#arms

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. ↗

— Sallust

#bribery #force #in my opinion #king #less

The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#air #arms #being #charge #conducting

Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms to overthrow a democratically elected government. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

#arms #crush #democratically #elected #enemy

Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does it well and triumphs. ↗

— Dan Savage

#arms #choir #discourse #does #elevates

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#carries #carved #choice #hands #her

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms. ↗

— George Savile

#hath #long #low #malice #stature

Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#arms #band #brothers #dire #git

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, may have had his charms, but he really couldn't be considered hip. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#considered #first #had #hip #his

Allied supplies of arms to Russia, and the manpower reserves of Russia have been sufficient to bring continuous counter-attacks against our Eastern Front. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#allied #arms #been #bring #continuous

The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#arms #cost #discussion #effect #elsewhere