Benjamin Parker (Earth-616)/Quotes

 You can't always win--that's the way life works. Sometimes, it doesn't matter how hard you try, you lose anyway. Listen, killer: Life is a very long season. Some you win, some you lose...And it's good to lose once in a while. It makes the winning all the sweeter. Maybe next year, okay? We'll come again and see if they win. 

—Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol 1 33

 You were always going to be someone like Spider-Man, with or without your powers. That's the way you were headed. It was never for me. Not really. It was always for your parents. 

—Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 2 27

 No matter how much we try to protect him, those things are gonna happen. But that's okay, and I'll tell you why: each time it happens, Peter'll toughen up some. Get stronger. Make sense? 

—Sensational Spider-Man Vol 2 33

 Let it end, Peter. Sometimes death is a blessing in disguise. Like mine. My death is one of the greatest gifts the universe ever gave you. 

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 4 1.6

 I don't know what he'll use it for, Peter. What I do know is someone needed help... and we don't walk past that. 

—Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Vol 2 7

 Oh, Peter... you're dead. We're all dead. And now everything is going to be okay. Now that you're here... we can begin 

—Amazing Fantasy Vol 3 1

 With great power, there must also come great responsibility. 

—Benjamin Parker (Earth-616)

Uncle Ben	Forgiveness? There's nothing you need to be forgiven for, Pete. Not by me.
Peter Parker	But I wasn't there when you needed me--
Uncle Ben	We all mess up sometimes. It's not only inevitable, I think maybe it's even necessary. You know what would disappoint me? If you didn't reach for the kind of life I wanted for you. If you settled for less because you were afraid of reaching for more, If you walked away from what you believe, even once. Have you done that?
Peter Parker	No. No, I haven't
Uncle Ben	Then I taught you right, and your life has meaning.

—Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 500

Ben Parker has one of the most well known quotes in comic history.

This is the often-quoted Spider-Man theme. It is widely attributed to Uncle Ben. However, this was not initially true. In Amazing Fantasy #15, the phrase appears in a narrative caption in the comic's last panel, not as spoken dialogue. In fact, Ben has only two lines in the entire comic.

However, later stories and flashbacks that took place when Ben was still alive retroactively made the phrase one of Ben's many homilies he would lecture Peter with. Recent reinterpretations of Spider-Man, such as the Spider-Man movie and the Ultimate Spider-Man comic, depict Ben as using this phrase while he is still alive.