Subject: Conflict » Fights

For my birthday I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier… I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I’m not a fighter, I’m a bleeder.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

(1943 – ) British prime minister & politician

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

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

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

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing to lose.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

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

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

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

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

American-Canadian hockey executive

I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder

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

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

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

If it is worth fighting for, it is worth fighting dirty for.

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Never go to bed mad… stay up and fight.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

(1973 – ) American comedian

You might be a redneck if… you got into a fistfight at your last yard sale.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

If it weren’t for marriage, husband and wives would have to fight with strangers.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor