The War of the Worlds (1953) · 15 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in The War of the Worlds (1953): in 4 of its 15 quotes
What is that gizmo?
Forrester I think that "gizmo" is a machine from another planet.
Better get word to the authorities. Look!
Forrester Sheriff, you'd better get word to the military. You're gonna need them out here.
That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the French cities!
Forrester It neutralizes mesons somehow! They're the atomic glue holding matter together! Cut across their lines of magnetic force, and any object will simply cease to exist! Take my word for it, General, this type of defense is useless against that kind of power! You'd better let Washington know...fast!
Sylvia They seem to murder anything that moves.
Forrester If they're mortal, they must have mortal weaknesses. They will be stopped, somehow.
Forrester Did that mob grab the trucks ahead of me? There were a lot of Pacific Tech people with those trucks! Did you see them?
I don't know anything about other trucks! There's been fighting on all the streets!
Forrester The school bus; the girl was driving. Did they get that, too?
If they saw it, they took it; they'll grab anything on wheels! You can't buy a ride for love or money!!
