Quotes of: Doubleedged-sword Keyword

Evey Hammond: Does it have a happy ending? V: As only celluloid can deliver. Evey Hammond: OK. Put the sword away.

V for Vendetta

Argyle Wallace: First, learn to use [taps William's forehead] Argyle Wallace: this. Then I'll teach you to use [lifts the sword] Argyle Wallace: this.

Braveheart

The marvel of our Bible never shows more marvellous than at such times, when you see it in deed and in truth the Sword of the Spirit, and it cuts.

Amy Carmichael

No sword Of wrath her right arm whirl'd, But one poor poet's scroll, and with his word She shook the world.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.

William Blake

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.

Zora Neale Hurston

[fencing] Inigo Montoya: You are wonderful. Man in Black: Thank you; I've worked hard to become so. Inigo Montoya: I admit it, you are better than I am. Man in Black: Then why are you smiling? Inigo Montoya: Because I know something you don't know. M...

The Princess Bride

I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.

The Count of Monte Cristo

In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.

A Crown of Swords

A shy smile, strong arms, clever fingers, and two sure swords. What more could any woman want?

A Dance with Dragons

She's only a girl. What kind of men are you?' 'Dead ones?' asked Drith, who yanked the door open and put her sword through Narses' throat.

Drith

Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth.

The Eyre Affair

There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.

Froi of the Exiles

There are only two forces at work in this world- black and white. Only people are grey.

Gadiantons and the Silver Sword

...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

A Game of Thrones

The sword of Gryffindor was hidden they knew not where, and they were three teenagers in a tent whose only achievement was not, yet, to be dead.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

You can only fight one man at a time with a sword, but, with a pen, you can compose a lecture to bore legions of enemy troops to death.

Blood and Betrayal

A blanket could be used to battle the cold, but not battle an army with swords, bayonets, and other sharp objects (unless the opposing army is armed only with sharp words). 

Blanket

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

By all means, tell the cops about the crazy robot lady with the black leather body suit and the Kill Bill sword. Hope you like straitjackets.

Bounty

Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity! Through Buddha And through Daruma alike Thou hast cleft thy way.

The Book of Tea