Archer Quotes - Page 4

• Underneath this little stone
  Lies Robert Earl of Huntington;
  No other archer was so good -
  And people called him Robin Hood.
  Such outlaws as he and his men
  Will England never see again.

  Roger Lancelyn Green

  Lying, Men, People

  Roger Lancelyn Green (2010). “The Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.242, Penguin UK

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• Of everything I have done, 'The Archers' always gets the most excitement; there's a sort of uncontrollable joy from fans of the program.

  Felicity Jones

  Joy, Fans, Done

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• Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards.

  Jacob Aagaard

  Queens, Knights, Chess

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• Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said that on the eve of battle, he was told by a native of Trachis that the Persian archers were so numerous that, their arrows would block out the sun. Dienekes, however, undaunted by this prospect, remarked with a laugh, 'Good. Then we will fight in the shade.

  Herodotus

  Block, Fighting, Arrows

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• You're beautiful this morning," Archer said, stopping before her, kissing her nose. "You're impossibly sweet in my shirt." That might be but she felt like death. She would gladly make the trade; how blissful it would be to feel impossibly sweet and look like death.

  Kristin Cashore

  Beautiful, Sweet, Morning

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.60, Penguin

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• You know how to be a good boy?" Anna widened her eyes in surprise. "Why, Archer, I'm certain I never recognized that quality in you.

  Lora Leigh

  Eye, Boys, Quality

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• Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Littles, Easier, Made

  Jeffrey Archer (2008). “Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

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• Archers ever Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid (Archer of archers both in men and women), Be worse provided than a common archer?

  George Chapman

  Men, Two, Bows

  George Chapman (1874). “The Works of George Chapman: Plays”, p.150

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• Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn.

  Edward Young

  Peace, Moon, Flew

  Edward Young, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edward Young”, p.29

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