Elvish Language Quotes & Sayings

Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last century's attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission. — James Buchan

When I filter the sunshine in my life, I bask in the light of a transforming and inspiring reality ... — Thomas Kinkade

I know what it feels like to watch something happen and wish, going forward, that you could do something, anything, to change at least your world, the people around you, to keeo everything close to you safe — Sara Shepard

Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to preserve our freedom, it is an instrument through which we can exercise our freedom; yet by concentrating power in political hands, it is also a threat to freedom. Even though the men who wield this power initially be of good will and even though they be not corrupted by the power they exercise, the power will both attract and form men of a different stamp. — Milton Friedman

Thus ran his thoughts; he wanted to go to bed, but he felt loath to tear himself away from the book. — Leo Tolstoy

I haven't sat down and memorized the language of Elvish, and anyone who does that is crazy! — Evangeline Lilly

Stoicism, understood properly, is a cure for a disease. The disease in question is the anxiety, grief, fear, and various other negative emotions that plague humans and prevent them from experiencing a joyful existence. — William B. Irvine

Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better. — Zygmunt Bauman

And for two weeks I was banged up with a Hobbit who only spoke Elvish," said Jess. — Sue Limb

You can learn Elvish, if you want. It's a language like Italian and English. You can learn to read it, you can learn to write it, and you can learn to speak it. — Christopher Lee

I don't think I've ever quite grown out of it, actually. There was a point where I could recite some of those Elvish verses - which I've mercifully forgotten. But I can still, if really pushed, recite the text of the inside of the ruling ring in the language of Mordor. — Salman Rushdie

Dagorath was a word in Sindarin, the Elvish language J. R. R. Tolkien had created for The Lord of the Rings. — Ernest Cline

Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The end is decided only by means. — Karthik Kumar

There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure. — Anna Cora Mowatt

Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains. — Alexander Pope

GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software. — Jack Dangermond