J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973

Topics

SafeWorldsUntrue

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?

Johann Kaspar Lavater

YourselfEvilSpeakSomeoneYouWhy

When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.

Mel Brooks

YouFeelingOkayAlwaysComeBerlin

Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.

Anjelica Huston

LifeStarsFatherPeopleFriends

I always dreamed, when I started writing music, to find a way of immersing yourself in it.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicYourselfWritingFindWay

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

Michael Crichton

ReachYouWalletConsensusSomething

I have no shame around the fact that I can be shot into suicidal feelings by certain people's treatment of me. I am no different to any other person, I therefore act as I believe any other person should be free to.

Sinead O'Connor

I AmPeopleMeFreeBelieveI Can

The 'victim to victory' theory is that, if you listen to the radio, a large percentage of the hits are... about victim to victory, like, 'I'm having a terrible time.' And then the pre-chorus is, 'I don't know what's gonna happen next.' And the chorus is, 'Now I'm brilliant, and everything is great, because something happened to make it great.'

Sia

GreatTimeVictoryYouKnowNow

'Civil War' was such a whirlwind, and I didn't really know what was going on. I was thrown into the deep end.

Tom Holland

WarDeepEndKnowCivil WarGoing

Why should the Devil have all the good tunes?

Rowland Hill

GoodDevilWhyShouldTunes

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

Miguel de Cervantes

WorldSayGrandmotherOldTwoUsed

I love my work, apart from when it's driving me crazy. But I get to be interested in stuff and think like a filmmaker as I'm buzzing about the world and then see an opportunity to make a film, and then make it happen.

Lucy Walker

WorkLoveOpportunityMake It Happen

Pretty much from 1979 through 1988, the backbone of my career was the theater. Working on Broadway a couple of times, working off-Broadway, and also doing a lot of regional theater. Make no mistake, I lived very frugally. I had an apartment that was real cheap. I would get two or three jobs per season, and in between I'd be on unemployment.

Delroy Lindo

MistakeDoingCareerThreeCheap

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