglin'.”
― Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 9: The Big Ride