Rap Battle Quotes & Sayings

Compound interest is proof of gods existence. — Jeff Rich

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil. — Branch Rickey

One makes discoveries about oneself but more often one makes up discoveries. — Sara Levine

It's a morality that keeps humans human. — Shimon Peres

Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe. — H. Rap Brown

I remember when I fell from my first bike:
There were no 'Are you okays?' and rarely 'Are you alrights?'
Just dirt in my pockets, handful of gravel ...
That's when I realized that getting up is only half the battle. — Big K.R.I.T.

Foie gras is sold as an expensive delicacy in some restaurants and shops. But no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it. — Kate Winslet

People didn't think that a woman could be the Secretary of State, when my name was out there ... but then the Arab Ambassadors at the UN said 'We have no problem dealing with Ambassador Albright, and we would have no problem dealing with Secretary Albright.' — Madeleine Albright

You know how it's going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. It's like watching a kid run his electric train faster and faster and waiting for it to derail on one of the curves. — Stephen King

The 808 kick drum makes the girlies get dumb,
We're rollin' Rainier, and the jealous wanna get some.
Every time we do the sucka MC's wanna battle,
I'm the man they love to hate, the J.R. Ewing of Seattle ... — Sir Mix-a-Lot

It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. — George Lucas

I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle. — Utkarsh Ambudkar

Perhaps I might be satisfied, momentarily, with a work finished at one sitting, but I would soon get bored looking at it; therefore, I prefer to continue working on it so that later I may recognize it as a work of my mind. — Henri Matisse

But there is an unholy fascination in systematic noise. He did not flee from it incontinently, as one might have expected him to do. He remained, astonished at himself for remaining, since nothing could have been more repulsive to his tastes, more painful to his senses, and, so to speak, more contrary to his genius, than this rude exhibition of vigour. The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering silence with a vulgar, ferocious energy. One felt as if witnessing a deed of violence; and that impression was so strong that it seemed marvelous to see the people sitting so quietly on their chairs, drinking so calmly out of their glasses, and giving no signs of distress, anger, or fear. Heyst averted his gaze from the unnatural spectacle of their indifference. — Joseph Conrad

Sure, life as we know it is enough. But life as we don't know it? That's where the magic awaits. That's where second chances abound. — Holly Elissa Bruno

I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money. — Doc Brown

"Ice" came in when my friends would say "cold as ice" - if you could rap and battle people you'd say "Dude, that was ice cold." It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like "Your cold, dawg." "Vanilla Ice - that's cold." — Vanilla Ice

Like a blind dolphin, the night of the new moon silently drew near. — Haruki Murakami

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it. — Conor McGregor

A veteran artist counsels a less experienced one to start a painting using colors in the middle range so that the painter can move to more extreme colors as the work progresses. — David McCullough

The habit of sardonic contemplation is the hardest habit of all to break. — Angela Carter

MC's they retreat cause they know I can beat 'em,
And eat 'em in a battle and the ref won't cheat 'em.
I'm the best takin' out all rookies,
So forget Oreos ... eat Cool J cookies. — LL Cool J