#battle

All of a sudden Yutaka realized he had created a cloud of dust all around him. Oh no! No! This sucks. This blows more than your mama! Hey, now's not the time to come up with stupid jokes! ↗

— Koushun Takami

#funny #mama #yutaka #funny

You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #names #sobriquet #humor

He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him. ↗

— Henry Villard

#come #details #did #familiarity #flattered

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. ↗

— James Joyce

#behind #forehead #fought #inspired #material

Not even Ares battles against necessity. ↗

— Sophocles

#battles #even #necessity

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#battle #civilization #comes #down #going

I think that some of our soldiers die in the battlefield and some come home to bad health and die prematurely, just by the nature of the kind of business they're in. ↗

— Christopher Shays

#battlefield #business #come #die #health

There's no such thing as a crowded battlefield. Battlefields are lonely places. ↗

— Alfred M. Gray

#battlefields #crowded #lonely #places #such

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. ↗

— Damon Runyon

#battle #bet #nor #race #strong

Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms. ↗

— Che Guevara

#arms #battle #cry #death #ear