Siege Quotes

70 Siege quotes by 58 unique authors

Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock… — Arundhati Roy
Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, And, in strong proff of chastity well armed,… — William Shakespeare
Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and… — Shan Sa
My weaknesses are women in high heels, freedom under siege, and ebay. (Steele) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Out on the street I start to run; I need to breathe in this life, the trees, the warmth of my town. I will be… — Shan Sa
Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and… — Voltaire
Science fiction is a dialogue, a tennis match, in which the Idea is volleyed from one side of the net to the other. Ridiculous to… — C J Cherryh
If there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a… — William Shakespeare
I tried to imagine how things could get much worse. The gods were in the Midwest fighting a huge monster that had almost defeated them… — Rick Riordan
Sieges weathered, fight together, friends forever. — Maria V. Snyder
So why are we practicing this, anyway?" Percy asked. "Do you guys spend a lot of time laying siege to fortified cities? — Rick Riordan
As far back as she could remember, a phantom life had mocked her with its impenetrable â€œsomething else,â€ but now it was the opposite. Here,… — Laini Taylor
We live in the shadow of crime with the unspoken understanding that we are victims.. of fear, of violence, of social impotence. A man has… — Frank Miller
Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons. — Joe Queenan
my brain had begun to endure its familiar siege: panic and dislocation, and a sense that my thought processes were being engulfed by a toxic… — William Styron
It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An… — Plutarch
He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons… — Sun Tzu
Sarajevo was this beautiful city, very cosmopolitan, multiethnic, full of wonderful people, artists and writers and poets and Serbs and Muslims and Croats, and living… — Janine di Giovanni
I cannot imagine a worse job than being president of these Untied States in these most trying of times. President Barack Obama has been under… — Beth Broderick
This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to… — Ursula Burns

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