Armed Quotes
612 quotes by 467 authors
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A stranger to myself and to the world, armed solely with a thought that negates itself as soon as it asserts, what is this condition…
— Albert Camus
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Folk caught up in a riot aren't our cousins and sisters, our brothers and uncles. They are part of a big animal with many arms…
— Tamora Pierce
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[Speaking to a group of wealthy New Yorkers] A million years ago, the cave man, without tools, with small brain, and with nothing but the…
— Jack London
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Has he come armed, then?†she asked anxiously. “Has he brought a pistol or a sword?†Ian shook his head, his dark hair lifting wildly…
— Diana Gabaldon
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All love is betrayal, in that it flatters life. The loveless man is best armed.
— John Updike
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Observations,†he says. “Four imperial Unseelie guards were the only commonality I was able to isolate endemic to both scenes.†They’d been standing, armed, at…
— Karen Marie Moning
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Taking ideas seriously does not fit with the rhetorical style of textbooks, which presents events so as to make them seem foreordained along a line…
— James W. Loewen
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Want to play some Battleship?†I wasn’t leaving him alone with that thing in there. Chad armed himself with a notebook, and we went to…
— Patricia Briggs
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We can not fight for our rights and our history as well as future until we are armed with weapons of criticism and dedicated consciousness.
— Edward Said
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Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and…
— Erich Maria Remarque
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A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and…
— George Washington
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Armed with my sword and wand, I was all set for a stroll through the swamp to look for a hungry monster. Oh, joy!
— Rick Riordan
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I thought you two might be up against it. Benedict Lightwood’s parties have a reputation for danger. When I heard you were here—†“We’re well…
— Cassandra Clare
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The only vulnerable place in our armor is where we ourselves leave it exposed, because God has armed us at all points. He has made…
— Unknown Author
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four times he who gets his blow in fust
— Josh Billings
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Though completely armed with knowledge and endowed with power, we are blind and impotent in a world we have equipped and organized-a world of which…
— Paul Valery
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Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and domestic…
— James Madison
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The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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