“After one month with a saxophone shoved in my mouth, my military combatant's enthusiasm disappeared completely. Instead of flying choppers behind enemy lines, I started to fantasise about living in New York, London or Paris.” LinesBehindsEnemyCreativityMilitaryNew YorkMonthsMouthsLondonFlyingEnthusiasmParisSaxophoneChoppers Book:The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics Source: The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics
“A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going to battle, facing the cannon's mouth, and encountering the enemy in the field.” MenChristianEvilChristianityEnemyFieldsBattleMouthsSoldierConquerCannons Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“Civilisation is only a pretense. In crisis we have become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and instead becoming the hairy primate at the mouth of the cave, screeching at the enemy wishing it would go away, fingering the heavy stone we will use the moment it comes close enough” EnoughMomentsUseWishForgetEnemyBecomingMouthsStonesCrisisMereHeavyRationalGoing AwayCavesApesPretenseCivilisationPretensionPrimates Author:Orson Scott Card
“If you make exercise your hobby instead of your enemy it becomes your friend; it's the one thing that will never let you down. It will always be there for you and it will always make you better than you were before. Remember: every time you go to the gym, every time you put the right supplement in your mouth, you're better than you were ten minutes ago. [...] The irony is most people know what to do, they just don't do what they know.” PeopleIfsKnowsRememberEnemyOne ThingMinutesExerciseTenMouthsIronyGymHobbiesBetter Than YouSupplements Author:Sylvester Stallone
“The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where the mouth is. And I think the word he's trying to say is 'please'. Pity, not vengeance sends my arrow flying into his skull.” ThinkingKnowsTryingUsedSoundEnemyPleaseMouthsFlyingPityUsed To BeMeatVengeanceArrowsSkullsHunk Book:The Hunger Games Trilogy Source: The Hunger Games Trilogy
“O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!" - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii)” MenShouldBrainEnemySceneMouthsAlcoholStealingAlcoholismAlcoholicsDrankDrunkennessDrinking AlcoholGreat DrinkingAlcohol DrinkingGreat AlcoholDrinking WineAlcohol And LifeIntemperanceBeer And WineDrinks And Love Author:William Shakespeare