Dwarfs Quotes

• Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Xenophobia, Justice, Diversity

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• Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

  William Rounseville Alger

  Dwarves, Cunning

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• Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving.

  Tom Robbins

  Shaving, Seven, Should

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Skinny Legs and All”, p.239, Bantam

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• If it looks like a Dwarf, and it smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf or a latrine wearing dungerees.

  Eoin Colfer

  Dwarves, Smell, Looks

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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• Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.

  William Hazlitt

  Running, Stupidity, Competition

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1467, Delphi Classics

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• If the same object from two different times touches itself, one of two things will happen. Either the Universe will cease to exist. Or three remarkable dwarfs will dance through the streets with flowerpots on their heads.

  Neil Gaiman

  Two, Different, Three

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “Fortunately, the Milk...”, p.74, A&C Black

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• A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.

  Laurence Sterne

  Dwarves, Size, Standards

  Laurence Sterne (1851). “Works of Laurence STerne; Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent., A Sentimental Journay Through France and Italy, Sermons, Letters, &c”, p.193

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• We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours.

  John of Salisbury

  Sight, Add, Sitting

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• Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs.

  William Hazlitt

  Wise, Men, Fool

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1470, Delphi Classics

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• Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

  Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

  Life, Self Esteem, Dwarves

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• This senior-junior, giant-dwarf, Dan Cupid;
  Regent of love-rhymes, lord of folded arms,
  The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans,
  Liege of all loiterers and malcontents.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Senior, Dwarves

  'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 3, sc. 1, l. [189]

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• The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• There are stars in the night sky that look brighter than the others, and when you look at them through a telescope you realize you are looking at twins. The two stars rotate around each other, sometimes taking nearly a hundred years to do it. They create so much gravitational pull there's no room around for anything else. You might see a blue star, for example, and realize only later that it has a white dwarf as a companion - that first one shines so bright, by the time you notice the second one, it's too late.

  Jodi Picoult

  Stars, Night, Dwarves

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.492, Simon and Schuster

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• There is no tariff so injurious as that with which sectarian bigotry guards its commodities. It dwarfs the soul by shutting out truths from other continents of thought, and checks the circulation of its own.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Soul, Tariffs, Commodity

  "Living Words". Book by Edwin Hubbel Chapin, 1869.

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• A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.

  George Herbert

  Teamwork, Dwarves, Two

  "The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall".

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• Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Emotional, Glasses, Giants

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• If we could ever competitively, at a cheap rate, get fresh water from saltwater, ..(this) would be in the long-range interests of humanity which could really dwarf any other scientific accomplishments.

  John F. Kennedy

  Dwarves, Long, Accomplishment

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• The new century will see changes that will dwarf those of the last.

  H. G. Wells

  Change, Dwarves, Lasts

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dwarves, Explanation, Halls

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The craft's occupants clutched their armrests, and more than one of them closed their eyes. But not Artemis. He couldn't. There was something morbidly fascinating about flying into an uncharted tunnel at a reckless speed with only a kleptomaniac dwarf's word for what lay at the other end.

  Eoin Colfer

  Eye, Dwarves, Tunnels

  Eoin Colfer (2014). “Artemis Fowl:”, p.339, Penguin UK

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• Ron, you know full well Harry and I were brought up by Muggles!” said Hermione. “We didn’t hear stories like that when we were little, we heard ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ and ‘Cinderella’ —” “What’s that, an illness?” asked Ron.

  J. K. Rowling

  White, Snow, Muggles

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• Once upon a time there was a dwarf knight who only had fifty words to live in and they were so fleeting that he only had time to put on a suit of armor and ride swiftly on a black horse into a very well-lit woods where he vanished forever.

  Richard Brautigan

  Horse, Dwarves, Knights

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• And what about you? You must be some kind of beardless dwarf?...You mean to say, that you're a daughter of Eve?...Y-yes, but, you are in fact... human?

  C. S. Lewis

  Girl, Daughter, Mean

  "Fictional characters: Mr. Tumnus, the Faun; Lucy Pevensie". "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• Remember this, boy. All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs." And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king.

  George R. R. Martin

  Kings, Boys, Light

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.60, Bantam

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• Humans have a saying that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which basically means that if you think it's beautiful, then it is beautiful. The elfin version of this saying was composed by the great poet B.O Selecta, who said "Even the plainest of the plain shall deign to reign", which critics have always thought was a bit rhymey. The dwarf version of this maxim is "If it don't stink, marry it", which is slightly less romantic, but the general gist is the same.

  Eoin Colfer

  Beautiful, Mean, Eye

  Eoin Colfer (2014). “Artemis Fowl:”, p.865, Penguin UK

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