Arthur Boyd Quotes

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.

I always think that the ability to fight and defend oneself is a skill that every man should have but endeavour never to use, you know?

In school and college, there have been instances where I wish I knew how to defend myself.

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.

I have a self-defense mind. I've had it all my life.

I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.

I only direct in self-defense.

Obviously I'm not a violent person; I don't like violence, but I would definitely go into defending myself if the situation arose.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

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.

Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands.

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

I wasn’t being non-nonviolent, I was just protectin’ my family.

We should be able to defend ourselves by ourselves.

I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.

People want to be able to protect themselves.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

I never had any desire to defend myself, and never did I seriously think about it.

I'm not a violent person, but I'm a capable person. I'm never looking for a fight. But I'm always ready for one.

Nobody else is going to protect yourself. You've got to protect yourself.

I conditioned myself many years ago that nobody could hurt me.