40 Unforgettable Zombie Quotes

Zombies have captured our imaginations for decades, shambling their way into our nightmares, movies, and pop culture. From their early days in classic horror films to their modern-day reimaginings in TV series and video games, zombies offer a unique lens through which we explore fear, survival, and the human condition. Whether you're a die-hard zombie fan or just curious about what makes these undead creatures so compelling, we've curated a list of the top 40 unforgettable zombie quotes. These lines encapsulate the chilling, the thrilling, and sometimes even the humorous moments that define zombie lore. Dive in and see if your favorite quote has made the cut!

1. “Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.” - Max Brooks

2. “Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.” - Max Brooks

3. “You ate my dog, you undead freak!”Hey! Watch the slander. I hear the acceptable term is ‘corporeallychallenged’ now. No need to be rude.” - Adam P. Knave

4. “Before John could even get through the first verse, who bursts through the door and jumps right into the fray, lips a'kissin' and hips a'wigglin'? That's right, kids, everbody's favorite zombie hunter. Mick Jagger strode right up to John, raised his arms to the sky, and said, 'O zombie Lennon! It ends here.” - alan goldsher

5. “If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining” - Max Brooks

6. “Jane woke, stretched, and decided to kill herself. If she hadn’t found a reason to live by the end of the day she would jump from the rig. It felt good to have a plan.” - Adam Baker

7. “There is nothing so patient, in this world or any other, as a virus searching for a host.” - Mira Grant

8. “Don't worry about your father. He's a perfectly contented, self-sufficient zombie.” - Kurt Vonnegut

9. “But honestly... I just don't know what anyone's thinking. To me, that's scarier than any half-rotten ghoul trying to eat my flesh.” - Robert Kirkman

10. “What we are about to have here is a holy water smack down!” - David Donaghe

11. “I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself.” - Michel de Montaigne

12. “No, not really. But …” Okay, I couldn’t help but gloat a little. “She likes me.”Samedi didn’t even look at me. “Well of course, you’ve had that bloody uniform on all day. I was half ready to tell you how much I liked you.” - Lia Habel

13. “Returning my voice to a conversational level, I called back, “Nora, I’m notattempting to embarrass you or single you out. I know you’re capable. But stay behind Chas, okay? You die, you d i e permanently, and for various reasons that we’ve already gotten angsty about together, I don’t want that to happen.”“Okay, okay,” she sighed.“Angsty?” Chas asked. “Ooh! Later, details!”“Yes, later.” With that, I waved the team forward.” - Lia Habel

14. “I write about the scariest monsters: The ones inside us all. And the ones that want to eat what is inside us all.” - Aaron Marcusson

15. “Bitting into headsis much harder than it looks.The skull is feisty.” - Ryan Mecum

16. “You are so luckythat I cannot rememberhow to use doorknobs.” - Ryan Mecum

17. “Granny looked up at the zombie. He was - or, technically, had been - a tall, handsome man. He still was, only now he looked like someone who had walked through a room full of cobwebs.'What's your name, dead man?' she said.” - Terry Pratchett

18. “To me, the best zombie movies aren’t the splatter fests of gore and violence with goofy characters and tongue in cheek antics. Good zombie movies show us how messed up we are, they make us question our station in society… and our society’s station in the world. They show us gore and violence and all that cool stuff too… but there’s always an undercurrent of social commentary and thoughtfulness.” - Robert Kirkman

19. “When we neglect our Bible study we often feel guilty. When you skip a meal do you feel guilty? No, you feel hungry. The Bible is food for our soul. When we fail to read it we should not feel guilty, we should feel hungry. Guilt is fueled by obligation hunger is fueled by desire.” - Tyler Edwards

20. “You know Dahmer was a cannibal. You think he was a zombie?”Tom smirked. “I’m no expert, but not all cannibals are zombies.” - H.D. Timmons - Zombie City

21. “He is hotter than a zombie cooked in a dippsy dumpster with kerosene.” - Alexander Fontana

22. “Elizabeth remembered how foolish everyone had felt when they discovered Mr. Mercandy was the victim of a stroke and not a zombie as they’d thought.” - Francine Pascal

23. “I see a tongue! Some asshole is licking my peephole.” - Mark Tufo

24. “He is about as well-put-together and focused as a zombie at a tractor pull.” - Alexander Fontana

25. “The zombie looks like a man, walks like a man, eats and otherwise functions fully, yet is devoid of the spark. It represents the nagging doubt that lays deep in the heart of even the most zealous believer: behind all of your pretty songs and stained glass, this is what you really are. Shambling meat. Our true fear of the zombie was never that its bite would turn us into one of them. Our fear is that we are already zombies.” - David Wong

26. “The glove comes off, flops loosely over, and there's suddenly horror beating into his brain, smashing, pounding, battering. He reels a little in his chair, has to hold onto the edge of the table with both hands, at the impact of it. A clawlike thing - two of the finger extremities already bare of flesh as far as the second joint; two more with only shriveled, bloodless, rotting remnants of it adhering, only the thumb intact, and that already unhealthy-looking, flabby. A dead hand - the hand of a skeleton - on a still-living body. A body he was dancing with only a few minutes ago. A rank odor, a smell of decay, of the grave and of the tomb, hovers about the two of them now.A woman points from the next table, screams. She's seen it, too. She hides her face, cowers against her companion's shoulder, shudders. Then he sees it too. His collar's suddenly too tight for him. Others see it, one by one. A wave of impalpable horror spreads centrifugally from that thing lying there in the blazing electric light on O'Shaughnessy's table. The skeleton at the feast! ("Jane Brown's Body")” - Cornell Woolrich

27. “Nowdays, Rosie the Rivetere was a former soccer mom who had just opened her own catering business when Last Night came down and her husband and kids were eaten by a parking attendant at the local megamall’s discount- appliance emporium.” - COLSON WHITEHEAD

28. “Cry no tears for us, my friend.” I pry at her fingers, panicking to be released in fear that she may drag me into death with her. She croaks again, “Lend no aches to the dreams of yesterday.” From the corpse of Warren, his greyish gums smack from whatever goo has settled in his mouth, “Allow the tide sweep free the bay.” Then together they sing in zombie choir, “And home the ships sailing send.” - Nathan Reese Maher

29. “Well," he said, "I think we've found our way in. We just wait until they're duking it out, but trust me, these Humans First types don't have a lot of staying power or they'd have been at the gym with me before. I doubt Grandma Kent there is going to do a lot of damage." He pointed at a gray-haired, hunched lady in a shawl, carrying what looked liked a gardening tool. "It's like Plants Versus Zombies, and I'm not rooting for the zombies, weirdly enough.” - Rachel Caine

30. “The only thing that will ever be real, is this moment,' I turned to the statue, 'when you made me feel alive, when you made me feel real, when I felt like you really love me. Now? I'm just your monster, Frankie. I will always be a monster.” - Rae Hachton

31. “Unless you're fucking me, don't put your hands on me.” - Diana Rowland

32. “When approaching a prospective human, first ask them what their name is. * If it replies "Brains," blow its fucking head off. * If it replies "Brian," ask it again, as you may have encountered a zombie with a speech impediment, or a zombie that was mildly retarded in life. * Keep in mind that it is entirely possible that you did encounter a human named "Brian.” - Etienne Guerin DeForest

33. “Don't judge me. Ethics and morality no longer exist in our world. It's a luxury of the past, afforded only to those who had a future.” - T.M. Williams

34. “What about mold," Tom reminded her. "Fuzziness on a girl is never attractive.” - Lia Habel

35. “I was surprised by the growl that wanted to well up in my throat.... I told myself it was stress, not my illness's way of saying, Get your own take-out.” - Lia Habel

36. “No. No more surprises. No more secrets. Or so help me, I will rip off your own leg and beat you with it.” - Lia Habel

37. “My Zombie apocalypse plan is simple but effective; I fully intend to die in the very first wave.Seems more logical than undergoing all kinds of hardships only to die eventually anyway (through bites/malnutrition/or terminally chapped lips)” - Graham Parke

38. “Mi amigo M dice que lo irónico de ser un zombie es que todo tiene gracia, pero no puedes sonreír porque se te han podrido los labios.” - Isaac Marion

39. “So, been attacked by any vampires yet?""Not one.""Zombies? Giant spiders? Water monsters?"It's been really quiet on the supernatural front""Too bad, 'cause I got attacked by a devil dog. It was not awesome.” - Rachel Caine

40. “I assumed it was perfect, that everyone was happy and beautiful and wanted for nothing, and in my numb, limited way I felt envy and wanted to eat them all the more” - Isaac Marion