(1033 quotes found)
“Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.”
Walter Benjamin
“A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve. I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?”
Clara Barton
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
Thomas Jefferson
“We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene.”
Jeff Cooper
“Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to...Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain.”
Whitey Ford
“A boy is holding a girl so very tight in his arms tonight.”
Edward VIII
“Put your arm around the buddy next to you,”
Bert McCracken
“WHo are you? Why am I against this wall? Why won't my arms move? Where's Buttercup ?”
The Princess Bride
“The sun lay like a friendly arm across her shoulder.”
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“Eyes, look your last!Arms, take your last embrace!”
William Shakespeare
