Siege Quotes

70 quotes by 58 authors

Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between Islam and the west. But… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without… — Sun Tzu
The home is under siege. So many families are being destroyed...If anyone can change the dismal situation into which we are sliding, it is you.… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would… — Winston Churchill
Prayer is the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul. — Richard J. Foster
It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the… — Sun Tzu
Every funeral may justly be considered as a summons to prepare for that state into which it shows us that we must some time enter;… — Lyndon B. Johnson
How can you lay siege to a whole country? Who is really under siege now? Baghdad cannot be besieged. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra. The Americans are the people… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds… — Samuel Johnson
Itâ€™s okay to be discouraged. Itâ€™s not okay to quit. To know you want to quit but to plant your feet and keep inching closer… — Ryan Holiday
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is:… — Janice Rogers Brown
Lay siege to your sins, and starve them out by keeping away the food and fuel which is their maintenance and life. — Richard Baxter
Even when conservatives have all the marbles, they still act as if they're under siege. Now that they are under siege, it is no time… — Maureen Dowd
Actors want to impress at the beginning, so you take advantage of that by suddenly saying, 'Right, you're here for two weeks.' What you're doing… — Danny Boyle
I love the combination of smartness, pain, and what one might call conscious postmodern trashiness in this book: a version of the erotic full of… — Alicia Ostriker
For, I must tell you, in this world where today all lose their minds over many & wondrous Machines -- some of which, alas, you… — Umberto Eco
To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power. — Frank Herbert
For generations, the body of Christ has been defeated and put under a constant siege of condemnation from the accuser because they believe wrongly that… — Joseph Prince
This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basraâ€¦ Now even the American command… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

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