Battler Quotes & Sayings

As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was a likely prelude to complete withdrawal from the conflict. There is solid evidence of his eagerness to end America's military role in that country's civil war. — Robert Dallek

Even if I had convict ancestry, I wouldn't be ashamed of it. As far as I'm concerned, the real criminals back in those days weren't twelve-year-old boys nicking a loaf of bread or a pair of socks to ward off hunger and blisters. No, it was those who exploited them; keeping the battler in the gutter while they sat around in their manors, sipping tea and admiring portraits of their toffee-nosed great grandfathers. — Cameron Trost

Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up. — Andrew Forrest

What is the difference between Lomborg's view of humanity and Hitler's? ... If you were to accept Lomborg's way of thinking, then maybe what Hitler did was the right thing. — Rajendra K. Pachauri

It's an interesting thing in this country. I haven't won a gold medal, yet Australians still take me into their houses and hearts, they know my name and they care. I think Aussies like the little Aussie battler and the person who will stand up for their rights and I've never been short of a word, especially with officialdom. — Raelene Boyle

I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should. — Natalie Massenet

A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose. — Tom Wilson

We all have broken hearts, its what we do with the brokenness that determines whether we dwell in life or loss. — Beth Weikel

Marriage is the death of hope. — Woody Allen

A non-Communist premier with Communist ministers would be like a woman trying to stay half pregnant. — Charles E. Bohlen

Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch from their own side to that of a gallant challenger. Australians love a 'battler', an underdog who is fighting the top dog, although their veneration for him is likely to pass if he comes out from under. — Donald Horne

I'm just a battler, which means it'll be us against the world, and the world will probably
win hands down every time, but we'll never give up fighting, no matter what, how does that sound? — Steve Toltz

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone. — Terry Pratchett

Man, all those years in college we didn't get along, I could've just given you a pie and, bam, new best friend. — Melissa Tagg

Not being changed by prayer is sort of life standing in the middle of a spring rain without getting wet. It's hard to stand in the center of God's acceptance and love without getting it all over you. — Steve Brown

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria. — David Lodge

I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler. — Harmon Killebrew