Hannibal Rising Movie Quotes

The sky seemed abruptly to have had enough of my dithering and dramatically lightened up around the glowing moon, which retreated like an aging sovereign before the rising sun. ~ Mary Ellen Hannibal

I haven't really tried to write a movie. It's tough to get into that mode. ~ Hannibal Buress

My dad named me after Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome. But nobody knows about him. ~ Hannibal Buress

My favorite movie villain? Oh, that's easy. Hannibal Lecter. ~ Troy Duffy

We will either find a way or make one. ~ Hannibal

We must either find a way or make one ~ Hannibal

I will find a way -- or make one. ~ Hannibal

The little boy Hannibal died in 1945 out there in the snow trying to save his sister. His heart died with Mischa. What is he now? There's not a word for it yet. For lack of a better word, we'll call him a monster. ~ Inspector Popil

Words are living things. They have personality, point of view ... agenda. ~ Hannibal

I was curious what would happen, ~ Hannibal

You will let me know when those lambs stop screaming, won't you? ~ Hannibal Lecter

Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude. ~ Hannibal

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

Paint the entire ship? Id rather eat my cigar! ~ Hannibal

I put your face on every bully I ever hurt. ~ Hannibal Lecter

Dogs keep a promise a person can't. ~ Hannibal

You put the life in your belly and you live. ~ Hannibal

We will find a way or we shall make one ~ Hannibal

Your dreams were the one place you could be physically safe. ~ Hannibal

This is our foxhole, and in foxholes, sometimes faith is all you've got. ~ James R. Hannibal

Many things which nature makes difficult become easy to the man who uses his brains. ~ Hannibal

I really like Halal food. ~ Hannibal Buress

Cattle grazing on public lands is heavily subsidized by the federal government, so yes, all of us taxpayers are helping to pay for tremendous environmental degradation. ~ Mary Ellen Hannibal

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

God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death. ~ Hannibal

I like getting 'Times' articles online. But the actual paper just has too many words. ~ Hannibal Buress

Psychopaths are not crazy; they are fully aware of what they do, and the consequences of those actions. ~ Hannibal

I want to just at least make it weird for you to watch Cosby Show reruns. ~ Hannibal Buress

Let us now relieve the Romans of their fears by the death of a feeble old man. ~ Hannibal

We're like socks. You can put us through a rough wash once, but you'll never use us again. ~ Hannibal

We evolved the ability to communicate disappointment to teach those around us good manners ~ Hannibal

I have no interest in understanding sheep, only eating them. ~ Hannibal

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up. ~ Hannibal Buress

Don't thank the lord, I gave you that compliment ... Thank me. ~ Hannibal Buress

I like that Barack got that job. ~ Hannibal Buress

'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half. ~ Hannibal Buress

These scenes deal with what happened before Hannibal Lecter was captured for the first time. ~ Dino De Laurentiis

I never use a napkin on my lap at a restaurant ... because I believe in myself. ~ Hannibal Buress

I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome. ~ Hannibal

Hannibal Burress is my polar opposite in energy. I can be crazy, and he grounds the 'Eric Andre Show.' ~ Eric Andre

i'm still learning how to be mine ~ Butterflies Rising

let yourself
have faith in things ~ Butterflies Rising

I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you. ~ Thomas Harris

Who's the subject?"
"The psychiatrist - Dr. Hannibal Lecter," Crawford said.
A brief silence follows the name, always, in any civilized gathering. ~ Thomas Harris

We were talking about urban youth. And by urban I mean lives in a city not urban as in black like white people use it. ~ Hannibal Buress

The mongoose I want under the stairs when the snakes slither by. ~ Hannibal

I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film. ~ David Ginola

When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever. ~ Hannibal Buress

We are built from a DNA blueprint and born into a world of scenario and circumstance we don't control. ~ Hannibal

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

I was always observing. Even while talking, living, going through every motion, I was watching myself and the situation. That's a writer. Always observing. ~ Mary Ellen Hannibal

Hannibal Lecter stole Leatherface's mask and ported the slasher conventions into the thriller for the early '90s. ~ Stephen Graham Jones

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

Sometimes people don't like me because I'm too honest; I speak the truth. ~ The Mighty Hannibal

I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off. ~ Hannibal Buress

Not much more than a broke disgrace who's hooked on tonics, so excuse him if his poker face has puke on it. ~ Hannibal Lecture

What we got here is a failure to communicate. ~ Paul Newman

I applied for a job at Starbucks. One of the questions was, 'Why do you want to work at Starbucks?' Uh, because my life is in shambles. ~ Hannibal Buress

Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man. ~ Hannibal

now that i know you exist,
how do i not love you ~ Butterflies Rising

It's not what you appreciate; it's that you appreciate. ~ Hannibal

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

I'm a dumb guy. My point of view is limited. ~ Hannibal Buress

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

My parents didn't grow up here or anything. They chose to live in this nowhere town. Why? Because it was named after Hannibal of Carthage. Their basic train of thought was this: Hannibal's Rest? And we're naming our child after Alexander the Great? MARVELOUS. Ah, the history, it tickles.

Sometimes I wanted to beat my parents over the head with a frying pan. ~ Francesca Zappia

I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon. ~ Hannibal Buress

Open the pod bay doors, Hal. ~ Arthur C. Clarke

Farmers ... can no longer keep up with rising demand; thus the outlook is for chronic scarcities and rising prices. ~ Lester R. Brown

I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer. ~ Hannibal Buress

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

If you want to do anything, you got to go do it. Perform a lot, write a lot, make yourself better. Use the Internet, make videos, create content. ~ Hannibal Buress

I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on. ~ Hannibal Buress

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

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

I like to drive nice cars; since I live in New York, and I don't drive there, it's a novelty to be on the road and drive and listen to my music. ~ Hannibal Buress

It's not really a curse or anything that you're blind; it's really a blessing. ~ The Mighty Hannibal

Now we stand at our own crossroads, looking out upon two futures: one with rising temperatures, rising oceans, and rising violence on a hot and strip-mined planet and another with expanding organic harvests, growing solar arrays, and deepening global partnerships on a green and thriving Earth. ~ Van Jones

If I'm talking to you, I can't see you, but I can see inside of you and what you're thinking. That's a mixed blessing. ~ The Mighty Hannibal

I swear so soon as age will permit ... I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome. ~ Hannibal

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope? ~ Hannibal Buress

Everything was insanely alive, now you see it, now you don't. I thought, it's the light, it's the water, it's changing every second, it's always doing this whether I'm here to witness it or not. ~ Mary Ellen Hannibal

I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.' ~ Hannibal Buress

Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. ~ Hannibal Buress

a soft lover,
and a wild wanderer ~ Butterflies Rising

Even on TV appearances or big shows, I don't know if I've ever been as nervous as I was my first time doing stand-up. I just remember getting offstage and sitting down, and my right knee was just shaking from the adrenaline. ~ Hannibal Buress

I'm generally never at a lack for words, but it's indescribable how poor the response was from our own government officials, ... We could have coffee for three hours and never get through all the horrors I've seen. Where was the help when we needed it? ~ Hannibal

Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray! ~ John Vianney

My nephew's always crying. I'm like, 'Dude, why are you crying? Your life is great. All you do is eat apple sauce and take dumps. That's your day. ~ Hannibal Buress

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

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

Whenever I eat at a restaurant I never put the napkin in my lap. People say, 'Hannibal, why don't you put the napkin in your lap?' Because I believe in myself. I believe in my ability to not spill food in my pants 'cause I'm a goddamn adult. And I've mastered the art of getting food from my plate to my mouth without messing up my jeans. You need to believe in yourself, too and get your life together, that's for babies. Have some confidence in your eating abilities and hand/eye coordination. ~ Hannibal Buress

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

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

There's no room for failure performing [stand-up] for a black audience. If you don't get them right away it's tough winning them back even if you're doing top-notch material. If you didn't win them right when you walked out there, it's tough. ~ Hannibal Buress

If you have ever seen the movie Night of the Living Dead, you have a rough idea how modern corporations and organizations operate, with projects and proposals that everybody thought were killed constantly rising from their graves to stagger back into meetings and eat the brains of the living. ~ Dave Barry

why else
are we here if not
to live with unreasonable
passion for things ~ Butterflies Rising

All rising to great place is by a winding stair. - Sir Francis Bacon, ~ Clive Barker

Gibberish rap is - I freestyle all the time, just hangin' out with friends. And sometimes when I'm freestyling, I'll lose my flow, you know, but I'll still wanna - I don't wanna just stop rapping because I lose my flow. So I'll just put in nonsense words till I can bring in regular words again. ~ Hannibal Buress

I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it being real fun and helping with my stand-up. If I did an improv class, and then I did stand-up later, I felt looser on stage and more comfortable. ~ Hannibal Buress

I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me. ~ Hannibal Buress