Streetfighting Quotes & Sayings

He gave me a look that was almost pitying, and when he smiled it was the smile of a vengeful god. My dear Veronica, I am suprised you have not already learned
everyone has a capacity for cruelty. Not everyone gets the chance to exercise it. — Deanna Raybourn

The difficulty of accurate recognition constitutes one of the most serious sources of friction in war, by making things appear entirely different from what one had expected. — Carl Von Clausewitz

The wrinkles in my brow,
The furrows in my face,
Say, limping age will lodge him now
Where youth must give him place. — Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux Of Harrowden

You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message. What I have learned is that people become motivated when you guide them to the source of their own power and when you make heroes out of employees who personify what you want to see in the organization. — Anita Roddick

Entrepreneurship is not a civilized joust. It is streetfighting. — James Hong

I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else. — Alan Ladd

Even Def Leppard couldn't get him out of his funk. When the Def couldn't crank you, it was way past time to shoot someone. — Ken Bruen

How'd you get Magnus to let Jace leave?"
"Traded him for Alec," Clary said. — Cassandra Clare

As a John Kerry supporter, I wanted to send him a check. But then it occurred to me that most of that money would end up in the hands of advertising agencies and television networks. And the money would be used to create deceptive commercials that flatter our point of view and shade the facts our way. And I wasn't comfortable with that. But on the other hand, that's how the game is played. You're always grappling. — George Meyer

The more you invest in your happiness, the more happiness will invest in you. — Alan Cohen

The person who has no deputies or assistants has no future. — Sunday Adelaja

India may be the soul of world cricket, but IPL is its commercial heart. Just as 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' changed the ground rules for quiz shows by injecting a massive dose of money into the equation, IPL has changed the dynamics of the cricket economy. — Vikas Swarup

I accept the consequences of all that I do. No matter what we do with our lives, our bodies are temporary. We're all going to die, and I'd rather die climbing than doing anything else. — John Bachar

Ariel: "Why do such stories always sound so sad? Why can't people part on more amiable terms?"
Danny: "Human nature," he said. "When feelings change and a person is at their most insecure, it's a matter of personal survival, I think. It's not always meant to hurt, but it often does. — Judith-Victoria Douglas

Negative personal attacks have no place in public life and serve to erode public confidence in our basic institutions of government. — Mike Pence