Elder Quotes

136 Elder quotes by 117 unique authors

When I was about six, I saw my elder siblings play chess and pestered my mother into teaching me. Very soon, I was beating everyone… — Viswanathan Anand
Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else. — Oscar Wilde
And Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The world was fair, the mountains tall In Elder Days before the fall... — J.R.R. Tolkien
Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he. We are two lions litter’d in one day, and I the elder and more… — William Shakespeare
Let still woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart, For, boy, however we… — William Shakespeare
A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is… — George Bernard Shaw
Therefore was I created with a stubborn outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo ladies, I fright them. But, in… — William Shakespeare
And a refrigerator may hold a basket of strawberries, which would be important if a maniac said to you, "If you don't give me a… — Daniel Handler
...since I was a little boy, she had always wanted me to go. She was always sending me off on a bus someplace, to elementary… — James McBride
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he… — Francis Bacon
All day long he was docile, intelligent, good, Though sometimes changing to a darker mood. He seemed hypocritical, could tell better lies, in the dark… — Arthur Rimbaud
No witch has ever claimed to own the Elder Wand. Make of that what you will. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
What must strike any intelligent witch or wizard on studying the so-called history of the Elder Wand is that every man who claims to have… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Percy: The Heka-what? Annabeth: The Hundred-Handed Ones. They called them that because... well, they had a hundred hands. They were the elder brothers of the… — Rick Riordan
You would make a great teacher. (Grace) Commander to teacher. Why not call me Cato the Elder, and really insult me while you’re at it?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
In the elder days of art Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part, For the Gods are everywhere — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The vampire’s true appearance was grotesque--but it wasn’t as bad as some of the things I had seen in my day. Some demons were a… — Jim Butcher
Grace is the celebration of life, relentlessly hounding all the non-celebrants in the world. It is a floating, cosmic bash shouting its way through the… — Robert Farrar Capon
Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no one—so mortals hate him most of all the… — Homer
Maybe a man in a million could unite the Hallows, Harry. I was fit only to possess the meanest of them, the least extraordinary. I… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
And besides, look at elder flowers and bluebells-they are a sign that pure creation takes place - even the butterfly. But humanity never gets beyond… — D. H. Lawrence
Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries — John Cleese
So what does that actually mean?' 'To be honest, Ghastly, I haven't a bull's notion.' 'Elder Bespoke should be addressed by his full title,' Tipstaff… — Derek Landy
By the way, all joking aside, do I call you Ghastly or Elder Bespoke?' 'You can call me whatever you like.' Vex nodded. 'Thank you,… — Derek Landy

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