Best Thrones Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 13

“All of us have monarchs and sages for kinsmen; nay, angels and archangels for cousins; since in antediluvian days, the sons of God did verily wed with our mothers, the irresistible daughters of Eve. Thus all generations are blended: and heaven and earth of one kin: the hierarchies of seraphs in the uttermost skies; the thrones and principalities in the zodiac; the shades that roam throughout space; the nations and families, flocks and folds of the earth; one and all, brothers in essence-oh, be we then brothers indeed! All things form but one whole.”

Source: Mardi: And A Voyage Thither (Annotated Complete Edition)

“There's more to me, more to the universe, than I suspected. Room for all the dreams I ever had, and all the nightmares...heroes in the gutters and in the mirror; saints in the frozen wasteland; fools and liars on the throne of wisdom, and hands reaching out in hunger that will never be filled.”

Dream Hands Universe Rooms Fool Hero Mirrors Filled Saint Hunger Reaching Nightmare Liars Reach Out Thrones Frozen Gutters Wasteland

Author:Joan D. Vinge

“It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.”

Born Fortune Raised Merit Thrones Honorable Medieval War

Author:Petrarch

“Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to it. But when it claims to have discovered the real world for us and laughs at the worlds of all simple-minded men, then we must say it is like a general grown intoxicated with his power, usurping the throne of his king”

Source: The English writings of Rabindranath Tagore

“One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.”

Mother Stars Holy Pure Eternity Thee Lifts Flames Thrones Lit Lamps Mother's Love

Book:Poems of early and after years ... Illustrated by E. Leutze

Source: Poems of early and after years ... Illustrated by E. Leutze

“To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.”

Ifs Listening Thrones Powerless

Book:The Messiah of Stockholm: a novel

Source: The Messiah of Stockholm: a novel

“A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.”

Gold Leap Thrones Frogs Puddles

Author:Publilius Syrus

“A doubtful throne is ice on summer seas.”

Sea Summer Ice Rulers Thrones Doubtful

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)

“Wisdom requires no form; her beauty must vary, as varies the beauty of flame. She is no motionless goddess, for ever couched on her throne.”

Wisdom Form Flames Goddess Thrones Vary Her Beauty

Book:Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

Source: Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

“For kids growing up now, there's no difference watching 'Avatar' on an iPad or watching YouTube on TV or watching 'Game of Thrones' on their computer. It's all content. It's just story.”

Stories Kids Games Differences Growing Up Growing Tvs Computer Thrones Youtube Ipads Kids Growing Up

Author:Kevin Spacey

“He left His Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite His grace!) Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race.”

Father Jesus Left Race Grace Infinite Adam Helpless Thrones

Book:Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book

Source: Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book

“I'm actually reading 'World War Z' again! It's incredibly realistic and it's written as an oral history through interviews with different characters. Max Brooks wrote this book in so many different voices. There are about forty or so. It's incredible. When I finish 'World War Z' I'm going to go back and start again on the 'Game of Thrones' series.”

“O you proud Christians, wretched souls and small,/ Who by the dim lights of your twisted minds/ Believe you prosper even as you fall,/ Can you not see that we are worms, each one/ Born to become the angelic butterfly/ That flies defenseless to the Judgement Throne?”

Inspirational Mind Believe Soul Light Christian Fall Born Proud Judgement Butterfly Thrones Worms Wretched Twisted Angelic Defenseless Twisted Minds

Book:The divine comedy

Source: The divine comedy

“World War III will be triggered off not by suppressed nationalists seeking political independence, as happened the first time around when the Serbs at Sarajevo shot the heir to the Austrian throne, but by some semiliterate, whacked-out "loner" who lobs a rocket into a nuclear arsenal in order to impress Brooke Shields.”

Source: Novels & other narratives, 1986-1991

“Some day Love shall claim his own Some day Right ascend his throne, Some day hidden Truth be known; Some day - some sweet day.”

Known Sweet Truth Is Claims Thrones Hidden Truth

Author:John L. Bates

“Game of Thrones' is a fantasy show not dedicated to any specific time, but it seems to exist in sort of a 1400s medieval fantasy world, and in that setting, I wouldn't have had a six-pack.”

World Shows Seems Games Fantasy Six Setting Settings Dedicated Packs Thrones Medieval Fantasy Worlds Six Packs

Author:Gwendoline Christie

“Game of Thrones' is an amazing show, and I have no problem speaking of the virtues of HBO.”

Shows Problem Games Virtue Thrones No Problem Hbo

Author:Peter Dinklage

“I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?”

Thinking Knows Writing Character Games Overcoming Fearless Thrones

Author:Natalie Dormer

“These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.”

Moments Games Flying Massive Thrones Jet

Author:Natalie Dormer

“I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.”

I Can Games Waiting Bored Thrones Fave Bored To Death

Author:Michelle Forbes

“My ultimate game - or at least one I would really like to see - would be something where it was like the beginning of George R. R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones', where you're Ned Stark, and you know that one of your friends has been murdered, and you go to the capital city and you have to navigate this web of court intrigue.”

Knows Has Beens Would Be Games Cities Ultimate Court Thrones Intrigue Starks Navigate

Author:Austin Grossman

“I watch 'Sons of Anarchy' and 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Walking Dead' and think, 'I want to create that kind of television!”

Thinking Want Kind Games Watches Television Son Walking Anarchy Thrones Walking Dead

Author:Michael Easton

“Savor the throne, but don't mind the stool.”

Mind Thrones Adages Stools

Author:Steve Winwood

“I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories, that is my main ambition. And to be working with amazing creators.”

Thinking Want Stories Would Be Games Pieces Periods Ambition Extraordinary Creator Lovely Thrones

Author:Stana Katic

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