Sword Quotes

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught.

Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The world may end up under a Sword of Damocles on a tightrope over the abyss.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.

King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.

Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight.

I loved playing Go Go, because the character's so extreme. And she's pretty close to my real character. Especially the fact that she liked her sword with a lot of accessories.

Open debate and full discourse on the topic of torture is a double-edged sword.

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.

I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.