a good leader, trustworthy, with the potential to be a good Marine, either as an officer or enlisted. He's dedicated to this program as he is to the fire department. He's also a good trainer and has taught three recruit classes.
George Martin
Related Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY I always knew Mick was a good trainer but he's a good leader as well. It's an important year for Mic... CRAIG BELLAMY How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi... C. JOYBELL C. Every time hes supposed to be here, hes showed up, BRENDA JONES You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE [Senior Rob Hudson sustained his good form with a 3-under par 33 to earn medalist honors for the var... ALEX ADAMS Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT As an incumbent, Marty has to show that she has done a good job and she has done the best job possib... JOHN DAVIES Madame Kovarian: The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules. ... STEVEN MOFFAT Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER If you think like a leader, act like a leader, inspire like a leader then you are a leader. DEBASISH MRIDHA The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The person that gives you a good book to read is more valuable than the one that gives you money,bec... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Endeavour to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gr... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good quote is far better than the best selling books. ANUJ SOMANY Endeavor to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gre... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It is good to appreciate anothers good deeds, but let not your good deeds be known to others lest th... APURVA GAGLANI If given an opportunity to head an establishment,resite this "A good name will last better for my fa... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If you have inherited a bad name from your parent,edit it,by becoming good,but if you are lucky to h... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Diamond & platinum are the obstacles that always stand in the way of a good name. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Let us endeavor to have a good name,for in so doing we are sowing good seeds,that will one day be ha... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) During times of sour or bad relationship a good person will always exhibit a pleasant character. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is a more bankable & valuable inheritance than diamond & platinum. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name will open doors that diamond & platinum dare not. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name can open ways for your great grand children. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is the only insurance we need against the monster called poverty. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The best inheritance a man can leave for his children is not diamond & platinum,but a good name. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) All the riches in life are incomparable to a good name. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Even if other things remains unspoken in your life,a good name will continually speak for you, even ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Sex joins two people spiritually and emotionally as well as physically. This is its purpose-to bond ... CRAIG GROESCHEL I will not read the last page of novels first," I said, and then punched myself in the face. "... BRANDON SANDERSON A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study... APURVA GAGLANI Spring recruiting is very important for our program as we need to do a good job evaluating talent fo... GREG PETERSON Hes ready to go every morning. He runs right over to the cruiser, PETER GOULD Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer with... HORATIO NELSON People take (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) as an opportunity to feel good, not as a challenge to do go... ERAN THOMPSON He has the potential to be as good any of the past three we've had here. He's waited, waited and wai... GREG PERRY I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You mistake patience for forbearance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ... MAUREEN JOHNSON To be a leader, take action and be an example. To be an adviser, be wise. DEBASISH MRIDHA A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one w... BO BENNETT To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself bette... FLORENCE KELLEY Robbie has some advantages. There's always an advantage to height. He has good speed. The potential ... LARRY BERRYHILL A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scien... W. H. AUDEN That's perhaps the most important thing. A good man can go have a good camp. Then he goes from a loc... DARRYL PAGE There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn... HARPER LEE The role of the
Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve... LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically... LEWIS N. ROE In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part... RAJAT MOHAN This man is a dedicated husband, he is dedicated to his wife, he is dedicated to his daughters, ... ... ROSS PEROT Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT How to be a Poet (to remind myself) Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. <... WENDELL BERRY if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Ants can carry twenty times their own body weight, which is useful information if you're moving out ... RON DARIAN My brother went to New Orleans when he was 19, ... Hes 72 now. BARBARA UPTON People who haven't seen Martin before are at a disadvantage because he has a really good throw. He h... GLEN WHITE Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER People can send cards of condolence to the police department. They can make a gift in memory of the ... HERB FREEMAN Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares. ELBERT HUBBARD Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, eith... SOCRATES Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one. NOW IS GOOD The problem is, if you have a player who's a good player and also a good student, well, who's not go... LAWRENCE SCULLY It's been a popular program and we've received good feedback, so we decided to continue it this year... DAVID PIJOT George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement. PAUL MCCARTNEY When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly
to start by assuming that it is impossib... LEWIS N. ROE Using the scientific knowledge that we
currently possess, we can take simple logical steps, backed b... LEWIS N. ROE He was kind of wandering around the curriculum so I told him to take business law classes. He went t... DICK PEARCE Kehidupan perempuan itu sembilan bagian kacau dan satu bagian ajaib, kau akan segera mengetahuinya..... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER My father was a good man, but he was a con man. He was a wanderer, nomadic. DANNY AIELLO Would you want you as a friend? PETER STROPLE It should not be surprised by seeing in our weird world that the people for enjoying own bread can a... ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm... SUPERNA BATHEJA Politics is a good thing! LARRY J. SABATO Caffeine is a good thing. MANOJ BHARGAVA The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working. RAGHURAM RAJAN I do know coach Queen ran a good program and did a good job getting us to that point. He did a great... ARCHIE BERRY Hes the smartest dog Ive ever had, PETER GOULD
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GEORGE MARTIN We believe fundamentally that the market should consolidate. The strong should get stronger and the ... MARTIN GEORGE I think we will achieve a real sense of drama with the music. The audience will feel as though they ... GEORGE MARTIN We stood there for a minute or two, with John swaying gently against my arm. 'I'm feeling better,' h... GEORGE MARTIN And the young people in the 1960's identified with it immediately, because, I guess the young people... GEORGE MARTIN Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real th... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everyt... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The Bear and the Maiden Fair A bear there was, a bear, a bear! All black and b... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When they finally broke apart, Ygritte was flushed. "You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm your... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a lit... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as th... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Fear cuts deeper than swords. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sleep is good, he said, and books are better. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?” “If you want to conquer the world, you... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never b... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The be... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid e... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it t... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer and I have my mind...and a mind needs books ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the othe... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh yo... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when the... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is hard to look a hero when mounted on a pig. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Inside the room, a man and a woman were wrestling. They were both naked. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Lord Snow wants to take my place now.' He sneered. 'I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggl... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Those are brave men... lets go kill them GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones? GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You were made to be kissed, often and well. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ...How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin?" "In my own bed, with a belly full of wine a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And who are you, the proud Lord said that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different co... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I've lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother. And... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout h... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I want to weep , she thought. I want to be comforted. I’m so tired of being strong. I wan... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN So many vows... they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who fears losing has already lost. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He who hurries through life hurries to his grave. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow.... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They hate you because you act like you're better than they are...." "[they are] Four that you humili... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN El que corre por la vida, corre hacia la muerte. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has hi... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A Lannister always pays his debts. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Silver’s sweet and gold’s our mother, but once you’re dead they’re worth less than that last... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What are you doing to me?” he asked the crow, tearful. Teaching you how to fly. “I can’t fly!�... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not te... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," she said sadly. "When the seas go dry and moun... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter f... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the sun has set, no candle can replace it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells." --Prince Oberyn o... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was all too much. For a moment Eddard Stark wanted nothing so much as to return to Winterfell, to... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What do we say to the Lord of Death?' 'Not today. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear? Fear is for the wi... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you play a game of thrones you win or you die. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Valar Morghulis. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. A... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think you... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arm... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never b... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Laughter is poison to fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Nothing burns like the cold. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If I look back I am lost. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Winter is coming. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The things I do for love. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are your mother's trueborn son of Lannister." "Am I?" the dwarf replied, sardonic. "D... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Life is not a song, sweetling. Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Every flight begins with a fall. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The hotel bar was quiet and dark, with the kind of mood that promotes good talk and serious drinking... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The rat squealed as he bit into it, squirming wildly in his hands, frantic to escape. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: ‘What’s great about... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He found Podrick Payne asleep in a chair outside the door of the solar, and shook him by the shoulde... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No Queen has clean hands. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the qu... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Keep walking. If I look back I am lost. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You know nothing, Jon Snow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream.... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nost... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A sword needs a sheath, heh, and a wedding needs a bedding. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can make do with seven fingers. Seven is a sacred number. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs? GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some woman, no doubt. Most of them are." He favored Jon with a rueful grin. "Remember this, boy. All... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, I think not,” Varys said, swirling the wine in his cup. “Power is a curious thing, my lord. ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on pa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “E... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves? GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has hands like two white spiders. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A son for a son, heh. But that's a grandson...and he never was much use." --Walder Frey GEORGE R.R. MARTIN But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon’s gullet. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no sfe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN In King's Landing there are two sorts of people; the players and the pieces. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained. The Stark colo... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It takes courage to admit fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapp... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—” GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.” His chains chinked softly. “I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN