J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort

Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.

You will notice already that Mr. Baggins was not quite so prosy as he liked to believe, also that he was very fond of flowers.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.

I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.

I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo!

I read 'The Hobbit' while at school. It was OK; can't really remember too much from there, other than the fact I was 10! I never read it again until the script for the film, but it has to be an amazing story when you know Sir Peter Jackson has made three films out of it.

As a first movie, 'The Hobbit' is not a bad place to start.

I was a massive Tolkien fan. 'The Hobbit' was... my favorite book as a little girl, and the Silvan Elves were my favorite characters in the book.

I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything.

I really respect and admire Tolkien. I think he was the most honest of the Romantics.

I was a die-hard fan of these books [The Hobbit] before the films ever came out. And when I say die-hard, I wasn't the person who could speak Elvish, but I really loved them.

I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings.

I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size

I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.'

I'd got hobbits on my hands hadn't I?

Great gandalfs ghost! if he had a ghost. i doubt it. he was such a snob.

We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.

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

My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.

I was fascinated by 'The Lord of the Rings' from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.

Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It's all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing.

'The Hobbit' was one of the first biggish books I ever read. I remember vividly the 'riddles in the dark' passage, and it meant a lot to me to finally get to play it after all these years.

'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien was the first book I enjoyed. I was 14 and when I finished I started it again.