Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan Quotes

#1. I didn't read comic books, growing up. I was more of a science fiction/fantasy novel guy. I loved reading Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'Tarzan' and that kind of stuff.

Jesse L. Martin

#2. Fear is actually faith in the wrong god. Fear is the manifestation of believing that something is about to go wrong. And yet, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love" (1 John 4:18).

Kris Vallotton

#3. John!" cried Lady Greystoke, running toward him, "how could I have been mistaken? I-" but the rest of the sentence was lost as Tarzan of the Apes sprang into the room and taking his mate in his arms covered her lips with kisses.

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#4. So glorious does love transfigure its object"~Tarzan

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#5. P38- little tarzan, which was the name they had given to the tiny lord greystoke and which meant white skin

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#6. Yes, your man, Jane Porter. Your savage, primeval man come out of the jungle to claim his mate--the woman who ran away from him," he added almost fiercely.

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#7. As the body rolled to the ground Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his lifelong enemy and, raising his eyes to the full moon, threw back his fierce young head and voiced the wild and terrible cry of his people.

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#8. (W)hat I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired. It's mainly a matter of forcing yourself to write.

Tom Wolfe

#9. Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.

Robert Green Ingersoll

#10. When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.

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#11. I sat with the grandson of Edgar Rice Burroughs at the world premiere of 'Tarzan,' and at the end of the film, he was very happy. He told me that we were bringing 'Tarzan' to a whole new generation, and he was very grateful.

Kevin Lima

#12. I knew nothing about the technique of story writing, and now, after eighteen years of writing, I still know nothing about the technique, although with the publication of my new novel, "Tarzan and the Lost Empire", there are 31 books on my list.

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#13. One does not judge the gazelle by the lions that attack it

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#14. Your Paris is more dangerous than my savage jungles, Paul," concluded Tarzan,

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#15. Corporations are "worms in the body politic"

Thomas Hobbes

#16. I never said any of those quotes...

Morgan Freeman

#17. THIS IS THE HOUSE OF TARZAN, THE KILLER OF BEASTS AND MANY BLACK MEN. DO NOT HARM THE THINGS WHICH ARE TARZAN'S. TARZAN WATCHES. TARZAN OF THE APES.

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#18. our Lord said, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit' (Matt. 5:3), which is to say those who are poor in will.

Meister Eckhart

#19. If people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of those magazines that I could write stories just as rotten.

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#20. Equality does not mean justice. If the wall is equality then not everyone can look from the top of the wall

Ahmed

#21. I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.

Julius Erving

#22. From a lofty perch Tarzan viewed the village of thatched huts across the intervening plantation.

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#23. Captain Billings," he drawled finally, "if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass, don't you know.

Edgar Rice Burroughs