Conan Quotes

• It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

  Frederick Buechner

  Men, Would Be, Impossible

  Frederick Buechner (1973). “Wishful thinking: a theological ABC.”, Harper San Francisco

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• Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.

  Robert E. Howard

  Stars, Ocean, Son

  Robert E Howard “Conan the Barbarian”, Lulu.com

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• I never saw a man fight as Conan fought. He put his back to the courtyard wall, and before they overpowered him the dead men were strewn in heaps thigh-deep about him. But at last they dragged him down, a hundred against one.

  Robert E. Howard

  Wall, Fighting, Men

  Robert E Howard “Conan the Barbarian”, Lulu.com

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• Flowers are fragile and ephemeral...Even if you meant to protect them with a surrounding fence from wind and rain, they would die without sunlight...and a spindly fence has no power against a strong wind. - Haibara Ai

  Gosho Aoyama

  Strong, Rain, Flower

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• Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat & stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame crimson, and I am content"......Conan the Cimmerian.

  Robert E. Howard

  Wine, Blue, Flames

  Robert E. Howard (2016). “80+ ADVENTURE TALES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD - The Ultimate Action-Packed Collection: Historical Fantasy Classics, Crime Novels, Pirate Tales and more: Sword & Sorcery Fiction Including Complete Conan the Barbarian, Solomon Kane, Kull the Conqueror and Bran Mak Morn Series”, p.196, e-artnow

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• Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.

  Robert E. Howard

  Hands, Feet, Black

  Robert E. Howard (2007). “The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Volume 1: The Shadow Kingdom”, p.473, Del Rey

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• A detective who uses his deductive powers to corner a suspect and then does nothing to stop them from committing suicide is no better than a murderer himself. - Kudo Shinichi

  Gosho Aoyama

  Suicide, Detectives, Doe

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• Fear of death is worse than death itself.

  Gosho Aoyama

  Fear Of Death, Meitantei Conan

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• What woman doesn't want to go out there and kick some butt? I did it with a sword in 'Conan,' I did it with a crossbow in 'G.I. Joe,' and I've got my multi-tool and my super-suit in 'Continuum.' It's really a release, and it's quite cool.

  Rachel Nichols

  Want, Suits, Tools

  "Rachel Nichols Talks CONTINUUM, Humanity of 2077 vs. Humanity of 2012, and Where the Story Is Headed" by Christina Radish, collider.com. February 18, 2013.

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• Some mechanism in my sub-consciousness took the dominant characteristics of various prize-fighters, gunmen, bootleggers, oil field bullies, gamblers, and honest workmen I had come in contact with, and combining them all, produced the amalgamation I call Conan the Cimmerian.

  Robert E. Howard

  Oil, Bully, Fields

  Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, July 23, 1935.

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• I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.

  Wanda Sykes

  Guy, Watches, Flip

  "HitFix Interview: Wanda Sykes of ‘The Wanda Sykes Show’". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. November 07, 2009.

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• I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was 'The Sign of the Four'; 'Study in Scarlet' was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read.

  Henning Mankell

  Children, Father, Book

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• Because I do so many action-oriented films, I started working with stunt people doing fight training, then I found it to be just great exercise. Also I like to be fit, so I've continued on with fight training. Right before I got to do 'Conan,' I was fighting off four guys. Its great fun. And strange.

  Rose McGowan

  Fun, Fighting, Exercise

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• Those were the days in this country where H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw and Conan Doyle could have influence, and thats gone, thats true. But I dont think we have less influence in the hearts and minds of readers. I think, if anything, we have just as much, if not more.

  Julian Barnes

  Country, Heart, Thinking

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• I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old.

  Sarah Vowell

  People, Radio, Watches

  FaceBook post by Sarah Vowell from Aug 13, 2008

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• MSNBC has abruptly ended their relationship with Keith Olbermann, and according to his contract he's not allowed back on television for at least six months. Or as industry experts call it, The Conan.

  Conan O'Brien

  Experts, Six Months, Television

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• If you go back to the Conan the Barbarian series, I really liked that.

  Andre Braugher

  Barbarians, Series, Ifs

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• A lot of our writers, like Conan O'Brien, moved on to other things.

  Matt Groening

  Moved On, Bedtime, Conan O Brien

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• I started on 'Saturday Night Live' the same time Conan started on 'Late Night.' We just had a relationship because I would be upstairs in the studio and whenever he couldn't get a guest - which was often back then since he was just starting out - he would just call me down to be a guest.

  Norm MacDonald

  Night, Would Be, Guests

  Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. May 14, 2010.

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• I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways.

  Henning Mankell

  Different, Awful, Way

  "A life in writing: Henning Mankell" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• So when I open the door on Halloween, I am confronted by three or four imaginary heroes, such as G.I. Joe, Conan the Barbarian and Oliver North, who would look very terrifying except that they are three feet tall and facing in random directions. They stand there silently for several seconds before an adult voice hisses from the darkness behind them: "Say 'Trick or treat!

  Dave Barry

  Halloween, Hero, Doors

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• to keep believing in life, until you're sure of death, it's the way a detective should be." - Kogoro Mouri, Detective Conan

  Gosho Aoyama

  Believe, Way, Detectives

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• 'Alias' was very action-packed. 'G.I. Joe' and 'Conan' were very action-packed. It's been established that I can do action, which is great, but now I may just want to make out with a really hot guy.

  Rachel Nichols

  Guy, Hot, May

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• It was no ape, neither was it a man. It was some shambling horror spawned in the mysterious, nameless jungles of the south, where strange life teemed in the reeking rot without the dominance of man, and drums thundered in temples that had never known the tread of a human foot.

  Robert E. Howard

  Men, Feet, Dominance

  Robert E. Howard (2016). “Jewels of Gwahlur: American modern Literature”, p.37, VM eBooks

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• The (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) stories were great, for one. The thing that makes him a remarkable character is how he can withstand all of these different interpretations and different styles and, that's what makes a classic character a classic character; they keep coming back and you see them in a new way every time.

  Laura Linney

  Character, Style, Way

  "Mr. Holmes: Laura Linney Talks Sherlock, and Compares Working on TMNT 2 With Congo". Interview with Brian Formo, collider.com. July 14, 2015.

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