Quotes About Epic

Several hundred feet ahead, Saphira and Thorn tussled, two giants in the night.

Eragon mounted Saphira

Why not, Sire?" He struggled for a moment, then growled, "Because Ã¢â'¬Â¦ because it's not respectable, that's why. What bard would compose an epic about our deeds and write about lace?

On the front cover of Newsweek reviews A House for Mr. Biswas as a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels for richness of comic insight and final, tragic power.

Rama rajya, Rama's rule or kingdom – it was the highest Hindu praise: Rama the hero of one of the two great Hindu epics, the embodiment of goodness, universally loved, the man who in any situation could be relied upon to do the right thing, the religious thing, the wise thing, a figure at once human and divine: to be ruled by Rama's law was to know bliss.

I met a girl. We talked. It was epic. But then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality. Right here

Once upon a time… A journey began, that would stitch all the worlds together with light.

You make the Titanic look like a tiny little misadventure.

When I think of the play of force and matter, and all the tremendous struggle of it, I feel as if I could write an epic on the grass.

James A. Michener

Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.

Star Wars has built-in scale. Everybody understands it, we know the scale of the universe.

The first time I fought Undertaker. I remember watching him walk down and having this chill. You know that feeling when you're almost getting into a car accident? It felt like that continuously for 10 minutes. That was a moment.

Running a marathon is appealing to runners for many reasons. It's epic! A real test for your mind and body and a challenge that truly fills you with complete elation when you cross the finish line. But it is in no way a trivial undertaking.

When she smiles, the lines in her face become epic narratives that trace the stories of generations that no book can replace.

There is no force in Earth or Heaven above, No, not even the damned of Hell can stop relentless Love. ---Kari, The Valkyrie, Chapter Sixteen, Valley of the Damned Epic Martial Poem/Allegory

In this life at least, Our fate is rarely epic.Maybe just as well, Impervious heroes we are not…

Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs: we make cheese on toast, they produce pain de fromage.

In Iowa, we're fortunate to have a public-private initiative called the EPIC Corporate Challenge. EPIC stands for 'Economic Potential for Iowa Companies and Communities.'

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.

The oldest written poem was by the Greek, Homer. His poem, The Iliad, tells the story of the siege of Troy, a story of the heroes who fought to the death to get Helen back to her hubby, King Menelaus.

Despairing Dido, queen of ancient Carthage, slain by her own hand as her magnificent lover Aeneas lifts anchor and sails away forever: this is one of the most haunting and permanent images of the classical world.

He who would write heroic poems should make his whole life a heroic poem.

The only thing that's going to be more epic than Roy Nelson fighting Mark Hunt is Roy Nelson fighting for the belt. Those are two fights that I know fans want to see.