Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert A. Heinlein

But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it.

Robert A. Heinlein

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Robert A. Heinlein

An animal so poor in spirit that he won't even fight on his own behalf is already an evolutionary dead end; the best he can do for his breed is to crawl off and die, and not pass on his defective genes.

Robert A. Heinlein

In ascending order the qualities of Patriotism are: 1. To work, fight, or die for your own survival. 2. To work, fight, or die for your immediate family. 3. To work, fight, or die for a group, extended family, tribe, or clan. 4. To work, fight, or die for a group too large for all the individuals to know each other. 5. To work, fight, or die for a way of life.

Tim Rice

Why are you obsessed with fighting? Stick to fishing from now on.

Tim Robbins

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

Stevie Nicks

Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

Steven R. McQueen

For me, my favorite scenes, when I'm in my comfort zone, are the fighting scenes Those are my favorite to do, so I'd love to have more of those.

Steven Seagal

Trust your doubt. Always fight for your beliefs. That is the path beyond thought.

Steven Soderbergh

I just find it annoying that in these sequences [ of the fight scenes], traditionally, there's music trying to pump you up. I don't like that, personally, as an audience member. This just reflects my taste.

Ray William Johnson

I not only hope that YouTube channels compete with television shows for viewers and revenue, I hope they develop a bitter rivalry which could only be settled by an elaborate medieval tournament where the two entities fight to the death in a steel cage.

Tom Shadyac

I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph.

Tom Vilsack

The Obama administration will continue to fight for a comprehensive immigration solution that includes AgJobs and a stable workforce for our farms.

Tom Stoppard

If you were handed power on a plate you'd be left fighting over a plate.

Tom Metzger

In Europe the right wing is bogged down in Nationalism in most cases and still fighting so called Reds.

Tom Hanks

There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of the population that are able to keep a story in their head and fight all the battles against self-consciousness and the surreal unnaturalness of acting in a movie. The technical aspects you can learn fairly quickly.

Tina Fey

We're gonna promote freedom. Usher in democratic values and ideals. And fight terror-loving terrorists.

Tim Dorsey

Always walk away from a fight. Then ambush.

Tia Mowry

The older you get, the more you fight for your own identity and start to live your own life.

S. E. Hinton

why do you like fights Darry~Ponyboy He just likes to show off his muscles~Sodapop

S. E. Hinton

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

Russell Pearce

Sen. Robert Menendez's Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 would try to nullify every single state and local law that fights illegal immigration. Congressman Luis Gutierrez's CIR ASAP Act with over 100 Democratic co-sponsors does the same thing.

Russell Peters

Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan.

Ronald Reagan

Young Americans must never again be sent to fight and die unless we are prepared to let them win.

Ron Paul

Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes trillions of dollars. We can hardly be surprised when countless special interests fight for the money. The only true solution to the campaign money problem is a return to a proper constitutional government that does not control the economy. Big government and big campaign money go hand-in-hand.

Sam Levenson

At the U.N., any nation that fights back is censored as an "aggressor."

Saadi

Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.

Rory Stewart

Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.

Ron Perlman

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

Romain Grosjean

You never want to concede a place, but when youre leading the race or fighting for a podium position, you can find ways to make your car very wide!

Susan Sarandon

It's ridiculous that we continue to incarcerate anyone for using a substance that actually causes far less damage than alcohol. No one goes out looking for fights on marijuana. No one dies from marijuana intoxication. And no one should be jailed for possessing marijuana.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Losing isn't as bad as not fighting at all.

Sean Faris

When faced with a situation, the confidence you stand up to that situation with usually pushes the other person to back down because the guy that is trying to start the fight doesn't really want to fight. He just wants a scene.