The Silence Of The Lambs Quotes

#1. But the face on the pillow, rosy in the firelight, is certainly that of Clarice Starling, and she sleeps
deeply, sweetly, in the silence of the lambs.

Thomas Harris

#2. The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is quite possibly the Thriller Writer's bible.

Thomas Harris

#3. 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

#4. The lambs will stop for now. But, Clarice, you judge yourself with all the mercy of the dungeon scales at Threave; you'll have to earn it again and again, the blessed silence. Because it's the plight that drives you, seeing the plight, and the plight will not end, ever.

Thomas Harris

#5. Everything seems immoral until the person commits it.

M. T. Panchal

#6. When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!

Jonathan Demme

#7. Being a writer is like going on holidays everyday ... without the expense

Jennifer Larmar

#8. Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect you can see it too. Some of our stars are the same.

Thomas Harris

#9. I think one of the things that was a huge surprise to everyone with 'Silence of the Lambs' was that that was an Oscar-winning horror movie. It struck such a nerve with audiences that it was a very particular, special experience.

Bryan Fuller

#10. You can't praise what you don't prize.

John Piper

#11. Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent.

Bridget Of Sweden

#12. Listen," said Harry firmly. "If you don't take it, I'm throwing it down the drain. I don't want it and I don't need it. But I could do with a few laughs. We could all do with a few laughs. I've got a feeling we're going to need them more than usual before long.

J.K. Rowling

#13. And Silence of the Lambs is a really smart book.

Jonathan Franzen

#14. Nothing Is Important, Yet Everything Is Important

Shon Mehta

#15. There's a bunch of Stephen King books I love. 'Salem's Lot' was always one of my favourites. 'It.' 'Needful Things.' Moving away from King, and 'Silence of the Lambs' is always a good choice.

Paul Cleave

#16. You might be a redneck if you think Silence of the Lambs is what happens when Larry walks out to the barn.

Jeff Foxworthy

#17. Oh God, is this like Silence of the Lambs?" Tears flowed down her face. "I don't want to go down the hole! I won't put lotion on the skin! Look at me, you won't be able to wear my skin, I won't cover your huge ass!" She wailed.

Alanea Alder

#18. Can you smell his sweat? That peculiar goatish odor is trans-3-methyl-2 hexenoic acid. Remember it, it's the smell of schizophrenia.

Thomas Harris

#19. To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old.

Clyde Tombaugh

#20. Pictures ... flashed on her in sudden color, too much color, shocking color, the color that leaps out of black when lightning strikes at night.

Thomas Harris

#21. When I'm channel surfing, and 'Silence of the Lambs' comes on, I have trouble turning it off. I wouldn't say that about 'Beautiful Mind.' It's a good movie, but I'm much more in awe of what Jonathan Demme did with 'Silence of the Lambs.'

Toby Emmerich

#22. I've seen 'Silence of the Lambs,' like, fifty or sixty times. That's my favorite movie of all time.

Rachel Nichols

#23. Death: the grand perhaps.

Robert Browning

#24. Silence Of The Lambs is definitely very frightening.

Jonathan Jackson

#25. Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

Bryan Batt

#26. I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character driven.

Emily Watson

#27. If time were to take on human form, would she be your taskmaster or freedom fighter?

Richie Norton

#28. Playing Destroyo, who was sort of a Silence Of The Lambs type character, I'd say I was wearing about 50 pounds of rubber and foam rubber and makeup. But I had no idea who The Tick was. I'm not a big graphic-novel guy. I don't even know if The Tick was a graphic novel!

Kurt Fuller

#29. 'Silence Of The Lambs' was not something people expected me to do.

Jodie Foster

#30. When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.

Jennifer Aniston

#31. It's kind of like Silence of the lambs meets Boogey Nights.

Brittany Daniel

#32. When I near the end of a book, it feels as if the entire universe meets me more than halfway and supports me. The whole world seems to shimmer when I find the words. My mind quiets.

Dani Shapiro

#33. He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart.

Thomas Harris

#34. Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#35. Silence of the Lambs screenwriter Ted Tally put the art of writing dialogue succinctly: 'What's important is not the emotion they're playing but the emotion they're trying to conceal.

John Yorke

#36. Believe is confident hope.

Lailah Gifty Akita