Game of Thrones Quotes

Context

This line was spoken by Jaime Lannister (played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), in the episode "Fire and Blood," in Game of Thrones, written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (2011- ).

Ser Jaime Lannister is really a unique fellow. As one of the greatest knights and swordsmen in the land, he could be with any woman he wants, but he only has eyes for his wine-chugging, scheming sister—the Queen Mother Cersei. He's the heir to the great Lannister fortune, but decides to forego that inheritance to protect the king as one of the Kingsguard.

Jaime's riches and success in jousting and battles has made him extremely cocky and sure of himself. And he makes this boastful one-liner while he is being imprisoned by Catelyn Stark, a rival of the Lannister family. And did we mention that he threw her son out a window earlier that season? Yeah, Jaime's a pretty messed up guy.

But because he's a complex character in a morally ambiguous world, Jaime eventually learns humility and even protects one of Catelyn's knights, Brienne of Tarth, from being killed by a bear. So while this quote is Jaime Lannister at peak arrogance, in the seasons that follow, he becomes a halfway decent guy… for a former cold blood murderer.

Where you've heard it

When you first heard Jaime say this in Game of Thrones, you wanted Catelyn Stark to kill him with a giant rock. Now you probably want to give him a hug.

Loki, another sympathetic villain turned kind of anti-hero, uses this line in the superhero blockbuster, Avengers. But he gets his comeuppance from an old German man, who wasn't about to kneel to a horn sporting, gold stick-waving guy, who happens to be an actual god.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Don't use this quote unless you want someone to go all Jaime Lannister on you and throw you out of a tower window.