Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back.

Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.

My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.

When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.

Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother.

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

It seemed like all the way to tomorrow and over it to the days beyond.

This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.

I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less.

please don't cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean.

Your destiny is the result of the choices that you make, which paths you take in life.

If You find yourself in a hole

Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to list.

It doesn't matter what the technology is - no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.

I love, love, love just being hands on at all times in the studio.

Man generally is entangled in insoluble problems; history is consequently a tragedy in which we are all involved, whose keynote is anxiety and frustration, not progress and fulfilment.

There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.

I believe that marriage is a representation of Christ and the church and when Christ and the church are unified, they are the strongest and most attractive to those that don't know Jesus.

The best paradoxes raise questions about what kinds of contradictions can occur-what species of impossibilities are possible.

Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.