Weapons Quotes - Page 21

• It doesn't matter how good the enemy's weapons are. If he can't see you, he can't hit you. Cover, cover, cover. Make sure you're never exposed.

  Steig Larsson

  Enemy, Matter, Exposed

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• Money is not going to organize the disadvantaged, the powerless, or the poor. We need other weapons. That's why the War on Poverty is such a miserable failure. You put out a big pot of money and all you do is fight over it. Then you run out of money and you run out of troops.

  Cesar Chavez

  Running, War, Fighting

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.70, Texas A&M University Press

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• Through wind, and tempest, storm, and rain; The calm shall be buried inside of me; A warm stone, heavy and dry; The root, the source, a weapon against pain

  Lauren Oliver

  Pain, Rain, Wind

  Lauren Oliver (2015). “Delirium Trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem”, p.434, Hachette UK

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• He felt around desperately for a weapon. What did he have? Diapers? Cookies? Oh, why hadn't they given him a sword? He was the stupid warrior, wasn't he? His fingers dug in the leather bag and closed around the root beer can. Root beer! He yanked out the can shaking it with all his might. "Attack! Attack!" he yelled.

  Suzanne Collins

  Stupid, Beer, Warrior

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.119, Scholastic Inc.

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• Do it. Before they send those mutts back or something. I don't want to die like Cato," he says. “Then you shoot me," I say furiously, shoving the weapons back at him. "You shoot me and go home and live with it!" And as I say it, I know death right here, right now would be the easier of the two.

  Suzanne Collins

  Home, Two, Mutts

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.446, Scholastic Inc.

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• Miss Lynn came around the corner of the row of lockers,glaring daggers. No, daggers would be too delicate a weapon for her.Glaring sledgehammers was probably more appropriate.

  Kiersten White

  Missing, Would Be, Daggers

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• We eagerly get hold of a law that serves as a weapon to our passions.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Passion, Law, Lawyer

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• Good health is the best weapon against religion. Healthy bodies and healthy minds have never been shaken by religious fears.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Religious, Healthy, Mind

  "Tears and Saints". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1937.

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• Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Fighting, Men, Soldier

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.668, Macmillan

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• Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up. “Don’t bother,” Esrahaddon told them. “She’s dead, and there’s nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. It—” The two were out the door.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Doors, Two, Feet

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• But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.

  Lionel Shriver

  Indifference

  Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.151, Counterpoint Press

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• ...the greatest weapon against big stupid men was a sharp mind.

  Melina Marchetta

  Stupid, Men, Mind

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• it is a perfect weapon

  Suzanne Collins

  Perfect

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• Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man's heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task.

  Alice Hoffman

  Prayer, Heart, Warrior

  Alice Hoffman (2011). “The Dovekeepers: A Novel”, p.235, Simon and Schuster

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• Weapons are kept from women, but such a naming suggests that perhaps men fear our talents in war as well as our desire for peace.

  Alice Hoffman

  War, Men, Desire

  Alice Hoffman (2011). “The Dovekeepers”, p.285, Simon and Schuster

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• Your memory is your first and best weapon, ladies. Learn to use it.

  Ally Carter

  Memories, Use, Firsts

  Ally Carter (2008). “Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (B&N Custom Pub)”, Hyperion

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• Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave your gold in a tent with no guard and no one would touch it, but now all that has changed. The law of the jungle rules, the only ideology is greed. Don't let yourself be parted from your weapons, and always travel in pairs or groups, because this is a land of thieves.

  Isabel Allende

  Law, Land, Greed

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• Humans don't exist on the same level as immortals. They can't even be hurt by our weapons. But you,Percy - you are part god,part human.You live in both worlds.You can be harmed by both,and you can affect both. That's what makes heroes so special.

  Rick Riordan

  Hurt, Hero, Special

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

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• If you have a choice between extra makeup or extra weapons always take the weapons. Just the fact that you're debating between those two choices proves that you're going to need the weapons more.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Makeup, Two, Choices

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• My name is Tobias Eaton," Tobias says. "I don't think you want to push me off this train." The effect of the name on the people in the car is immediate and bewildering: they lower their weapons. They exchange meaningful looks. "Eaton? Really?" Edward says, eyebrows raised. "I have to admit, I did not see that coming." He clears his throat. "Fine, you can come. But when we get to the city, you've got to come with us." Then he smiles a little. "We know someone who's been looking for you, Tobias Eaton.

  Veronica Roth

  Meaningful, Thinking, Cities

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• You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Tears, Use

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1330, Bantam

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• Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked their way across, under, over or through the boulders and insect-buzzing heaps of splintered timber, with streamlets running everywhere. Only we do it with people dressing up and running around with blunt weapons, and people selling hot dogs, and the girls all miserable because they can only dress up as wenches, wenching being the only job available to women in the olden days.

  Terry Pratchett

  Girl, Running, Dog

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• A weapon, I told Horus. I need a weapon. I reached into the Duat and pulled out an ostrich feather. “Really?” I yelled. Horus didn’t answer

  Rick Riordan

  Ostriches, Needs, Answers

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• My whole body is a lethal weapon, you know. I know more ways to kill you than you know how to die.

  Jonathan Maberry

  Body, Way, Lethal Weapon

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Assassin's Code: A Joe Ledger Novel”, p.171, Macmillan

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• Life at H.I.V.E. may have its attractions after all, Otto thought. Friends, as they say, may come and go, but high-powered laser weapons are forever.

  Mark Walden

  Forever, May, Lasers

  Mark Walden (2011). “H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education)”, p.22, A&C Black

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