Luke Cage Quotes: “Luke Cage” is a television series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and was produced by Marvel Television in collaboration with ABC Studios. The show premiered on Netflix on September 30, 2016, and ran for two seasons.
The series follows the story of Luke Cage, portrayed by Mike Colter, who is gifted with superhuman strength and invulnerability after a failed experiment. Set in Harlem, New York City, “Luke Cage” explores themes of social issues, identity, and the complexities of being a hero in a world filled with corruption and crime.
Luke Cage Quotes
1- Henry ‘Pop’ Hunter : You know how the wind feels fluffy, like you could stuff it into a pillowcase right before a big thunderstorm? Harlem’s the same. Trouble smells a certain way. You can touch it.
2- John ‘Bushmaster’ McIver : Evil won’t die on its own. It only festers.
3- Luke Cage : Dumb men like little girls. Me? I ponder a woman.
4- Henry ‘Pop’ Hunter : The past is the past. And the only direction in life that matters is forward. Never backwards.
5- Hernan ‘Shades’ Alvarez : The secret to every great lie is it has to run parallel to the truth.
6- Cornell ‘Cottonmouth’ Stokes : Nothing humbles a man like gravity.
7- James Lucas : When you have a calling, sometimes you need to heal yourself just as much as the person who you’re trying to heal. You gotta take care of yourself, or else the whole world is gonna fall apart.
8- Mercedes ‘Misty’ Knight : You don’t always have to fight to win.
9- Mercedes ‘Misty’ Knight : A photograph freezes time. It allows you to look at things, slow down, think about what’s out of place, and then fill in the blanks.
10- Luke Cage : You live and die by your choices.
11- Cornell ‘Cottonmouth’ Stokes : Money outlasts respect. Respect will put your name on the side of a building but the money that put your name up there comes from someplace.
12- Claire Temple : I’ve seen a man… a blind man who can see, because his other senses are so amplified. And this other man who survived a shotgun blast to his head and recovered from a brain hemorrhage in a few hours. And they both needed my help. I think that’s what I want to do. Is help people… with abilities.
13- Luke Cage : No bullet can kill me. No jail can hold me. You hear me? Nothing can stop me from getting to you.
14- John ‘Bushmaster’ McIver : You can’t drown sorrow with tears. If you want to erase sorrow, you must burn it.
15- Cornell ‘Cottonmouth’ Stokes : It’s easy to underestimate a nigga. They never see you coming
16- Cornell ‘Cottonmouth’ Stokes : Never confuse the battle with the war.
17- Henry ‘Pop’ Hunter : Time is a luxury most working class men cannot afford.
18- Luke Cage : If you wanna know anything about anybody, ask a driver.
19-Luke Cage : If we try to protect only ourselves without looking out for those people closest to us… then we lose.
20- Mariah Dillard : You can’t plant a seed without getting your hands dirty.
21- Bobby Fish : You can’t control what people say. Just be the best man that you can be. And always make sure they spell your name right.
22- Mercedes ‘Misty’ Knight : There’s always a double standard.
23- Hernan ‘Shades’ Alvarez : No time is ever really wasted. Time reveals all.
24- Mariah Dillard : History remembers queens and kings. Not the flunkies.
25- Tilda Johnson : Everyone gets knocked down. The only thing that matters is getting back up.
26- John ‘Bushmaster’ McIver : You can’t erase the past. You can’t burn it away. That’s the spell on you. That’s magic. Science in its purest form.
27- Mariah Dillard : Children matter. They hold our hopes, our dreams. They blot out your mistakes.
28- Luke Cage : I don’t plan on hibernating. I was innocent before and I’m innocent now. I’ve got work to do.
29- James Lucas : You can’t save someone from drowning unless you have on your life jacket. Or you make enough room on the door for both of you to float.
30- Luke Cage : You have to fight for what’s right every single day, bulletproof skin or not. You can’t just not snitch, or turn away or take money under the table because life has turned you sour.
31- Mariah Dillard : Who needs trust when you have power?
32- Hernan ‘Shades’ Alvarez : Fastest way to stop the flow is to put your hand on the faucet.
33- Luke Cage : I’m about sick of always having to buy new clothes.
34- Luke Cage : Not everyone deserves discretion.
35- Luke Cage : The world may be my problem, but it’s not always my fault.
36- Luke Cage : Yo, I’m Luke Cage. You can’t burn me, you can’t blast me, and you definitely can’t break me. You wanna test me? Step up. I’m right here. I ain’t going nowhere. You know where to find me. I am Harlem, and Harlem is me.
37- Claire Temple : Sometimes, if you want justice… you have to get it yourself.
38- Mariah Dillard : There are intangible benefits to being provocative, yet friendly.
39- James Lucas : When you find someone who’s gonna make room for you on the door when the ship goes down, that’s a rose you cultivate.
40- Luke Cage : Forget the system. Arrests lead to indictments. And indictments lead to pleas. There’s always a bigger fish, a bigger angle. A slap on the wrist. Boom. Right back in business. I ain’t going for that.
41- Willis ‘Diamondback’ Stryker : Pressure brings the best out of certain people.
42- Mariah Dillard : Sometimes you have to reach across the aisle to get things done.
43- John ‘Bushmaster’ McIver : There’s a big difference between what’s legal and what’s righteous.
44- Cornell ‘Cottonmouth’ Stokes : Only thing worse than a thief is a damn liar.
45- Luke Cage : That’s the thing about power. People don’t care how you get it.
46- Mercedes ‘Misty’ Knight : You take away a player’s queen, the game is pretty much won.
47- Tilda Johnson : Sometimes when we unpack baggage and repack it, it’s not as heavy.
48- Luke Cage : Fork will kill you quicker than any bullet.
49- Claire Temple :Sometimes you gotta throw the science out and go with what you know.
50- Mariah Dillard : You don’t need to be bulletproof to be a superhero. Black women have always had superpowers.
