Richard Adams Quotes

Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

Those who tread among serpents, and along a tortuous path, must use the cunning of the serpent.

The wild Indian power of escaping observation, even where there is little or no cover to hide in, was probably slowly acquired in hard hunting and fighting lessons while trying to approach game, take enemies by surprise, or get safely away when compelled to retreat.

Coyote never loses. Because I change the rules of the games my enemies play. What are the rules of your game?

The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth open to look as he were dead; and these birds want to peck at his tongue, and he bites off their heads.

My enemies are everywhere. And sometimes, those we least suspect turn out to be our biggest threats.

I prefer people who don't get caught, and if they do get caught, I prefer people who don't give in.

Trump wants a team of fighters. He wants a team of people that understand what they're up against and who's out to get them, to stop them, to destroy them, to impede them or what have you.

I think that everybody does hustle in order to survive. That doesn't mean lying - it's more about how you handle situations.

I love enemies, though not in the Christian way. They amuse me, excite my blood. Being always on one’s guard, catching every glance, the significance of every word, guessing at intentions, frustrating their plots, pretending to be tricked, and suddenly, with a shove, upturning the whole enormous and arduously built edifice of their cunning and schemes—that’s what I call life.

"Each moment you fight is a gift to those in this cavern. Each second we fight is a second longer that thousands of people can draw breath. Each stroke of the sword, each koloss felled, each breath earned is another victory! It is a person protected for a moment longer, a life extended, an enemy frustrated!" There was a brief pause. "In the end they shall kill us"... "But first, they shall fear us!"

Women are better at acting then men. Why? Because we have to be. If successfully convincing someone bigger than you are of something he doesn't want to know is a survival skill, this is how women have survived through the millennia.

Lay low, play dumb, keep moving.

Even after killing ninety nine tigers the Maharaja should beware of the hundredth.

Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves

I think it's important that you always transform if you can. That's what I was trained to do. You try and hide yourself as much as you can - that's the key to longevity.

The great trick with a woman is to get rid of her while she think's she's rid of you.

Everybody has same or the other weakness. This eis also a a general tendency to conceal theee weaknesses. For people may not harm for these, but they will surely ridicule or make fun of. Friendship, of course feigned should be retained with enemy till his weakness is known. Let him remain elated.

During my time in the camps, I had got to know the enemies of the human race quite well: they respect the big fist and nothing else; the harder you slug them, the safer you will be.

Survival is an art. It requires the dulling of the mind and the senses, and a delicate attunement to waiting, without insisting on precision about just what it is you are waiting for.

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!

If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.

You have so much to learn from your enemies.