Quotes About Orcs

#1. Suddenly, his brow furrowed angrily as his nostrils detected a stench that offended the core of his being: orcs.

Markus Heitz

#2. Dragons, to my way of thinking, are just another 'race' of sapient characters. We see lots of elves, dwarves, orcs, goblins, giants and, of course, dragons.

Robin Hobb

#3. Maedhros did deeds of surpassing valour, and the Orcs fled before his face; for since his torment upon Thangorodrim his spirit burned like a white fire within, and he was as one that returns from the dead.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#4. he says that the Men that have lately come over the Mountains are hardly better than Orcs.' 'That is true,' answered Sador; 'true at least of some of us. But the up-climbing is painful, and from high places it is easy to fall low.' At

J.R.R. Tolkien

#5. The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.

George R R Martin

#6. In the evening he went to the cinema to see "The Lord of the Rings", which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures.

Stieg Larsson

#7. We get chased by orcs, I'm tripping you and running the other direction.

Danielle Monsch

#8. There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#9. Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships sailing, all these passed before Sam's mind.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#10. Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters.

Peter Kreeft

#11. And let's get this straight: If we run into orcs on the journey, the first ten are mine. You can fight among yourselves for the others.

Markus Heitz

#12. Ho, hm, well, we could, you know! You do not know, perhaps, how strong we are. Maybe you have heard of Trolls? They are mighty strong. But Trolls are only counterfeits, made by the Enemy in the Great Darkness, in mockery of Ents, as Orcs were of Elves.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#13. We held certain truths to be self-evident, but those truths were that elves hate orcs and wizards can't wear metal armor.

Austin Grossman

#14. If you read 'Lord of the Rings' and dismiss it as a lie because it has orcs and elves, you're missing the whole point of the story. If children don't have to be concerned about strangers because there's no such thing as a Big Bad Wolf dressed like Granny, you're missing the point.

Doug TenNapel

#15. An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [ ... ] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.

George R R Martin

#16. I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour," said Ladyship coldly.
He appeared to consider this. "Yes of course, I think that would be quite possible," he said. "And who would you send to teach the humans?

Terry Pratchett

#17. Mostly, videogames are about men shooting men in the face. Sometimes they are about women shooting men in the face. Sometimes the men who are shot in the face are orcs, zombies, or monsters.

Anna Anthropy

#18. for being the work of Elvish smiths in the Elder Days these swords shone with a cold light, if any Orcs were near at hand. Behind

J.R.R. Tolkien

#19. Though he found himself reluctant to be the direct cause of any actual killing. This wasn't Tolkien - these weren't orcs and trolls and giant spiders and whatever else, evil creatures that you were free to commit genocide on without any complicated moral ramifications.

Lev Grossman

#20. Do people ever reflect, one wonders, that the best way to protect against the penetration of one's secrets by others is to have the minimum of secrets to conceal?

George F. Kennan

#21. Nothing exceeds like excess.

Raven

#22. I have watchedmany literary fashions shoot up and blossom, and then fade and drop ... Yet with the many that I have seen comeand go, I have never yet encountered a mode of thinking that regarded itself as simply a changing fashion, and not as an infallible approach to the right culture.

Ellen Glasgow

#23. I think I can change things for the better in this country. I'm doing it now as well, in many areas, mostly in education, higher education and technological entrepreneurship. But I think I could do a lot more from a presidential position.

Dan Shechtman

#24. Gloria was still talking, something about how shooting people was in a sense safer than making art, in terms of avoiding serious lapses in taste.

Rachel Kushner

#25. I have no fear of killing those who deserve to die. I do not choose to kill those who do not.

Christie Golden

#26. But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy?

George R R Martin

#27. They were fun days, and we set the town on fire with every movie we did.

Burt Lancaster

#28. I always knew I was going to be successful in some way with films. I don't know why. I had no particular talent, but I always knew I was going to be sitting in a dining room with Lucille Ball and at a cocktail party with Bette Davis.

Robert Osborne

#29. A sharp spear needs no polish.

H. Rider Haggard