Roxane Gay Quotes

He moved on, in the centre of a widening circle. He wasn't an enemy, he was a nemesis.

You never forget your greatest foe.

The archenemy is the arch stupid!

Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.

To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.

I am one of the baddest enemies anybody can have.

Ric Flair is an old nemesis of mine.

From a real antagonist one gains boundless courage.

Like the others though,[Donald] Trump thrives when he has a clear enemy.

An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.

Every character needs an adversary - one who is both challenging and a contrast for the hero. The best adversaries reveal something about the character they're contrasting.

I cannot get any sense of an enemy - only of a disaster.

The most constant, the most powerful, and the most generous of all my enemies.

It's great to have an enemy. Sharpens your senses.

I think the James Bond thing has sailed. But of course I would want to be a Bond villain. They are great parts. I think it's highly unlikely, but one can always dream.

An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on I am your teacher.

The measure of a superhero is always his nemesis.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

Himmler hates me. Now I am going to bring him down.

There is no little enemy.

TV shows always pit girls against each other; there's always a nemesis.

I love playing a character who has an adversary she can go one-on-one with.

I think that there are always these opponents that you circle back to that you have made some sort of legacy with and I feel Buddy Murphy is that for me.

I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie. They were fairly weak, the last half-dozen of villains in James Bond movies were not that convincing.

I'd love to be some sort of villain in a big-budget action movie. Or a superhero franchise. That'd be rad.