The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. Third rule of Fight Club: Someone yells stop, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: no shirts, no shoes. Seventh rule: Fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: If this is your first night at Fight Club, you have to fight. ibid. Pitt
Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables – slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off. ibid.
He was a front-door philosopher, and studied the art of fighting without fighting. Well, most of the time. Clubbed 2009 starring Colin Salmon & Natalie Gumede & Mel Raido & Shaun Parks & Scot Williams & Maxine Peake & Neil Morrisey & Ronnie Fox & Anthony Ghosh et al, director Neil Thompson, commentary
For the first time in my life I had fought back. ibid.
The truth is – I just love to fight. The Football Factory 2004 starring Danny Dyer & Frank Harper & Neil Maskell & Roland Manookian & Tamer Hassan & Dudley Sutton & John Junkin & Jamie Foreman & Kara Tointon et al, director Nick Love
You know the rules – no fights on the floor. They Shoot Horses Don't They? 1969 starring Jane Fonda & Michael Sarrazin & Susannah York & Gig Young & Red Buttons & Bonnie Bedelia & Bruce Dern & Allyn Ann McLerie & Robert Fields & Michael Conrad, bouncer
Just relax. In the future I’ll make at least 20 Yen per fight. I’ll get 15 Yen even if I lose. Dragnet Girl 1933 starring Kinuyo Tanaka & Joji Oka & Sumiko Mizukubo & Koji Mitsui & Yumeko Aizome & Yoshio Takayama & Koji Naga & Yasuo Nanjo et al, director Yasujiro Ozu, brother to sister
You got to fight the bastards always, boys. Bloody Mama 1970 starring Shelley Winters & Lisa Jill & Robert Walden & Alex Nicol & Robert De Niro & Pat Hingle & Don Stroud & Diane Varsi & Bruce Dern & Clint Kimbrough et al, director Roger Corman, Ma
We’ll fight. Seven Samurai 1954 starring Tikashi Shimura & Isao Kimura & Yoshio Inaba & Daisuke Kato & Minoru Chiaki & Seiji Miyaguchi & Toshiro Mifune & Bokuzen Hidari & Kamatari Fujiwara & Keiko Tsushima & Yoshio Tsuchiya et al, director Akira Kurosawa, old man
Could you whip him, pa? Could you whip Shane? Shane 1953 starring Alan Ladd & Jean Arthur & Van Heflin & Brandon de Wilde & Jack Palance & Ben Johnson & Edgar Buchanan & Emile Meyer & Elisha Cook junior & Douglas Spencer et al, director George Stevens, Joey
Fight. You must fight. The Magnificent Seven 1960 starring Steve McQueen & Yul Brynner & Charles Bronson & Robert Vaughn & Brad Dexter & Eli Wallach & Horst Buchholz & Vladimir Sokoloff et al, director John Sturges, old man
We fight only when there is no other choice. We prefer the ways of peaceful contact. Star Trek: Specter of the Gun s3e6, Kirk
We will fight and we will keep on fighting until we can’t fight any more. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s6e4: Behind the Lines, Sisko to crew
We’re going through ... We’re going to fight our way out of this. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s6e6: Sacrifice of Angles II, Sisko
After they cashiered me out of Star Fleet I went out looking for a fight and found the Maquis. Star Trek: Voyager s1e1: The Caretaker I, Tom to Harry
I got as far as Deep Space Nine where I got into a bar fight with a Ferengi. And I was thrown into the brig by a very unpleasant shape-shifter. Star Trek: Voyager s2e5: Non Sequitur, Tom to Harry
Then get ready for a fight. Red Alert. Star Trek: Voyager s4e15: Hunters, Janeway
War will cease when men refuse to fight. Pacifist slogan from 1936
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the sea, and oceans. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. Winston Churchill, speech House of Commons 4th June 1940
The Black Hills belong to me. If the whites try to take them, I will fight. Sitting Bull
I purpose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer. Ulysses S Grant
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else. Oliver Cromwell, letter to Sir William Spring September 1643
A duel is a duel. I want to fight. Anton Chekhov, The Duel, Sky Arts 2012
Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room. Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1963 starring Peter Sellers & George C Scott & Sterling Haydenn & Keenan Wynn & Slim Pickens & Peter Bull & James Earl Jones & Tracy Reed & Shane Rimmer et al, director Stanley Kubrick, president
When things are scarce in this harsh world you may have to fight to get your fair share. In this case it’s food: meat. But you may have to fight too to get the best available mate that’s around or territory. David Attenborough, The Trials of Life s1e8: Fighting: Fight or Flee? BBC 1990
Again a tool for feeding has become a weapon for aggression. ibid.
Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You’ll never get out of the jungle that way. Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman I vii
My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited. Eric Cantona
The best fighter is never angry. Lao Tzu
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious. Sun Tzu
Who wishes to fight must first count the cost. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The United States does not start fights. Ronald Reagan
When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph. Pierre Corneille, Le Cid
The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, 1863-1937
None shall pass. Then you shall die. I move for no man. [loses arm] Tis but a scratch. No it isn’t. I’ve had worse. Come on, you pansy. [loses other arm] Come on then. Have at you. Oh had enough eh. Yes I have. It’s just a flesh wound. Chicken! Chicken! [loses leg] Right I’ll do you for that! Come here. I’m invincible! The black knight always triumphs! Have at you! Come on then. [loses other leg] All right, we’ll call it a draw. Oh oh I see. Running away eh. You yellow bastard, come back here and take what’s coming to you. I’ll bite your legs off. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1974 starring Graham Chapman & John Cleese & Eric Idle & Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones & Michael Palin & Connie Booth & Carol Cleveland & Neil Innes et al, director Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, Black Knight
He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell. Lord Byron
Hereditary bondsmen! know you not
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? Lord Byron
How fucking cool was he? We were almost ten-handed and he offered us all out. What a pot-house, eh? The Firm 2009 starring Calum MacNab & & Paul Anderson & Daniel Mays & Doug Allen & Joe Jackson & Richie Campbell & James Kelly & Tommy Nash & Eddie Webber et al, director Nick Love