Game of Thrones – Series Quotes [Season 1]

And only by admitting what we are can we get what we want.

What we don't know is usually what gets us killed.

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.

All of us dead, all of us rotting in the ground. It's the family name that lives on. It's all that lives on. Not your personal glory, not your honor, but family.

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

— Gold wins wars, not soldiers.
— Then how come Robert is king and not Tywin Lannister?

— If I sell one egg, I'll have enough to buy a ship. Two eggs — a ship and an army.
— And you have all three.
— I need a large army.

— You are troubled.
— Yes.
— Good! Trouble is the perfect time for training. When you are dancing in the meadow with your dolls and kittens, this is not when fighting happens.

If you are with your trouble when fighting happens... more trouble for you. Just so. How can you be quick as a snake... or as quiet as a shadow... when you are somewhere else?

Brothels make a much better investment than ships, I've found. Whores rarely sink.

— We still outnumber them.
— Which is the bigger number — five or one?
— Five.
— Five... One. One army — a real army united behind one leader with one purpose. Our purpose died with the Mad King. Now we've got as many armies as there are men with gold in their purse. And everybody wants something different. Your father wants to own the world. Ned Stark wants to run away and bury his head in the snow.

— And that's all the realm is now — backstabbing and scheming and arse-licking and money-grubbing. Sometimes I don't know what holds it together.
— Our marriage.
— Ah, so here we sit, 17 years later, holding it all together. Don't you get tired?
— Every day.
— How long can hate hold a thing together?
— Well, 17 years is quite a long time.

— He's Tyrion the Imp, of House Lannister. He killed your father. He murdered the Hand of the King!
— Oh, did I kill him too? I've been a very busy man.

Beauty is a subjective quality.

All desires are valid to a man with a full purse.

Some doors close forever... others open in most unexpected places.