"out of the frying pan and into the…" — J.R.R. Tolkien
"out of the frying pan and into the fire"
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756 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien has 756 quotes on this site.
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Where iss it, where iss it: my Precious, my Precious? It's ours, it is, and we wants it.
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Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight…
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He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a…
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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or…
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Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet…
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
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The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a…
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The war made me poignantly aware of the beauty of the world.
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Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love…
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One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be…
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Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and…
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The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed…
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I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going…
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That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world,…
— Timothy Garton Ash
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You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're…
— Dave Attell
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Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach…
— Richard Bach
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you…
— Francis Bacon
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It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really…
— Amy Adams
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Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work…
— James A. Baldwin
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In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled…
— Charles Kendall Adams
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
— P T Barnum
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The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
— Dave Barry
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I was one of the hardest-hitting conservatives on George W. Bush. Republicans didn't like me on George W. Bush. Republicans…
— Glenn Beck
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Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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