Sword Quotes

My biggest dream since I was a kid was to be the woman sneaking on the pirate ship dressed like a man, who was this great sword fighter, and the captain fell in love with her.

The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier.

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.

Quentin wanted to create this special world in which everybody walks around with a samurai sword, extras in the airport, a special little place in the airplane to stick your samurai sword.

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.

The pen is mightier than the sword, and is considerably easier to write with.

The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

I got into my very theatrical phase. I wore only black: a big black hat and wild hair and wild black clothes, and I carried a sword stick. I went there still looking like Miss Florida, and I came back looking very different.

Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

I read H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Sword and Sorcery stuff, Arthurian legend.

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.

Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

Unlike Christianity, which preached a peace that it never achieved, Islam unashamedly came with a sword.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.