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invasion by night -- B.z. Kelly
To capture the pawn, threaten the queen. -- Robert Charles Wilson
The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points; -- Sun Tzu
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one it becomes necessary to have an accurate knowledge of the enemy's camp. -- Antoine-Henri Jomini
The disruption of the broadcast. Beetee's glad we find the plan hard to follow, because then our enemies will, too. "Like your electricity trap in the arena?" I ask. "Exactly. And see how well that worked out?" says Beetee. Well ... not -- Suzanne Collins
The attackers had used one of the oldest and most potent weapons of warfare: surprise. -- Mitchell Zuckoff
The enemy is Resistance. -- Steven Pressfield
To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape. -- Sun Tzu
Sometimes, people run to see if anybody will come after them. -- Ally Carter
In fight, by 'knowing what to do next',
element of surprise can be overcomed. -- Toba Beta
If it is ever your misfortune to be attacked, alertness will have given you a little warning, decisiveness will have given you a proper course to pursue, and if that course is to counterattack, carry it out with everything you've got! Be indignant. Be angry. Be aggressive. -- Jeff Cooper
Reckless abandon and know that there will be someone -- Emily Giffin
People usually do something to have someone come after them. -- Carrie Arcos
If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that which he is obliged to rescue. -- Sun Tzu
A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy. -- Sun Tzu
Dancing cheek to cheek. -- Irving Berlin
The assault of our enemies is not part of our life; it is only part of our experience; we throw it off and guard ourselves against it as against frost, storm, rain, hail, or any other of the external evils which may be expected to happen. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy -- Sun Tzu
Much of modern military tactics is geared toward maneuvering the enemy into a position where they can essentially be massacred from safety. (pg. 140) -- Sebastian Junger
Hurrying, dragging, falling, crying, calling out names hopefully and hopelessly. -- Zora Neale Hurston
Attack where he is unprepared; sally forth when he does not expect you. -- Sun Tzu
Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found. -- Robert Fulghum
Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious?
Guard himself as he may, every moment's an ambush. -- Horace
Greet what arrives, escort what leaves and rush upon loss of contact -- Yip Man
There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt].
'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked.
Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win. -- John Flanagan
courtyards at midnight, disguised. And besides, -- Kristin Cashore
If you wish to draw off the people from a bad or wicked custom, you must beat up for a march; you must make an excitement, do something that everybody will notice. -- Lewis Tappan
Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay. -- Miyamoto Musashi
When you turn your back on someone, they come running after you. -- Robert Greene
Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers. -- Ambrose Bierce
The success of an assailant's attack depends on surprise, and if you're sufficiently alert to prevent a surprise, your counterattack is already halfway to being successful. -- Bruce Lee
When under attack, it is necessary to evaluate the situation and to decide instantly upon a proper course of action, to be carried out immediately with all the force you can bring to bear. He who hesitates is indeed lost. Do not soliloquize. Do not delay. Be decisive. -- Jeff Cooper
The younger officer accompanying Waaler was learning something new every day. This afternoon, for example, he learned it was very stupid to rock on a chair while insulting someone, because you are totally defenseless if the insulted party steps over and lands a straight right between the eyes. -- Jo Nesbo
Engage the enemy more closely. -- Charles Faddis
Deer in headlights.
Cornered suspect.
Mouse in the open, owls circling. -- Kathy Reichs
All attack is a call for help. -- Neale Donald Walsch
smacking his fist into -- Michael Grant
Laying aside also all considerations of works and engines of war, the invention of which has long since reached its limit, and for the improvement of which I see no further hope in the applied arts, I shall recognize the following types of stratagems connected with siege operations ... -- Frontinus
be aggressive, BE-BE Aggressive! B-E
A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E -- Laurie Halse Anderson
When backed into a corner, a victim has two options: he can lie down and die, or, he can fight regardless of the odds. -- Marc Schiller
blue riding breeches, who were swarming near the bridge, and then at what was approaching -- Leo Tolstoy
Attack is the proof that your enemy anticipates your success. -- Mike Murdock
On the road to your target, move cleverly and silently; when you reached your target, be humble and silent! -- Mehmet Murat Ildan
Attack in all directions! -- Nathan Bedford Forrest
Are you my enemy? Are you strong, with speed and agility and the training of a warrior? It matters naught to me. Run now! Run fast into the forest! I'll give you a few moments' start - an hour, if you wish. But you will never be fast enough. I'll catch and kill you before long. -- Joseph Delaney
When in doubt, ATTACK! -- George S. Patton Jr.
I'd gone down to meet Erik so I could surrender, and I had. I'd laid down my sword and armor, and in return, he'd stabbed me square in the chest. It was an ambush. -- R.s. Grey
Cowardice, the dread of what will happen. -- Epictetus
If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep. -- Sherwood Smith
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission. -- Patrick Macgill
When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you. -- Sun Tzu
To lead people walk behind them. -- Lao-Tzu
If the enemy is the invading party, we can cut his line of communications and occupy the roads by which he will have to return; if we are the invaders, we may direct our attack against the sovereign himself. -- Du Mu
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across. -- Sun Tzu
obsequious courting of the mob -- Marcus Aurelius
If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me. -- U.s. Marine Corps
Pamela shook her head as she swiveled the computer screen so Noah could see the grainy black-and-white video of a group of men in SWAT gear approaching a box. Soon there was a bomb-bot poking the thing, and finally a new man in protective gear picked it up. "Harley is being stalked by someone her -- Lucy Mcconnell
On the sly, scoping for love. -- Aretha Franklin
The attackers are the people with bold, innovative ideas, who are trying to disrupt the status quo, and usher in a better way. We need to think out of the box, and be curious, and be willing to take risks. -- Steve Case
Contrails. Also helicopters. Skydivers. Basically everything -- Tim Pratt
Never leave an enemy standing. -- Shaka
Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it. -- Thomas Hardy
slaying everything within reach in order to quiet the monster that gnaws at their vitals. -- Henry Miller
She'd been feeling pleased with a couple of moves, had thought she was gaining the upper hand. But she'd been overconfident. She'd failed to notice his stealthy approach until he turned the tables on her with a move she hadn't expected and now she was fighting for her life. -- Emily Arden
One of the surest ways of forming good combinations in war would be to order movements only after obtaining perfect information of the enemy's proceedings. In fact, how can any man say what he should do himself; if he is ignorant what his adversary is about? -- Antoine-Henri Jomini
corridor, supposedly out of earshot, about the meeting they had just taken part in. Then we asked the team playing themselves to do the same. This enactment -- Peter Hawkins
Evasions are the common shelter of the hard-hearted, the false and impotent when called upon to assist; the really great alone plan instantaneous help, even when their looks or words presage difficulties. -- Johann Kaspar Lavater
Follow me if I advance, kill me if I retreat, avenge me if I die. -- Mary Matalin
How to throw assassins off balance: cry in front of them. -- Leah Cypess
We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge. -- George W. Bush
I'm a cornered tiger with nowhere to run; the only option that remains is to attack. -- Paulo Coelho
Sometimes, we must face our fears and our enemies on their ground, a place where they appear stronger but if we are well prepared, nothing can stop us. Their turf or not, success will be ours. -- Idowu Koyenikan
When you know your enemy is invincible,
run and hide, or may do business with him. -- Toba Beta
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness. -- Pierre Corneille
Long ago, after a bad fall, her father had explained that only fools were fearless. We meet rear, he'd said. We greet the unexpected visitor and listen to what he has to tell us. When fear arrives, something is about to happen. (p51) -- Leigh Bardugo
Rush to danger; wind up nowhere. -- Morrissey
Had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once. Take -- Neil Gaiman
Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength. -- Sun Tzu
Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat. -- Sun Tzu
What one side considers a defense the other considers a threat. In the vortex of the struggle, each is trapped by his own fearful outlook and by his fear of the other; each moves and is moved within a circle both vicious and lethal. -- C. Wright Mills
When you decide to attack, keep calm and dash in quickly, forestalling the enemy ... attack with a feeling of constantly crushing the enemy, from first to last. -- Miyamoto Musashi
When guerillas engage a stronger enemy, they withdraw when he advances, harass him when he stops, strike him when he is weary, pursue him when he withdraws. -- Mao Zedong
Predator and prey move in silent gestures, on the seductive dance of death, in the shadows cast by the vultures of the night. -- Luis Marques
What are you doing to stop the next attack? I asked. People nervously -- George W. Bush
But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways. -- Caroline B. Cooney
When one is engaged in a desperate defense of one's world and its values, nothing can be given away, any breach in the walls might be fatal, every point must be defended to the death. -- Isaiah Berlin
A hero attacks in the moment, a good coward runs in it. The rest of the world waits for the next moment and ends up as crow food. I -- Mark Lawrence
The probability of direct confrontation increases with the aggressiveness of the enemy. So, rather than try to outbid the enemy with complicated schemes, one should, on the contrary, try to outbid him in simplicity -- Carl Von Clausewitz
By doing what our assailant least expects us to do, we may throw him completely off ... what he usually least suspects is instant, violent counterattack, so the principle of aggressiveness is closely tied to threat of surprise. -- Jeff Cooper
In the chaos of sentiments and passions which defend a barricade, there is something of everything; there is bravery, youth, honor, enthusiasm, the ideal, conviction, the eager fury of the gamester, and above all, intervals of hope. -- Victor Hugo
The Englishman foxtrots as he fox-hunts, with all his being, through thickets, through ditches, over hedges, through chiffons, through waiters, over saxophones, to the victorious finish; and who goes home depends on how many the ambulance will accommodate. -- Edna St. Vincent Millay
When I want to be lectured on strategy, I'll consult someone who's actually won battles,' Amelie said. 'Not one who ran away from them.'
'Snap,' Eve said.
'You know what they're talking about?' Shane asked.
'Don't need to know to get that one. She smacked him so hard his momma felt it. -- Rachel Caine
A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground. -- Victor Hugo
behind. Something -- Jodi Picoult
Knowing where the trap is
that's the first step in evading it. -- Frank Herbert
Don't do that."
"Don't do what?"
"Sneak around."
"Do you mean walk around? Because that's what I actually did. I usually crouch more when I sneak - and then I kill someone. -- G.a. Aiken
There is not one thing we can do to fix the problem, it has to be an ambush! -- Jamie Oliver
Keep your eye on the prey -- Erin Hunter
To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you. -- Bruce Lee
I guard my existence, sheltered by distance. Hidden and masked I parade, everyone oblivious to the grand charade. -- Tina J. Richardson
