Gaffer Quotes

“Maybe,' said Sam; 'but where there's life there's hope, as my gaffer used to say; and need of of vittles, as he mostways used to add. You have a bite, Mr. Frodo, and then a bit of sleep.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“There I go again! When ever you open your big mouth you put your foot in it the Gaffer used to say to me, and right enough.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings