Frank Oz Quotes

You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.

Never unsheathe the sword except in self defense.

Do the magistrates think of putting down our meeting by acts of violence? I for one think they do, and should we be attacked today, come what will, life, death, or victory, I am determined no house shall cover my head tonight. I am quite ready to stand by the law, and not to give our tyrants the slightest advantage in attacking us in sections; but should they employ force against us. I am repelling attack by attack.

When a person attacks, it's rough.

Usually, it is man who attacks; as for me, I defend myself, and I often capitulate.

Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.

In my martial arts days. I was taught a lot of discipline that probably rolls over into other parts of my life. You're not supposed to attack back until you're attacked. You never take your skills and abuse them. I knew I could be lethal to someone my size.

We will continue to hit those who threaten us.

I have one way of fighting: I'm going to come after you, put hands on you, and knock you out.

People automatically think that because you attack, you can't defend. Not true.

For me, I just stuck to school. I thought you can't be bullied and dumb, so books and I will be friends.

We want to put pressure on the defense.

When someone attacks you, there is always an opportunity, and that's what I look for.

That's the secret, hit without getting hit.

In my attempt to defend myself, I was badly injured on my left hand. I am shaken but fortunate to be alive.

...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor.

When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at another.

We've never declared war on anybody. We [Iran] defended ourselves against wars that were imposed on us. We have no desire to engage in confrontation with anybody.

Education is 'the guardian genius of our democracy.' Nothing really means more to our future, not our military defenses, not our missiles or our bombers, not our production economy, not even our democratic system of government. For all of these are worthless if we lack the brain power to support and sustain them.

If you hate my guts and have designs to hurt me, and I see you building a cannon aimed at my house, I am not going to wait for you to finish construction.

Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish.

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.

But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.

Education is a slow moving but powerful force

The history of Israel is divided into two parts. One, under attack that we have had to defend ourselves. When you defend yourself your thinking is totally different from when you want to make peace. So under attack you behave like if you want a hawk, when peace comes you become a dove.