Weapon Quotes - page 15

They held up to admiration all those women who from time to time have arrested the victorious progress of conquerors, made of their bodies a field of battle, a means of ruling, a weapon; who have vanquished by their heroic caresses hideous or detested beings, and sacrificed their chastity to vengeance and devotion. All was said with due restraint and regard for propriety, the effect heightened now and then by an outburst of forced enthusiasm calculated to excite emulation. A listener would have thought at last that the one role of woman on earth was a perpetual sacrifice of her person, a continual abandonment of herself to the caprices of a hostile soldiery. The two nuns seemed to hear nothing, and to be lost in thought. Boule de Suif also was silent. (Guy de Maupassant)
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
For Genet, Beauty will be the offensive weapon that will enable him to beat the just on their own ground: that of value. View quote
Jean-Paul Sartre
With the neutron bomb, which destroys life but not property, capitalism has found the weapon of its dreams. View quote
Edward Abbey
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. View quote
Martin Luther
Our purpose is not - and shall never be-either the quest for power or the desire to punish. We seek to increase the power of the people over all their governments, not to enhance the power of the Federal Government over any of the people. For the life of this Republic, our people have zealously guarded their liberty against abuses of power by their governments. The one weapon they have used is the mightiest weapon in the arsenal of democracy - the vote. This has been enough, for as Woodrow Wilson said, "The instrument of all reform in America is the ballot." View quote
Lyndon B. Johnson
We're so familiar with written language that we sometimes forget how outlandish a concept it must have seemed to our ancestors. Writing allowed people to copy and transfer their thoughts and their tribal codes of conduct to others, even unto generations they themselves would not live to personally instruct, affect or control. The words themselves must have seemed alive and immortal and as "holy" as ghosts. Written law was thus a way of mastering time and influencing the future, a weapon greater than fire and steel, I hope you'll agree. When read, the written word made the head buzz and ring and fill up with voices and commands from nowhere, as if God Himself had come thundering down through the symbols, off the page and into the room, fertilising and impregnating the mind with his Ghostly, unmistakable presence. (2005) View quote
Grant Morrison
I would say to the leaders of the Soviet Union, and to their people, that if either of our countries is to be fully secure, we need a much better weapon than the H-bomb - a weapon better than ballistic missiles or nuclear submarines - and that better weapon is peaceful cooperation. View quote
John F. Kennedy
Pierrette, like all those who suffer more than they have strength to bear, kept silence.Silence is the only weapon by which such victims can conquer; it baffles the Cossack charges of envy, the savage skirmishings of suspicion; it does at times give victory, crushing and complete, - for what is more complete than silence? it is absolute; it is one of the attributes of infinity. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
Charm is the ultimate weapon, the supreme seduction, against which there are few defences. If you've got it, you need almost nothing else, neither money, looks, nor pedigree. It's a gift, only to be given away, and the more used the more there is. It is also a climate of behaviour set for the perpetual summer and thermostatically controlled by taste and tact. View quote
Laurie Lee
Societies grow into systems. The systems require management and are therefore increasingly wielded, like a tool or a weapon, by those who have power. The rest of the population is still needed to do specific things. But the citizens are not needed to contribute to the form or direction of the society. The more "advanced" the civilization, the more irrelevant the citizen becomes. (John Ralston Saul)
The United States would seek more than the mere reduction or elimination of atomic materials for military purposes. It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of the soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
In fact, I'm happy to go on record as saying that the ability to create a reality distortion field is right up there alongside optimism as an entrepreneur's most valuable weapon. View quote
Marc Randolph
Truth was a tool. It should never simply be said. No, it had to be bent, twisted, colored, until it became a weapon. View quote
Nalini Singh
Killing innocent people by surprise is not called 'a thousand points of light.' But, as frightening as terrorism is, it's the weapon of losers. The minute somebody sets off a suicide bomb, you can be sure that person doesn't have 'career prospects.' And no matter how horrendous a terrorist attack is, it's still conducted by losers. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don't forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all. View quote
Regina Brett
I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria. View quote
Andrew Weil
The use of hunger as a weapon of political control is a crime against humanity. View quote
Robert Zubrin
Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge. View quote
Sonja Lyubomirsky
my love isn't a weapon, it's a lifeline, reach out and take hold, and don't let go! View quote
Francine Rivers
Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it. The function of the microscope is just to clearly present what is there. (Chogyam Trungpa)
The two sides of Bernie - that's a quiet weapon that I have. View quote
Bernie Mac
"Truth is a deadly weapon,” Lady said. "Which is why priests and princes dread it,” I said. View quote
Glen Cook
Do you think it would be quite so easy to kill them now that your weapon has been destroyed?' he sneered. 'No,' she said, frowning at him, 'Obviously not. View quote
Derek Landy
You have no idea about presents or what they mean. The last present you gave me was a stick.” "You wanted a weapon.” "It was a stick.” "It had a bow on it.” "It was a stick.” "I thought you liked the stick. You laughed. View quote
Derek Landy