A Lannister Always Pays His Debts

The Lannister family motto — "A Lannister always pays his debts" — is a recurring phrase throughout Game of Thrones and George R.R. Martin's novels A Song of Ice and Fire. Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) invokes it in multiple contexts, sometimes sincerely and sometimes ironically. Notably, it is not the family's official words ("Hear Me Roar") but is treated with equal weight in Westerosi culture as a statement of both honor and threat.