Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. R. R. Tolkien

The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as swords.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

J. R. R. Tolkien

The romantic chivalric tradition takes, or at any rate has in the past taken, the young man's eye off women as they are, as companions in shipwreck not guiding stars.

J. R. R. Tolkien

The stars are far brighter Than gems without measure, The moon is far whiter Than silver in treasure; The fire is more shining On hearth in the gloaming Than gold won by mining, So why go a-roaming? O! Tra-la-la-lally Come back to the Valley.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Mercy!" cried Gandalf. "If the giving of knowledge is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more should you like to know?" "The names of all the stars, and of all living things, and the whole history of Middle-Earth and Over-heave and of the Sundering Seas," laughed Pippin. "Of course! What less?

J. R. R. Tolkien

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We'll wander back and home to bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade!

J. R. R. Tolkien

Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone: never more to wake on stony bed, never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead. In the black wind the stars shall die, and still on gold here let them lie, till the dark lord lifts his hand over dead sea and withered land.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!

J. R. R. Tolkien

Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.

Iwan Rheon

I have no ambitions to be a pop star.

Izabella Scorupco

I've never seen one Star Trek in my whole life.

Izabella Scorupco

I've never actually seen a Star Trek, but I have seen an Alien movie.

Isaac Disraeli

It does not at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite delight than a farmer who is conducting his team.

Isaac Marion

I can no longer believe in any voodoo spell or laboratory virus. This is something deeper, darker. This comes from the cosmos, from the stars, or the unknown blackness behind them. The shadows in God's boarded-up basement.

Isaac Asimov

All roads lead to Trantor, and that is where all stars end.

Isaac Asimov

Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach.

Isaac Asimov

To any who know the star field well from one certain reference point, stars are as individual as people. Jump ten parsecs, however, and not even your own sun is recognizable.

Isaac Asimov

Tell me why the stars do shine, Tell me why the ivy twines, Tell me what makes skies so blue, And I'll tell you why I love you. Nuclear fusion makes stars to shine, Tropisms make the ivy twine, Raleigh scattering make skies so blue, Testicular hormones are why I love you.

Isaac Asimov

Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don't see.

Isaac Asimov

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

Irene Dunne

But that's why there are so few women stars today. Pornography has taken away the mystery.

Irene Cara

I don't mean to sound immodest, but I never had any doubt that I'd be successful, nor any fear of success. I was raised as a little goddess who was told she would be a star.

Irene Cara

I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this business. I didn't wake up at the early ages of 5 or 6 and say I want to be a star.

Elton John

When stars collide, like you and I, no shadow blocks the sun" - The One

Elton John

I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality.

Francisco Rodriguez

I'm just at the beginning of my career and because of that I don't consider myself a star.

Franco Nero

If you're a big Hollywood star, you make one movie a year at the most. I can make five in Europe.

Franco Nero

I could be a star and maybe make lots of money, or I could change roles all the time and have a more interesting - and longer - career.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.

Jerry Lawler

You know, Alundra Blayze, with her looks could star in TV westerns...if she had two more legs.

Jeremy Irvine

It's not often that you get to read something that just feels very original for a star but also something that feels like it's more than just a movie or entertainment. Even though the riots were one of the most pivotal riots in civil rights history, especially for the LGBT community, I knew surprisingly very little about them. You don't learn about Stonewall in schools. It's a bit gross really! So it certainly felt like something that was quite important.

Jeremy Irvine

On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.