Punch Quotes

“Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Steelheart

“I wanted to punch him and understand him at the same time.”
― Shannon A. Thompson, Take Me Tomorrow

“I don't want to see you. I don't like you. I don't like your face. You look like an insufferable egotist. You're impertinent. You're too sure of yourself. Twenty years ago I would have punched your face with the greatest of pleasure.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“It'll be all right, my fine fellow," said the Otter. "I'm coming along with you, and I know every path blindfold; and if there's a head that needs to be punched, you can confidently rely upon me to punch it.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

“Some bruises you wear like badges of honour: when you got it playing rugby, or quad racing, or falling off something while drunk, no opportunity is lost to show off a good contusion. A bruise inflicted by someone else, however, is a whole other story: it's like a big flashing arrow marking you out as punchable, and before long there'll be boys queuing up to add bruises of their own, as if they'd just been waiting for somebody to show them it could be done.”
― paul murray

“It seems to happen sudden—a fighter gets good. He gets easy and graceful. He learns how to save himself—no energy wasted... he slips and slides— he travels with the punch. . . . Oh, sure, I like the way you're shaping up.”
― Clifford Odets, Golden Boy

“She wanted to stomp her foot, throw a tantrum, throw a punch.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, The Great Escape

“See!” Dad yelled. “Boys don’t stay with whores, Bianca. They leave them. And I’m not going to let you turn into a whore. Not my daughter. This is for your own good.”
I looked up as he reached a hand down to grab my arm. I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting to feel his fingers clamp around my forearm.
But they never did.
I heard a loud thud, and Dad grunted in pain. My eyes flew open. Wesley moved away from Dad, who was massaging his jaw with a shocked look on his face. “Why you little shithead!”
“Are you all right?” Wesley asked, kneeling in front of me.
“Did you just punch my dad?” I couldn’t help but wonder if I was delirious. Had all of this really just happened? Totally bizarre.
“Yes,” Wesley admitted.
“How dare you touch me!” Dad screamed, but he was having trouble balancing enough to approach us again. “How dare you fuck my daughter, then hit me, you son of a bitch!”
I’d never heard my father swear like that before.
“Come on,” Wesley said, helping me to my feet. “Let’s get out of here. You’re coming with me.” He wrapped an arm around me, pulling me close against his warm body, and ushered me out the open door.”
― Kody Keplinger, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

“Frankly, if her face wasn't so cute, I would most certainly have been punching it.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。1

“There wasn't an asteroid big enough to punch. Not this time. Not even the moon.”
― Margaret Stohl, The Life of Captain Marvel

“I wish I could punch him in his smug face and show him how undeterred I am by his exile.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“How ill-inspired we are when
Life, brawling in its crude matter-of-fact way
Decks us with the cold fist of reality”
― Laurence Overmire, Gone Hollywood

“Women are heavyweight boxers; only, they punch with words, not fists.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“I accidentally punched myself in the face while trying to pull my comforter up last night. If that doesn't accurately sum up my day, I don't know what does." - Apple to Ridley”
― Lani Lynn Vale, Bad Apple

“If you want to know how powerful you are, count the times you’ve been punched or whacked by life. This only happens to powerful people.”
― Meir Ezra

“If they do there are ways to weather the storm without bidding against yourself or responding with anger. Once you learn these tactics, you’ll be prepared to withstand the hit and counter with panache. First, deflect the punch in a way that opens up your counterpart. Successful negotiators often say “No” in one of the many ways we’ve talked about (“How am I supposed to accept that?”) or deflect the anchor with questions like “What are we trying to accomplish here?” Responses like these are great ways to refocus your counterpart when you feel you’re being pulled into the compromise trap.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

“No matter what happens, the point here is to sponge up information from your counterpart. Letting your counterpart anchor first will give you a tremendous feel for him. All you need to learn is how to take the first punch.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

“If Ashlynn was trained in seduction, lesson one must be how to not punch your target in the face when you really want to.”
― Charleigh Frederick, Rule 25: Don't Fall For The Target

“When somebody is ignoring, I ignore him too. When somebody is kicking or punching me I also do that, but with the differences that I do that on him. The rule is called Equal, but it's famous with "quits"!”
― Deyth Banger

“In the silence, Hallelujah realizes that Jonah hasn’t said a word since confirming that Luke kicked him and Brad out of their hotel room. He has his eyes closed, but he’s definitely not sleeping. His mouth is tight. He’s breathing deeply too, but it’s on purpose. And when he opens his eyes to see Hallelujah looking at him, he gets up abruptly. He adds more wood to their fire. He paces a circle around their camp.
Then he says, in that low, dangerous voice Hallelujah heard for the first time at the party three nights ago, “I’m gonna kill him.” He circles the campfire again.
A part of Hallelujah feels a little thrill at Jonah’s anger. That he’s this worked up on her behalf. The other part of her—a bigger part—doesn’t like seeing him like this. She says, not because she believes it but because she wants to calm him down, “It’s okay.”
“It’s not okay,” Jonah says, but he stops pacing. He looks at her, and then at his fists. “Right. I won’t kill him. But it would feel really good to punch him in the face.” And then it’s like the anger drains out of him. He shakes his head. He pops his knuckles, slowly, one by one.”
― Kathryn Holmes

“Life is tough and it needs a tougher punch to crack!”
― Tehreem Rahat

“Some people have rubbed salt into some people’s wounds by punching out their false teeth.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“He sure as hell hadn’t expected to walk into the middle of a standoff between a big bruiser and a short redhead who prepared to slurp the guy’s spine through a straw.

And when she’d punched the big bruiser square in the jaw?

Well, he just might’ve fallen in love.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Taking Root

“A feeble punch at a bunch of challenges could launch a boomerang but a scorching blow will leave them in the lurch.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“As for me, I will punch anyone who calls me a conservative in the nose. I am a radical.”
― Frank Chodorov

“Don't punch at all if you can help it, he heard his father's voice, clear as if he were standing next to him, but if you must, punch first and punch hardest.”
― John Gwynne, Valor

“Set boundaries, and learn to take a punch or punch back, without anger. The guy across the table is not the problem; the situation is.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

“Imagine that you are on the street and someone attacks you. If you feel that you must fight back to defend yourself, you might instinctively make a fist and punch at the attacker’s head. In the heat of the moment, you might try to do this over and over again, using one instrument against one target. While natural, this may not be the most effective approach, especially against a competent attacker. Rather, you want to “work the whole body.” Instead of focusing narrowly on one target, or using only one method of attack, more experienced fighters will consider all of their instruments (two hands, two feet, knees, elbows, nearby items that can be used for defense, and so on) and evaluate all potential areas that could be targeted.”
― Deepak Malhotra, Negotiating the impossible: how to break deadlocks and resolve ugly conflicts

“Cheers,” he muttered, knocking his cup against hers. “This Valentine’s Day punch is awful. Who the fuck made it?”

“Moses did.” Reed sighed. “I think he was trying to poison us.”

“His mission was successful.” Ashford frowned into his cup. “Where are our problem children anyway?”
― Jane Washington, Plier

“Her breath tasted like the awful punch he had made”
― Jane Washington, Plier