The Best 23 Alliser Thorne Quotes | Game of Thrones

The best Alliser Thorne quotes from HBO’s Game of Thrones. Played by Welsh actor Owen Teale, Alliser Thorne is the Master-at-Arms at Castle Black when Jon Snow arrives to join the Night’s Watch. Alliser Thorne is very severe, and sometimes cruel, responsible for training the fresh recruits, but he makes it clear that he is only worried about maintaining everyone secure from the risks in the North. What is Alliser Thorne’s favorite quote?

1. Insult To All Brothers

Alliser Thorne: Lord Commander, it is my duty to tell you I believe this mission to be reckless, foolhardy, and an insult to all the brothers who have died fighting the wildlings.

2. For The Watch

Alliser Thorne: (after stabbing Jon Snow) For the Watch.

3. Traitor

Alliser Thorne: You f*cking traitor!

Eddison Tollett: The only traitors here are the ones who shoved their knives into their Lord Commander’s heart.

4. Against The Wildlings

Alliser Thorne: For thousands of years, the Night’s Watch has held Castle Black against the wildlings.

Tormund: Until you.

5. She Will Not Fall Tonight

Alliser Thorne: Brothers! A hundred generations have defended this castle! She’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 Then tonight!? Tonight we fight, and when the sun rises, I promise you, Castle Black will stand! The Night’s Watch will stand.

6. Volunteers Only

Alliser Thorne: Your foray to Craster’s Keep, I’ll sanction it. But I won’t order anyone to go with you. Volunteers only.

7. Taking Orders

Janos Slynt: The b*stard’s well-liked, you’re not.

Alliser Thorne: What, you think I care whether they like me? We’re at war.

8. Find A Chamber Pot

Alliser Thorne: Lord Snow, what do you think you’re doing?

Jon Snow: Grenn and I were helping them.

Alliser Thorne: Grenn’s a ranger, you’re a steward. Maybe you forgot that while you were away with your wildling b*tch, but I didn’t.

Jon Snow: Someone has to train them.

Alliser Thorne: And that someone isn’t you. Go find a chamber pot to empty. Go on, do it, you traitor’s b*stard. Give me an excuse. Mormont’s not here to protect you now.

9. Sleeping With The Enemy

Alliser Thorne: There’s a difference between sneaking off to the Mole’s Town brothel and sleeping with the enemy.

10. A Traitor’s B*stard

Alliser Thorne: Now there’s a rare sight. Not only a bastard but a traitor’s b*stard. Blood will always tell. You’ll hang for this, b*stard.

11. Your Boys

Alliser Thorne: Soon we’ll have new recruits, and you lot will be passed along to the Lord Commander for assignment. They will call you “men of the Night’s Watch,” but you’d be fools to believe it. You’re boys, still. And come the winter, you will die…like flies.

12. Least Useless Person

Alliser Thorne: Well, Lord Snow, it appears you’re the least useless person here.

13. Very Good To Hear

Alliser Thorne: I said nock and hold, you c*nts! Does nock mean draw?

Night’s Watch: No, sir!

Alliser Thorne: Does f*cking hold mean f*cking drop?

Night’s Watch : No, sir!

Alliser Thorne: You all plan to die here tonight?

Night’s Watch: No, sir!

Alliser Thorne: That’s very good to hear! Draw!

14. A Good Heart

Alliser Thorne: You have a good heart, Jon Snow. It’ll get us all killed.

15. Castle Black Will Stand

Alliser Thorne: 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 Then, 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!

16. No Love For Him

Alliser Thorne: Jon Snow was my Lord Commander. I had no love for him. That was no secret. But I never once disobeyed an order.

17. Sealed The Tunnel

Alliser Thorne: You can say it if you like. We should’ve sealed the tunnel while we had the chance. Like you suggested.

Jon Snow: It was a difficult decision, either way, ser.

18. That’s The End

Alliser Thorne: Do you know what leadership means, Lord Snow? It means that the person in charge gets second-guessed by every clever little tw*t with a mouth. But if he starts second-guessing himself, that’s the end. For him… for the clever little tw*ts… for everyone. This is not the end, not for us. Not if you lot do your duty for however long it takes to beat them back. And then you get to go on hating me, and I get to go on wishing your wildling wh*re had finished the job.

19. Fighting Their Battles

Alliser Thorne: I had a choice, Lord Commander: betray you or betray the Night’s Watch. You brought an army of wildlings into our lands. An army of murderers and raiders. If I had to do it all over knowing where I’d end up, I pray I’d make the right choice again.

Jon Snow: I’m sure you would, Ser Alliser.

Alliser Thorne: I fought, I lost. Now I rest. But you, Lord Snow, you’ll be fighting their battles forever.

20. leadership

Alliser Thorne: Do you know what leadership means, Lord Snow? It means that the person in charge gets second-guessed by every clever little twat with a mouth. But if he starts second-guessing himself, that’s the end. For him… for the clever little twats… for everyone. This is not the end, not for us. Not if you lot do your duty for however long it takes to beat them back. And then you get to go on hating me, and I get to go on wishing your wildling whore had finished the job.

21. The wildling army emerges from the trees beyond the Wall

Alliser Thorne: Archers, nock! Everyone else, hold!

[the archers nock arrows to their bows. Grenn and Edd lose their grip on a frozen barrel, and it tumbles off the edge of the Wall. Thorne grimaces at the waste of ammunition] 

Alliser Thorne: I said “nock and hold,” you cunts! Does “nock” mean “draw”?

Men of the Night’s Watch: No, sir!

Alliser Thorne: Does fucking “hold” mean fucking “drop”?

Men of the Night’s Watch: No, sir!

Alliser Thorne: You all plan to die here tonight?

Men of the Night’s Watch: No, sir!

Alliser Thorne: That’s very good to hear! Draw!

22. Alliser Thorne And Jon

Jon:
That’s the last of the oil, Ser Alliser.

Alliser Thorne:
A hundred thousand, you say?

Jon:
Yes, sir.

Alliser Thorne:
You can say it if you like. We should have sealed the tunnel while we had the chance as you suggested.

Jon:
It was a difficult decision, either way, sir.

Alliser Thorne:
Do you know what leadership means, Lord Snow? It means that the person in charge gets second-guessed by every clever little twat with a mouth. But if he starts second-guessing himself, that’s the end. For him, for the clever little twats, for everyone. This is not the end. Not for us. Not if you lot do your duty for however long it takes to beat them back. And then you get to go on hating me, and I get to go on wishing your Wildling whore had finished the job.

23. What leadership means

“You know what leadership means, Lord Snow? It means the person in charge gets second-guessed by every clever little twat with a mouth. But if he starts second-guessing himself, that’s the end…for him…for the clever little twats…for everyone.”