"Why do the Gods make kings and queens……" — George R. R. Martin

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect… - George R. R. Martin

"Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?"

— George R. R. Martin

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746 Quotes by George R. R. Martin

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The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.
She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.
The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than…
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know…
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good…
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person,…
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are…
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about.…
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have…
From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close…
Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution…
We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console…

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More Gods Quotes

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode… — Aristotle
The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The… — Charles A. Beard
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. — Aeschylus
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length? — Aeschylus
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain? — Aeschylus
Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his… — David Bowie
Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely… — Dan Brown
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then… — Leon Battista Alberti
And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods. — Samuel Butler
Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end. — Taylor Caldwell

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