Adventure Quote by JRR Tolkien Download Open image “We are a plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.” — JRR Tolkien ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adventure
We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life. — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
But when I say free, I mean free: free from bond, of chain or command:to go where you will, even, even to Mordor Saruman,… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
Far over the misty mountains grim To dungeons deep and caverns dim We must away, ere break of day, To win our harps and… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet and good tilled earth.” — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
That is Shadowfax. He is cheif of the Maeras, lords of all horses, and not even Theoden, King of Rohan, has ever looked on… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Then are we not to see the merry young hobbits again?" said Legolas. "I did not say so," said Gandalf. "Who knows? Have patience.… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly. 'My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command?' 'Walk no more in the shadows, but awake!' said Aragorn. 'You are weary. Rest a… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share
The pines were roaring on the height, The wind was moaning in the night. The fire was red, it flaming spread; The trees like… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the pale enchanted… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
Goblets they carved there for themselves And harps of gold; where no man delves There lay they long, and many a song Was sung… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
Tolkien offers sympathy, surrender, friendship and, most of all, forgiveness. — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody else. And that's what I love about random words and phrases taken out of context: everyone applies their own context. If you want to apply something political or meaningful to a word I wrote on the… — Ben Eine Copy Share
I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening closely to yourself as you think or compose and being aware of the different tensions and weights among the words, the different directions any one of them could lead. I like to play with the multiplicity… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share
What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film. — Jessica Yu Copy Share Image
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned by a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The… — Alexander Supertramp Chris McCandless Copy Share
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood Copy Share Image
“Exactly. I think the original tantric Buddhists took notice of was some very wise old people who never studied in their youth, but took part in a range of risk-taking adventures when they were younger, and finally became wise when they reflected upon their lives in old age. There is only one problem.” “Which is?” “Risk-taking is a way to… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share
As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“Love can give you such happiness, then can break the very heart it filled, leaving a hole that can never be fixed or protected… — Kevin McLeod Copy Share Image
“It always gave Wolf a peculiar thrill thus to tighten his grip upon his stick, thus to wrap himself more closely in his faded overcoat. Objects of this kind played a queer part in his secret life-illusion. His stick was like a plough-handle, a ship's runner, a gun, a spade, a sword, a spear. His threadbare overcoat was like a… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share