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Percy Jackson: How do we break those chains?
Thanatos: Only the fire of life can melt the chains of death.
Percy: Without the riddles, please?
The Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune

Keep a good head and always carry a lightbulb.
Bob Dylan giving advice in the documentary Don't Look Back (1967).

Ezra Bridger: Wait, what exactly am I looking for?
Kanan Jarrus: Nothing, and everything.
Ezra Bridger: That doesn't help.
Kanan Jarrus: I know.
Star Wars Rebels, "Path of the Jedi"

Frodo: I have been expecting Gandalf for many days. He was to have come to Hobbiton at the latest two nights ago; but he has never appeared. Now I am wondering what can have happened. Should I wait for him?
Gildor: I do not like this news. That Gandalf should be late, does not bode well. But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait.
Frodo: And it is also said: Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

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