Gandalf To Pippin Quotes

#1. Indeed you did your best...I hope that it may be long before you find yourself in such a tight corner again between two such terrible old men.
~ Gandalf to Pippin

J.R.R. Tolkien

#2. I don't like going into this with a half-baked plan." "It's not half-baked," I said. "It's mostly baked. Just a little soft in the middle." Actually, that was bravado.

Carrie Vaughn

#3. It's the deep breath before the plunge.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#4. But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.'
'Yes, we do,' said Pippin sadly. 'The story seems to be going on, but I am afraid Gandalf has fallen out of it.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#5. No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#6. I do what I always do when the day has shown me its worst: I make do.

Amy A. Bartol

#7. Death doesn't just make all the world kin, it makes all religions one

Neal Shusterman

#8. I'll live as well, as deeply, as madly as I can
until I die.

Anne Lamott

#9. Tax credits do not help people get better jobs; in fact, they can create poverty traps that actually disincentivise people from working more hours or finding a better paid job.

Theresa May

#10. Overhead announcement at psychiatric hospital: Lithium is no longer available on credit.

Earl Mac Rauch

#11. Persuade your fellow citizens it's a good idea and pass a law. That's what democracy is all about. It's not about nine superannuated judges who have been there too long, imposing these demands on society.

Antonin Scalia

#12. Here march the eaters of earth,
the swallowers of rain.

J. Aleksandr Wootton

#13. Gandalf put his hand on Pippin's head. "There never was much hope," he answered. "Just a fool's hope, as I have been told.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#14. Spiritual work is taxing work, and men are loath to do it. Praying, true praying, costs an outlay of serious attention and of time, which flesh and blood do not relish.

E. M. Bounds

#15. Fool of a Took!" he growled. "This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#16. It's getting hard to keep up with all of the news from Washington - witch hunts, conspiracy theories and Republicans tearing each other apart over who is ideologically pure and who is apostate. It's a real set of carnival sideshows.

Andrew Rosenthal

#17. What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?' said Sam, sheathing his sword. 'Wolves won't get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head!

J.R.R. Tolkien