“Lay down the axe; fling by the spade; Leave in its track the toiling plough; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms like yours were fitter now; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task, and learn to wield The horseman's crooked brand, and rein The charger on the battle-field.” WarHandsLightFieldsLike YouArmsBattleTasksLaysTrackQuittingBrandsPensBladesCrookedRiflesReinsFlingSpadesBayonetsHorsemenToilingPlies Author:William C. Bryant
“Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.” PeopleBitsHalfLike YouBattleJokes Author:Don Rickles
“"Ice" came in when my friends would say "cold as ice" -- if you could rap and battle people you'd say "Dude, that was ice cold." It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like "Your cold, dawg." "Vanilla Ice -- that's cold."” PeopleIfsLike YouColdBattleMy FriendsRapIceJewelryVanillaDawgs Author:Vanilla Ice
“When you go out there to do comedy, you feel like you're doing battle with the audience a lot of the time. You're either going to get 'em, or you're not.” FeelsAudienceComedyLike YouBattleEms Author:Rob Riggle
“When we kind of get caught up in the minutiae, the details that make us all different, I think there's two ways of seeing that. There's an opportunity to see the texture of that person, the characteristics that make them unique. And then there's an opportunity to go to war about it and to say that that person is different from me and I don't like you, so let's battle.” ThinkingWayKindPersonsTwoDifferentWarOpportunitySeeingLike YouBattleUniqueCaughtDetailsCharacteristicsCaught UpTextureTwo WaysMinutiaeI Don't Like You Author:Mahershala Ali
“Most people don't know what it's like to be poor, and to live in poverty. To live in a situation where everything around you - every opportunity is shut. You don't have anyone showing you how to rise above, you don't have any resources, and everyone around you is losing that battle too, then yeah, you want something that you have control over that makes you feel like you're running your brain for a minute.” PeopleRunningOpportunityPoorBrainSituationPovertyLike YouBattleLosingRise Above Author:Alan Sparhawk