George R. R. Martin Quotes

Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible.

A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.

By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes, he prevents the enemy from anticipating his purpose. At the critical moment, the leader of an army acts like one who has climbed up a height and then kicks away the ladder behind him.

It's fun when you're confusing people.

I've always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn't the faintest idea what was going on.

Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.” “What . . . what game?” “The only game. The game of thrones.” -(Littlefinger)

I'm here to confuse you. Confusion is my right and left hook.

I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend.

How did you get in?" "I move in mysterious ways." "God moves in mysterious ways. You move like lightening-here one moment, gone the next.

If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going.

The best way to weaken one's enemy was to get him to believe that you were on his side.

He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.

A woman, like a cross-eyed man, looks one way, but goes another--hence her mysteriousness.

How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.

I'm kind of like a combination of a red herring and a fake-out.

We wanted to define her, to wrap her up as we did each other, but we could not seem to get past "weird" and "strange" and "goofy." Her ways knocked us off balance.

There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.

There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.

Are we going to New Orleans?" "No", she said, backing out of the spot. "We're going to West Virginia." "I assume by 'West Virginia,' you actually mean 'Hawaii,'" I said. "Or some place equally exciting.

Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been able to move real mountains, although I do not know who assumed that it could. But it can put mountains where there are none.

We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time, move.

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs.

Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy.