Buffy The Vampire Slayer Quotes:

Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a-a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell musty and-and-and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is a... it, uh, it has no-no texture, no-no context. It's-it's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then-then the getting of knowledge should be, uh, tangible. It should be, um, smelly.

- Joss Whedon

source: "Fictional character: Rupert Giles". Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I, Robot... You, Jane), www.imdb.com. April 28, 1997.

topic: Memories, Powerful, Flower, Knowledge Gained, Slayer

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Vampire, Slayer, Pivotal Moments

Angelus: Now that's everything, huh? No weapons... No friends...No hope. Take all that away... and what's left? Buffy: Me.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Vampire, No Friends, Weapons, Slayer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would've been like Woodstock.

- Joss Whedon

source: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (School Hard)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. September 29, 1997.

topic: Vampire, Woodstock, Said, Slayer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it.

- Joss Whedon

source: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The Gift)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2001.

topic: Women, Vampire, World, Slayer, Cookie Dough

When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Boyfriend, Kindness, Love You, Say I Love You, Slayer

Passion... it lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us... passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have?

- Joss Whedon

source: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". www.imdb.com. 1997-2003.

topic: Lying, Sleep, Passion, Dank, Inspirational Passion

I do remember what I said. The promise. To protect her. If I'd done that ... even if I didn't make it, you wouldn't've had to jump. I want you to know I did save you. Not when it counted, of course. But after that. Every night after that. I'd see it all again, do something different. Faster or more clever, you know? Dozens of times, lots of different ways ...Every night I save you.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Clever, Night, Promise, Slayer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead.

- Joss Whedon

source: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Passion)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1998.

topic: Life, Peace, Hurt, Dank, Inspirational Passion

If the apocalypse comes...beep me!

- Joss Whedon

topic: Vampire, Apocalypse, Slayer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Cordelia: I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan. Oz: We attack the Mayor with hummus. Cordelia: I stand corrected. Oz: Just keeping things in perspective.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Thinking, Perspective, Vampire, Hummus, Slayer

There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense." "Well, actually, that would be one of the five.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Smell, Vampire, Would Be, Sixth Sense, Slayer

You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle. And it's not just mine. Every single person down there is ignoring your pain because they're too busy with their own. The beautiful ones. The popular ones. The guys that pick on you. Everyone. If you could hear what they were feeling. The loneliness. The confusion. It looks quiet down there. It's not. It's deafening.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Beautiful, Pain, Loneliness, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it.

- Rupert Giles

topic: Compassion, People, Forgiving, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

I love America. You always hurt the one you love.

- David Frye

topic: Hurt, America, One You Love, Being Hurt, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Darkness, Vampire, Generations, Chosen One, Slayer

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

- Ray Bradbury

topic: Running, Book, People, Burglars, One Way

There's more than one way to be a girl

- Lauren Faust

topic: Girl, Censorship In Books, Censoring Books, Burglars, Banned Books

Things involved with a computer fill me with a childlike terror. Now, if it were a nice ogre or some such I'd be more in my element.

- Rupert Giles

topic: Nice, Elements, Computer, Slayer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Burglars know there's more than one way to skin a vault.

- James Chiles

topic: Skins, Way, Vaults, Burglars, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.

- Chuck Noll

source: Robert Bresson (2016). “Notes on the Cinematograph”, p.38, New York Review of Books

topic: Basketball, Coaching, Pressure, Top Management, Man In The Moon

When you don't know what you're doing, fake it.

- Jill Shalvis

topic: Funny Inspirational, Funny Motivational, Top Management, Man In The Moon, Recording Studio

You're at your best when you don't know what you're doing.

- Paul Stanley

topic: Top Management, Man In The Moon, Recording Studio, It's A Wonderful Life, Living In A Small Town

Buffy Anne Summers 1981-2001 Beloved sister Devoted Friend She saved the world A lot

- Joss Whedon

topic: Summer, World, Beloved, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

My all-time favorite program in my entire life was 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'

- Gail Collins

topic: Vampire, Program, Slayer, All Time Favorite, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] was where I grew up. For me, Darla was like going to graduate school for acting. I learned so much with Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. They encouraged us to make creative choices with our characters.

- Julie Benz

source: Source: www.avclub.com

topic: Character, School, Choices, Dental Work, Slayer

[Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt] pushed me out of my comfort zone [in Buffy The Vampire Slayer ].

- Julie Benz

source: Source: www.avclub.com

topic: Vampire, Comfort, Slayer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

I had the prosthetics on, and I went to my trailer, I looked in the mirror, and I smiled. And I was, like, "This is the character - everything she does is with a smile and a bit of glee and joy." And that's how I created Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer]. Prior to that, I was, like, "I have no idea how to play this 400-year-old vampire from hell!".

- Julie Benz

source: Source: www.avclub.com

topic: Character, Years, Play, Slayer, Prosthetics

Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed the whole world, and an entire sprawling industry, that writing monsters and demons and end-of-the-world is not hack-work, it can challenge the best. Joss Whedon raised the bar for every writer - not just genre/niche writers, but every single one of us.

- Russell T Davies

source: "Mindy Newell: It Was Twenty Years Ago Today…". www.comicmix.com. April 3, 2017.

topic: Writing, Challenges, Vampire, Slayer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

When I was filming 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in America, for a couple of weeks beforehand we would always fit in a family holiday in California.

- Anthony Head

topic: Couple, Holiday, California, Family Holiday, Slayer

I'm a big Sarah Michelle Gellar [Buffy the Vampire Slayer] fan. Huge. I love her. She's gorgeous. I see her Maybelline ads, and I'm like, 'How can she be that pretty?'

- Kirsten Storms

topic: Vampire, Fans, Gorgeous, Slayer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

I've lost my mind," Alex muttered, grabbing her knives again and stomping back across the kitchen. "I woke up this morning a boring little chef on planet earth, and somehow ended up in the Twilight Zone as a third-rate stand-in for Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

- Lynsay Sands

topic: Morning, Twilight, Knives, Stomping, Slayer

Using supernatural beings to build the perfect weapon? Intriguing idea." "Not really," I said. "They did it on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A sub-par season. I slept through half the episodes.

- Kelley Armstrong

topic: Ideas, Perfect, Vampire, Supernatural Beings, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

He's like Super Librarian, y'know? Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Weapons, Forget, Librarian, Buffy The Vampire Slayer

One of the most heartening phenomena in today's Britain is the great diversity of the modern nerd - the nerd is out and proud, and while she may love 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' merchandise more than is strictly warranted, she is in every way to be cherished as an exemplar of cosmopolitanism and tolerance.

- Will Self

topic: Diversity, Tolerance, Nerd, Cosmopolitanism, Merchandise

I'm Joan of Arc. I figured we had a lot in common, seeing as how I was almost burned at the stake. And plus she had that close relationship with God.

- Joss Whedon

source: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Fear Itself)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1997–2003.

topic: Halloween, Names, Vampire, Close Relationship, Slayer