“Put 'em up, put 'em up! I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back. I'll fight you standing on one foot. I'll fight you with my eyes closed.”— Bert Lahr
“You are a coward when you even let yourself think about getting rid of a problem by getting rid of a person.”— John D. MacDonald
“Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honour's field, Still on their dinner turn.”— Philip Massinger
“It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of not looking sufficiently progressive.”— Charles Péguy
“Children have self-respect, which does not allow them to forgive the cowardice of adults.”— Roger Peyrefitte
“I was sleeping, and my wife woke me up. I said, 'What's the matter?' She said, 'I think there's a burglar in the house.' I said, 'You go.' She said, 'Why me?' I said, 'Because you're the one who heard him.'”— Emo Philips