David and Goliath Quotes

One man won't make a difference against sixty.

A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.

Nobody roots for Goliath.

I always want to take on the giants.

Let me tell you, I've never heard a man whine more than Jason Mamoa getting knocked around by little ol' me.

Fling but a stone, the giant dies.

I'm just a small guy.

The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.

I have lived in the monster and I know its insides; and my sling is the sling of David.

I was one man and I tackled a big railroad. I did the best I could.

Any time I've taken the mound, it's always been the old Samson-and-Goliath story written about me.

I thought it was a classic David and Goliath story, and I was fully onboard Team WikiLeaks. I was very pro the leaks, barring the redaction issue. But I see WikiLeaks as a publisher.

The more the technocrats programme it down to the smallest detail, the more the powerful manipulate it, football continues to be the art of the unforeseeable. When you least expect it, the impossible occurs: the dwarf teaches the giant a lesson, and a scraggy, bow-legged black man makes an athlete sculpted in Greece look ridiculous.

Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long.

Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants.

Look at the man go, its like trying to stop a water-buffalo with a pea-shooter.

The other guys, all they have to do is use their big butts and big python arms to hit homers. Me, I'm the little guy in the group. People always root for the little guy.

That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.

It's gone on my whole life, this David and Goliath syndrome that a lot of these smaller guys always have. They think the only reason I've ever had any success in my career is because of my physical size. And you know what? If that's the case, so be it. I really don't care. Because I have that size.

It's not easy to shout against real elements. The elements are big, and the human voice is very small.

If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.

Small things have a way of overmastering the great. This small press can destroy a kingdom.