The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.
I find by my calculations, which are according to revealed inspiration, that the sword of death is now approaching us, in the shape of pestilence, war more horrible than has been known in three lifetimes, and famine.
At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword.
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
I've only kept one award in my whole life, and it's the coolest thing ever. Mizuno gave me a samurai sword for winning the Cy Young. It's awesome.
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
The king, you say, desires to do what is right. My clergy are banished, my possessions are taken from me, the sword hangs over my neck. Do you call this right?
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.
Sir Kenneth MacMillan's version of 'Romeo and Juliet' is my favorite full-length ballet, Sergei Prokofiev's breathtaking score a favorite composition of music. As a student of martial arts, I loved drawing my sword in defense of my Capulet kin.
Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.
The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
I thought that Wu-Tang was the best sword style - the best sword-style of martial arts. And the tongue is like a sword. And so I say that we have the best lyrics, so, therefore, we are the Wu-Tang Clan.
What woman doesn't want to go out there and kick some butt? I did it with a sword in 'Conan,' I did it with a crossbow in 'G.I. Joe,' and I've got my multi-tool and my super-suit in 'Continuum.' It's really a release, and it's quite cool.
The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.
