Gravestone Quote by Ian Mckellen Download Open image “I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'” — Ian Mckellen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gravestone Inspirational Love Lying
When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
“I am old, Gandalf. I don’t look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed!’ he snorted.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
You will die a worse death if you do not leave my domain,” a voice thundered down from the third story of the old… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
“Gandalf never had this kind of problem. He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in front of the hidden Dwarf door to Moria. Remember when . . . I sighed. Sometimes my inner monologue annoys even me. “Edro, edro,” I muttered. “Open.” I rubbed at the bridge of my nose and ventured, “Mellon.” Nothing happened. The wards stayed. I guessed… — Jim Butcher Copy Share
“Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Slowly the lights of the torches in front of Merry flicked and went out, and he was walking in a darkness; and he thought: ‘This is a tunnel leading to a tomb; there we shall stay forever.’ But suddenly into his dream there fell a living voice. ‘Well, Merry! Thank goodness I have found you!’ He looked up and the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?” asked Merry after a while. “I don’t know how you feel with small rag-tag dangling behind you; but… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The wise speak only of what they know, Gríma son of Gálmód. A witless worm have you become. Therefore be silent, and keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I have not passed through fire and death to bandy words with a serving-man till the lightning falls.' There was a roll of thunder. The sunlight became blotted out from the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“I will vouch for him before the seat of Denethor,' said Gandalf. 'And as for valour, that cannot be computed by stature. He has passed through more battles and perils than you have, Ingold, though you be twice his height; and he comes now from the storming of Isengard, of which we bear tidings, and great weariness is on him,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Hush!" said Gandalf from the shadows at the back of the porch. "Evil things do not come into this valley; but all the same we should not name them. The Lord of the Ring is not Frodo, but the master of the Dark Tower of Mordor, whose power is again stretching out over the world. We are sitting in a… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Gandalf looked at him. My dear Bilbo! he said. Something is the matter with you! You are not the hobbit that you were.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'.… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Elijah looks angelic but his beauty of spirit is what makes his Frodo leap out of the screen. Unalloyed goodness is one of the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I don't want to have a gravestone. I want to have all my friends burn me and then snort the ashes. I think that's… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
“I've never written a quote I feel would be suitable for my gravestone. Wouldn't it be ironic if it were this one? Oh, and… — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
[On being indecisive and changeable:] On my gravestone I want inscribed: 'On the other hand, maybe I should have lived. — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith. — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
An angel visited the green earth, and took a flower away. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least… — David Ives Copy Share Image
One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image