“I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning but I am a widow's son outlawed and must be obeyed.”

Ned Kelly

Ned  Kelly - “I do not wish to give the order full force...” 1

Similar quotes

“I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”

Albert Einstein
Read more

“I am watching the stars, admiring their complex trajectories through space and time. I am trying to give a name to the force that set them in motion.”

Alan Moore
Read more

“You mustn’t wish for another life. You mustn’t want to be somebody else. What you must do is this:“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.” I am not all the way capable of so much, but those are the right instructions.”

Wendell Berry
Read more

“She shrieks above the din. "If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight.”

Libba Bray
Read more

“Legally I am a ‘widow’ — that is the box I must check. But beyond that — I am not sure that I ­exist.”

Joyce Carol Oates
Read more