George R. R. Martin Quotes

there are risks you'll take for yourself because you know that if your plan goes wrong, it'll be too late for regrets. but if you risk the lives of others and fail, you'll have a lifetime to regret it.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Never throw stones if you think they're going to come back and hit you.

Some people make a bad bed, they just have to lie in it.

One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.

When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!

If you turn the other cheek, you will get a harder blow on it than you got on the first one. This does not always happen, but it is to be expected, and you ought not to complain if it does happen.

Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

You can be free from everything but the consequences of what you do.

We all do the wrong thing. And then we have to wake up the next morning and live with the fact that we have done things that are wrong.

You can't blame anyone else... You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices. He knew this. That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what we'd done behind us. He couldn't do it. He couldn't shoulder the weight." - Philip Adler

Our faults are not seen, But past us; neither felt, but only in The punishment.

In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our lives in a way that takes into account all the consequences of our actions, including the consequences to other people, and the consequences to the environment.

I don't want to mess up my life. You only get one shot. I don't want to let my fans or anybody else down. So, I always think before I act. And as long as I do that, I'll be okay.

The truth is, there is no line. There's only your life, how you mess it up, and who is there to save you. Or who isn't.

The real world has consequences when you do and say things about others. We're at a point now where you better be sure who you're going after.

If you fall on concrete, that's yo ass fault

The undisciplined man doesn't wrong himself alone- he sets fire to the whole world.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

Blame is a neat little device that you can use whenever you don't want to take responsibility for something in your life. Use it and you will avoid all risks and impede your own growth.

Taking the things people do wrong seriously is part of taking them seriously. It’s part of letting their actions have weight. It’s part of letting their actions be actions rather than just indifferent shopping choices; of letting their lives tell a life-story, with consequences, and losses, and gains, rather than just be a flurry of events. It’s part of letting them be real enough to be worth loving, rather than just attractive or glamorous or pretty or charismatic or cool.

I'm like, If you do something dumb, I'll write about it. If you put something out there, to me it's like you're kind of asking for it.

This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.