Fortresses Quotes - Page 2

• The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary.

  Lajos Kossuth

  Kings, Order, Issues

  Lajos Kossuth (1853). “Select speeches, condensed and abridged by F.W. Newman”, p.16

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• I don't think anyone who has followed the progress of the Islamofascist terrorists who have threatened us believe we are going to be safe if we try a fortress mentality, to step back and say no one is going to hit us, they don't care about the United States. They do.

  Christopher Bond

  Believe, Thinking, Progress

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• The fortress of Europe with its frontiers must be held and will be held too, as long as is necessary.

  Heinrich Himmler

  Europe, Long, Frontiers

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• With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Able, Berlin, Breach

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• He learned the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery, And how to scale a fortress - or a nunnery.

  Lord Byron

  Art, Riding, Fencing

  Lord Byron, Donald A. Low (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.144, Routledge

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• There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.

  Joseph de Maistre

  Men, Desire, Ifs

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• The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it's told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.

  George Lucas

  Book, Princess, Views

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• I've learned of life this bitter truth
  Hope not between the crumbling walls Of mankind's gratitude to find repose,
  But rather,
  Build within thy own soul
  Fortresses!

  Georgia Douglas Johnson

  Gratitude, Wall, Soul

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• I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude.

  Michael Chabon

  Thinking, Solitude

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• Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.

  Joseph Addison

  Army, Hiking, Justice

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• Wherever my work may take me in the near future even if you should see me one day within the fortress - you can always count on me as your reliable assistant.

  Hjalmar Schacht

  One Day, May, Assistants

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• Success in solving the problem depends on choosing the right aspect, on attacking the fortress from its accessible side.

  George Polya

  Sides, Problem, Aspect

  George Pólya (1957). “How to solve it: a new aspect of mathematical method”

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• Earth is our only citadel in the universe; but we have illogically built many more fortresses within this beautiful castle!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Beautiful, Castles, Earth

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• This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,--This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Wall, War

  'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 1, l. 40

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• But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Ghouls, Lines, Able

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• Image has to be its own fortress, in spite of the owners. People can't separate that or they don't comprehend that you can turn that on and off for each one of the different entities.

  Todd McFarlane

  Artist, People, Different

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• This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-Paradise.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Precious Stones, Paradise On Earth

  'Richard II' (1595) act 2, sc. 1, l. 40

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• The absolute has moved into the fortress of the absurd.

  Mason Cooley

  Reality, Absurd, Realism

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• Pride is a fool's fortress

  Leon Uris

  Pride, Fool

  Leon Uris (1980). “Topaz”

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• Tolerance is our safest refuge and our fortress against the handicaps that arise from schism, factions, and the difficulties inherent in reaching mutual agreement

  Fethullah Gulen

  Agreement, Tolerance, Schism

  M. Fethullah Gülen (2010). “Toward Global Civilization Love Tolerance”, p.56, Tughra Books

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• It seems to me that you need a lot of courage, or a lot of something, to enter into others, into other people. We all think that everyone else lives in fortresses, in fastnesses: behind moats, behind sheer walls studded with spikes and broken glass. But in fact we inhabit much punier structures. We are, as it turns out, all jerry-built. Or not even. You can just stick your head under the flap of the tent and crawl right in. If you get the okay.

  Martin Amis

  Wall, Thinking, Glasses

  "Time's Arrow". Book by Martin Amis, www.avclub.com. September 1991.

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• In scripture we are told of some trusting in God and others trusting in idols, and that God is our refuge, our strength, our defense. In this sense God is the rock of his people, and false Gods are called the rock of those that trust in them. In the same sense the Gods of the King who shall do according to his will are called Mahuzzims, munitions, fortresses, protectors, guardians, or defenders.

  Isaac Newton

  Kings, Idols, Rocks

  Isaac Newton “Observations”, Lulu.com

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• But it is daily tasks, daily acts of love and worship that serve to remind us that the religion is not strictly an intellectual pursuit, and these days it is easy to lose sight of that as, like our society itself, churches are becoming more politicized and polarized. Christian faith is a way of life, not an impregnable fortress made up of ideas; not a philosophy; not a grocery list of beliefs.

  Kathleen Norris

  Christian, Philosophy, Daily Tasks

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• Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. But the fortress needs walls, so you build some. These are the justifications for your lies. You know, like you are doing this to protect someone you love, to keep them from feeling pain. Whatever works, just so you feel okay about the lies.

  William P. Young

  Running, Wall, Pain

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• God is our fortress, in whose conquering name
  Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks.

  William Shakespeare

  God, Names, Conquer

  William Shakespeare (2013). “First Tetralogy In Plain and Simple English: Includes Henry VI Parts 1 - 3 & Richard III”, p.56, BookCaps Study Guides

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