Tony Stark: It’s an imperfect world, but it’s the only one we’ve got. I guarantee you, the day weapons are no longer needed to keep the peace, I’ll start making bricks and beams for baby hospitals.

Christine Everhart: Rehearse that much?

Tony Stark: Every night in front of the mirror before bedtime.

Christine Everhart: I can see that.

Tony Stark: I’d like to show you first-hand.

Christine Everhart: All I want is a serious answer.

Tony Stark: Okay, here’s serious. My old man had a philosophy, “Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.”

Christine Everhart: That’s a great line coming from the guy selling the sticks.

Tony Stark: My father helped defeat the Na*zis. He worked on the Manhattan Project. A lot of people, including your professors at Brown, would call that being a hero.

Christine Everhart: And a lot of people would also call that war profiteering.

Tony Stark: Tell me, do you plan to report on the millions we’ve saved by advancing medical technology or kept from starvation with our intelli-crops? All those breakthroughs, military funding, honey.

Christine Everhart: You ever lose an hour of sleep your whole life?

Tony Stark: I’d be prepared to lose a few with you.

From the movie Iron Man (2008) | Produced by Marvel