“Of every one-hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are nothing but targets, nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one of them is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.”

“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”

“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”

“In a street fight, there are two kinds of guys. The one who strikes, sees blood, is repelled and recoils. Then there’s one who sees blood and goes all-in to finish off the other. Well lads … I swear I smell blood in the air out there.”

“In the Year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland – starving and outnumbered – charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets; they fought like Scotsmen, and won their freedom.”

“Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering…an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy things we don’t need.”

“Prove you’re alive. If you don’t claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned.”