Beorn Hobbit Quotes & Sayings

The best way to defend the bombers is to catch the enemy before it his in position to attack. Catch them when they are taking off, or when they are climbing, or when they are forming up. Don't think you can defend the bomber by circling around him. It's good for the bombers morale, and bad for tactics. — Robin Olds

Most Americans would say that they disapproved of violence. But what they really mean is that they believe it should be the monopoly of the state. — Edgar Friedenberg

God doesn't manufacture pain, but he certainly puts it to use. — Max Lucado

It was a good story, that of yours," said Beorn, "but I like it still better now I am sure it is true." The Hobbit — J.R.R. Tolkien

Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this. — Leo Tolstoy

If you'd asked me some years ago, I would have said [Dalai Lama] is an extraordinarily compassionate, clear-sighted, calm human being. But now, I'm more convinced than ever that his political positions as well as his spiritual positions arise out of such precise and realistic thinking that they're extremely sound. — Pico Iyer

You can always spot bright people. They are reading a book. — Gary Soto

Someone had painted FUK U on the dented trunk.
"What does it say about the literacy rate when you can even spell fuck. It's sad," Eve decided. — J.D. Robb

I grin at her enthusiasm. "Did you like the little gun-finger I flashed you after that goal? All for you, baby."
She grins back. "Sorry to burst your bubble, but you were actually pointing at the old guy a few seats over. He totally freaked out and started shouting to everyone that you scored that goal for him, and then I heard him ask his wife if maybe you knew that he was just diagnosed with diabetes, so I didn't have the heart to tell him who the goal was really for."
I break down in laughter. "Why is nothing ever simple with us?"
"Hey," she protests. "We're more interesting this way."
I can't argue with that. — Elle Kennedy

I wonder which one of us God finds more uninteresting. — John Gardner

The shy man will not learn; the impatient man should not teach. — Hillel The Elder

Even more important than what she gave her garden was what it gave her. In it, she found a sense of calm. — Kristin Hannah

Anyone happy in this age and place Is daft or corrupt. Better to abdicate From a material and spiritual terrain Fit only for barbarians. — Roy Fuller

Evidence from science suggests that business people must be insane to use brainstorming groups, — Susan Cain

The Democrats really are not interested in keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists. They're interested in keeping you from being able to get guns. — Rush Limbaugh