Epic Quotes

389 quotes by 279 authors

Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim; it depends on if the conquering army likes to read. — Patricia A. McKillip
I began dividing life in absolutes... Things and people were either perfectly bad, or perfectly good, and when life didn't obey this black-and-white rule, when… — J. R. Moehringer
There is the happiness which comes from creative effort. The joy of dreaming, creating, building, whether in painting a picture, writing an epic, singing a… — Henry Miller
You are just a murdered. (Near) (btw this was an epic win on near's part when light spazzed out and went crazy) — Tsugumi Ohba
Imagine a poem written with such enormous three-dimensional words that we had to invent a smaller word to reference each of the big ones; that… — N.D. Wilson
The architect had not stopped to bother about columns and porticos, proportions or interiors, or any limitation upon the epic he sought to materialize; he… — Lew Wallace
I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. — Hunter S. Thompson
In eternity this world will be like Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad… — Marilynne Robinson
Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most… — Franz Kafka
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. — Mark Twain
It's all about time, dimwit time, inferior time, people checking watches and other devices, other reminders. This is time draining out of our lives. Cities… — Don DeLillo
My God, that scene in Monster Inc. where the monsters realise that their entire world is founded on hurting children -look at that for a… — Russell T Davies
For official record, announce instructor, the state requires no epic hero. No strive achieve personal celebrity of spotlight and applause. Lectures instructor, the state desires… — Chuck Palahniuk
As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just about to close on the knotty… — Michael Palin
Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve, who kept their… — George Eliot
Take it from me, there's nothing like a job well done. Except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam… — Stephen Colbert
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. — Stephen Covey
Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't our lives be… — David Sedaris
Why haven't we fixed sick yet? You scientists there-- put down those starfish and HELP us. I hereby demand that all the people who are… — Daniel Handler
It was a kiss small in its ministrations but epic in its feeling. — Libba Bray

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