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One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it. — Sean Bean

And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge. — J. R. R. Tolkien

One does not simply walk into Mordor. — Peter Jackson

Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth. — Orlando Bloom

Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor! — J. R. R. Tolkien

Tall ships and tall kings Three times three, What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones And one white tree. (The Two Towers) — J. R. R. Tolkien

Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Frodo: Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I’m coming with you! — J. R. R. Tolkien

The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, For none now live who remember it. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well. So up you get! Come on, Mr. Frodo dear! Sam will give you a ride. Just tell him where to go, and he'll go — J. R. R. Tolkien

Speak no evil of the Lady Galadriel!" said Aragorn sternly. "You know not what you say. There is in her and in this land, no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware! — J. R. R. Tolkien

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. — Robert Jordan

Short Lord Of The Ring Quotes

  • Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. — J. R. R. Tolkien
  • I met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and they're all really cool. — Daniel Radcliffe
  • There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world. — J. R. R. Tolkien
  • May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. — J. R. R. Tolkien
  • The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. — George R. R. Martin
  • Not all who wander are lost. — J. R. R. Tolkien
  • All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — J. R. R. Tolkien
  • beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade — William Ernest Henley
  • Over hill and under hill — J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Go then, there are other worlds than these. — Stephen King

Lord Of The Ring Image Quotes

Lord of the ring quote Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring that opens the door.
Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring that opens the door.

Lord Of The Rings Quotes

Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair! — J. R. R. Tolkien

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. — J. R. R. Tolkien

The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Lord of the ring quote Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.
Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?' — Sean Astin

Hamlet: Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring? Ophelia: 'Tis brief, my lord. Hamlet: As woman's love. — William Shakespeare

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Lord of the ring quote And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach.
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach.

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. — J. R. R. Tolkien

It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing. — J. R. R. Tolkien

War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all. — Faramir

The road goes ever on and on — J. R. R. Tolkien

Lord Of The Rings Fellowship Of The Ring Quotes

If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. — J. R. R. Tolkien

It's a dangerous business, going out your door. — J. R. R. Tolkien

A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to. — J. R. R. Tolkien

The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. — J. R. R. Tolkien

It is mine to give to whom I will, like my heart. — J. R. R. Tolkien

For even the very wise cannot see all ends. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Maybe by his second year in Hogwarts, Harry Potter will learn the trick to making a movie this good, but don't bet on it. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is one of the best films of the year. — Joel Siegel

Fellowship Of The Ring Quotes

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. - J. R. R. Tolkien

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. — J. R. R. Tolkien

All that is gold does not glitter. — J. R. R. Tolkien

And what do you wish?' he said at last. 'That what should be shall be,' she answered. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Deep roots are not reached by the frost. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Sam, clinging to Frodo's arm, collapsed on a step in the black darkness. 'Poor old Bill!' he said in a choking voice. 'Poor old Bill! Wolves and snakes! But the snakes were too much for him. I had to choose, Mr. Frodo. I had to come with you. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Books ought to have good endings.How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after? — J. R. R. Tolkien

Not all that have fallen are vanquished. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Great Hobbit Quotes

Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. — J. R. R. Tolkien

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on? — 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

It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort — J. R. R. Tolkien

I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone. — J. R. R. Tolkien

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.' I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! — J. R. R. Tolkien

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I'm looking for someone to share in an adventure. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Tolkien Quotes

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek. — Richard Armitage

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds. — Richard Armitage

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai. — Orlando Bloom

I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and hostile to, the idea of escape?' and gave the obvious answer: jailers. — C. S. Lewis

Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien's attic. — Terry Pratchett

When you succeed at creating your own world, whether it's in any realm - like Tolkien was able to do - and people are able to enter that world, it's a special thing. — David Selby

I've always looked upon the Ducks as caricature human beings. Perhaps I've been years writing in that middle world that J.R.R. Tolkien describes, and never knew it. — Carl Barks

Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards. — Ralph Bakshi

I grew up reading Tolkien, and I love him. But I love him in the way that you love that rambly old grandfather. You have to sit through some pretty off-topic stuff before he starts telling his cool old war stories. — Patrick Rothfuss

As [John] Tolkien himself said, the story [Lord of the Ring ] is not allegorical. He said so when people tried to make analogies to World War II and the fight against Hitler and his fascist coalition. — Viggo Mortensen

Frodo Baggins Quotes

How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart, you begin to understand, there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep...that have taken hold. — J. R. R. Tolkien

And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? — J. R. R. Tolkien

He is not half through yet, and to what he will come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do. — J. R. R. Tolkien

A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. — J. R. R. Tolkien

It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam," said Frodo, "and I could not have borne that." "Not as certain as being left behind," said Sam. "But I am going to Mordor." "I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I'm coming with you. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam. — J. R. R. Tolkien

We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me. — J. R. R. Tolkien

If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door. — J. R. R. Tolkien

And there was Frodo, pale and worn, and yet himself again; and in his eyes there was peace now, neither strain of will, nor madness, nor any fear. His burden was taken away. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Hobbits Quotes

The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back. — J. R. R. Tolkien

The first time I went to Wales I thought I'd landed in a land of hobbits. Everybody was really small and the houses were small and the writing was backwards. — David Hasselhoff

I think I had only been working nine months when I got Star Trek, and it was huge. It was very overwhelming. So that opened my eyes a bit at an early age, kind of how not be frightened when walking into a responsibility of something like villain in Batman, or a Hobbit, or whatever it is. — Sayings

Already he was a very different hobbit from the one that had run out without a pocket-handkerchief from Bag-End long ago. He had not had a pocket-handkerchief for ages. — J. R. R. Tolkien

You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I am in fact a hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated). — J. R. R. Tolkien

I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.' — J. R. R. Tolkien

My dear Frodo!’ exclaimed Gandalf. ‘Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size — J. R. R. Tolkien

Frodo Quotes

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. - J. R. R. Tolkien

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Those remarkable, God-given eyes! That glorious, good-natured personality! Elijah's Frodo is a dazzling light in the doom and gloom of war and despair. — Sayings

I came to feel as protective of Elijah as Sam does of Frodo .. In turn, Elijah helped me discover a lot about myself and I literally might not have survived the journey had this young prince of an actor not taken me under his wing. — Sean Astin

Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something.... That there's some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Elrond raised his eyes and looked at him, and Frodo felt his heart pierced by the sudden keenness of the glance. 'If I understand aright all that I have heard,' he said, 'I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will. — J. R. R. Tolkien

No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or star are left to me. I am naked in the dark, Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades. — J. R. R. Tolkien

I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,' said Frodo, and he lay back in Sam's gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest when night-fears are driven away by some loved voice or hand. Sam felt that he could sit like that in endless happiness. — J. R. R. Tolkien

But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo. — J. R. R. Tolkien

We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do. — Timothy Radcliffe

Bilbo Quotes

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. — J. R. R. Tolkien

The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Martin Freeman as [Bilbo] is just a revelation. — James Nesbitt

Chip the glasses and crack the plates! / Blunt the knives and bend the forks! / That's what Bilbo Baggins hates. — J. R. R. Tolkien

After some while Bilbo became impatient. "Well, what is it?" he said. "The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb. "You aren't nearly through this adventure yet," he added, and that was pretty true as well. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something. — J. R. R. Tolkien

The washing-up was so dismally real that Bilbo was forced to believe the party of the night before had not been part of his bad dreams, as he had rather hoped. — J. R. R. Tolkien

The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up. — Patrick Rothfuss

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More Lord Of The Ring Quotes

There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood ...in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs. — Raj Patel

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence. — Ralph Bakshi

HARK how all the Welkin rings "Glory to the Kings of Kings, "Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild, "GOD and Sinners reconcil'd! Joyful all ye Nations rise, Join the Triumph of the Skies, Universal Nature say "CHRIST the LORD is born to Day! — Charles Wesley

I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make. — Michelle Rodriguez

End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. — J. R. R. Tolkien

The immense step from the Babe at Bethlehem to the living, reigning triumphant Lord Jesus, returning to earth for His own people - that is the glorious truth proclaimed throughout Scripture. As the bells ring out the joys of Christmas, may we also be alert for the final trumpet that will announce His return, when we shall always be with Him. — Alan Redpath

To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience. — Peter Jackson

That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians. — Ian Mckellen

Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The Child Garden' is exquisite and utterly beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy is an astonishing piece of multi-faceted storytelling. So quality of writing does not condemn the genre. — David Gemmell

I cherished my time filming 'Lord of the Rings' in New Zealand - it's the most beautiful, magical place with great hospitality. I love places that are completely cut off from everything - where I can relax and enjoy the simplicity of nature. — Orlando Bloom

I've never been to New Zealand, but I can imagine it's beautiful. I don't know much about New Zealand... but I do know that I did watch 'Lord Of The Rings' so it looks really pretty. — Jack Barakat

When I first read Lord of the Rings I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time the technology wasn't there, there was no such thing as CGI. — Christopher Lee

Lord of the Rings was just so much enjoyment. It was over about the space of a year that I was filming. It's one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, so emotional. — Sean Bean

In the evening he went to the cinema to see "The Lord of the Rings", which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures. — Steig Larsson

End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him. — J. R. R. Tolkien

Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff. — Len Wein

There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature. — Kevin J. Anderson

There is visual illiteracy with text-oriented films like bloody 'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the Rings.'. — Peter Greenaway

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