The Best Arthur Curry Quotes

Arthur: Honestly... I think we're gonna be dead way before that. And you know what? I don't mind. It's an honorable end. But we've gotta shut Steppenwolf down. Superman's a no-show.
[to Bruce]
Arthur: You've got no powers, no offense.
[to Victor]
Arthur: This guy might be working for the enemy. We don't know.
[to Barry]
Arthur: You're tripping over your feet, and mine...
[to Diana]
Arthur: Whuf, you're gorgeous, and fierce... and strong. I know we went to war with the Amazons, but that was before my time. You know what? I don't wanna die. I'm young. There's shit that I wanna do. I just feel like... I didn't really embrace the sea or the land. I've been a loner my whole life. But being part of something bigger, like this... maybe I'm scared because... I'm meant to...
[Bruce smiles and gestures to Arthur, who looks down and realizes he's sitting on Diana's Golden Lasso. Irritably, he pulls it out from under his butt and tosses it back to her]
Diana: I think that was beautiful.
Arthur: [as Barry starts to speak] You say a word about this, you'll meet every piranha I know.
Barry: ...I honestly didn't hear anything after "we're all gonna die."

Victor: [saves Aquaman] Ride ain't over yet!
Arthur: My man!

Bruce: What's in the three boxes?
Arthur: [walks in the water] It's ancient history.
Bruce: What is it? Mankind's melting the polar ice caps, destroying the ecosystem. They had it coming?
Arthur: Hey, I don't mind if the oceans rise.
Bruce: How about if they boil?
Arthur: Dressed like a bat. You're out of your mind, Bruce Wayne.
[Arthur dives in the water and swims off]
Bruce: It doesn't mean I'm wrong.

[Arthur Curry rescues a man from drowning]
Arthur: [takes a bottle of whisky] It's on him!

Arthur: So, let me get this straight. You do it dressed like a bat? Like an actual bat.
Bruce: It worked for 20 years in Gotham.
Arthur: Oh, that shit hole.
Bruce: When the fight comes, we'll need you.
Arthur: Don't count on it, Batman
Bruce: Why not?
Arthur: 'Cause I don't like you coming here, digging into my business and getting into my life. People from Atlantis tell me, "Do this." Now you say, "Do that." I wanna be left alone.
Bruce: Is that why you help these people out here in the middle of nowhere? 'Cause you can just leave?
Arthur: I help them 'cause no one else does.
Bruce: If you want to protect them, you need to work with me.
Arthur: "Strong man is strongest alone." You ever heard of that?
Bruce: That's not a saying. That's the opposite of what the saying is.
Arthur: Yeah... Doesn't mean I'm wrong.
Bruce: You ever heard of Superman? He died fighting next to me.
Arthur: My point exactly.

Bruce: I need your help. There is a stranger who comes to this village from the sea. He comes in the winter when people are hungry. Brings fish. He comes on the king tide. That was last night.
[a man speaks Icelandic]
Arthur: Icebergs in the harbor, four months since the last ship got through.
Bruce: Well, this stranger doesn't come by ship. There are enemies coming from far away. I need warriors. I'm building an alliance to defend ourselves. Look, I'll give you 25,000 to talk to this man right now. Outside.
Arthur: [speaks Icelandic to the others] Pretty sure he'll give it to me anyway.
[the others laugh]
Bruce: [sees a picture of the 3 Mother Boxes] Tell me what those threes boxes are and I'll make it 30.
Arthur: You should get out.
Bruce: Can you at least point me to Atlantis?