Charles Bukowski Quotes

If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.

I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked.

If he wants to fight, we can fight. I don't have any problem with him, but we can do it if he wants to.

'Tis no festival unless there be some fightings.

I don't really like fighting.

And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust.

And if I end up with blood on my hands, well I know, that you'll understand, 'cause I fight like a girl.

No matter how impossible this war, I shall fight to win. Whatever I have to do, I will do.

You I advise not to work, but to fight. You I advise not to peace, but to victory. Let your work be a fight, let your peace be a victory!

No one gets to their heaven without a fight...

Although our fight will be long and hard, our people are resolved to fight till final victory.

Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.

I shall fight on, I shall fight to win.

He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.

We are all fighters, every single person who walks this earth is a fighter, everything that lives. To live is to fight. And we just fight in different arenas.

I'm thinking, 'OK, we're about to fight.' I'm like, 'We're about to get it on right here at the VMAs?

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

I had no taste for defeat - much less victory - without a fight.

There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.

We don't win what we don't fight for.

This ship is built to fight. You had better know how.

Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It only kills the brain cells that contain good sense, shame, embarrassment, and restraint.

At times you have to fight. No way around it. At some point, every one of us is confronted with danger or injustice. How we choose to combat that challenge is often life-defining. You can face difficulties head-on, or run from them, or ignore them until they consume you. But no one escapes conflict. No one.

This is a hard fight and we had better all die than lose it.

The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.