Punching Quotes

“My mom always tells me that if I feel like punching someone, first I have to say something nice to them. Out loud. If I still feel like punching them, they probably deserve it.”
― Kasie West, Split Second

“The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego”
― Soke Behzad Ahmadi

“This is crap," Shaun said, withdrawing his arm.

"Right," I agreed.

"Absolutely fucking crap."

"No argument."

"I want to punch somebody right about now."

"Not it," Rick said.

"I punch back," Steve said.”
― Mira Grant, Feed

“As soon as he was in range, I struck. I put all my wrath into that punch. It should have been enough to vaporize Mikey and leave a thug-shaped impression on the asphalt.

Instead he ducked, which I found quite annoying.

I stumbled forward. I have to say that when Prometheus fashioned you humans out of clay he did a shoddy job. Mortal legs are clumsy. I tried to compensate, drawing upon my boundless reserves of agility, but Mikey kicked me in the back. I fell on my divine face.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Punching your companions is unhelpful. Go into the forest and practice unarmed combat against a tree.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

“Stani walks in later, glaring at them both.
“Bloody bastards. One minute punching each other, next minute reading poetry. What’s wrong with everyone this week?”
Tom can tell that”
― Melina Marchetta, The Piper's Son

“. . . there are two types of fighters, the former strike all over the place hoping one would land, the latter, assured of their prowess and capabilities, hit once and destroy the opponent's desire to continue the fight”
― Soke Behzad Ahmadi & Denise Itchikawa

“On Ryukyu islands, the expert Kara-te practitioners, used their skills to subdue, control and generally teach bullies A lesson, rather than severely injure or kill their attackers. They knew full well the consequences of their actions and the trail of blood and retribution that would ensue”
― Soke Behzad Ahmadi, COMPLETE OKINAWA KARATE : Chin-na & Shuai-Jiao

“He can hit a man in the liver so the blood flow stops. It takes a full second before the pain registers and the man falls. I've seen Billy hook men's livers and punch at their hearts. I've seen him break a man's nose in the ring, shatter an eardrum, close an eye. I've seen him hit a man so hard, fist to jaw, the man seemed to fall asleep before he fell, his body so relaxed his face looked calm even when his head slammed against canvas.”
― Adam Berlin, Both Members of the Club

“Karate without heart is just A corpse”
― Soke behzad Ahmadi

“Get your hands off her, you son of a bitch!'

Jacks ran across the cavern and punched Apollo in the face. Then he punched him again and again. He punched until he stopped feeling his fist, breaking Apollo's bones. When blood spewed from the prince's nose, Jacks felt it spray his cheek.

It would have been easier just to stab the bastard in the throat. But Jacks needed to hurt him first.

'I will kill you for this!' Jacks rained down more punches on Apollo's face.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Never let it be said that I could not talk my way out of any trouble that I could not punch.”
― Kate Elliott, Cold Steel

“I had no idea punching was so fraught with peril.'

'Apparently, it takes brains to be a brute.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames