Pete Hamill Quotes

I feel like I'm a tough guy.

Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.

Coward dogs most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten runs far before them.

I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Guerillas are cruel to the weak and cowardly in the face of the brave.

Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward.

Guys in our sport bump their gums quite a bit, and they get you to think they're these huge tough guys... they're these gangsters, that they'll fight anybody, anytime. And then when you get in front of a person like me... the crickets start to come out. They don't really wanna fight.

I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.

It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.

You know the type: loud as a motorbike but wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight.

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.

For all men would be cowards if they durst.

You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier. Put them at a table together—what do you get? The sum of their fears.

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height!

… like most men with but little courage, he sought at once to justify himself by bullying.

The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.

I am a tough guy.

I don't need a huge pit bull to tell me I'm tough.

A fighter walks in the room and people are like 'oooo' because everyone is trying to be a tough guy.