World War Z Quotes

Captain Speke Looks like we just woke the dead. In that respect, please turn off all pagers and cellphones.

Gerry Lane Sure you wanna do this?

W.H.O. Doctor Course I'm not. Let's go.

Gerry Lane You're letting people in.

Jurgen Warmbrunn Every human being we save is one less zombie to fight.

Gerry Lane If I could get into India, where would I start? Who would I speak to?

Jurgen Warmbrunn India is a black hole. Forget about patient zero.

Gerry Lane I can't do that. It's too late for me to build a wall. I'm running out of time. I need specifics. I need answers...

Jurgen Warmbrunn I don't have answers. All you can do is find a way to hide.

Gerry Lane You're with CIA?

Ex-CIA Agent But they're not with me.

Jurgen Warmbrunn The problem with most people is that they don't believe something can happen until it already has. It's not stupidity or weakness. It's just human nature.

WHO researcher 3 Mr. Lane believes we can use such a disease against the undead.

WHO researcher 1 I would give you points for such originality, Mr. Lane, if we hadn't already tried that, first thing. One of the many things a virus or bacteria needs to thrive is a live host.

WHO researcher 2 A functioning circulatory system.

WHO researcher 1 I'm afraid it boils down to one simple fact...

WHO researcher 4 You can't make a dead person sick.

Gerry Lane It's not for them. It's for us. I believe these things have a weakness. And that weakness is weakness. Our weakness. I have witnessed them literally bypass people. Walk right around them like a river around a rock. Why? I think, because those people were sick. I think they were terminal. And these things could sense it. I think they're spreading a pathogen, and they need a healthy host.

WHO researcher 2 But even if you're right, I mean, infecting the populace with a lethal illness is not exactly a cure.

Gerry Lane It's not a cure. It's camouflage. It's camouflage.

Andrew Fassbach Mother Nature is a serial killer. No one's better. Or more creative. Like all serial killers, she can't help the urge to want to get caught. What good are all those brilliant crimes if no one takes the credit? So she leaves crumbs. Now the hard part, why you spend a decade in school, is seeing the crumbs. But the clue's there. Sometimes the thing you thought was the most brutal aspect of the virus, turns out to be the chink in its armor. And she loves disguising her weaknesses as strengths. She's a bitch.

Gerry Lane Movement is life.

Gerry Lane This isn’t the end. Not even close. We’ve lost entire cities. We still don’t know how it started. We bought ourselves some time. But it’s given us a chance. Others have found a way to push back. If you can fight, fight. Help each other. Be prepared for anything. Our war has just begun.