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"And it will always happen that he who is not your friend will request your neutrality and he who is your friend will ask you to declare yourself by taking up arms. And irresolute princes, in order to avoid present dangers, follow the neutral road most of the time, and most of the time they are ruined."
"Well I am always interested my people's right. But I will push myself to a revolution without arms."
"What value has compassion that does not take its object in its arms?"
"Shh,” I say. “Arms around me.” Obediently, he slips both arms around my waist. I smile at the wall. I am not enjoying this. I am not, not even a little bit, no."
"No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms."
"I'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm."
"Amazing, how much more difficult it was to extend his arm twelve inches and touch her hand than it was to snatch a speeding Snitch from midair."
"I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around."
"Firefly: Where is your husband? Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he's dead. Firefly: I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse. Mrs. Teasdale: I was with him to the very end. Firefly: Hmmph. No wonder he passed away. Mrs. Teasdale: I held him in my arms and kissed him. Firefly: Oh I see. Then, it was murder."
"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation."
"Law stands mute in the midst of arms."
"Dream after dream we all lie in each other's arms"
"An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms."
"I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums."
"The man in ecstasy and the man drowning: both raise their arms."
"I wish I was either in your arms full of faith, or that a Thunder bolt would strike me."
"Don't get discouraged because there's a lot of mechanical work to writing. I rewrote the first part of Farewell to Arms at least fifty times."
"As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future."
"I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'"
"The media is the right arm of anarchy."
