Perhaps he does not want to be friends with you until he knows what you are like. With owls, it is never easy-come-easy-go.
And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass.
There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.
Shed not recklessly the blood of another with thy sword, Lest the Sword on High falls upon thy neck.
My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then I got a sword-swallower as a patient, and he taught me.
This side of the Kingdom of God upon Earth, it is a melancholy human fact that those who beat their swords into plowshares end up doing the plowing for those who kept their swords.
Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!
Yu Shu Lien: [to the Sword Thief] Return the sword and I'll let you go. [pause] Yu Shu Lien: You've been trained at Wudan?
The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.
Some Christians pretend that Christianity was not established by the sword; but of what period of time do they speak? It was impossible that twelve men could begin with the sword: they had not the power; but no sooner were the professors of Christian...
Who holds Wayfinder finds good roads, Its master's step is brisk; The Sword of Wisdom lightens loads But adds unto their risk.
The singers make much of kings who valiantly die in battle, but your life is worth more than a sword. To me at least, who gave it to you.
We can beat our swords into plowshares, and we can beat our plowshares into swords, but as far as computers go, a hammer can only change the shape of the junk, not it's function.
Shan-Yu: Looks like you're all out of ideas. [he stabs at her with his sword; she dodges, catches the sword with the fan and twists it out of his hands] Mulan: Not quite.
I can't protect you without holding a sword. I can't embrace you while holding a sword.
A woman of battle cannot take the same risks as a woman of the fields or a woman of the town. One may not strap a baby basket to one’s back along with one’s swords and ride off to battle." -- Renda of Brannagh,
There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they put down their swords and listened to their mothers.
I feel it respectful to observe and practice new customs, if I am to ever understand what it truly means to be human.
The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.
I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn’t taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers’ sword and made me feel powerful and godlike.
...the progress of science depends much less upon either theoretical considerations or systematic investigation than is commonly believed, but rather on the transmittal of reliable information, gained by chance or insight, from one set of men to thei...
