Top 100 Quotes About Swords
#1. In the course of the world, a man must very often put on an easy, frank countenance, upon very disagreeable occasions; he must seem pleased, when he is very much otherwise; he must be able to accost and receive with smiles, those whom he would much rather meet with swords.
Lord Chesterfield
#2. Swords were given to men, that none might be Slaves, but such as know not how to use them.
Algernon Sidney
#3. I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.
James Anthony Froude
#4. Miserere is about redemption, and the triumph of our best impulses over our worst. It's also about swords, monsters, chases, ghosts, magic, [and] court intrigues. It's also really, really good.
Alex Bledsoe
#5. The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as swords.
J.R.R. Tolkien
#6. What is this?"
"It's a wedding invitation," Julie said.
"I didn't order any."
Julie grinned at me. "Roman."
Ugh. That's right. I waved the envelope at her. "It has flowers on it."
"Did you want gore, swords, and severed heads?" she asked.
Ilona Andrews
#7. If prayers worked, Hitler would have been stopped at the border of Poland by angels with swords of fire.
Nancy Willard
#8. The world won't be taken over by guns and swords. It'll be with smiles and signatures.
Jon Robinson
#9. We have rules One-Ear." The man smiled faintly at Mrs. Francis. "Ladies are not to be hacked apart with swords. It reflects badly on pirates in general and on our outfit in particular.
Sean Cullen
#10. Swords are no good against the ironmen, unless the men who wield them know how to walk on water.
George R R Martin
#11. As long as lips didn't wander and swords didn't cross, they were all good.
Celia Kyle
#12. Dedication: For John, who said, "You know what this book needs? More fire. And maybe some swords." This ONE time, honey, you were right. (Rachel Hawkins)
Rachel Hawkins
#13. The thing about talking swords ... it's hard to tell when they're kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.
Rick Riordan
#14. Through all people, the Music of Love would pour, bringing light to the swords that sped through the darkness. And the light of their blades would lead the constellations to their destination.
David Paul Kirkpatrick
#15. The little lordlings would gladly part with their daughters should a Lannister come asking, but they cherished their old family swords.
Anonymous
#18. You had to draw lines, and that choice was in itself dangerous; all boundaries had a double edge, were like swords that could always be turned against you in the end.
But you still had to choose.
Melissa Scott
#19. Where might is, the right is:
Long purses make strong swords.
Let weakness learn meekness:
God save the House of Lords!
Algernon Charles Swinburne
#20. Even in these times of ours," he wrote in 1948, "when political passion and brute force hang like swords over the anguished heads of men, that even in such times there is being held high and undimmed the standard of our ideal search for truth.
Brandon R. Brown
#21. The canopy of trees overhead is so thick that only bits and pieces of blue sky can be seen overhead. Narrow rays of sunshine slice their way between the tree branches; slanted silver swords lighting my way.
Vanessa G. Foster
#22. Men with Honor are not killed by swords, they die of Shame.
Alok Jagawat
#23. Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls;
Conscience is but a work that cowards use,
Devised at first to keep the strong in awe:
Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law!
William Shakespeare
#24. It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords, pop-guns and bows and arrows. They take food with them, and go off to wage war.
Sholom Aleichem
#25. She plucked a rose and held it to her face. She hated the way roses smelled, their sweetness too fragile. She wanted a garden of evergreens. A garden of stones. A garden of swords.
Kiersten White
#26. I still have a dream today that one day war will come to an end, that men will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, that nations will no longer rise up against nations, neither will they study war any more.
Martin Luther King Jr.
#27. King Dan sat on his stallion fierce Swords did slice and spears did pierce But in a tree upon the field Perched a small, keen-eyed blackbird And the blackbird did not sing No, the blackbird did not sing Miri's
Shannon Hale
#28. All books are either dreams or swords,
You can cut, or you can drug, with words.
Amy Lowell
#29. Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.
Lucy Liu
#30. We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers that modern armaments must no longer be made available to people whose former battle axes and swords our ancestors condemned.
Thor Heyerdahl
#31. Combat doesn't have to be with swords ... Emotions can be deadly weapons, and knowing your enemy's breaking point can be key to winning a battle.
Julie Kagawa
#32. A king should never sit easy, Aegon the Conqueror had said, when he commanded his armorers to forge a great seat from the swords laid down by his enemies.
George R R Martin
#33. Come on, admit it, Pooky Bear," I said to the sword. "You love your new look. All the other swords will be jealous.
Susan Ee
#34. Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm you ... Then the ego will walk the paths of obedience, like a fleeing horseman in the field of battle.
Yahya Ibn Mu'adh Al-Razi
#35. Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a sword and a practice dummy and leave him alone, eventually the man would pick up the sword and try to stab the dummy. It is human nature.
Ilona Andrews
#36. We will carry your message. May your swords stay sharp," said Brom.
"And yours.
Christopher Paolini
#37. He had been a mere man railing at a condition, but now he was out of it and could see that it had been very proper and just. It had been necessary for him to swallow swords that he might have a better throat for grapes.
Stephen Crane
#38. I'm looking forward to locking swords with Douglas Henshall and working against the stunning backdrop of Shetland. I came to Scotland a lot in the 70s and 80s in various theatre productions and of course to film Hallam Foe but this is the furthest I've ever been.
Ciaran Hinds
#39. No religion with a universal message ... under one flag can even momentarily entertain the idea of employing force to spread its message. Swords can win territories, but not hearts. Force can bend heads, but not minds.
Mirza Tahir Ahmad
#40. You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.
George R R Martin
#41. When the red wrath perisheth, when the dulled swords fail, These three who have walked with Death these shall prevail. Hell bade all its millions rise; Paradise sends three: Pity, and Self-sacrifice, and Charity.
Theodosia Garrison
#42. Never mind our plan," Khione snarled. "Kill her!" As the Boreads raised their swords,
Rick Riordan
#43. The Kel unsheathed their swords, each tinted differently, blank bars of light. Cheris's ran from blue near the hilt to red at the tip. As they closed with the enemy, numbers blazed to life along the lengths of the blades: the day and the hour of your death, as the Kel liked to say.
Yoon Ha Lee
#45. From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords are crossed the gun becomes useless.
Miyamoto Musashi
#47. Librarianship is a form of heroism. It's just not as flashy as swords and dragons.
Seanan McGuire
#48. And he sang to them, now in the Elven tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.
J.R.R. Tolkien
#49. I can't have swords." Key answered.
No swords?"
They're sharp."
That's why they're good."
I can't have daggers or darts. Or arrows, either."
Why? Arrows are the best."
They can kill people."
That's the coolest part!
Jason Hightman
#50. Swords could also be used for freeing. You could've cut through the chain around the bird's foot and set it free. Swords could be used for killing. But it needn't be the bird. Wouldn't the more merciful choice have been to use the sword against the oppressor?
Roshani Chokshi
#51. Swords can win territories but not hearts, forces can bend heads but not minds.
Mirza Tahir Ahmad
#53. For sheer strength of character, I wouldn't have dared to cross swords with Callas. I would rather have gone six rounds with Jack Dempsey.
John Huston
#54. There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.
Fredrika Bremer
#55. It's fucking lame, is what it is! The swords look like they were made out of tinfoil. And that soundtrack is epically lame. Full of synthesizers and shit. By the motherfucking Alan Parsons Project! Lame-o-rama! Beyond lame. Highlander II lame.
Ernest Cline
#56. She's special. We used to unleash her on ancient battlefields just to see soldiers chop their best friends into pieces before falling on their own swords. (Deimos)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#57. The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.
George H. W. Bush
#58. I believe in steel swords, gold coins, and man's wits. ( ... ) And I believe there once were dragons. I've seen their skulls, after all.
George R R Martin
#59. A fool is he that comes to preach or prate,
When men with swords their right and wrong debate.
[It., Chi conta i colpi e la dovuta offesa,
Mentr' arde la tenzon, misura e pesa?]
Torquato Tasso
#60. Girls can fight with swords, too. Sometimes, even better than men can. They just have to want it badly enough that they're willing to work harder at it.
Nenia Campbell
#61. The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types of arms. The possession of these elements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues, and tends to permit uprising.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
#62. Yeah, right, like Catherine Deneuve has her own hot-guy SWAT team trolling the neighborhood for celebrity stalkers with swords - Kate (Die For Me)
Amy Plum
#63. You are sweet to be so concerned over my love life, but I've decided only to date guys who have bigger swords than me.
Danielle Monsch
#64. Jesus never taught revolution, the kind with swords and battles and bloodshed. He talked about a revolution of love. Love your neighbor. Love your enemy.
Janette Oke
#66. All the best swords have names." "Like Ice," she said. She looked at the blade in her hand. "Does this have a name? Oh, tell me." "Can't you guess?" Jon teased. "Your very favorite thing." Arya seemed puzzled at first. Then it came to her. She was that quick. They said it together: "Needle!
George R R Martin
#67. The Swords were the city's peacekeepers, something illsuited to Kaylin; the Wolves were its hunters, and often, its killers. And the Hawks? The city's eyes. Ears. The people who actually solved crimes.
Michelle Sagara
#68. Blankets could be used to make perimeter walls, to keep out an invading army wielding pillows instead of swords.
Jarod Kintz
#69. he will then deliver a totally redundant speech about all the things you're not allowed to take inside: scissors, swords, knives, guns, bombs, ballistic missiles, tactical nuclear weapons, etc. Then you
Craig Cross
#72. Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.
Rob Bell
#73. Why does the typical adventuring group consist of a wizard, a warrior, and a rogue, anyway? It should really be a wizard, a warrior, and a rich guy. Otherwise who's going to pay for all the swords and spells and hotel rooms?
Robin Sloan
#74. I am the scroll of the poet behind which samurai swords are being sharpened.
Lester Cole
#75. Even a freerider requires a horse to ride;sellswords must have swords to sell.
George R R Martin
#76. Having the courage to stand up for yourself is like bringing swords to a stick fight.
Kyle Schmalenberg
#77. I don't like broad swords. They're not much fun. A broad sword is just a big chunk of steel, and there's not much finesse in it, not much skill, I don't think anyway.
Sean Bean
#78. Sometimes a soft touch can accomplish more than a thousand swords.
David Krae
#79. DRAGON-GAGGERS: Instead of swords, some heroes wield toothbrushes, say they are there to "brush the dragon's teeth," and then they poke the toothbrush into the back gaggy part of its hot tongue.
Amy Leach
#80. If all would lead their lives in love like me,
Then bloody swords and armor should not be;
No drum nor trumpet peaceful sleeps should move,
Unless alarm came from the camp of love.
Thomas Campion
#81. Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt.
Uesugi Kenshin
#82. Git'er Done
They beat their swords upon their shields
To no beast or man would they yield
Muse
#85. Sisters keep secrets.
Because sisters' secrets are swords.
Eleanor Brown
#86. The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as the Son took our place.
Mark Hart
#87. France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
Charles De Gaulle
#89. Slogans can be worse than swords if they are only put in the right mouths.
Zora Neale Hurston
#90. Mothers cowered over their small children, defenceless as their backs blossomed with red lines or swords were sunk into their flesh to reach the young ones they hid.
Osman Welela
#91. strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought
Howard Zinn
#92. That is what the opposites do, cross the swords invariably and unknowingly.
Aporva Kala
#94. They think written words are even more powerful,' whispered the toad. 'They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.
Terry Pratchett
#95. 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,
Jordan MacLean
#96. Hadrian drew two swords from his sides in a single elegant motion. He flipped one around
letting it spin against his palm once. "Need to get a new grip on this one. It's starting to fray again." He looked at Will. "Shall we get on with this? I believe you were about to rob us.
Michael J. Sullivan
#97. At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
Peter Ustinov
#98. 'The Duellists' won Cannes, but Paramount didn't know how to release a film about two guys in bizarre breeches, waving swords around. I actually think it's a pretty good Western.
Ridley Scott
#99. If you knew the trouble we've had because Howl will keep falling in love like this! We've had lawsuits, and suitors with swords, and mothers with rolling pins, and fathers and uncles with cudgels. And aunts. Aunts are terrible. They go for you with hat pins.
Diana Wynne Jones
#100. Hall of Love has ten thousand swords. Don't be afraid to use one.
Rumi
