Famous Ian Mckellen Quotes

#1. that city, wherever it was, they had managed to create for themselves a pleasant, cultured way of life. And that was the cardinal sin for which they were now paying so dearly.

Miklos Nyiszli

#2. It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of any mere mortal ever again, for any reason.

Mikhail Gorbachev

#3. I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.

Ian McKellen

#4. I never go see live comedy shows because I just sit in the audience thinking, "Here's what I would say. Here's what I would do if I got up there." It drives me crazy.

Anthony Jeselnik

#5. Philanthropy should be voluntary.

Bill Gates

#6. We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure.

Helmut Schoeck

#7. Olives are the wishbones of the cocktail world; rarely are they freely passed along to somebody else.

Augusten Burroughs

#8. Marine and Army women have deployed with infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan in what's called female engagement teams, going into villages, talking with women and sometimes coming under fire.

Renee Montagne

#9. I hated them anyway, and wondered why it had been worth while creating them in the first place.

Shirley Jackson

#10. I think you need a concrete, real-world metaphor to talk about inner life without feeling like a jerk.

Tift Merritt

#11. Some people, I believe, are paid for dreaming. But most, I think, are punished.

Steve Rasnic Tem

#12. The letter K was the first one in the alphabet which had not, with more or less justification, been used to designate other vitamins, and it also happened to be the first letter in the word 'koagulation' according to the Scandinavian and German spelling.

Henrik Dam

#13. For some reason, President Obama is being heckled about "don't ask, don't tell," which may be revoked. The president wants gays to be allowed to serve openly in the military.

Bill O'Reilly

#14. A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#15. When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Eric Hoffer

#16. The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.

Ian McKellen

#17. I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

Ian McKellen