第三季一开场,黑胡子蒂奇船长就背对观众,说出了这样一段经典台词:“我活了这么久,久到明白任何誓言只要加上“永远”二字,几乎等同于赤裸裸的谎言。根本没有什么“永远”,一切都在走向终结。我们越是走向终结,时钟就会越响,一个理智的人就越是不会让承诺剥夺了他的幸福……(I‘ve lived long enough to know that any promise made beside the word "Forever", is no more than a lie agreed upon. There is no forever. everything moves towards its end. and the closer we get to ours, the louder that clock ticks, the less a sane man would let a promise deprive him of happiness……)
剧中有个片段,弗林特和韦恩在拿骚城外一间屋子里等待消息,韦恩注视着屋中的摆设,不屑的说:“
瓷器,书本……这些一切脆弱的东西,维护它们要花多少精力?我能理解一个女人渴望稳定,但是一个男人如此?我永远不能理解。”弗林特说:“我不能理解你为什么不能理解,你难道没有本能让自己过上更加舒适的生活吗?”韦恩回答:“我没有,如果我有那种本能,我会尽我一切去抵抗它,因为那就是敌人最危险的武器,用来诱惑我们,‘投降吧,我们就会给你想要的舒适’。”(I don't, and had I that instinct, I would resist it with every inch of will I could muster. For that is the single most dangerous weapon they possess, the one they tempt, "give us your submission, and we will give you the comfort you need.")