The Great Quotes

Peter: I’m really not enjoying this conversation.

Elizabeth: Shall I dance around a bit as we do it, so it’s more pleasing for you? We could do with some lightness at court. Maybe she should all order us to dance for a day. How wonderful.

Peter: They’re my friends. I can’t watch them die, and she can’t walk away from it and let them go, we all know that.

Elizabeth: You’ll make other friends. People love you.

Peter: Eh, that’s true.

Elizabeth: There’s only one her.

Peter: Yes.

Elizabeth: I’m dancing away now, having made my point in such a categorical and devastating way, you can but smile at my wisdom, and eat the macaroon I’m handing to you.

Peter: Hmm. Mm, f**king good macaroon.

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Elizabeth (about Catherine): She doesn’t want to be alone. Yesterday, she felt like a lone cloud in a sky full of ravens who didn’t speak cloud, and yet she thought the previous day the sky was full of clouds.

Peter: It’s complicated imagery.

Elizabeth: She was as lonely as a human can be. Her love betrayed her, her best friend lied to her, her team abandoned her, her philosophy broke in a Turkish blood spray, and her reason collapsed under the weight of it all. Her optimism, her arrogance, her belief in humans as good.

Peter: Well, she did describe it as a bad day.

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(The morning after Elizabeth’s big orgy…)

Vinodel: You fired something in me, and when I look at you now, I must have you again. I suggest immediately, and possibly hourly after that.

Elizabeth: Well, flattered, of course, but I really keep things like that on a high rotation. A man, then a woman, two men and a woman, then something with wood. My own hand, in a forest setting, an unwilling guard, and a serf touching themselves as I eat cake. Maybe in a month or two.

Vinodel: I may just take you. (touches her arm, she punches him in a stomach)

Elizabeth: Like I said, in a month, sweep my feet from under me and demand my compliance with some hair pulling and a tongue dipped in black opium, and we have a deal.

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The Great Quotes

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Info

Title:The Great
Format:TV Series
Genres:Drama, Comedy, History, Biography
Produced by:Hulu
Release Date:15 May 2020

Synopsis / Summary

“The Great – An Occasionally true story.” A royal woman living in rural Prussia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor. (IMDb)

Characters / Cast

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A-Z List of Characters

CharacterPlayed by
Aunt ElizabethBelinda Bromilow
Catherine the GreatElle Fanning
General VelementovDouglas Hodge
MarialPhoebe Fox
Peter IIINicholas Hoult

The Great Quotes - The best from the series

Top 10 Quotes from The Great series

  • She gave me a twig. She’s not another inbred, is she? – Peter (to Archie – Ep. 1×01)
  • No, you don’t talk, my love. – Peter (to Catherine – Ep. 1×01)
  • I think if God really loved women, we’d lay eggs. – Catherine (about pregnancy – Ep. 2×01)
  • Toosh. Eh. I always forget the “eh.” – Peter (Ep. 2×01)
  • Let it go. It is a storm. They will never stop coming, but pass through and away. They always will. – Elizabeth (to Catherine – Ep. 2×02)
  • God would not constrain our hearts, and nor shall I do Him the insult of doing it. I will not constrain people’s love for a deity, for it traps their hearts in fear and I will not lead a land such as this. – Catherine (Ep. 2×02)
  • When you get to France, close your legs and open a book. – Catherine (to Georgina – Ep. 2×03)
  • I forgot something in the State Room. If you’ll excuse me before I have to make up what it is. – Marial (Ep. 2×04)
  • This is Russia. We hope for the best, expect the worst, and don’t get too exercised about either eventuality. – Elizabeth (Ep. 2×08)
  • Huzzah! – Everyone (repeated in many episodes)

 

Quote by Catherine the Great | I think if God really loved women, we’d lay eggs. (Catherine about pregnancy – Ep. 2×01)Quote by Catherine the Great | I think if God really loved women, we’d lay eggs. (Catherine about pregnancy – Ep. 2×01)
Quote from The Great | Let it go. It is a storm. They will never stop coming, but pass through and away. They always will. – Elizabeth (to Catherine – Ep. 2×02)Quote from The Great | Let it go. It is a storm. They will never stop coming, but pass through and away. They always will. – Elizabeth (to Catherine – Ep. 2×02)
Quote from The Great | I forgot something in the State Room. If you’ll excuse me before I have to make up what it is. – Marial (Ep. 2×04)Quote from The Great | I forgot something in the State Room. If you’ll excuse me before I have to make up what it is. – Marial (Ep. 2×04)

 

What does “Huzzah” mean? (definition)

“Huzzah!” We can hear this exclamation a lot in this series, we can say this is the quote for the show. It gets said a lot. When drinking, celebrating, or just being happy. But what is the definition and where it comes from?

 

“Huzzah” or “Huzza” is used as an exclamation. It expresses approval or delight. The most common varieties of this phrase are “Hurrah” and “Hooray”.

 

There is also a question of whenever is this phase historically accurate and the answer is somewhat. In this article they compare it to the exclamation “Ura!” that Russians do say. And this might have been changed to “Huzzah” so it fitted the show better.

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