--- title: "8 Like Gandalf Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Like Gandalf quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Like Gandalf sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/george-r-r-martin-2-926_coming-back_i-always-felt-like-gandalf-should-have-s_133078.jpg" --- > [I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-always-felt-like-gandalf-should-have-stayed-dead-that-was-such-an/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/george-r-r-martin-2-926_coming-back_i-always-felt-like-gandalf-should-have-s_133078.jpg) > [“What’s keeping them so long?” Jode tugs at his hair. “Have I gone completely gray yet? Do I look like Gandalf the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-rossi/what-s-keeping-them-so-long-jode-tugs-at-his-hair-have-i-gone/) [Veronica Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-rossi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/veronica-rossi-1545_good-man_what-s-keeping-them-so-long-jode-tugs-at_394755.jpg) > [I'm done with books for a while. They take a lot of time, and they take a lot out of you. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-welch/i-m-done-with-books-for-a-while-they-take-a-lot-of-time-and-they-take/) [Brian Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-welch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/brian-welch-23843_beard_i-m-done-with-books-for-a-while-they-tak_428182.jpg) > [You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/you-put-anyone-in-the-outfit-and-they-look-like-gandalf-not-that/) [Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mckellen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/ian-mckellen-1396_anyone_you-put-anyone-in-the-outfit-and-they-lo_1613487.jpg) > [Canada, at the moment, is going through a Lord of the Rings moment. Having been a lowly Hobbit with furry feet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/canada-at-the-moment-is-going-through-a-lord-of-the-rings-moment/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/margaret-atwood-40_beer_canada-at-the-moment-is-going-through-a_1727884.jpg) > [Much as I admire Tolkien, I once again always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/much-as-i-admire-tolkien-i-once-again-always-felt-like-gandalf-should/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/george-r-r-martin-2-926_coming-back_much-as-i-admire-tolkien-i-once-again-al_2632639.jpg) > [“And she stood in front of that door like Gandalf the Grey with a clipboard instead of a staff. And she refused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-chase/and-she-stood-in-front-of-that-door-like-gandalf-the-grey-with-a/) [Emma Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/emma-chase-699_door_and-she-stood-in-front-of-that-door-like_2683926.jpg) > [“he looked like Gandalf Lebowski, ready for entombment in the catacombs of a bowling alley.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-a-hunt/he-looked-like-gandalf-lebowski-ready-for-entombment-in-the-catacombs/) [S.A. Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-a-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/s-a-hunt-52773_bowling-alley_he-looked-like-gandalf-lebowski-ready-fo_2799389.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-gandalf/#itemlist", "name": "Like Gandalf Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the Balrog on the Khazad-dûm and he falls into the gulf, and his last words are, ‘Fly, you fools’. What power that had, how that grabbed me. And then he comes back as Gandalf the White, and if anything he's sort of improved. I never liked Gandalf the White as much as Gandalf the Grey, and I never liked him coming back. 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