He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled.
Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.
Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.
A man who has built a world empire with only ideas and with love, not with swords and with archers, is the greatest amongst all the men!
The master of thinking is like a master of sword! He can easily win any fight with a high art and a great elegance!
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.
I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.
I've come off horses and fought in medieval battles using axes, hammers and swords as well as fists. Getting your teeth knocked out is an occupational hazard.
Social media is a double-edged sword. I've gotten in trouble for announcing, too soon, something that the network or the studio wanted to do, and it steals some of the thunder, so to speak.
With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.
For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.
It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.
Sir Te: A sword by itself rules nothing. It only comes alive in skilled hands.
Li Mu Bai: [to the Sword Thief] Give yourself up and find yourself again.
[as an executioner tries to draw his sword but can't] Maximus: The frost, it sometimes makes the blade stick. [kills the executioner]
O-Ren Ishii: Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.
Hattori Hanzo: Funny, you like samurai swords... I like baseball.
Po: The Sword of Heroes! Said to be so sharp you can get cut just by looking at - Ow!
