Punching Quotes

• Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people - because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it - I don't care how good you are.

  Bruce Lee

  Gun, Hands, People

  "The Pierre Berton Show", 1971.

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• You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

  Ed Koch

  Respect, Believe, Self

  "Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88". www.usatoday.com. February 1, 2013.

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• I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.

  Erykah Badu

  Artist, World, Clock

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• I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'

  Les Dawson

  Funny, Mother, Humorous

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• I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.

  Cameron Diaz

  Birthday, Girl, Growing Up

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• They didn't train me to be in the ring for five and a half hours punching air. So, it was hard, I had to get some body contact in there somewhere, it was mostly body shots and stuff. I had no clue, really.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Air, Half, Body

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• Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.

  Keanu Reeves

  Inspirational, Dance, Training

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• Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Photography, Cost, World

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.

  Shelby Foote

  Real, Men, Thinking

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• Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

  Mike Tyson

  Money, Failure, Boxing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

  Bruce Lee

  Fighting, Reality, Greatness

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• I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching.

  Wesley Snipes

  Actors, Kicking, Action

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• I love eating in it, brushing my teeth and swallowing the toothpaste in it. I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.

  Laura Kightlinger

  Lost Love, Hands, Space

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• A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Fighting, Endure

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• Boxing is a science. You don't just walk into a gym and start punching. Fighters are born with differences in physical ability, but you also see a big difference in their skills. That's the trainers influence at work.

  Eddie Futch

  Sports, Science, Skills

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• Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.

  George S. Patton

  War, Tired, Enemy

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• Gene Tunney called Gibbons 'the perfect boxer.' Gene said he learned more about the technique of boxing and punching from watching Mike training in New York gymnasiums and in actual fights in Gotham than he learned from any other individual associated with the fistic sport.
  Moreover, Tunney has told me it was Gibbons' clean-cut victory over Jack Dillon, the mighty light heavyweight from Indianapolis, that inspired in him the belief he could whip Jack Dempsey.

  George Aaron Barton

  Sports, New York, Fighting

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• It hurts that, you know, the media's made me into sort of this like punching bag or cartoon character-they think that I don't have any feelings, and, you know, it hurts like anyone else.

  Paris Hilton

  Hurt, Character, Thinking

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• Planned Parenthood is a gigantic bully, using Komen as its own personal punching bag.

  Karen Handel

  Bully, Bags, Parenthood

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• Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk out in front of his face - and I never did - then somebody should have just come and got me and taken me to the madhouse, because Monk could have just picked my little ass up and thrown me through a wall.

  Miles Davis

  Beautiful, Strong, Wall

  Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (1990). “Miles”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• I know Haye's a good fighter as well and he beat Mormeck but Mormeck is not Enzo Maccarinelli and does not have the speed, stamina or punching power.

  Joe Calzaghe

  Motivation, Doe, Fighter

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• The microwave oven is one of the modern objects that convey the most elemental feeling of power over the passing seconds ... If you suffer from hurry sickness in its most advanced stages, you may find yourself punching 88 seconds instead of 90 because it is faster to tap the same digit twice.

  James Gleick

  Feelings, Finding Yourself, Suffering

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• When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going.

  James Frey

  Fighting, Boys, Idols

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• Why stay with him, he uses you just like a human punching bag?

  Ray Davies

  Low Self Esteem, Bags, Use

  Song: A Little Bit of Abuse, Album: Give the People What They Want

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• It was mid-November 2008. There were pirates taking ships with impunity in African waters, terrorists punching holes in Indian security, China sinking towards depression because Americans were afraid to buy cheap goods for Christmas, and the richest nation in the history of the world was talking about how to keep a budget.

  Walter Mosley

  Talking, Water, Pirate

  Walter Mosley (2010). “Known to Evil: A Leonid McGill Mystery”, p.115, Penguin

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