Dragon Quotes

Always speak politely to an enraged dragon. (Steven Brust)
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. View quote
Havelock Ellis
Do all lovers feel helpless and valiant in the presence of the beloved? Helpless because the need to roll over like a pet dog is never far away. Valiant because you know you would slay a dragon with a pocket knife if you had to. View quote
Jeanette Winterson
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. View quote
Bertrand Russell
I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination. View quote
Cornelia Funke
China is referred to as the ‘dragon' and India as an ‘elephant'. But we are not an elephant, we are a ‘beehive'. View quote
Rahul Gandhi
I have always thought that clarity is a form of courtesy that the philosopher owes; moreover, this discipline of ours considers it more truly a matter of honor today than ever before to be open to all minds ... This is different from the individual sciences which increasingly [interpose] between the treasure of their discoveries and the curiosity of the profane the tremendous dragon of their closed terminology. View quote
José Ortega y Gasset
What woman could I hate enough to marry her to the Dragon Reborn? View quote
Robert Jordan
Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon. View quote
Robert Jordan
The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate. View quote
Ursula K. Le Guin
O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven - of silkworm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon! (Marianne Moore)
The car is not a rabbit or a deer that jumps around in sweeping lines, but it is a man-made work of technology in need of an appropriate roadway. Rather, the car resembles a dragon fly or any other jumping animal that moves shorter distances in straight lines and then changes its direction at different points. View quote
Fritz Todt
Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won! View quote
Walter Scott
How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can. View quote
Anne McCaffrey
He was not used to the smell of dragon breath, which is best described as a combination of the stench of burning rubber and the stink of old socks, with overtones of a hamster cage in dire need of a cleaning. View quote
Angie Sage
Destroy it?' Leo was appalled. 'You've got a life-size bronze dragon, and you want to destroy it?' 'It breathes fire,' Nyssa explained. 'It's deadly and out of control.' 'But it's a dragon! View quote
Rick Riordan
Hold up," Leo said. "You guys lost a dragon? A Real full size dragon? View quote
Rick Riordan
Jason scratched his head. "You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, ‘festus' means ‘happy'? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon? View quote
Rick Riordan
Happy the Dragon was not so happy. View quote
Rick Riordan
But yes. Come, faulty dragon people. Follow us. View quote
Rick Riordan
And over all those sleepy weeks, the dream always ended the same way, with the dragon coming for the princess saying the same words every time.... "Face it, Tally-wa, you're Special. (Scott Westerfeld)
I was a huge bookworm as a kid, and you could usually find me reading something with a dragon on its cover. View quote
Julie Kagawa
She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless. View quote
Alice Hoffman
And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider. View quote
Cornelia Funke
GO FOR HIS EYES! OR BITE HIM ON THE NOSE! DRAGON NOSES ARE VERY SENSITIVE!" Oh, very helpful, Camicazi, very helpful... thought Hiccup. What if he doesn't obligingly hold me up to his nose? What if the only part I get close to is the TEETH? View quote
Cressida Cowell