Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

Oh, I'm a dangerous criminal, I am,' said the dwarf cheerfully.

Demetri Martin

We do not allow dwarf tossing. If you toss a dwarf, the dwarf will be tossed right back at you, but faster.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Far over misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away, ere break of day, To find our long-forgotten gold.

J. R. R. Tolkien

That was Thorin's style. He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would probably have gone on like this until he was out of breath, without telling anyone there anything that was not known already. But he was rudely interrupted.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).

J. R. R. Tolkien

And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explanation?

George Herbert

A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.

Molly Ivins

Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.

Charles Dickens

When we came within sight of the sea, the waves on the horizon, caught at intervals above the rolling abyss, were like glimpses of another shore with towers and buildings.

Alan Jackson

Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke rising against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor, or did you just sit down and cry?

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Faith is a re-directing of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus.

Dave Barry

What I want to know is: Why is it important to have visible stomach muscles? I grew up in an era (the Paleolithic) when people kept their stomach muscles discreetly out of sight.

Bryan Stevenson

But simply punishing the broken--walking away from them or hiding them from sight--only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. There is no wholeness outside of our reciprocal humanity.

Cesare Pavese

Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other's sight, but in their own.

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

Advertising prods people into wanting more and better things. Of course advertising makes people dissatisfied with what they have - makes them raise their sights. Mighty good thing it does. Nothing could be worse for the United States than 200,000,000 satisfied Americans.

Edmond Halley

This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.

Derek Jarman

On December 22, 1986, finding I was body positive, I set myself a target: I would disclose my secret and survive Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have set my sights on the millennium and a world where we are all equal.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them.

Rush Limbaugh

Trump is an internet troll.