Quotes About Duel

One day I will surpass you," Zannah warned him. "And on that day I will kill you, Lord Bane. But that day is not today.

the old story of the man who was going to fight a duel the next day. His second asked him, Are you a good shot? Well, said the duelist, I can snap the stem of a wineglass at twenty paces, and he looked modest. That's all very well, said the unimpressed second. But can you snap the stem of the wineglass while the wineglass is pointing a loaded pistol straight at your heart?

I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectual duel between Rochester and Jane Eyre's character, is so compelling that you didn't have to do much with the placement of cameras.

'Duel' is one of the greatest suspense films of all time.

Give me a sword fight any day.

In 1830, the writer Charles Augustin Saint-Beuve (1804–69) fought one of the owners of Le Globe in heavy rain; Saint-Beuve held an umbrella throughout the duel, claiming that he did not mind dying but he would not get wet.

Two poets, Nikolai Gumilyov and Maximilian Voloshin, fought a duel over a non-existent woman.

when the one-legged Marquis de Rivard was challenged, he sent a surgeon in reply and suggested that in the interests of fighting "on an equal footing" his opponent should submit to a similar amputation. The duel was called off.

Because Anno Domini, in the Year of Our Lord, is fine for Christians, but Thor gets a little upset. He still holds a grudge that Jesus never showed up for that duel he challenged him to." "Say what now?

it was like a fencing match with blunted swords.

If I thought he'd been valiant and so cunning in fence, I'd have seen him damned ere I'd have challenged him

There's a skirmish of wit between them.

Now we shall see which of us are good knights!

why are you ending our engagement then?" "Because of the reason you fought it" (The duel) "I don't understand." "I know

Teams full of talent and top-flight experience know when to engage a tackle at crucial times, when to compete in an aerial duel or seize on a chance - often resulting in the net rippling.

A duel, a duel, a duel. Is there anything more exciting, more romantic ... or more utterly moronic?

The guy I was fighting earlier... He'll do. Get him out here... Waste of my time, man. How Dare.. ..You-?! Whomp!! -Yusuke (YuYU Hakusho)

I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel.

Only a heathen would bring a gun to a swordfight." "And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!

He's so lonely and such a gentleman. The old-fashioned kind, who would gladly fight a duel over you. He'll buy you a townhouse here, darling, and just fly up every month or so for some medical conference, take you to the best parties, and then fuck you to oblivion in the den afterward.

You didn't listen to me, Lan whispered. One last lesson. The hardest. Demandred struck, and Lan saw his opening. Lan lunged forward placing Demandred's sword point against his own side and ramming himself forward onto it. I did not come here to win, Lan whispered, smiling. I came here to kill you. Death is lighter than a feather. Demandred's eyes opened wide, and he tried to pull back. Too late. Lan's sword took him straight though the throat.

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.

Nothing in life is fair except a witnessed duel.