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Quotes About Confrontation

Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong, And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long.
~ William Shakespeare
WILL YOU YIELD AND THIS AVOID, OR GUILTY IN DEFENSE BE THUS DESTROY'D?
~ William Shakespeare
I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you!        Exit
~ William Shakespeare
In debate, especially when the dispute is hot and supercharged and freighted with ill will, I have always been the flabbiest of contenders. My voice breaks, becomes shrill; I sweat. I get a sloppy half-grin on my face. Worse, my mind wanders and then takes flight while the logic I possess in fair measure under more placid circumstances abandons my brain like an ungrateful urchin.
~ William Styron
3A trap": we attack, we accommodate (in other words, give in), or we avoid altogether
~ William Ury
Devon Randle went down the center aisle toward the back of the dining room, where a set of swinging doors opened into the kitchen. An arm's length or so short of the doors, he'd turned hard on his heels, spinning, shucking a pair of six-guns out of the holsters and into his hands. He'd stepped to the side, out of the way of the swinging doors, so no one could surprise him from that direction.
~ William W. Johnstone
had watched the shoot-out. "Ten
~ William W. Johnstone
a few well-placed shots would either kill them or drive them back inside.
~ William W. Johnstone
And the next time you want to whip somebody, take him out in the swamps, kick the shit out of him, and stuff what's left up under a cypress tree.
~ William W. Johnstone
get out of the way. Vic dropped the bundle of TNT into the flames as he
~ William W. Johnstone
frown and take a step back as if he'd realized that he had just stepped up to a grizzly
~ William W. Johnstone
You think you have won, but you haven't. Although I can't get the coon, neither can you live, because I have cut off your breath of life.
~ Wilson Rawls
Il terrorismo fondamentalista, di cui ormai abbiamo esperienza da vari anni, cerca di trascinarci nel suo baratro medievale. Aver permesso loro di trascinarci laggiù e di fronteggiarci sul LORO terreno, significa aver già perso la battaglia. Hanno vinto semplicemente facendoci accettare la loro regola: la PAURA. L'inclinazione ad aver paura implica la disposizione a trasmetterla agli altri.
~ Wim Wenders
Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
~ Winston Churchill
War will find us whether we are ready or not.
~ Winston Churchill
Un prigioniero di guerra è un uomo che cerca di ucciderti, non ci riesce, dopo di che ti chiede di non ucciderlo.
~ Winston Churchill
George stared across the street. 'There is only one trouble with the Poldarks,' he said after a moment. 'They cannot take a beating.' 'And only one trouble with the Warleggans,' said Ross. 'They never know when they are not wanted.' George's color deepened. 'But they can appreciate and remember an insult.' 'Well, I trust you will remember this one.' Ross turned his back and went down the steps into the tavern.
~ Winston Graham
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
~ Winston S. Churchill
when the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.
~ Winston S. Churchill
For that very reason I deem it of the highest importance that a firm and blunt stand should be made at this juncture by our two countries in order that the air may be cleared and they realise that there is a point beyond which we will not tolerate insult. I believe this is the best chance of saving the future. If they are ever convinced that we are afraid of them and can be bullied into submission, then indeed I should despair of our future relations with them and much else.
~ Winston S. Churchill
But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. ***
~ Winston S. Churchill
The eyes of boredom, old buddy, are bigger than those of fear! When you're bored, God only knows what you might imagine!
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Harriet, co my takiego z?ego zrobili?my? - Nigdy nie spojrzeli?my w twarz rzeczywisto?ci.
~ Woody Allen
What you must do, said Monkey, is lure the monster from its hiding place, but be certain it is a fight you can survive.
~ Wu Cheng'en