The best Quotes by Lord Varys

Power resides where men believe it resides.

Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 3

Power

A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 3

Small Things Appearance Dwarfs

A child's faith, such sweet innocence. And yet they say, wisdom oft comes from the mouths of babes.

Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 8

Children & Childhood

Tyrion: "If the ship goes down, I'll go with it."
Varys: "That is good to hear. Though I'm sure many captains say the same while their ship is afloat."

Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 9

Ships

If you shaved your beard with a straight razor, you'd say the razor worked - that doesn't mean it won't cut your throat.

Game of Thrones - Season 6 Episode 8

Knifes

Give us common folk one taste of power, we're like the lion who tasted man. Nothing is ever so sweet again.

Game of Thrones - Season 7 Episode 3

My little birds are everywhere, even in the north. They whisper to me the strangest stories.

Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 3

Tyrion: "Threaten me again and I'll have you thrown into the sea."
Varys: "You might be disappointed in the results. Storms come and go, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling."

Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 2

Have you considered the best ruler might be the one who doesn't want to rule?

Game of Thrones - Season 8 Episode 4

Power

Tyrion: "Did you read it?"
Varys: "It's a sealed scroll for the King in the North!"
Tyrion: "What's it say?"
Varys: "Nothing good."

Game of Thrones - Season 7 Episode 5

Varys: "You have compassion."
Tyrion: "Compassion, yes. I killed my lover with my bare hands, I shot my own father with a crossbow."
Varys: "I never said you were perfect."

Game of Thrones - Season 5 Episode 1

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Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

Uncle Ben in Spider-Man

Power Responsibility Strength

You should know that all power comes at a price. For every bit of power you gain, so too do you gain more responsibility.

Zhongli in Genshin Impact

Power

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

Voldemort / Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Power Good & Evil

Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Power Revolution

Statecraft is the art of attending to small matters as diligently as grand ones.

Ar-Pharazôn in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 4

Politics Small Things

Even the smallest of us are capable of great things.

Master Chow in Minions - 2: The Rise of Gru

Small Things

She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty Appearance

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.

J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Appearance Poems

Ted: "You're scared of the seven dwarves?"
Robin: "Just of Doc. He's creepy... I mean, the guy went to medical school, what is he doing living with six coalminers."

Robin Scherbatsky in How I Met Your Mother - Season 2 Episode 9

Dwarfs

Calling a Dwarf dishonest in her own home? That's a recipe for strong gravy!

Disa in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 4

Dwarfs

A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Children & Childhood Hearing & Listening

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

Albert Einstein

Children & Childhood Fairytales

Captains always favor the ship over the crew.

Pyke, the Bloodharbor Ripper in League of Legends

Ships

Jules Verne once wrote, "Put two ships in the open sea without wind or tide, it will come together." That’s how my parents met. Like two ships destined for each other.

Arthur Curry in Aquaman

Jules Verne Ships

Never bring a knife to a sword fight. Unless it's concealed.

Wednesday Addams in Wednesday - Season 1 Episode 1

Weapons Knifes

I've learned from Palpatine. I show you the stone in my hand, you miss the knife at your throat.

Mon Mothma in Star Wars: Andor - Season 1 Episode 7

Emperor Palpatine Knifes

The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands.

Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 4

Hands

We obviously didn't communicate clearly. We are here to discuss your surrender, not mine.

Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones - Season 6 Episode 9

There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin, and no war so bloody as a war between dragons.

Rhaenys Targaryen in House Of The Dragon - Season 2

Dragons

The war will be fought, many will die, and the victor will eventually ascend the Throne.

Alicent Hightower in House Of The Dragon - Season 2

A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 2

Books Mind & Apprehension Intelligence

You just sent the most powerful man in Westeros to bed without his supper.

Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 3 Episode 10

Bed

When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies.

Jon Snow in Game of Thrones - Season 7 Episode 7

Lies Loyalty

Stannis: "You're as stubborn as your father... and as honorable."
Jon: "I could imagine no higher praise."

Jon Snow in Game of Thrones - Season 5 Episode 3

Harwin Strong: "You're asleep in front of the Commander of the City Watch. Terrible lack of respect."
Rhaenyra: "A certain insolence runs in the family, I'm afraid."

Rhaenyra Targaryen in House Of The Dragon - Season 1 Episode 6

Viserys: "I do hope the labor was easy."
Rhaenyra: "I think I called the midwife a c*nt."

Rhaenyra Targaryen in House Of The Dragon - Season 1 Episode 6

Money buys a man's silence for a time, a bolt in the heart buys it forever.

Petyr Baelish in Game of Thrones - Season 4 Episode 3

Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies, a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie.

Petyr Baelish in Game of Thrones - Season 3 Episode 6

Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe.

Arya Stark in Game of Thrones - Season 7 Episode 1

Wolves Sheep

Gendry: "You shouldn't insult people that are bigger than you."
Arya: "Then I wouldn't get to insult anyone."

Arya Stark in Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 2

Death is certain, the time is not.

Jaqen H'ghar in Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 8

You stole three deaths from the Red God. We have to give them back. Speak three names and a man will do the rest.

Jaqen H'ghar in Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 5

You waste time trying to get people to love you, you'll end up the most popular dead man in town.

Bronn in Game of Thrones - Season 3 Episode 7

Bronn in Game of Thrones - Season 2 Episode 4

When you play the Game of Thrones you win... or you die. There is no middle-ground.

Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 7

What good is power if you cannot protect the ones you love?

Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 4 Episode 5

A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of the sheep.

Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 7

Opinions Gossip & Rumors Lions Sheep

Any man who must say, 'I am the king', is no true king.

Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 3 Episode 10

Power Kings

If you start deporting every shady looking guy with questionable tattoos, who's gonna go to Jets games?

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New York Jets

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