Hugo Quotes
40 quotes by 33 authors
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The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance,…
— Albert Camus
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Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base,…
— Jose Saramago
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You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if [President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela] thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think…
— Pat Robertson
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My fame will outshine that of Victor Hugo or Napoleon
— Raymond Roussel
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I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems…
— Greg Egan
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And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo…
— James Merrill
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Hugo Chavez has tried to steal an inspiring phrase 'Patria o muerte, venceremos.' It does not belong to him. It belongs to a free Cuba.
— Mitt Romney
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All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.
— Jose Clemente Orozco
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"The word which God has written on the brow of every person," wrote Victor Hugo, "is Hope." As long as we have hope no situation…
— Wilferd Peterson
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I'm so grateful to Hugo Lindgren, Jon Kelly, and the people who gave me the opportunity to write a weekly column. It's an amazing thing…
— David Plotz
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Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.
— Mickey Spillane
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Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now.
— Brian Selznick
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Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo
— Jean Cocteau
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Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and…
— James A. Owen
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I could tell Hugo was convinced that he would get to walk back up these stairs: after all, he was a civilized person. These were…
— Charlaine Harris
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Friar Hugo, old friend, brace yourself. I am the bearer of tragic news!" Alarm spread across Hugo's pudgy features. "Tell me, Jess. What dreadful thing…
— Brian Jacques
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Hugo is a raven,and, as such he knows many things. I, meanwhile, am Hodge Starkweathe, a professor of history, as such, I do not know…
— Cassandra Clare
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Hugo attacked me." Clary tried not to wince as the astringent liquid stung her wounds. Hugo?" Luke blinked. Hodge's bird. I think it was his…
— Cassandra Clare
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I noticed you right away.†She gave me an approving look. “I like quiet, polite men. And men who wear Hugo Boss. I was hoping…
— Josh Lanyon
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Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do...Maybe it's…
— Brian Selznick
Who Wrote These Hugo Quotes
33 authors contributed a total of 40 Hugo Quotes, led by these top contributors: