Blood Quotes - Page 119

Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood.

And yet one carries the sins of his forebears as one carries their features in his face. One bears their blood, and their honor or their blight.

I mean, evil and boredom. Evil and ennui. Evil and the lack of stimulation. Evil and sluggish blood.

To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies.

Her sister's shoes. They sparkeled even in the darkening afternoon. They sparkeled like yellow diamonds, and embers of blood and thorny stars.

Nothing is lost. Nothing is forgotten.It was in the blood, the flesh,And now it is forever.

Motherhood is the most dangerous and awesome relationship possible. ... The parent/child blood relationship is one-sided and irrevocable and enduring. And it is all rather humbling.

I'm Cuban-American, everybody says. I have a Cuban background, Cuban blood.

I cannot shy away from controversy. I don't know if it's my Irish blood, but I love it.

For Scotland has a double dose of the poison called heredity; the sense of blood in the aristocrat, the sense of doom in the Calvinist.

When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears like errant wings, The devil's walking parody On all four-footed things.

Iceland is 50 percent Celtic blood, from the females that they stole from us, which is why our country has only got dogs left. It was a joke! I'll never be let back in Scotland again!

Should the States reject this excellent Constitution, the probability is, an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peacethe next will be drawn in blood.

Where is the man to be found who wishes to remain indebted for the defense of his own person and property to the exertions, the bravery, and the blood of others, without making one generous effort to repay the debt of honor and gratitude?

Our nation is somewhat sad, but we're angry. There's a certain level of blood lust, but we won't let it drive our reaction. We're steady, clear-eyed and patient, but pretty soon we'll have to start displaying scalps.

When John Murtha, for example, said the Marines are killing innocent civilians in cold blood.

It would repel me less to be a hangman than a soldier, because the one is obliged to put to death only criminals sentenced by the law, but the other kills honest men who like himself bathe in innocent blood at the bidding of some superior.

You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat.

You promised him vengeance as well.' 'I promised him justice.' 'Call it what you will. It still comes down to blood." - Tywin & Tyrion

I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.

You don`t have to be foreign policy expert to succeed as president, but you have to have ice water for blood.

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.

It is a great victory that comes without blood.

I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.