Beowulf Quotes

10 quotes by 9 authors

In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf — Christopher Paolini
But the more I read... after awhile... I begin to find they were all writing about the same thing, this same dull old here-today-gone-tomorrow scene...… — Ken Kesey
But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort… — Karl Rove
Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the… — A. N. Wilson
Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king,… — Burton Raffel
Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now, be strong and… — Burton Raffel
Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF. — Woody Allen
She always did like tales of adventure-stories full of brightness and darkness. She could tell you the names of all King Arthur's knights, and she… — Cornelia Funke
There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody… — Dorothy Parker
We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring it into today,… — Julie Taymor

Who Wrote These Beowulf Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 10 Beowulf Quotes as follows: