Orcs Quotes

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?

There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.

Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.

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

I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour," said Ladyship coldly. He appeared to consider this. "Yes of course, I think that would be quite possible," he said. "And who would you send to teach the humans?

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

But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy?

Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters.

I've always seen this overlap between medieval warfare and heavy metal. You see heavy metal singers and they'll have like a brace around their arm and they'll be singing about Orcs. So let's just make a world where that all happens. That all gets put together, the heavy metal, and the rock, and the battling, actually does happen. Let's not flirt around with this let's just do it.

Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains. Long had it been forging in the dark smithies of Mordor, and its hideous head, founded of black steel, was shaped in the likeness of a ravening wolf; on it spells of ruin lay. Grond they named it, in memory of the Hammer of the Underworld of old. Great beasts drew it, orcs surrounded it, and behind walked mountain-trolls to wield it.

In the evening he went to the cinema to see "The Lord of the Rings", which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures.

There are a couple of locations in 'The Hobbit' that are shared with 'Lord of the Rings.'

I hadn't grown up with 'The Hobbit;' I hadn't grown up with 'Lord of The Rings,' anything like that.

Middle-earth is a universe I know very well.

There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people.

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.

The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.

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

The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.

I want to be in 'The Hobbit.' I love fantasy and mythical adventure films. I believe in fairies and angels. I believe in nature's spirit, that there are other realms, other planets, life forms.

I like quoting 'Lord of the Rings': 'My list of allies grows thin! My list of enemies grows long!'

'The Hobbit's a big gig. It's a huge circus that you become a part of.