“Fierce is my blade, fierce is my hate
Born to die in battle, I laugh at my fate
Now pay in blood when your blood has been spilled
You’re never forgiven - Death is fulfilled!
The clash of honor calls
To stand when others fall
God of war
Feel the power of my sword.”
“The Power of Thy Sword” - Manowar
from the novel Conan the Barbarian, by L. Sprague deCamp and Lin Carter, based on the screenplay by John Milius and Oliver Stone.
On a lighter note, rent Cheech and Chong’s version of The Corsican Brothers , and look for the scene where Chong and his girlfriend are discussing swords. He is talking about swords. She is talking about penises.
I don’t remember the exact words, but it was something along the lines of:
HIM: Mine is broken. That’s why I have to get to the castle. That’s where they keep the big ones.
HER: Pierre. But his is too big.
HIM: They can never be too big. If they are big enough, friend and foe alike will flee in sheer terror.
HER: That’s what I did.
No. FAIR!
I didn’t see Eowyn’s “Those who cannot use swords can still die upon them.”
BMalion
Granted swords are low maintenance never-fail weapons of war.
However, remember the scene in “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” where Indiana Jones is confronted by the scimitar-wielding villain ? Need I say more?
I’ll take a 30:06 any day.
You can have the gun; I have the bullets!
Now, as I said elsewhere, shall we start negotiations?
Tristan, the reason I invoked the dread name of Sweetums is he was one of my first fencing teachers and one of the best. I’ve learned a lot for him and would learn even more if he ever got back to turning up at BMDL fencing practices again. I am, however, crushed, and my illusions are shattered! : 
only with a tragic swoon: You see, I expected him to know those quotes of the top of his head, rather than having to look them up.
Hmmm. Maybe this thread is another excuse to re-read Cyrano de Bergerac* or see if I can find a translation of The Three Musketteers I actually like. After all, I didn’t get into fencing because of Sweetums’ good looks!
CJ
Ages ago I gave my brother a bumper sticker that read:
“If they out law guns can we use swords?”
“You no good with sword; try dick!” --Lo Wang, Shadow Warrior
“Magic is impressive, but now Minsc leads. Swords for everyone!” –Minsc, Baldur’s Gate
Magic is nice, but now Minsc leads! Swords for everyone!
-Baldur’s Gate
Ancient Celtic Proverb
Minsc from BG and BGII is great, he has several sword related ones.
This one sprang immediately to mind, though, and is one of my favorites.
The Romeo and Juliet quote is actually “He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” It’s about love, not swords…
From the same play: “O! he is the courageous captain of compliments. He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and proportion; rests me his minim rest, one, two, and the third in your bosom; the very butcher of a silk button, a duellist, a duellist; a gentleman of the very first house, of the first and second cause. Ah! the immortal passado! the punto reverso! the hay!”
Okay, Mercutio’s making fun of Tybalt and his fencing, but it’s about it. 
Anothe from Kill Bill (1)
I can tell you with no ego that this is my finest blade. If, on your journey, you should encounter God… God will be cut.
Brian
Did I fail to include a “smiley” ?
Did I not say :
You are welcome to your gun, without bullets, against me with my sword any day. 
(do they make a bayonet for a 30:06?)
Good enough. I was hoping you turned out to be more than just an SCA fencer, and you pass.
Says me, who doesn’t fence, and isn’t very good with other sharp things.
When society collapses, you can come stay in my nice stable dictatorship but you’ll have to teach me… hehehe…
*Gold for the mistress,
Silver for the maid,
Copper for the craftsman,
Cunning at his trade.
“Good!” cried the baron,
Sitting in his hall,
“But iron - cold iron -
Is master of them all.”
Not about swords, but knives -
Regards,
Shodan
Two pages and nobody’s referred to 8-bit Theatre yet? :eek:
(Now, mind you, I’m not so geeky as to actually look up the quotes, so they might be inaccurate.)
“I like swords.”
“I’ve named them stabbity and slashity.”
“Swordchucks, yo.”
…and I really want to throw another quote in there about the Two-Fisted Monkey Style, but I can’t recall it off the top of my head.
Love it!
Now, if someone will just come up with an apposite quote from Wellington, I’ll set the pair up together in my sigfile.
Pretty please? 
If you want it to have the right double-entendre character, I’d go with…
Swordsmen do it to the hilt!
Ahh Siege, but you forget. In addition to my skill with sword, I pride myself at my skill at my chosen profession.
Any good reference librarian knows, always provide documentation for your answers. I could have tossed out a few from memory, but having the resources right here, I would be remiss in not using them. :cool:Will this do?
“Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let’s see who pounds the longest.”