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Dragons Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- I remember nothing about it except a philological fact. My mother said nothing about the dragon, but pointed out that one could not say 'a…
- It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.
- Speak politely to an enraged dragon.
- It never does to leave a live Dragon out of the equation.
- This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to reveal your proper name which is wise, and don't want…
- Smaug certainly looked asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from…
- It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
- You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon.
- Never laugh at live dragons.
- Faërie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the…
- Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll…
- The dragon is withered, His bones are now crumbled; His armour is shivered, His splendour is humbled! Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and…
- If you're referring to the incident with the Dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of…
- it was easier to believe in the Dragon and less easy to believe in Thorin in these wild parts
- So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
- If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to…
- Man, Sub-creator, the refracted light through whom is splintered from a single White to many hues, and endlessly combined in living shapes that move from…
- No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it.
- How could such a large door be kept secret from everybody outside, apart from the dragon?" [Bilbo] asked. He was only a little hobbit you…
- I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood. But the…
- Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a…
- I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull…
- I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I…
- I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull…
More Dragons Quotes
- If I pick up a book with vampires on the cover, I want there to be vampires. If I pick up a… — Margaret Atwood
- A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere… — Mario Batali
- Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away… — Jo Brand
- I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull. — Rita Mae Brown
- Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon. — Steven Brust
- Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you… — Madeleine Albright
- As a little girl, I didn't like stories about little girls. I liked stories about dragons and beasts and princes and princesses… — A. S. Byatt
- It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature.… — Tori Amos
- Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded. — Sandra Day O'Connor
- Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and… — Audre Lorde
- Our deepest fears are like dragons, guarding our deepest treasure. — Rainer Maria Rilke