"Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding"
Read quote
3 likes
Fighting quotes
Fighting
9.2K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Fighting
Browse quotes that often appear alongside fighting — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Fighting quotes (page 101 of 462)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"To me, the fun part of both jobs is to always try to push the discussion and debate forward in some way. The most fun part of being a theater critic for the Times was always to try and champion something that maybe other people didn't like, or that was produced under obscure circumstances or had to fight for its life. And I would say in the column what I try to do is in some ways related in that I'm trying to fight for a point of view. I'm not trying to be a kingmaker in either job, and don't want to be, and shouldn't be."
Read quote
3 likes
"The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson - and I am not wholly excepting the Administration of W. W. The country is going through a repetition of Jackson's fight with the Bank of the United States - only on a far bigger and broader basis."
Read quote
3 likes
"We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world."
Read quote
3 likes
"A great champion needs a background in amateur boxing, I'm convinced of that. There you learn everything that youll need later as a pro. Someone whos got more than 400 amateur fights behind him no longer gets nervous before going into the ring and doesnt lose his nerve during a fight. You know all the boxing styles, youre prepared for anything, youve got the pedigree that you need to be a successful pro."
Read quote
3 likes
"Vitali [Klitschko] does want to fight me, but his promoter wants to be bigger than him. This is another situation of politics in the sport."
Read quote
3 likes
"People are still crying out for Lennox Lewis. They still want to see Lennox Lewis. That motivated me. I am still young. I have a couple fights left in me."
Read quote
3 likes
"There is not too much left for me to do, but I am sure there are a couple of great fights out there for me. I have basically achieved my goals. There are a few fights the public wants to see, and that is really what is left for me."
Read quote
3 likes
"[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action."
Read quote
3 likes
"There are still a lot of Mike Tyson fans out there, and a lot of disbelievers in the first fight, and they want to see us fight again. I am the emperor. If he wants to fight, I am here. If he does not, I understand."
Read quote
3 likes
"It's a very interesting fight [Klitchko vs Tyson Fury] because this is the first time [Wladimir] Klitschko is fighting someone as big as him and with longer arms. He will have to be a little bit more aggressive, otherwise the younger guy will have more speed and more energy and I think that may be the difference."
Read quote
3 likes
"Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional [or scholarly] writers."
Read quote
3 likes
"The fight against bad English is not frivolous."
Read quote
3 likes
"No fight is hopeless till it has been fought."
Read quote
3 likes
"A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse."
Read quote
3 likes
"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust."
Read quote
3 likes
"How do you fight someone if you can't hit them?"
Read quote
3 likes
"If I wanted to honor you, I´d let you retire. I am planing to make you run the kingdom and fight the wars while I eat and drink"
Read quote
3 likes
"When mental sickness increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight against the effects."
Read quote
3 likes
"It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet by the fight because it is a sham-fight; thus most of us know by this time that the Party System has been popular only in the sense that a football match is popular."
Read quote
3 likes