Subject: Conflict » Fights (Page 2)

If you can’t beat them, arrange 
to have them beaten

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.

(1946 – ) British playwright, screen writer & film director

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

I look at fighting the same way I look at physics; I can’t do it, but I respect its ability to solve problems.

comedian

He scored hockey by the number of fights. If you lost seven to one, but won five fights, he figured you won the game.

Canadian businessman, sportsman & owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Never go to bed mad… stay up and fight.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

If you are going to have a fight with a visiting club, be sure to insult them the day they come to town, and not the last day of the series. It pays off better.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

If hockey fights were fake, I'd be in more of them.

professional hockey player

The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother.

(John Bloom) (1953 – ) American film critic, writer & actor

Every fight is a food fight when you’re a cannibal.

(1973 – ) American comedian

Pacifist: A fellow who could attend a peace conference without getting into a fight.

You can fight and all of you will die, or you can surrender in which case only most of you will die.

(1967 – ) English actor

My father only hit me once – but he used a Volvo.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

The fights you avoid do you far more good than the ones you will win.

I’m not a fighter; I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

I’m really a timid person – I was beaten up by Quakers.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Hockey’s the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.


(1938 – 2017) American sportswriter & novelist

We know how much fans enjoy a good brawl, so we are going to guarantee a fight. If there is not a single five-minute fighting major given to a player, every fan in attendance will receive a free ticket to the following home game.

Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If I play badly I’ll pick a fight in the third, just to get into a fight. I’ll break a guy’s leg to win, I don’t care. Afterward I say, ‘Yeah, all right I played badly, but I won the fight so who gives a damn.'

Canadian hockey player

I will personally challenge anyone who wants to get rid of fighting to a fight.

American-Canadian hockey executive