Quotes tagged ‘Battle’

“Baal: You defeat me, we accept exile from this realm... and your friend shall be returned. Ash: OK. You defeat me, I guess all kinds of bad crap's gonna happen for a long time. Got it.”

— Luke Kalteux, Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams, Bruce Campbell, imdb.com

“The one minute. The soldier’s minute. In a battle, that’s all you get. One minute of everything at once. And anything before is nothing. Everything after, nothing. Nothing in comparison to that one minute.”

— Steven Knight, Tommy Shelby, Cillian Murphy, imdb.com

“We'll carry on with this fight. We can lose every battle, except the last.”

— John Logan, Sir Malcolm, Timothy Dalton, imdb.com

“Adolescence is a battle. A life-or-death mission into hostile territory. You tiptoe through minefields. Dodge bullets. Try to do the right thing...in a crazy time. But war has another side. The noble side. Forging friendships between improbable comrades. Uniting men. Bringing together the good...the…”

— Jeffrey Stepakoff, Narrator (Adult Kevin), Daniel Stern, imdb.com

“All of my life, and all of your lives, have come to this point. There is nowhere else to be but here. Nowhere else to live or die, but here. To be here now is the only thing that matters. So gather yourselves, gather all of your strength and all of your sweetness into an iron ball. For we will attac…”

— Michael Hirst, Rollo, Clive Standen, imdb.com

“Three hours ago, this man was in a battle. Two hours ago, we operated on him. He's got a fifty-fifty chance. We win some, we lose some. That's what it's all about. No promises. No guaranteed survival. No 'saints in surgical garb'. Our willingness, our experience, our technique are not enough. Guns a…”

— Laurence Marks, Hawkeye Pierce, Alan Alda, imdb.com

“This. Is. War. There is no script. You can choose the battle, but if you send me out, I'm fighting my way. I don't play. I don't hide. I don't hold back or look for exits... and I sure as hell don't lean on the ropes and take it. I swing because that's me. That's who I am. That is how I gladiate.”

— Shonda Rhimes, Tony Goldwyn, Marcus Walker, Cornelius Smith, Jr., imdb.com

“Gladiators don't get to have feelings. We rush into battle. We're soldiers. We get hurt in the fight we suck it up and we hold the line and we don't question.”

— Mark Wilding, Shonda Rhimes, Harrison Wright, Columbus Short, imdb.com

“Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.”

— James Joyce, amazon.com

“‘There are many enemies’ applies when you are fighting one against many. Draw both sword and companion sword and assume a wide-stretched left and right attitude. The spirit is to chase the enemies around from side to side, even though they come from all four directions. Observe their attacking order…”

— Miyamoto Musashi, amazon.com

“The battle we have fought, and are still fighting, for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we cannot expect to see the end of it.…So we must count on watching and striving for these trees, and should always be glad to find anything so surely good and noble to s…”

— John Muir, en.wikiquote.org

“You underestimate your enemy in battle, odds are you won’t live to see another.”

— Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Justine Juel Gillmer, Waldo, Stephen Lang, imdb.com

“In battle, we risk all for a taste of the immortal. In retreat, sure, we lose nothing, but what we gain is far worse than nothing: Ignominy. And shame. We don't give up because they make us. We give up because we're lazy! Or would rather drink and watch Treehouse Masters. Plus, no one tells my girl…”

— Stephen Falk, Jimmy Shive-Overly, Chris Geere, imdb.com

“Confession time. What really keeps me up at night. Apathy of the human condition. Abuse of females. Yemen. The Rohingya. Syria. Syrians. Mugabe’s successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Torture. Abject cruelty. You?”

— Kathy Griffin, twitter.com

“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan...”

— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org

“But whereas it is most certain that the King doth not only make speedy preparation in Spain, but likewise expecteth a very great fleet from the Straits and divers other places to join with his forces to invade England, we purpose to set apart all fear of danger, and by God’s furtherance to proceed b…”

— Francis Drake, amazon.com

“Most guys have a spot they like to start from, and nothing annoys them more than to see you there first, waiting for them. When I played Wilt, he used to get so annoyed when I would get to his spot because it meant he had to move me off his spot to start his game.”

— Bill Russell, csmonitor.com

“We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children…”

— Sam Houston, famoustexans.com

“What you must understand, Elaine, packing is no different than leading men into battle: you've gotta know the strengths and weaknesses of every soldier in that platoon. From a collapsible toothbrush to a pair of ordinary black socks.”

— Matt Goldman, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“Have you ever had to fight for anything in your life?”

— Sarah J. Maas, Rowan Whitethorn, amazon.com