Quotes About Intimidation

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

If you ever do this again, I'll tell everyone. And if that doesn't work, I'll blind you.

The only thing that gets me high is the musky scent of my enemy's fear

It's clear that when we're this outnumbered by the creatures, we have to take a page from the British Empire and rule the lesser species through intimidation. That's why the single most important thing you can do as a human is to dominate an animal. Need more proof? "Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." I'd say that about covers it.

We'll spare your life, I promise," hissed Odysseus. "Only speak quickly. And quietly. I have shaky hands and this blade against your throat might just slip and find its way into your windpipe if you aren't quick, clear, and concise.

He can hardly dare to suggest anything if you thunder at him like that," said Odysseus. "Either you want him to speak or you want to terrify him into silence. You can't have both.

She said, "Look down at your chest." I held the cell phone to my ear as I bend my head. Two red dots, quivering slightly, danced right over my heart. "You are one second away from death," said the caller.

if you don't shut your mouth and work with us, then by the Lord Jesus, when we roll out of here in those buses I will personally tie you to the front grill, cover you with A1 sauce, and use you for bait. Look me in the eye and ask me if I'm joking.

Generally, if you see Joe Ledger show up pointing a gun at you, I guess you start reexamining your conscience.

Hey, it was his first time. I wanted to scare him

Comprende una cosa esencial, y es que hay dos clases de personas: a las que puedes pegar y a las que no puedes, y que éstas no son las más fuertes o las mejor entrenadas, sino las que están dispuestas a matar. Éste es el único secreto, y el amable y pequeño Eduard decide pasarse al segundo bando: él será un hombre al que nadie pega porque se sabe que puede matar.

I felt like a guy in a cell being stared at longingly by a naked one-hundred-and-ten-kilo lifer. You know, sooner or later, that something unpleasant is going to happen to you. -The Ballad of the Low Lifes, by Enrico Remmert (2003), P. 20

I have had death threats from people with fixations.

Either come over, or sit your fucking ass back down. To former Gen. Michael Flynn at White House meeting, December 18, 2020.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Hitler was moving ahead with his own plans for the church. He knew quite well how to deal with these Protestant pastors. "You can do anything you want with them," he once remarked. "They will submit . . . they are insignificant little people, submissive as dogs, and they sweat with embarrassment when you talk to them.

Second-baseman Eddie Stanky spoke for the whole team when he shouted at the opposing dugout: "Listen, you yellow-bellied cowards, why don't you yell at somebody who can answer back?

I was not frightened as they were, for the very violence of his threats showed how weak he was.

a bully, but no brains.

It gave me "the eye"—the fearsome gaze that sheepdogs use to keep their charges in line. But I gave it "the look"—the stare that policemen use to keep members of the public in a state of randomized guilt.

insouciance. But there's just something uniquely intimidating about

Her breath smelled terrible and I told myself to commit that fact to memory, to remember it the next time I was intimidated by her unwavering grace.

He had seemed daunting when I first saw him off the trail, hulking over the Jewish couple as if he might carve into their backs and eat them. Now

At the scheduled time, I found myself in the Oval Office, feeling a little overwhelmed