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222 Cowardly quotes by 188 unique authors

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be. — Steve Martin
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely… — Margaret Mead
No, I'm not at all adventurous. I'm terribly cowardly. — Roger Moore
Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger. — Jean Paul
A penalty is a cowardly way to score. — Pele
I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not… — Shakira
Since the advent of the Internet - more recently compounded by blogging - everyone can be a published voice. Any cowardly, anonymous anger-monger can have… — Lynda Resnick
We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous. — Aristotle
In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what… — Charles Dickens
Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough. — Terry Pratchett
To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset… — Ted Nugent
Hatred seems to work on the same glands as love: it even produces the same actions. If we had not been taught how to interpret… — Graham Greene
Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ---in Good Housekeeping — Peggy Noonan
He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.” “Does it have any sports in it?” “Fencing. Fighting. Torture.… — William Goldman
That is at bottom the only courage that is demanded of us: to have courage for the most strange, the most singular and the most… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Just because I'm a murdering, thieving, cowardly, traitorous sort doesn't mean I can't do my job properly. — James A. Owen
The cowardly belief that a person must stay in one place is too reminiscent of the unquestioning resignation of animals, beasts of burden stupefied by… — Isabelle Eberhardt
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies. — Mark Twain
But whenever I meet dynamic, nonretarded Americans, I notice that they all seem to share a single unifying characteristic: the inability to experience the kind… — Chuck Klosterman
Tell me about this Wizard Howl of yours." "He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have… — Diana Wynne Jones
...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick — Jeanne Birdsall
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped that will be… — Mary Ann Shaffer
There's no such thing as being cowardly in a fight. ~Edward Elric — Hiromu Arakawa

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