Merlin Arthur Quotes

#1. The gods do not visit you to remind you what you know already.

Mary Stewart

#2. It's a stage name," said Arthur, impatiently. "Like Madonna."
"No, Madonna's actual name is Madonna," pointed out Merlin.
"Oh my God, stop flaunting your Big Gay Knowledge Of Pop,

FayJay

#3. [Arthur]
"Er ... Just how much did you have to drink?"
Merlin frowned at Arthur ... Both of him.

FayJay

#4. Only a child expects life to be just; it's a man's part to stand by the consequences of his deeds.

Mary Stewart

#5. Merlin seeks assistance from Pigwiggen, the only one of Arthur's knights who is also a fairy, and they unite their enchantments to move the British Court to Turkestan. Lively end to Act One.

Davies Robertson

#6. Youth is a predominant factor. We are seeing a young King Arthur, and thereby a young-ish - as I'm into my 40s - Merlin. It was about how to tackle it, from that point view.

Joseph Fiennes

#7. [Arthur to Merlin]
I'm the Prince of Wales, and you're Welsh. I can do whatever I bloody well like to you.

FayJay

#8. Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more ...

Mary Stewart

#9. This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?"
And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins.

John Steinbeck

#10. It is not any common earth,
Water or wood or air,
But Merlin's Isle of Gramarye
That you and I will fare.

Rudyard Kipling

#11. Merlin, if you don't stop whining, I'm going to take Gwen's sword and beat you to death with it," said Arthur, evenly.
"It's plastic."
"So it will take me a long time. I'm still game.

FayJay

#12. The Lady smiled, close-mouthed. "You magicked for Arthur himself, Merlin. The Human part of you has always loved Arthur.

Anne Eliot Crompton

#13. Thinking and planning is one side of life; doing is another. A man cannot be
doing all the time.

Mary Stewart

#14. Wizards? Do you mean they do things a different way?"
"No, just the way we do,"Merlin replied.With a flick of his finger he lit the soggy heap of kindling that Arthur had gathered ( ... ) A blaze leapt up on the instant. Merlin then opened his hands and produced some food out of thin air.

Deepak Chopra

#15. It was Arthur's welcome alone, I believe, which turned the tide of misery for Merlin.

Stephen R. Lawhead

#16. When I die, never say that I am gone. The sun sets. The moon fades. My body perishes. But my leaving has nothing to do with being gone. I will stay forever with you.

David Paul Kirkpatrick

#17. He holds the sword!' shouted Merlin. 'And that has not changed. Whoever would be king must first take the sword from Arthur's hand. For I tell you truly, none among you will be king without it!

Stephen R. Lawhead

#18. We don't let them die, in Wales
Merlin, and Arthur and Owain
we keep them close by and asleep in the hills to be awakended if ever we need them.

Susanna Kearsley

#19. Used every man according to his capacity.

Mary Stewart

#20. And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.

T.H. White

#21. He [Merlin] is slightly from another world and place, so it's about having fun and presenting it in a new way. He's more of a politician, and slightly Machiavellian, but there's also a lovely relationship going on between Merlin and Arthur. There's so much to be had, really.

Joseph Fiennes

#22. The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try

Mary Stewart

#23. In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.

Bradley James

#24. Spend time pondering not what you see," Merlin advised Arthur, "but why you see it.

Deepak Chopra

#25. All that winter's day and far into the night the kings twisted and squirmed, but Merlin held them in his iron grasp and would not let go. He became first a rock, and then a mountain in Arthur's defence. Arthur stood equally unmoved. No power on earth could have prevailed against them ...

Stephen R. Lawhead