Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails.

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.

It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow.

I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

Used to be all I'd want to learn was wisdom, trust and truth, now all I really want to learn is Forgiveness for you

Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.

Global challenges require collective responses.

I don't know how people feel,that's the beauty of TV, is they can see us, but we can't see them.

I don't think I am going to do pictures which are anything like Renaissance art.

Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.

A genuine faith resolves the mystery of life by the mystery of God.

I'm sick of environmentalism.