Quotes About Combat

My first fight was a little weasel from American called Andre Dirrell. I say that because he runs and holds, and I hope Abraham bangs him out.

I hope that not one of them ever wanna even think about boxing.

The only animal capable of giving man a fair fight is man. Actually, among ourselves, we fight unfairest of all, and the more we practice, the nastier we get.

Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey.

My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until they're dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary. It worked against Set.

Now I'm not an expert at mathematics, but I calculated it would take at least three of me to take on one third of one of them, even if they were attacking me with just their arse.

It's a dirty way to fight, but I'm late for lunch."- Valek to Yelena

Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10.

[Truman] didn't want to fight the guy, whatever he was—alien, vampyr or douchebag.

Of course, you didn't want our help. Now I have to go beat up some soldier just to keep my ego intact.

Weapons master is giving me special lessons." she (Amily) chuckled. " He calls then How Not To Get Killed lessons.

Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat—chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange.

Mindless violence against the undead?" said Zzzap. "Count me in.

The answer to enemies who heal annoyingly fast is always, always decapitation. That is why swords will never go out of style.

[Will Turner] "You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement."[Captain Jack Sparrow] "...that's not much incentive for me to fight fair then is it?

Demon hunting and fashion," Clary said. "I never would have thought they went together.

In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.

I'd rather fight a buzzsaw than dance.

If you make your body very strong, really strong, it can fight off anything.

Fight fire with fire.

Within weeks I would deploy to Vietnam, that endlessly debated but little-understood war that for the Marine Corps would bring three times the number of dead as were killed in Korea and more total killed and wounded than in any other war, including World War II.

I don't train to be in a gunfight; I'd much rather be in a shooting—there's a difference. A gunfight means he's shooting back at me. In a shooting, I'm doing all the work.

At one end of the national spectrum is white, shining peace—that city-on-a-hill concept. At the other end is black, raging, savage war at the foot of that hill. The space between is the gray zone where the haze of diplomacy and combat meet and bleed into one another. That's where the CIA works.

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.