The #ForTheThrone countdown continues today with the top 100 quotes from the first seven seasons. The list is filled with memorable, serious, and funny quotes, and there easily could’ve been another 100 quotes on here. In case you missed it, we previously went over the best moments from Seasons 1-7.
100. “Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.” – Jorah Mormont
99. “And now you’re here. Must not have been very good at your job.” – Jon Snow to Janos Slynt when Slynt said he used to command the City Watch
98. “So if they’ve got armor on, it’s a battle.” – Hot Pie
97. “Now you are truly lost.” – Rodrik Cassel to Theon Greyjoy
96. “Do you like games, little man? Let’s play a game.” – Ramsay Bolton to Rickon Stark
95. “Take Lord Janos outside. Olly, bring me my sword.” – Jon Snow
94. “A Targaryen alone in the world is a terrible thing. – Maester Aemon Targaryen
93. “Kill the boy, and let the man be born.” – Maester Aemon Targaryen to Jon Snow
92. “Whilst Lord Janos was hiding with the women and children, Jon Snow was leading. Ser Alliser fought bravely, tis true. When he was wounded, it was Jon who saved us. He took charge of the Wall’s defense, he killed the Magnar of Thenns, he went north to deal with Mance Rayder—knowing it would’ve almost certainly meant his own death. Before that, he led the mission to avenge Lord Commander Mormont. Mormont himself chose Jon to be his steward. He saw something in Jon and now we’ve all seen it too. He may be young, but he’s the commander we turned to when the night was darkest.” – Samwell Tarly
91. “Your words will disappear. Your House will disappear. Your name will disappear. All memory of you will disappear.” – Sansa Stark to Ramsay Bolton
90. “Brothers! A hundred generations have defended this castle! It’s never fallen before; she will not fall tonight! Those are Thenns at our walls! They eat the flesh of the men they kill! Do you want to fill the belly of a Thenn, tonight? Tonight, we fight! And when the sun rises, I promise you, Castle Black will stand! The Night’s Watch will stand! With me now, now with me!” – Alliser Thorne
89. “I don’t believe you.” – Jaime Lannister to Cersei Lannister
88. “Kill me and be cursed. You are no king of mine.” – Rickard Karstark to Robb Stark
87. “Forgive me.” – Stannis Baratheon to Shireen Baratheon
86. “Fewer.” – Stannis Baratheon
85. “I didn’t come here to argue grammar.” – Daenerys Targaryen
84. “We do not kneel.” – Mance Rayder
83. “I have only loved one woman—only one—my entire life… your sister.” – Littlefinger
82. “I understand that if any more words come pouring out of your c*** mouth, I’m gonna have to eat every f***ing chicken in this room.” – The Hound
81. “Everyone is mine to torment.” – Joffrey Baratheon
80. “Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick. A shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow.” – Varys to Tyrion Lannister
79. “Dragons are where our partnership ends.” – Bronn to Jaime Lannister
78. “There never lived a more loyal squire.” – Tyrion Lannister to Podrick Payne
77. “The King in the North!”
76. “My name is Arya Stark. I want you to know that. The last thing you’re ever going to see is a Stark smiling down at you as you die.” – Arya Stark to Walder Frey
75. “Look around you. We’re all liars here. And every one of us is better than you.” – Littlefinger to Sansa Stark
74. “For the sake of the mother who bore us, I will give you this one night to reconsider. Strike your banners, come to me before dawn, and I will grant you your old seat in the council. I’ll even name you my heir—until a son is born to me. Otherwise, I shall destroy you.” – Stannis Baratheon
73. “What is dead may never die.”
72. “Are you refusing to obey my order?” – Jon Snow to Janos Slynt
71. “This should help you remember!” – Locke to Jaime Lannister
70. “Are you with me, now and always?” – Daenerys Targaryen in speech to the Dothraki
69. “I will be your champion.” – Oberyn Martell to Tyrion Lannister
68. “This is Jon Snow… He’s King in the North.” – Davos Seaworth
67. “My real father lost his head at King’s Landing. I made a choice… and I chose wrong.” – Theon Greyjoy
66. “If we did it your way, Kingslayer, you’d win. We’re not doing it your way.” – Robb Stark
65. “They say Stannis never smiles… I’ll give him a red smile. From ear to ear.” – Joffrey Baratheon
64. “I don’t fight in tournaments because when I fight a man for real I don’t want him to know what I can do.” – Ned Stark to Jaime Lannister
63. “I’m not questioning your honor, Lord Janos. I’m denying its existence.” – Tyrion Lannister
62. “Half a million… The population of King’s Landing.” – Jaime Lannister on how many lives he has saved
61. “I choose violence.” – Cersei Lannister
60. “Anyone can be killed.” – Arya Stark
59. “You’re a Greyjoy… and you’re a Stark.” – Jon Snow to Theon Greyjoy
58. “I wish you good fortune in the wars to come.”
57. “I’m tired of reading about the achievements of better men.” – Samwell Tarly
56. “Burn them all!” – The Mad King
55. “He was no dragon. Fire cannot kill a dragon.” – Daenerys Targaryen
54. “And he lived. And I couldn’t keep my promise. And everything that’s happened since then—all this horror that’s come to my family… it’s all because I couldn’t love a motherless child.” – Catelyn Stark
53. “The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands.” – Daenerys Targaryen to Viserys Targaryen
52. “The battle is over. We have won!” – Tywin Lannister
51. “Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me.” – Olenna Tyrell
50. “We march to victory, or we march to defeat. But we go forward. Only forward.” – Stannis Baratheon
49. “Sorry about the sapphires.” – Jaime Lannister to Locke
48. “My armies will not stand down. I will not pull them back to the capital. I will march them north to fight alongside you in the Great War. The darkness is coming for us all. We’ll face it together. And when the Great War is over, perhaps you’ll remember I chose to help with no promises or assurances from any of you.” – Cersei Lannister
47. “He would see this country burn if he could be King of the Ashes.” – Varys on Littlefinger
46. “By what right does the wolf judge the lion?” – Jaime Lannister
45. “You stand accused of murder. You stand accused of treason. How do you answer these charges… Lord Baelish?” – Sansa Stark
44. “Mother…” – Robb Stark
43. “Hold the door!” – Hodor
42. “I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples, bastards, and broken things.” – Tyrion Lannister
41. “Don’t fight for a king. Don’t fight for his kingdoms. Don’t fight for honor, don’t fight for glory, don’t fight for riches, because you won’t get any. This is your city Stannis means to sack. That’s your gate he’s ramming. If he gets in it will be your house that burns. Your golds he steals. Your women he rapes. Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let’s go kill them!” – Tyrion Lannister
40. “Thousands of men don’t need to die. Only one of us. Let’s end this the old way. You against me.” – Jon Snow to Ramsay Bolton
39. “His name is Aegon Targaryen.” – Lyanna Stark
38. “I will answer injustice with justice.” – Daenerys Targaryen
37. “A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of a sheep.” – Tywin Lannister
36. “There’s great honor in serving the Night’s Watch. The Starks have manned the Wall for thousands of years, and you are a Stark. You may not have my name, but you have my blood.” – Ned Stark to Jon Snow
35. “I did warn you not to trust me.” – Littlefinger to Ned Stark
34. “If you want justice, you’ve come to the wrong place.” – Tyrion Lannister
33. “I’m not going to stop the wheel, I’m going to break the wheel.” – Daenerys Targaryen
32. “You’re going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. Sleep well.” – Sansa Stark
31. “I will take what is mine with fire and blood.” – Daenerys Targaryen
30. “That’s what I do. I drink, and I know things.” – Tyrion Lannister
29. “Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again—the fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm or the gods, or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.” – Littlefinger
28. “The long night is coming, and the dead come with it. No clan can stop them. The free folk can’t stop them. The Night’s Watch can’t stop them. And all the southern kings can’t stop them. Only together, all of us, and even then it might not be enough, but at least we’ll give the f***ers a fight!” – Jon Snow
27. “There are no men like me. Only me.” – Jaime Lannister
26. “I’ve won every battle, but I’m losing this war.” – Robb Stark
25. “When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies.” – Jon Snow
24. “He’s never been a bastard. He’s the heir to the Iron Throne.” – Bran Stark on Jon Snow
23. “Any man who must say ‘I am the King’ is no true king.” – Tywin Lannister
22. “Dracarys.” – Daenerys Targaryen
21. “Death is the enemy. The first enemy and the last. The enemy always wins. And we still need to fight him.” – Beric Dondarrion
20. “Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.” – Tyrion Lannister to Jon Snow
19. “There’s only one war that matters: the Great War… and it is here.” – Jon Snow
18. “The things I do for love.” – Jaime Lannister
17. “A girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell, and I’m going home.” – Arya Stark
16. “I will not give my life for Joffrey’s murder and I know I’ll get no justice here, so I will let the gods decide my fate… I demand a trial by combat.” – Tyrion Lannister
15. “My Watch is ended.” – Jon Snow
14. “You’re a dragon… Be a dragon.” – Olenna Tyrell to Daenerys Targaryen
13. “You think my life is some precious thing to me? That I would trade my honor for a few more years…of what? You grew up with actors. You learned their craft and you learnt it well. But I grew up with soldiers. I learned to die a long time ago.” – Ned Stark
12. “For the night is dark and full of terrors.” – Melisandre
11. “A Lannister always pays his debts.” – Tyrion Lannister
10. “If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.” – Ramsay Bolton
9. “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” – Cersei Lannister
8. “Ser Ilyn, bring me his head!” – Joffrey Baratheon
7. “For the Watch.” – Various
6. “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.” – Ned Stark
5. “The North remembers.”
4. “The Lannisters send their regards.” – Roose Bolton
3. “When the snow falls and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.” – Sansa Stark
2. “You know nothing, Jon Snow.” – Ygritte
1. “Winter is Coming.”
I almost forgot about “The things I do for love” it was so long ago. So good.
“You think my life is some precious thing to me? That I would trade my honor for a few more years…of what? You grew up with actors. You learned their craft and you learnt it well. But I grew up with soldiers. I learned to die a long time ago.”
Chills…
Lol the grammar quotes.
Don’t notice any misses. Well done.
Whew that top 40-50 is great.
Love Dany’s quotes!
Tyion’s quote to Jon is one of my favorites.