Flies are the dead man's revenge.

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.

Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.

Love is like a morning mist.

I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

If some unemployed punk in New Jersey, can get a cassette to make love to Elle McPherson for $19.95, this virtual reality stuff is going to make crack look like Sanka.

It isn't those who always addressing each other as comrade who necessarily show the most brotherly feelings.

If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know i'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping.

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

Epithets, like pepper, Give zest to what you write; And if you strew them sparely, They whet the appetite: But if you lay them on too thick, You spoil the matter quite!

A global brand building strategy is, in reality, a local plan for every market.

I hope one day God will reveal all the truths to people that He has never sent any Holy Book, nor did He create anything but chaos!