Spear Quotes

72 quotes by 66 authors

The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive. — Miyamoto Musashi
For the spear was a desert physician, That cured not a few of ambition, And drave not a few to perdition, With medicine bitter and… — James Elroy Flecker
Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when… — Gemma Galgani
[America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto… — John Quincy Adams
Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when thereâ€™s a current and just stare into the water. I donâ€™t fish,… — Iggy Pop
If I could be good at any sport, it'd be javelin. I know a few people I would love to throw a spear at. — Cheryl Cole
The call to wage war against America was made because America has spear-headed the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of thousands of its… — Osama bin Laden
We must do business in great waters; we must be really on the deck in a storm, if we would see the works of the… — Charles Spurgeon
I make all my decisions on intuition. But then, I must know why I made that decision. I throw a spear into the darkness. That… — Ingmar Bergman
His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He… — John Milton
A well-aimed spear is worth three. — Tad Williams
Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of… — William Blake
When the mouth is closed it looks very voluptuous, beautiful. But when it opens its jaws the tongue inside the mouth is more like a… — H R Giger
I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being… — John Gibson Paton
A chipped pebble is almost part of the hand it never leaves. A thrown spear declares a sort of independence the moment it is released...… — Isaac Asimov
The war won't be over until the last spammer's head is stuck onto a spear at the city limits. — Paul Vixie
Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between… — Rick Danko
There is a lesson that I learned at twelve - the world does not end at the edge of a quad. There are people outside.… — Alexei Panshin
Western movies always seemed to show Indian women washing clothes at the creek and men with a tomahawk or spear in their hands, adorned with… — Wilma Mankiller
There are many poor men and poor women: set apart some one constantly to remain there: let the poor man be though but as a… — Saint John Chrysostom

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