J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
		 
	
	
	
		And that's the way of a real tale. Take any one that you're fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of a tale it is, happy-ending or sad-ending, but the people in it don't know. And you don't want them to.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. R. R. Tolkien 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
	Quotes to Explore 
		
	
		
	
	
	
	
		Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tacitus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oriana Fallaci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sadie Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Grant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Chapman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My best friend is my husband. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samantha Bond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		At 140, 150, that's when the car starts floating. At 160, that's when you start seeing dead relatives. At 180, it's, like, terrifying and exciting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Ferrara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Make yourself necessary to somebody. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Flea 
			 
			
				Jane's Addiction  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yehuda Berg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies that kind of pull us together and make us pause and give us a chance to reflect about where we are, where we're going, and that sort of thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Wilmore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Humans are always negotiating. That's what conversation is. Someone has something, knows something. Someone wants something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pierce Brown 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		I live 50 miles from London and we've got some of the highest levels of teenage and childhood poverty in the country. It's disgusting. Just because it's a rural area, it gets forgotten. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Roger Daltrey 
			 
			
				The Who  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was watching Animal Planet. Did you know that the male seahorse has the baby? And I was thinking, "Why don't they just call that the female seahorse?" You know it's just some stubborn scientist. "Yeah, that one there's the male seahorse." And his assistant's like, "Uh, Bill, that one's having a baby." ... "The male has the baby. You're fired." 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jim Gaffigan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The people have allowed me to - they've respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pharrell Williams 
			 
			
				N.E.R.D.  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Philip K. Dick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And that's the way of a real tale. Take any one that you're fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of a tale it is, happy-ending or sad-ending, but the people in it don't know. And you don't want them to. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. R. R. Tolkien