Following is our list of the most famous gnome quotations and slogans. We've compiled this selection of inspirational gnome quotes. Hopefully, these gnome quotes will keep you motivated not only during hard times but to expand your gnome knowledge!
GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone. — Ambrose Bierce
Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb -- or Dome of Worm -- or Porch of Gnome -- or some Elf's Catacomb? — Emily Dickinson
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. — Robert Burton
Philosophy: a purple bullfinch in a lilac tree. — T. S. Eliot
If you want to be called a dwarf you must be in immediate possession of a battle axe cause otherwise your just a midget with an attitude. — Ralphie May
I saw a giraffe with a short neck
That was sad
Or a deer — Bo Burnham
We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots? — Christina Rossetti
What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets. — Andre Malraux
The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. — Ezra Pound
I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then. — John Ford
We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad. — Tori Amos
A small speckled visitor Wearing a crimson cape Brighter than a cherry Smaller than a grape A polka-dotted someone Walking on my wall A black-hooded lady In a scarlet shawl. — Joan Walsh Anglund
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick — William Butler Yeats
The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows. — Confucius
Short Gnome Quotes
OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it. — Nat Friedman
I hope you find what you're looking for. — Steve McQueen
If I ever wanted a gnome, I guess Id just stand out on my lawn for a while. — Johnny Christ
Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome. — Jefferson Smith
Daddy, look — one of the gnomes actually bit me! — J. K. Rowling
Actually, cats do this to protect you from gnomes who come and steal your breath while you sleep. — John Dobbin
I wouldn't trust Newcastle's back five to protect my garden gnomes from squirrels. — Jonathan Pearce
I'm glad I escaped the clutches of those evil gnomes... I'm talking, of course, about Puerto Ricans. — Thom Yorke
They kind of look like evil lawn gnomes — Cassandra Clare
In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent. — Miguel de Icaza
We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases. — Miguel de Icaza
Muggles have garden gnomes, too, you know," Harry told Ron as they crossed the lawn. "Yeah, I've seen those things they think are gnomes," said Ron, bent double with his head in a peony bush, "like fat little Santa Clauses with fishing rods. — J. K. Rowling
Often your 'fixes' are actually removing capabilities that you had, because they were 'too confusing to the user'. GNOME seems to be developed by interface Nazis, where consistently the excuse for not doing something is not 'it's too complicated to do', but 'it would confuse users'. — Linus Torvalds
On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling. — Harold Wilson
All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing. — Harold Wilson
You don't even know the sequences to the Human-Gnome Project, you haven't come to terms with your God yet. — Canibus
I make it a point of honour to have a couple of gnomes in my garden as silent testimony to the right of gnome-lovers everywhere to do their own thing without fear of snide remarks. — Richard Briers
Philosophy will clip an angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine - Unweave a rainbow. — John Keats
She's one of those soppy girls, riddled from head to foot with whimsy. She holds the view that the stars are God's daisy chain, that rabbits are gnomes in attendance on the Fairy Queen, and that every time a fairy blows its wee nose a baby is born, which, as we know, is not the case. She's a drooper. — P. G. Wodehouse
So this is what it's about? This is your mature response to go off into the mountains rather than talking about it and have s'mores with a gnome and a mountain man." "Yep" "What's your plan for tomorrow? Brunch with a unicorn? — Ilona Andrews
This really blew my mind, the fact that me, an over fed, long haired, leaping gnome, should be the star of a Hollywood movie. — Eric Burdon
She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn. — Holly Black
Why are you crying?" shivered the otter. "Because I am cold!" shouted the gnome. "Then why are you shouting?" chattered the otter. "Because," yelled the gnome, "when I shout it gets part of the cold from the inside out. — Stephen Cosgrove
Most fantasy is incredibly derivative of Tolkien, so when you read a lot of fantasy, it's really just elves and gnomes, and it all goes back to Tolkien. — John Orloff
Do not all charms fly at the mere touch of cold philosophy? There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: we know her woof, her texture; she is given in the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an angel's wings, conquer all mysteries by rule and line, empty the haunted air, and gnome mine unweave a rainbow. — John Keats
Elves, pixies, gnomes- the Moomins, Chorlton and the Wheelies, SpongeBob SquarePants- they all tried to invade you at some point. — Jacqueline Rayner
I remember her telling me once that rabbits were the gnomes in attendance to the Fairy Queen and that the stars were God's daisy chain. Perfect rot, of course. — P. G. Wodehouse
The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the archetype. They're more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue. — Terence McKenna
This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. — Linus Torvalds
Cats are the slipperiest of domestic animals. Thousands of years of genetic coding has taught them to melt into azaleas, lie motionless behind garden gnomes, glide along fence tops, and slink under benches. — Caroline Paul
Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly ever see them. The other is that humans are very good at not seeing things they know aren't there. And, since sensible humans know that there are no such things as people four inches high, a gnome who doesn't want to be seen probably won't be seen... Wings. — Terry Pratchett
As Mono matures, people will begin to use it to write desktop components that take advantage of all the hard work thats gone into some of the meatier GNOME libraries, as well as the nifty language features of C#. — Nat Friedman
the bus timetable sites are all run by an inbred cabal of malicious gnomes. Who don’t speak English. And who don’t count very well either. Or tell time. And they certainly can’t read maps. — Robin McKinley
This doesn't mean you're getting a discount." Audrey heaved a mock sigh. "Oh well. I guess I'll have to ply you with sexual favors, then." Gnome choked on the soup. "I'm old enough to be your grandfather!" Audrey winked at him, gathering the empty bags. "But you're not. — Ilona Andrews
When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what? — Walter Kirn
I'm LEP. A captain. No rent-a-cop gnome is going to stand in the way of my orders. — Eoin Colfer
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