Hobbits Quotes

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.

The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.

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.

Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in the pool my first day there. If that's not a Pippin thing to do, I don't know what is.

'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties.

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'

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

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

My favorite group growing up was 'The Hobbit.' It was the first book I actually finished. One of those adventure things that takes you to that land and it will forever hold a special place in my heart. I am not a huge book reader.

When you go watch "The Lord Of The Rings," you don't just buy a bag of popcorn, and go sit in the movie theater to watch where covetous people in our hearts deceive us, and then walk out the theater. That's the message that may be in that movie.

I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.

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

Gollum's never really gone too far away from me because he's indelibly kind of printed into my DNA now, I think.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy restored the balance in the Force after the Star Wars prequels ruined everything that was awesome about being a nerd at the movies.

Life is very full of sex, or should be. As much as I admire Tolkien - and I do, he was a giant of fantasy and a giant of literature, and I think he wrote a great book that will be read for many years - you do have to wonder where all those Hobbits came from, since you can't imagine Hobbits having sex, can you? Well, sex is an important part of who we are. It drives us, it motivates us, it makes us do sometimes very noble things and it makes us do sometimes incredibly stupid things. Leave it out, and you've got an incomplete world.

A friend forced me to watch 'The Lord of the Rings,' and even though it was a fantastic movie, I could only watch one.

Tolkien fans reacted so strongly to 'Lord Of The Rings' as a franchise because it stayed true; the heart of it was true to the book.

The Lord of the Rings' is fundamentally an infantile work. Tolkien is not interested in the way grownup, adult human beings interact with each other. He's interested in maps and plans and languages and codes.

That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth.

'Lord of the Rings' was my jam. I was so depressed when I realized that I couldn't live in Middle-earth. And I was so sad when I was eleven and didn't get a letter from Hogwarts saying that I was going to be a wizard!

I'm a big fan of the 'Harry Potter' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films.

Everyone in the '80s was reading Tolkien; he invented this whole medieval fantasy genre.

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

I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and not even know you're in it.