Top Dwarves Quotes Collection

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Image of Christina Dodd
Grumpy is her favorite dwarf.
- Christina Dodd
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Eoin Colfer
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
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Markus Heitz
And no-one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves.
- Markus Heitz
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Jack Davenport
If you do something and it proves to be a success, then people go 'get him to do that type of thing again, but only slightly different'. Either you do that or you go 'No! I want to play a leprous, lesbian dwarf from Guatemala!' But those parts just aren't coming to me.
- Jack Davenport
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Hal Clement
Maybe we've been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf.
- Hal Clement
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Abdellatif Laabi
But understand that I want to remain alone, truly alone, so I can precede my face, my voice, my hell without anyone telling me which is the best path, without anyone laughing at the giant's wings and the dwarf's legs that impede my gait.
- Abdellatif Laabi
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Seneca the Younger
A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
- Seneca the Younger
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Rick Riordan
Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like....little person, or vertically challenged,or-" "I'm not going to call myself the god of vertically challenged people," Bes grumbled. "I'm a dwarf!
- Rick Riordan
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Seneca the Younger
A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.
- Seneca the Younger
Collection: Dwarves
Image of J. R. R. Tolkien
Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Terry Pratchett
Silverfish looked down. "Oh. Are you a dwarf?" Cuddy gave him a blank stare. "Are you a giant?" he said. "Me? Of course not!" "Ah. Then I must be a dwarf, yes."
- Terry Pratchett
Collection: Dwarves
Image of 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
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Lisa Ling
He imagines Owens' body dotted with saltwater reservoirs just below the skin. An entire wetland, populated with tiny fish and birds, thriving in his agitation. A species of dwarf crocodile lazing beside an artery.
- Lisa Ling
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Thomas Sowell
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
Collection: Dwarves
Image of J. R. R. Tolkien
Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).
- J. R. R. Tolkien
Collection: Dwarves
Image of J. R. R. Tolkien
The dwarves of course are quite obviously, couldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
Collection: Dwarves
Image of J. R. R. Tolkien
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
Collection: Dwarves
Image of John Updike
Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.
- John Updike
Collection: Dwarves
Image of J. R. R. Tolkien
That was Thorin's style. He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would probably have gone on like this until he was out of breath, without telling anyone there anything that was not known already. But he was rudely interrupted.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Zbigniew Brzezinski
The momentum of Asia's economic development is already generating massive pressures for the exploration and exploitation of new sources of energy and the Central Asian region and the Caspian Sea basin are known to contain reserves of natural gas and oil that dwarf those of Kuwait, the Gulf of Mexico, or the North Sea.
- Zbigniew Brzezinski
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Mason Cooley
Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?
- Mason Cooley
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Eoin Colfer
Orion nodded, then asked, “Dwarf cheese?” “Cheese made by dwarfs.” “Oh,” said Orion, relieved. “They make it. It’s not actually . . .” “No. What a horrible thought.” “Exactly.
- Eoin Colfer
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Paul Davies
Very, very slowly, the dwarf remnants of what was once our mighty sun will cool and dim, until it embarks on its final metamorphosis, gradually solidifying into a crystal of extraordinary rigidity. Eventually it will fade out completely, merging quietly into the blackness of space.
- Paul Davies
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Ralph Waldo Emerson
As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Collection: Dwarves
Image of William Rounseville Alger
Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.
- William Rounseville Alger
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Ilana Mercer
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
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Mehmet Murat Ildan
Mt. Everest of Earth is 8.8 km tall; Mt. Olympus of Mars is 22 km tall. Every time you see a giant, you must know that that giant might be just a dwarf somewhere else!
- Mehmet Murat Ildan
Collection: Dwarves
Image of George Herbert
A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.
- George Herbert
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Mehmet Murat Ildan
Dwarf is dwarf even at the top of the mountain; giant is giant even at the bottom of the well!
- Mehmet Murat Ildan
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Molly Ivins
Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.
- Molly Ivins
Collection: Dwarves
Image of John F. Kennedy
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
Collection: Dwarves
Image of C. S. Lewis
Oh, I'm a dangerous criminal, I am,' said the dwarf cheerfully.
- C. S. Lewis
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal
- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Collection: Dwarves
Image of Demetri Martin
We do not allow dwarf tossing. If you toss a dwarf, the dwarf will be tossed right back at you, but faster.
- Demetri Martin
Collection: Dwarves