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Dass Jennir: "Why? Why buy a child just to kill her?"

Dezono Qua: "Because I could."
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"Iago's soliloquy, the motive-hunting of a motiveless malignity — how awful it is!"
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Frank Horrigan: Now, you're going to die.

Matt: Killing me will stop nothing.

Frank Horrigan: That may be true, but seeing your body rotting on the floor will bring a smile to my face.
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Billy Costigan: You're seventy fucking years old. One of these guys is going to pop you. As for running drugs, what the fuck. You don't need the pain in the ass, and they're going to catch you. And you don't need the money.

Frank Costello: I haven't "needed the money" since I took Archie's milk money in the third grade. Tell you the truth, I don't need pussy any more either... but I like it.
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And it's so easy when you're evil!

This is the life, you see,

The devil tips his hat to me!

I do it all because I'm evil,

And I do it all for free,

Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need!
Voltaire, "When You're Evil"
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I like being bad. It makes me happy...
Eddie Brock, Spider-Man 3
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"Someone had opened a nether gate within the city. Who and why we'll never know. The situation was already so dire before this point it fails me to think of a reason behind such actions. As if someone could possibly want to haste the end of everything for no other purpose than the end itself."

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"Destroy, for the sake of Destruction.

Kill, for the sake of Killing."
Unknown Chaos Space Marine, Warhammer 40000
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This little hamlet has too much boring and not enough burning... Torch everything!
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Kefka: "It's not enough... Destroy more... Have got to destroy more!"

Terra: "Just stop! None of this makes any sense!"

Kefka: "Mwhehehe! Destruction isn't supposed to make sense! It's only fun when it's senseless!"
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"Rivers of blood... Mountains of flesh! A glorious world of pain! Feeble humans, crushed like the insects that they are!"
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"What do you think of my cute little pet? Thanks to him, the people of New York City are right now festively, uh, running around and trying to escape. Uh, it's like a big ol' carnival, it's like Mardi Gras in New York or something."
RICHARD Hawk, Metal Wolf Chaos
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Rose: Power, it always corrupts.

Gnarl: Ha, that's half the fun!
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You think I do this[1] for money?! I've been gettin' paid for high-end jobs since... forever. Have you ever seen me spend any of it? Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if I have more money than you, at this point. No, Norman... I stopped doing this for money a long time ago. I do it because it's fun.
Bullseye, Deadpool v4 #12
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Bullseye: I once tracked an Eskimo huntsman across 200 miles of frozen tundra on foot and killed him with an icicle made of my own frozen feces.

Kingpin: Who on earth would hire you to do that?

Bullseye: Nobody. I did that for fun.

Kingpin: You're a madman.

Bullseye: I kill people for a living. What did you expect?
Bullseye, Punishermax #6
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"Why? Why? Just to see the disappointment on your cornfed, gee-whiz face, Superman. And because a great dark voice on the edge of nothing spoke to me and said you all had to die. There is no why!"
The General, JLA #38
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I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.
Saint Augustine
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"Oh, so you don't like needless bloodshed, Lt. Jaggar? Well that's too bad. I do enjoy needless bloodshed. Especially from the innocents."
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Bob: Why, Megabyte? Why do this?

Megabyte: It amused me.
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And people! We kill people! Because they're pests! And it's fun!
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Kristoph: I killed a man named Smith because I am an evil human being. Isn't that enough?
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
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Axel: Zex, I'll play it straight with you. I need your help financing the wedding.

Zexion: And I want to help you...why?

Axel: Because you'll get to abuse your political power just to prove you can.
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Harry Callahan: You know, you're crazy if you think you've heard the last of this guy. He's gonna kill again.

District Attorney Rothko: How do you know?

Harry Callahan: 'Cause he likes it.
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Superman: "Is this how a warped mind like yours gets its kicks, Luthor? By planning the deaths of innocent people?"

Lex Luthor: "No. By causing the deaths of innocent people."
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"Why did you kill everybody in the house?"

"They was home!"
Richard Pryor, describing an encounter with an inmate at Arizona State Prison while filming Stir Crazy.
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Dass Jennir: "Why? Why buy a child just to kill her?"

Dezono Qua: "Because I could. And to eat her, of course. She was delicious."
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Kotomine Kirei: "What other people called happiness did not bring me any joy."
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"I. Like. To. Kill. Things. How is that not clear by now?"
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"I lost track of time because I was enjoying myself so much ... It made me feel powerful. It was better than any drug I'd ever had, the high, the rush I was getting,"
Arron Streets, convicted thrill-killer
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Sherlock Holmes: "Why are you doing this?"

Jim Moriarty: "Why does anyone do anything? I'm bored!"
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"Because I'm evil."
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I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart — one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give direction to the character of Man. Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or a silly action, for no other reason than because he knows he should not? Have we not a perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgment, to violate that which is Law, merely because we understand it to be such?
Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat
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To put it in the simplest possible terms, [Integra], our "purpose" is a total absence of purpose! You should be aware, fraulein, that there are some people in this world, some irredeemable louse, for whom the means do not require an end! I speak, of course, of myself.
The Major, Hellsing Ultimate
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Faithful...enlightened...ambitious...brethren. In but a single decade, a few mere swipes of the pendulum, we have gathered a sacrifice to Khorne that will be made legend. Though it was a simpler, weaker voice that illuminated me during my centuries upon the Judgement of Carrion... It was Khorne's messenger, who showed me the true path of freedom from our pathetic corpse Emperor. And what is this path, this meaning, this purpose to which we gather the skulls of our foes? It is nothing. There is no meaning, no purpose. We murder, we kill; it is mindless savagery. This universe is mindless. In mere hours, billions will die. Innocent, guilty, strong and weak, honest and deceitful—ALL of them! They will scream, they will burn, and for no purpose but that mighty Khorne may revel in their bloodshed! And united in this void of purpose, fear or duty...we, shall at long last, be free! Blood! For the Blood God! Skulls! For the Skull Throne! Let, the galaxy, burnnnnnn!
Azaraiah Kyras, Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War: Retribution
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Angie: (On Benny purposly trying to causing her entire marriage to fall apart) Why would you do that?

Benny: I was bored.
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"But what were Voldemort's supporters -" Harry began. Everybody flinched - like most of the wizarding world, the Weasleys always avoided saying Voldemort's name. "Sorry," said Harry quickly. "What were You-Know-Who's supporters up to, levitating Muggles? I mean, what was the point?"

"The point?" said Mr. Weasley, with a hollow laugh. "Harry, that's their idea of fun. Half the Muggle killings back when You-Know-Who was in power were done for fun. I suppose they had a few drinks tonight and couldn't resist reminding us that all lots of them are still at large. A nice little reunion for them."
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I killed them because I could! Because it was fun! Do you know what it's like to determine another man's fate? And did you see the way the people cheered? The way they feared me? I was like a god! You'd have done the same if you could! Such power!
Majd Addin, Assassin's Creed
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Princess PeachWe never did anything to you! Why are you keeping us prisoner?

WizardheimerBecause I'm an evil Koopa wizard! I don't need a reason to be mean and nasty! It's my nature!
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It feels so good to be bad!

So delicious to be a despicable cad!

It's just so thrilling

And so fulfilling

To give somebody the worst time they've ever had!

It feels so good to be bad!
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"Here's to crime."
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Xander:That's my radio!

Spike: And you're what? Shocked and disappointed? I'm evil!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "A New Man"
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Kate: Why? What did we do?

Marsh: Why us, goddammit? Why are you doing this stuff to us? You're going to kill us!

Doctor Destiny: Why? Because I can.
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Doctor: I still don't see why you want to help [the Silurians]. What can you possibly gain?

The Master: The pleasure of seeing the human race exterminated, Doctor. The human race of which you are so fond. Believe me, that'll be a reward in itself.
Doctor Who, "The Sea Devils"
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Gideon: Why'd you hurt those kids?

Jeffery: Because I wanted to.
Criminal Minds, "The Boogeyman"
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