Better Quote by Hallgrimur Helgason Download Open image “For us Icelanders, the Sagas are like the Bible, only much better.” — Hallgrimur Helgason ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Better Bible Like Only Us
I read a lot of Icelandic sagas when I was young. I've always been interested in the Viking culture. — Kristofer Hivju Copy Share Image
Sagas wouldn't be interesting if terrible things didn't happen to the people in them. — Jack Campbell Copy Share Image
There are so many fantastic stories and I want to bring Thor and Odin and the other gods into the modern world, just like… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The weird thing is, 'Game of Thrones,' people go to Iceland for three weeks, and it'd be like a small guerilla operation. 'Thor,' we… — Alan Taylor Copy Share Image
Icelanders are grateful to meet foreigners who have heard of their country. And even more grateful to hear someone say it deserves better. — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
So much Western storytelling comes from Scandinavia. I've read that in the past, storytellers would travel to Iceland and exchange stories. It's kind of… — Richard Dormer Copy Share Image
I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to… — Bjork Copy Share Image
Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to… — Bjork Copy Share Image
A lot of the ancient Norse myths and legends are the basis of a lot of the sci-fi, fantasy films out there. Telling these… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
Icelandic people are really educated. But maybe we are at where the people in the States were 50 years ago, where they think that… — Bjork Copy Share Image
We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible. — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material - I mean, so many books and so much stuff about what they really… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
“— It's Hlynur Bjorn Hafsteinsson, Bergporugotu, 8b, Reykjavik, Iceland. — Is there no postal code? — Oh yes. It's hundred and one Reykjavik. I'm the one.” — Hallgrímur Helgason Copy Share Image
... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when you open… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
Everything is very expensive in Iceland, so I got some things done in India in the two months I was here. I visited the… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
In Iceland, book lives matter in every sense of that phrase: The shelf-life of the book, the lives in the book, the life of… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
Thanks to the Jolabokaflod, books still matter in Iceland; they get read and talked about. Excitement fills the air. Every reading is crowded; every… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
Like many writers, I'm usually more interested in reading about authors than their actual works. We're more curious to know how they were written… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write about serious issues, about Iceland's journey into modernity, about the soul of Iceland - on how people react when they… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
We have to save ourselves from ourselves. We have to minimize the effect our own politicians can have on our society. We have to… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
My three years in Manhattan were sort of my university years. I was learning by myself, and it was a tough time. That's when… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
Nabokov can be almost too delicate at times, but in 'Lolita,' he puts his aristocratic sensitivity to use in such a dark tale that… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
Everybody has their cliques, and I was very shy. I'm still very shy. Music opened up doors. I would get to my choir class,… — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
You can't force people to feel in a certain way, and the sooner you understand that,the better. I feel everything has its way of… — Sidharth Malhotra Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts. — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
A strong, durable Puerto Rican economy will leave the island better prepared to handle future natural disasters. — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
In my first 100 days as Ontario's Minister of Transportation, I found a willing municipal partner in the City of Toronto that shares our… — Caroline Mulroney Copy Share Image
It hasn't been a conscious thing, like, 'I don't want to listen to a bunch of dudes,' but I genuinely like music by women… — Soccer Mommy Copy Share Image
Life is going to hit you some line drives, and sometimes you'll have to think fast. However, it's better to think first than to… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
I like to collaborate with other people for studio recordings because I believe collaboration, in any form, makes music better. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Absolutely, you can improve and become better at toughness. It's a talent, but it can be acquired, too. I think of it like building… — Jim Harbaugh Copy Share Image
