Dwarves Quotes

• To be a dwarf in peace is more honourable than to be a giant in war!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Peace, War, Giants

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• 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

  Long, Gold, Mountain

  J. R. R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: Illustrated by Alan Lee”, p.36, HarperCollins UK

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• A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

  Robert Burton

  Motivational, Eye, Support

  The Anatomy of Melancholy "Democritus Junior to the Reader" (1621 - 1651) See Bernard of Chartres 1; Coleridge 30; Isaac Newton 1

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• Dwarves are not heroes, but a calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don't expect too much.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hero, Ideas, People

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Confidence is conqueror of men; victorious both over them and in them; The iron will of one stout heart shall make a thousand quail; A feeble dwarf, dauntlessly resolved, will turn the tide of battle, And rally to a nobler strife the giants that had fled.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Confidence, Heart, Men

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1860). “Tupper's Complete Poetical Works: Containing "Proverbial Philosophy," "A Thousand Lines," "Hactenus," "Geraldine," and "Miscellaneous Poems"”, p.221

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

  Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

  Life, Self Esteem, Giants

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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

  Size, Standards, Articles

  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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• By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry'.

  Gary Larson

  Food, Hungry, Suspects

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

  George Herbert

  Teamwork, Two, Giants

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

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• Apparently, there's a little red demon dwarf that haunts the city, and before every major bad thing that's happened, it's appeared to somebody. Last time, he appeared in a Cadillac.

  Megan Martha White

  Cities, Red Lipstick, Cadillacs

  "What's eating Jack?". Interview with Andrew Perry, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2004.

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• Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, Differences, Giants

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.63, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they do any other plant.

  Robert Fortune

  Tree, Chinese, Next

  Robert Fortune (1847). “Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc”, p.143

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Sight, Troll, Detest

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Worry is a mean-faced dwarf who beats on your heart like a kettledrum.

  Kevin Brockmeier

  Heart, Mean, Worry

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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

  Smell, Looks, Dwarfs

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

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• From dwarf tossing to drug taking: The legislator has no place in voluntary exchanges between consenting adults, as dodgy and as dangerous as these might be.

  Ilana Mercer

  Drug, Adults, Might

  "In Defense of Jacko's Doctor". www.ilanamercer.com. November 11, 2011.

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• I think that every artist dreams of renewing the forms which came before, but I think very few can be considered to have achieved that. We are all dwarves standing upon the shoulders of the giants who preceded us, and I think we must never forget that. After all, even iconoclasts only exist with respect to that which they destroy.

  Peter Green

  Dream, Artist, Thinking

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• Maybe we've been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf.

  Hal Clement

  Red, Novas, Precaution

  Hal Clement (2002). “Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories”, p.133, Macmillan

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• Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.

  Thomas Sowell

  Creating, Justice, Political

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• What of course I would like to be writing is the story of the Red and White Dwarves and their Remembering Mirror, their space rocket (powered by anti-gravity), their attendant entities Hadron, Gluon, Pion, Lepton, and Muon, and the Charmed Quarks and the Coloured Quarks. But we can't all be physicists.

  Doris Lessing

  Writing, Science, Mirrors

  Doris Lessing (2012). “The Sirian Experiments (Canopus in Argos: Archives Series, Book 3)”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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• At times many of us let that enemy of achievement--even the culprit 'self-defeat'--dwarf our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our vision, and impair our lives. The enemy's voice whispers in our ears, 'You can't do it.' 'You're too young.' 'You're too old.' 'You're nobody.' This is when we remember that we are created in the image of God. Reflection on this truth provides a profound sense of strength and power.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Dream, Reflection, Clouds

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• It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Knowledge, Discovery, Views

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.203

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• The insane little dwarf, Bush.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Funny, Military, Insane

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• When the Sun shrinks to a dull red dwarf, it will not be dying. It will just be starting to live and everything that has gone before will merely be a prelude to its real history.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Real, Dying, Gone

  Arthur C. Clarke (2011). “Voices from the Sky”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet my axe is restless in my hand. Give me a row of orc-necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Fear, Fall, Sleep

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.367, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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