#sword

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

Quentin wanted to create this special world in which everybody walks around with a samurai sword, extras in the airport, a special little place in the airplane to stick your samurai sword. ↗

— David Carradine

#airport #around #create #everybody #extras

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#four #generals #grow #hats #never

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#events #humane #just #more #rational

I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV. ↗

— Paula Cole

#doing #i #like #new #new york

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. ↗

— Confucius

#give #man #never #sword #who

In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that. ↗

— Alvin Dark

#die #game #get #hit #live

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen. ↗

— Henry Vaughan

#caesar #had #his #men #pen

I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#during #fencing #guitar #hands #i

Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#come #come and go #comfort #double-edged #double-edged sword