Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: Now, it places the lotion in the basket.
Catherine Martin: Please! I want to see my mom! Please...
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: [yelling] Put the fucking lotion in the basket!
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: All good things to those who wait
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: All good things to those who wait.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Five foot ten, strongly built, about a hundred and eighty pounds; hair blonde, eyes pale blue. He'd be about thirty-five now. He said he lived in Philadelphia, but he may have lied. That's all I can remember, mum, but if I think of any more, I will let you know. Oh, and Senator, just one more thing: love your suit!
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Well, Clarice - have the lambs stopped screaming?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: [on telephone] I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: [on telephone] I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste. Good nutrition's given you some length of bone, but you're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling? And that accent you've tried so desperately to shed: pure West Virginia. What is your father, dear? Is he a coal miner? Does he stink of the lamp? You know how quickly the boys found you... all those tedious sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars... while you could only dream of getting out... getting anywhere... getting all the way to the FBI.
Clarice Starling: You see a lot, Doctor. But are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? What about it? Why don't you - why don't you look at yourself and write down what you see? Or maybe you're afraid to.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Quid pro quo. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though. About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Quid pro quo. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though . About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: Put the fucking lotion in the basket!
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: Put the fucking lotion in the basket!
Clarice Starling: Mr. Gordon, good, uh... well Frederica used to work for Mrs. Lippman. Did you know her?
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: No, nuh-uh. Oh wait... was she a great big fat person?
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: (to dog) That's right precious, it will get the hose.
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb: [to dog] That's right precious, it will get the hose.
Clarice Starling: you call this easy sir?
Clarice Starling: You call this easy, sir?
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm  having an old friend for dinner.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: I am having an old friend for dinner.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Sss-sss-sss-sss-sss-sss...
Dr. Hannibal Lecter: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
Jack Crawford: Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head.
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