George R. R. Martin Quotes

Even 'Lord of the Rings' had dwarf-tossing jokes in it. It's like, 'Really?'

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.

Tolkien didn't just write 'The Hobbit,' he created a whole world.

I would love to live in 'The Lord of the Rings.' J. R. R. Tolkien's world is so vivid and rich and sensual. I love the country setting and the routine of the hobbits. Of course, I would like to be a hobbit who goes on small adventures - not huge, horrifying ones like Frodo's quest.

There is no left or right in economic management today.

Politics is economics in action.

I am a writer—a comic and satirical writer. I am much better at poking fun at politicians who screw up than I am of telling them what to do.

Maybe I should get back to the music-writing phase and write one on tax reform.

In economics, 'competitiveness' does not describe Barack Obama's insistence on not only being president of the U.S. but also beating his staff at bowling.

You know, one of the things my husband says when people say 'Well, what did you bring to Washington,' he said, 'Well, I brought arithmetic.'

I'm not a libertarian in the sense that I think all these social programs should be abolished in any sense.

I don't think most of Congress understands how economics works.

I think the economics of this country is intricately linked to the politics of this country and the two cannot be separated.

Everybody has to remember that economics is very tied to politics.

Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question: What was Aragorn’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles?

The Democrats believe that if God did not want them to raise taxes, He would not have created the Internal Revenue Service.

Hillary Clinton talks about health care. Why didn't she do something about it? She talks about taxes. Why didn't she do something about it? She doesn't do anything about anything other than talk.

President Bush released his tax returns yesterday. He listed the economy as a liability. He gets to write that off.

I should start with an apology to Rudy Giuliani. I said every sentence Rudy utters has a noun, a verb, and 9/11 in it. I was wrong. He called me to tell me after Pat Robertson's endorsement, there's an Amen in every sentence he says too.

Donald Trump announces this morning that he will run for president. His hair will announce on Friday.

Democrats don't want you to know what their tax plans are. They just don't want you to know.

The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.