Saruman Quotes

• Yes, I am white now,' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Should Have, White, Might

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.484, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!' I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered. I liked white better,' I said. White!' he sneered. 'It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken.' In which case it is no longer white,' said I. 'And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.' - Gandalf

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Wise, Eye, Light

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.187, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Pro Life, Abortion, Fellowship

  "Fictional character: Galadriel". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Faith, Wise, Wisdom

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.414, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Someone asked me yesterday if Dracula met Saruman and there was a fight, who would win. I just looked at this man. What an idiotic thing to say. I mean, really, it was half-witted.

  Christopher Lee

  Mean, Fighting, Winning

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• I wrote a letter to the magazine [Time magazine] pointing out that [Richard] Corliss's comparison of Christopher Lee's Saruman to Osama Bin Laden, and the vastly outnumbered defenders of Helm's Deep united against the Orcs to the "Coalition of the Willing" fighting the good fight against Muslim hordes, displayed the simplistic, xenophobic, and arrogant worldview that makes the government of the United States feared and mistrusted around the world. The editors claimed they had no space to print my brief letter, which I felt was dishonest and cowardly.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Fighting, Editors, Space

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Desire, Looks, Hats

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.487, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Spring, Giving, Tree

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• I look East, West, North, South, and I do not see Sauron; but I see that Saruman has many descendants. We Hobbits have against them no magic weapons. Yet, my gentlehobbits, I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Spring, Giving, Tree

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• Saruman," I said, standing away from him, "only one hand at a time can weild the One, and you know that well, so do not trouble to say we!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hands, Trouble, Said

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.187, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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