Top 100 Quotes About Hannibal
#1. Hannibal Lecter stole Leatherface's mask and ported the slasher conventions into the thriller for the early '90s.
Stephen Graham Jones
#2. How do you play Hannibal Lector? Well just don't move. Scare people by being still.
Anthony Hopkins
#3. He was so pretty I wanted to frame him and put him on my nightstand in a totally non-creepy, non-Hannibal Lector skin-suit-wearing kind of way.
Tara Sivec
#4. bulletproof vest?" "War games tonight," Hazel said. "That's Hannibal.
Rick Riordan
#5. Hannibal Burress is my polar opposite in energy. I can be crazy, and he grounds the 'Eric Andre Show.'
Eric Andre
#6. One whom the infernal gods of Hannibal will cause to be reborn, terror of mankind; never more horror nor worse days in the past than will come to the Romans through Babel.
Nostradamus
#7. Are you okay?" Kelly cried.
"I shot dinner," Nick said.
Kelly snorted. "Look, Hannibal, you can shoot back if they 're shooting at you, but it's still not okay to eat them afterward.
Abigail Roux
#8. Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head.
Jack Crawford
#9. We will either find a way, or make one. HANNIBAL
Anonymous
#10. One general, Fabius Maximus was nicknamed Cunctator, "the Procrastinator." He drove Hannibal, who had an obvious military superiority, crazy by avoiding and delaying engagement.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
#11. I'll take him outside and beat him for making my girl cry. (Acheron)
Really? (Kat)
Absolutely. Forget medieval, I'll break Atlantean on his ass, and you've seen what a ticked-off Atlantean god can do. Makes Hannibal Lecter look like a crybaby. (Acheron)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#12. Sertorius was far from being strong enough to renew the gigantic enterprise of Hannibal. He was lost if he left Spain, where all his successes were bound up with the peculiarities of the country and the people; and even there, he was more and more compelled to renounce the offensive.
Theodor Mommsen
#13. Dammit, woman, you've been trying to get rid of me since I arrived in Hannibal," he rasped.
"Why would you suddenly want me to stay?"
She shrugged. "I'm a woman. I'm allowed to change my mind whenever I want, as many times as I want."
"Convenient.
Alexandra Ivy
#14. In the small town of Hannibal, Missouri, when I was a boy, everybody was poor, but didn't know it; and everybody was comfortable and did know it.
Mark Twain
#15. Starling looked at Crawford steadily, but she was too still. "Hannibal the Cannibal," she said.
Thomas Harris
#16. After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon.
Dino De Laurentiis
#17. I did a lot of research on real serial killers, and they're not Hannibal Lecters. They're cruel men who are given the opportunity to do something terrible, and a lot of the time it's about impotence. They feel powerless in the real world.
Lauren Beukes
#18. How few successful men are interesting! Hannibal, Alcibiades, with Raleigh, Mithridates, and Napoleon, who would compare them for a moment with their mere conquerors?
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
#19. The one fiction show I watch is 'Hannibal.' I love it!
Sophie Turner
#20. These scenes deal with what happened before Hannibal Lecter was captured for the first time.
Dino De Laurentiis
#21. I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it.
Michael Pitt
#22. Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-listened to the climax. He was watching and breathing Lady Murasaki ...
Thomas Harris
#23. Every person is worth your time, Hannibal. If at first appearance a person seems dull, then look harder, look into him.
Thomas Harris
#24. Even if you were Hannibal Lecter himself, around here you're nothing special.
Dia Reeves
#25. The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now, aviation brings a new concept of time and distance to the affairs of men. It demands adaptability to change, places a premium on quickness of thought and speed of action.
Charles Lindbergh
#26. You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory.
Livy
#27. I would have let you shoot me without further ado! But it is not possible to hang the German Reichsmarschall! I cannot permit this ... I have no moral obligation to submit to the justice of my enemies. I have therefore chosen the manner of death of the great Hannibal.
Hermann Goring
#28. Donald Cameron has his own character in the world now!? Skeletor exclaimed, in somewhat the same tone of voice as a tribune might have said, Hannibal has crossed the Alps with elephants!?
Neal Stephenson
#29. I'm going to cut you loose. With all due respect, Doctor, if you fuck with me I'll shoot you dead, here and now. Do you understand that?"- Clarice
"Perfectly."- Hannibal Lecter
"Do right and you'll live through this." -Clarice
Thomas Harris
#30. I felt, selfishly, that if there was going to be a TV show about 'Hannibal Lecter' whether I was going to be involved or not, I'd rather be involved. I wanted to make sure it was something I wanted to watch.
Bryan Fuller
#31. I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
Tao Okamoto
#32. Weird like Murdock,
Thinkin' like Hannibal,
Man like Face,
But I'm wild like B.A.
Styles P
#33. Carver is a charming man with a soft voice that makes you believe he is always confiding in you. He is courteous and attentive, which I wonder about, because is this his natural disposition, or has he read too many novels about Hannibal Lecter?
Karin Slaughter
#34. My favorite movie villain? Oh, that's easy. Hannibal Lecter.
Troy Duffy
#36. I was looking to become more proactive with my career because I wasn't crazy with some of the scripts I was getting - this was before Blow and Hannibal - so I decided to start my own production company.
Ray Liotta
#37. That wasn't defense. That was fucking psychopath behavior. You were one step behind Hannibal Lecter with that shit.
Alessandra Torre
#38. Anyway, as Hannibal Smith of the A Team said, overkill is underrated.
Craig Alanson
#39. Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war.
Napoleon Bonaparte
#40. Remember these Romans, Hannibal. For the time being, we must ally with them. But the day will come when we will have our vengeance upon them, as we will upon the demons of Harappa. Never forget that."
The boy's voice was grave. "I'll remember.
Jennifer McKeithen
#41. Don Bradman will bat no more against England, and two contrary feelings dispute within us: relief, that our bowlers will no longer be oppressed by this phenomenon; regret, that a miracle has been removed from among us. So must ancient Italy have felt when she heard of the death of Hannibal.
R.C. Robertson-Glasgow
#42. It's indignity you can't stand, Hannibal, you're like a cat that way.
Thomas Harris
#43. I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film.
David Ginola
#44. If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps.
James Thurber
#45. Mads Mikkelsen's acting is very subtle, precise, nuanced, so he brings something completely different to the character. If you compare Mads' Hannibal to Anthony Hopkins' for example. Not to mention that Mads Mikkelsen is very handsome and sexy, so he brings that to the character as well.
Caroline Dhavernas
#46. ... well just call me Hannibal Lecter. With cleavage.
Jeaniene Frost
#48. On his Hannibal Lector mask: I've got it at home. I wear it to bed every night.
Anthony Hopkins
#49. Look, see, learn, become a citizen of Mankind, not just Hannibal, Missouri. That is the message of [Mark] Twain.
Hal Holbrook
#50. My son Hannibal will be a great general, because of all my soldiers he best knows how to obey.
Hamilcar Barca
#51. When you show the odd flash of contextual intelligence, I forget your generation can't read, Clarice.
Hannibal Lecter
Thomas Harris
#52. People are fascinated by evil because it's mysterious and it doesn't seem to have a rationale behind it, and the second you say that Hannibal Lector was abducted as a child and he had to eat his sister or something like that, it becomes immediately mundane. The character becomes mundane.
Jared Harris
#53. Hannibal knew better how to conquer than how to profit by the conquest; and Napoleon was more skilful in taking positions than in maintaining them. As to reverses, no general cart presume to say that he may not be defeated; but he can, and ought to say, that he will not be surprised.
Charles Caleb Colton
#54. I really would love to play a hannibal lector or PSYCO type character.
Kevin Smith
#55. Then came a volley of colorful abuse, delivered in such an imperious voice, at at such a volume, that Terentia's distant ancestor, who had commanded the Roman line against Hannibal at Cannae a century and a half before, must surely have sat bolt upright in his tomb.
Robert Harris
#56. I'm in awful shape. I'm trying to get in better shape. My girlfriend, she's in good shape. She gives me health tips sometimes, like, 'Hannibal, you're going to die.' Stuff like that.
Hannibal Buress
#57. The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark.
Carlton Cuse
#58. My dad named me after Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome. But nobody knows about him.
Hannibal Buress
#59. Earl had let Bertie off the porch for some fresh grass and I didn't want Dr. Eustace to see her. She still looked as though we'd put Hannibal Lecter in charge of her shearing and had hired the special effects team from Night of the Living Dead to bandage her.
Susan Juby
#60. Who's the subject?"
"The psychiatrist - Dr. Hannibal Lecter," Crawford said.
A brief silence follows the name, always, in any civilized gathering.
Thomas Harris
#61. The last TV show I binged on was 'Hannibal' because it stars two of my friends, Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy, who I first met filming 'King Arthur' back in 2003, and I just lapped this show up; loved it.
Joel Edgerton
#62. When it was time to head to class, Vincent came back over to walk them. One look at Vincent's face and she let him; bringing Hannibal Lecter out wasn't on her to-do list for the day.
Sarah Brianne
#63. Then what are you? An electronic Hannibal Lector? You can't eat my liver with fava beans through a modem, you know.
Dean Koontz
#64. Man, some open doors were not welcoming, and that was so the case here - less hi-how're-ya, more come-in-so-your-skin-can-be-used-to-make-a-super-hero-cape-for-one-of-Hannibal-Lecter's-patients.
J.R. Ward
#65. Psychopaths don't act like Hannibal Lecter or Norman Bates. They come off like Hugh Grant, in his most adorable role.
Dave Cullen
#66. Salvador [Dali] was brought up in Spain, a country colored by the legends of Hannibal, El Greco, and Cervantes. I was brought up in Ohio, a region steeped in the tradition of Coxey's Army, the Anti-Saloon League, and William Howard Taft.
James Thurber
#67. In the '90s, comedy was at a very low point, but these days, you've got people like Hannibal Burress, Ron Funches, Maria Bamford - people who can play any club, anywhere.
Andy Kindler
#68. I'm giving serious thought into eating yor wife - Hannibal Lecter
Thomas Harris
#69. I'm incredibly proud of 'Hannibal' and the cast - I feel like we're doing really good television.
Bryan Fuller
#70. You put the life in your belly and you live.
Hannibal
#71. Words are living things. They have personality, point of view ... agenda.
Hannibal
#72. There's a lot of dudes in my neighborhood that have handlebar mustaches. Which is cool if you want to have a handlebar mustache but don't try to have a conversation with me like you don't have a handlebar mustache.
Hannibal Buress
#73. When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
Hannibal Buress
#74. The more you progress, the more you learn. I try to pay attention to ticket counts, draws, guarantees and bonuses. I look at my deals closely these days and try to come up with other projects and ideas, since this business [comedy] is about creating content.
Hannibal Buress
#75. Sometimes people don't like me because I'm too honest; I speak the truth.
The Mighty Hannibal
#76. We live in a primitive time - don't we, Will? - neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any rational society would either kill me or give me my books.
Thomas Harris
#77. I always put dance stuff out because you have to work, man. You have to eat. You have to compromise sometimes to make it. I had to make sacrifices, and I had to raise my children.
The Mighty Hannibal
#78. Don't thank the lord, I gave you that compliment ... Thank me.
Hannibal Buress
#79. I have weird aspirations. Like, I really want to kick a pigeon.
Hannibal Buress
#80. You want the scent? Smell yourself!
Hannibal
#81. You know how cats do. They hide to die. Dogs come home.
Thomas Harris
#82. I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.
Thomas Harris
#83. We evolved the ability to communicate disappointment to teach those around us good manners
Hannibal
#84. Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual blanket of water pulled back by a celestial hand.
Mary Ellen Hannibal
#85. God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.
Hannibal
#86. Perception is a tool that's pointed on both ends.
Hannibal
#87. I have no interest in understanding sheep, only eating them.
Hannibal
#88. I want to just at least make it weird for you to watch Cosby Show reruns.
Hannibal Buress
#89. We will find a way or we shall make one
Hannibal
#90. I shall either find a way or make one.
Hannibal
#91. There have been times I've been out, and my phone battery is at nine percent, and I was like, 'Time to go home.'
Hannibal Buress
#92. I'd like to be remembered as good person and as one of the best comedians of my generation.
Hannibal Buress
#93. I could maybe coach kids' basketball. I know enough about basketball where I feel like I could coach 12-year-olds pretty effectively.
Hannibal Buress
#94. I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.'
Hannibal Buress
#95. It's not what you appreciate; it's that you appreciate.
Hannibal
#96. I like showing different types of comedy - showing that I could tell a story, or showing that I could do a one-liner, showing I could do stuff about music - so just trying to be versatile and talking about different topics.
Hannibal Buress
#97. The mongoose I want under the stairs when the snakes slither by.
Hannibal
#98. In the tide pool I was riveted by fat pink sea stars sitting like satisfied gangsters and seemingly unconcerned by their exposure; gulls would peck at them but the sea stars simply grew replacement limbs.
Mary Ellen Hannibal
#99. For me ... you know, the most I've paid for a haircut was in Australia. Usually I go to a black barber or a Latino barber. I can't just go into Supercuts.
Hannibal Buress
#100. I'm doin' something different. I mean, I talk a little bit about race and interracial dating, but it's not the heart of my act. I just try to do what I think is funny; there's no huge message or through line.
Hannibal Buress
