Weapons Quotes - Page 17

• Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: if someone yells “stop!”, goes limp, or taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: the fights are bare knuckle. No shirt, no shoes, no weapons. Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Fighting, Shoes, Two

  "Fight Club". www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• May I search it?" she asked. "We screen for weapons." I stared at her, always a risky thing to do to a vampire. "Of course not. I have no weapons.

  Charlaine Harris

  Vampire, May, Things To Do

  Charlaine Harris (2006). “Definitely Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.211, Penguin

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• The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually.

  E. Stanley Jones

  Spiritual, Heart, Audacity

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• and so will the world end, I think, a victim of love rather than hate. For love's ever been the more destructive weapon, sure.

  Stephen King

  Hate, Thinking, World

  Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• From now on, I promise I wil consult with you before I do anything you don't expect. Is that acceptable? Only if it involves weapons, magic, kings, or family members, she said. Or flowers. Or flowers, she agreed.

  Christopher Paolini

  Kings, Flower, Magic

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1676, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Weapons are allowed. Dirty tricks are expected. But try not to kill anybody!” Tantalus smiled at us like we were all naughty children. “Any killing will result in harsh punishment. No s’mores at the campfire for a week! Now ready your chariots!

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Dirty, Naughty

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship.

  Tamora Pierce

  Fighting, Men, Worthy

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “The Woman Who Rides Like a Man”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• Who Honors those we love for the very life we live? Who sends monsters to kill us...and at the same time sings that we'll never die? Who teaches us what's real...and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend? Who chains us...and who holds the key that can set us free? It's you. You have all the weapons you need. Now fight!

  Zack Snyder

  Real, Lying, Fighting

  "Sucker Punch". www.imdb.com. 2011.

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• If we could bottle your luck, we'd have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Mass Destruction, Hands, Luck

  Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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• I know that when people pull apart, they usually employ misunderstanding as a weapon, deliberately getting hold of the stick's wrong end, impaling themselves on its point in order to prove the perfidy of the other.

  Salman Rushdie

  Order, People, Sticks

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• A dagger is the noble weapon of Brutus. Everyone understands that tyrants fall to daggers. A bomb is a sordid modern device with many complex working parts. Only engineers understand bombs

  Bruce Sterling

  Fall, Tyrants, Noble

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• Now any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user.

  Isaac Asimov

  Faith, Emotional, Guarantees That

  Isaac Asimov (1991). “Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

  John F. Kennedy

  War, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Proliferation

  Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 25 September 1961

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• Tears, she said scornfully to Sansa as the woman was led from the hall. The woman's weapon, my lady mother used to call them. The man's weapon is a sword. And that tells us all you need to know, doesn't it?

  George R. R. Martin

  Mother, Men, Tears

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1431, Bantam

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• The secret weapon is cucumber.' Solange sat all the way up. 'Jasmine, cover your ears.' MaryAnn, Juliette and Jasmine burst out laughing. 'Sheesh, Solange. Get your mind out of the gutter.' 'MY mind is just fine, thank you. It's MaryAnn's I'm concerned about.' 'You put them on your eyes,' MaryAnn said, laughing even harder.

  Christine Feehan

  Eye, Laughing, Secret

  Christine Feehan (2007). “Dark Possession”, p.284, Penguin

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• Daleks: [simultaneously] Exterminate! Exterminate! [They fire their weapons, none of which so much as touch the Doctor] The Doctor: Is that it? Useless! Nul points! [to Rose and Jack] It's all right, you can come out; that forcefield can hold back anything! Jack Harkness: Almost anything. [pause] The Doctor: Yes, but I wasn't going to tell them that. Thanks.

  Russell T Davies

  Fire, Doctors, Rose

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• Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women, common sense, and completion of the mission.

  Piers Anthony

  Warrior, Common Sense, Barbarians

  Piers Anthony (2002). “Golem in the Gears”, p.288, Del Rey

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• I’m saying there is evil in the world,” Master Kit said, hefting the box on his hip, “and doubt is the weapon that guards against it.

  Daniel Abraham

  Evil, Doubt, World

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• Do you suppose we can take that as evidence? We could cut out the sections." Jonas snorted, "You can try taking a saw to that house, but personally, I'm not about to get anywhere near it with anything resembling a weapon.

  Christine Feehan

  Cutting, House, Trying

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• You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.

  Connie Brockway

  Fear, Choices, Villain

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• Hurt is a weapon. Better weapon than most because it doesn't look like one.

  Deb Caletti

  Hurt, Looks

  Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• Using supernatural beings to build the perfect weapon? Intriguing idea." "Not really," I said. "They did it on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A sub-par season. I slept through half the episodes.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Ideas, Supernatural Beings, Perfect

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.789, Vintage Canada

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• In Tereza’s eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her: the novels. She had read any number of them, from Fielding to Thomas Mann. They not only offered the possibility of an imaginary escape from a life she found unsatisfying; they also had a meaning for her as physical objects: she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane from the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others.

  Milan Kundera

  Book, Eye, Numbers

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• People stared. Maybe because they were giants compared to everyone else, both in height and muscle mass. Maybe because of the telltale bulge of weapons at their waist. Or maybe because William opened a bag of Doritos and ate while he shopped. Hard to tell.

  Gena Showalter

  People, Giants, Bags

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Secret”, p.146, HQN Books

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• Kaia tossed Strider a shut-your-mouth frown before bouncing in her seat. "Do I get to help? Can I? You may not know this, but I'm very handy with a blade of any kind, a hacksaw, a whip, a-" "Hey! Someone went through my bag," William said. "So?" Kaia continued, as if William hadn't spoken. "Whatever the weapon, I'm good with it." He would not be impressed. "We won't be using weapons. We'll be smashing jugulars." "Oh, oh! We can play Who Can Smash More!" "No, we can't because you can't help," Stider said at the same time William blurted out, "I'd be disappointed if you didn't help.

  Gena Showalter

  Play, Bags, Hey

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