Sword Quotes

565 Sword quotes by 343 unique authors

Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our… — Billy Hughes
Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. — Elizabeth Montagu
I read H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Sword and Sorcery stuff, Arthurian legend. — Bruce Boxleitner
The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron. — John Lothrop Motley
Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the… — Thomas Bulfinch
The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles… — Caleb Cushing
At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword. — Richard Cobden
Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England. — Thomas Malory
Quentin wanted to create this special world in which everybody walks around with a samurai sword, extras in the airport, a special little place in… — David Carradine
Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the… — Lucy Liu
I got into my very theatrical phase. I wore only black: a big black hat and wild hair and wild black clothes, and I carried… — Delta Burke
What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword? — Moshe Sharett
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin. — Alexander Cockburn
Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. — Akhenaton
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. — John Bunyan
The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth. — Benjamin Whichcote
The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness. — Julia Ward Howe
A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust. — James Stephens
Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. — Julia Ward Howe
In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price.… — Stephen Bayley
The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be… — Thomas Francis Meagher
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in… — Andrew Jackson
My biggest dream since I was a kid was to be the woman sneaking on the pirate ship dressed like a man, who was this… — Maria Bello
Playing Marcia was a double-edged sword; it always will be whenever you play a character like that. You will be known as that character forever. — Maureen McCormick
Not too many years ago, both parties acknowledged that our entitlement commitments were a sword hanging over our heads. But when President George W. Bush… — David Limbaugh

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