4,593 Quotes About Fighting

  • Author Alexandra Fuller
  • Quote

    The land itself, of course, was careless of its name. It still is. You can call it what you like, fight all the wars you want in its name. Change its name altogether if you like. The land is still unblinking under the African sky. It will absorb white man's blood and the blood of African men, it will absorb blood from slaughtered cattle and the blood from a woman's birthing with equal thirst. It doesn't care.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Anne Frank
  • Quote

    I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Asghar Farhadi
  • Quote

    Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine.

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Barney Frank
  • Quote

    It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action remains so essential.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Becca Fitzpatrick
  • Quote

    Patch was dressed in the usual: black shirt, black jeans and a thin silver necklace that flashed against his dark complexion. His sleeves were pushed up his forearms, and I could see his muscles working as he punched buttons. He was tall and lean and hard, and I wouldn't have been surprised if under his clothes he bore several scars, souvenirs from street fights and other reckless behavior. Not that I wanted a look under his clothes.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Becca Fitzpatrick
  • Quote

    That was a good fight back in the gym,” he said. “But I think you could benefit from a few more boxing lessons.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Barney Frank
  • Quote

    Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight

  • Tags
  • Share