Fists Quotes - Page 5

• Those who would rule with an iron fist always fear the free expression of opinions by those they would suppress.

  Neal Boortz

  Expression, Iron, Opinion

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• The only time Republicans will shake fists and point fingers is over a war delayed, one that isn't led by the US, or a war waged without the necessary conviction (read collateral damage).

  Ilana Mercer

  War, Damage, Republican

  "On The War Path With Samantha Power". www.economicpolicyjournal.com. June 11, 2013.

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• I think these things [firearms] were invented by Satan himself, for they can't be defended against with (ordinary) weapons and fists. All human strength vanishes when confronted with firearms. A man is dead before he sees what's coming.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Thinking, Ordinary

  Martin Luther, Helmut T. Lehmann (1986). “Luther's Works: Table talk”

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• The next election will be a flyweight versus a heavyweight. However much the right hon. Gentleman [David Cameron] may dance around the ring beforehand, at some point, he will come within the reach of a big clunking fist...

  Gordon Brown

  Heavyweights, Gentleman, May

  Gordon Brown during House of Commons Debates, www.publications.parliament.uk. November 15, 2006.

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• I always held my flower in a clenched fist.

  Eric Hoffer

  Flower

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• now the profile of our country looks a little less hard nosed / but that picket line persisted and that clinic's since been closed / they keep pounding their fists on reality hoping it will break / but I don't think there's a one of us leads a life free of mistakes

  Ani DiFranco

  Country, Mistake, Reality

  Song: Lost Woman Song

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• The gloom encroaches upon my mind, and my heart flutters like a bird held fast in a fist.

  Hannah Kent

  Heart, Bird, Mind

  Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.110, Pan Macmillan

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• Responsible for wrapping the iron fist of authority in its velvet glove is Jane Axtell, head of the accountancy firm's Human Resources department.

  Alain de Botton

  Iron, Velvet, Gloves

  "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work". Book by Alain de Botton, 2008.

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• When you start anything new for the fist time, always know why you’re doing it and what you hope to accomplish as a result. Weigh out the pros and cons and check in with your heart to see if it is something worth pursuing. Life is extremely short, and you should be doing the things that give you the most fulfillment.

  Robert Cheeke

  Heart, Giving, Life Is

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• [Ognev] recalled endless, heated, purely Russian arguments, when the wranglers, spraying spittle and banging their fists on the table, fail to understand yet interrupt one another, themselves not even noticing it, contradict themselves with every phrase, change the subject, then, having argued for two or three hours, begin to laugh.

  Anton Chekhov

  Two, Laughing, Wranglers

  "Verotchka". Book by Anton Chekhov, February 21, 1887.

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• I’ve always had dreams. When I was little, I’d go to sleep with my head on my hands, which were in fists like I was looking through a camera. I felt like sleep was the movies - just drifting off to the movies.

  Sarah Silverman

  Dream, Sleep, Drifting Off

  "Andy Warhol’s Interview Interview: Sarah Silverman". Interview with Andy Warhol, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2013.

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• India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

  Indira Gandhi

  War, Hands, India

  "Indian and Pakistani Armies Confront Each Other Along Borders". The New York Times, October 20, 1971.

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• Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then ... pick out his brains.

  Bill Vaughan

  Power, Hands, Ties

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• However small we are, we should always fight for what we believe to be right. And I don’t mean fight with the power of our fists or the power of our swords…I mean the power of our brains and our thoughts and our dreams. And as small and quiet and unimportant as our fighting may look, perhaps we might all work together…and break out of the prisons of our own making. Perhaps we might be able to keep this fierce and beautiful world of ours as free for all of us as it seemed to be on that blue afternoon of my childhood.

  Cressida Cowell

  Beautiful, Dream, Believe

  "How To Train Your Dragon: How To Speak Dragonese". Book by Cressida Cowell, 2017.

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• Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders.

  Aime Cesaire

  Dance, Children, Sunday

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• Putting gloves on the fighters was a symbolic change that suggested that we were now making it a civilized sport, and it was no longer this crazy gladiatorial throwback to ancient Rome. It's even in our language: If you want to get serious and violent, what do you do? You "take the gloves off." Bare-fisted is supposedly a much more dangerous way to hit someone. But we've got it completely backward. The glove is a weapon. It massively accentuates the ability of the fist to do harm.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Sports, Crazy, Rome

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• In an effort to civilize combat sports, authorities mandated padded gloves and instantly made the sports far more savage. Granted, putting gloves on the hands seems like a nice thing to do. If you were being punched in the brain by a powerful man, wouldn't you rather he strap a pillow around his fist? But the glove doesn't do anything to diminish your brain damage.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Sports, Powerful, Nice

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• The secret to writing sound effects is having a room you can be alone in, trying to make the sounds yourself, and seeing what comes out. It's similar to if you're writing a character talking with their mouth full: the only way I know to transcribe that is to stuff my fist in my mouth and write down what sounds I make when I try to talk.

  Ryan North

  Book, Character, Writing

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• You have to come to the world of enlightenment with open hands, not clinched fists, without an agenda.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Hands

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• If a crowd can flinch, they flinch. More than a thousand men flinch under the fist of just one. I don't see what the women do.

  Patrick Ness

  Men, Crowds, Thousand

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• Unless Russia is face with an iron fist and strong language, another is in the making. Only one language do they understand - 'How many divisions have you?' ... I'm tired of babying the Soviets.

  Harry S. Truman

  Strong, War, Tired

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• When we get out of this, I'm gonna shove my fist right into your ass, hard and fast Not in the sexual way! In the 'I am pissed off' sort of way.

  Danny DeVito

  Way, Pissed Off, Ass

  "Fictional character: Frank Reynolds". It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That’s why they call it the Fists of Fury. Michael Jackson danced with fury. I do stand up out of fury. I’m not mad at anybody. I’m not mad at any human being because I’m a human being.

  Tracy Morgan

  Mad, Fury, Humans

  "Tracy Morgan Introduces Us to His Custom-Made, Swarovski Crystal-Studded Michael Jackson Jacket". Interview with Stelios Phili, www.gq.com. April 6, 2012.

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• Power is a companion it is not easy to part with, when it goes, the zest of life goes with it. With dry eyes and clenched fist, one stares after it, jealous of the next one it will single out.

  Marie of Romania

  Jealous, Eye, Power

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• Some scientists want to replace the handshake with the fist bump. Others want to replace the fist bump with the 'tush push.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Bumps, Want, Scientist

  Twitter post from Sep 09, 2014

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