There Are Some Things That Can Beat Smartness And Foresight? Awkwardness And Stupidity Can. The Best

There are some things that can beat smartness and foresight? Awkwardness and stupidity can. The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn't do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him; he does the thing he ought not to do; and often it catches the expert out and ends him on the spot.

Mark Twain

It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didn't fight with honor... I fought to win.

Ender's Game; Orson Scott Card

The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.

Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett

For the first time she saw its eyes. They were red, and mad as hell. Anything with eyes like that could kill anything it wanted, because madness, true madness, can drive a fist through a plank.

Men at Arms; Terry Pratchett

The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.

The Knife of Never Letting Go; Patrick Ness

The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About anything.

The Knife of Never Letting Go; Patrick Ness