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Guerrilla Quotes

On guerrilla warfare, tactics and low-budget film-making.

This page collects quotes that use 'guerrilla' in both literal and figurative senses, from a fighter explaining why shaving was impossible during guerrilla warfare, to a director describing a shoot as truly guerrilla film-making. Another quote compares guerrilla war tactics to unfair smear campaigns in public life. See related themes in our Strategy quotes collection.

Mainstream media's representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black men's lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.

Quotes by Aberjhani

Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website and on 'Inner Michael', where she offers the kind of insights into the spiritual aspects of Michael Jackson's creative artistry that...

Quotes by Aberjhani

Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.

Quotes by Aberjhani

How can I shave in the midst of guerrilla warfare? On battlefields, we have no facilities for shaving, and that was why I first grew my beard.

Quotes by Yasser Arafat

Emotion Quotes

For those uninitiated in the art of guerrilla war tactics: Smear campaigns never run fair or square. So just to set the record straight: I'm not a drug addict, I don't smoke or drink and I'm most definitely not a...

Quotes by Tanushree Dutta

Right after the Six Day War, Arafat launched a series of guerrilla operations from East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Acting on a tip, Israeli soldiers stormed the house where he was based, minutes too late. They found his food...

Quotes by Ronen Bergman

At first, we couldn't be establishment, because we didn't have any money. We were guerrilla marketers, and we still are, a little bit. But, as we became No. 1 in our industry, we've had to modify our culture and become...

Quotes by Phil Knight

But now that the guerrilla fighting is over, the Spaniards are again men without a country or families or homes or work, though everyone appreciates very much what they did.

Quotes by Martha Gellhorn

The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

Quotes by Mao Zedong

Impact Quotes

I consider myself to be a guerrilla journalist. Some would call me a provocateur, but I am a journalist who uses ambush and undercover tactics to uncover the truth and expose people for who they truly are.

Quotes by Laura Loomer

As a guerrilla journalist, I participate in the news by holding individuals who are in the news accountable through personal interactions. That involves confronting people in ambush interviews, secretly recording them, or engaging in a conversation with them when they...

Quotes by Laura Loomer

I'll need every ounce that I have to drive it through. Film and TV require that energy. Sometimes fight scenes can be pretty intense. When I was shooting 'Heaven' it was truly guerrilla film-making.

Quotes by Karl Urban

We need to use the benefit of our law enforcement people across this country, combined with our intelligence people across this country. We need to use our technological advantages, because what we've warned of is an international guerrilla movement that...

Quotes by Jim Gilmore

The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern Island, that hopefully will end with a cease-fire.

Quotes by Jack Schwartz

Resistance Quotes

'Don Quixote' is a very political book that has been used by diplomats, politicians, guerrilla fighters, to inspire people, to convince them that they themselves can become quixotic. George Washington had a copy of the book on his desk when...

Quotes by Ilan Stavans

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

Quotes by Henry Kissinger

Insurrection by means of guerrilla bands is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke. It is invincible, indestructible.

Quotes by Giuseppe Mazzini

When I tell my American counterparts that my budget was $200,000 per episode, they burst out laughing. To us that's a big production, to them it's a guerrilla shoot.

Quotes by Gideon Raff

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

Quotes by Ed Asner

Strategy Quotes

It is important to emphasize that guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people. The guerrilla band is an armed nucleus, the fighting vanguard of the people. It draws its great force from the mass...

Quotes by Che Guevara

Frequently Asked Questions

How is 'guerrilla' used across these quotes?
The word is used both literally, to describe irregular warfare and its aftermath, and figuratively, to describe low-budget, high-intensity film-making and unfair political smear tactics. This mix shows how the term has spread beyond its original military meaning.
What does the quote about shaving during guerrilla warfare describe?
That quote explains that shaving was impossible on battlefields during guerrilla warfare, which is why the speaker first grew a beard. It offers a small, personal detail about the practical conditions of irregular combat.
What is 'guerrilla film-making' according to this page?
One quote uses the phrase to describe an intense, low-resource style of shooting, recalling a film called 'Heaven' as a truly guerrilla production. It borrows the military term to describe scrappy, high-energy film-making rather than armed conflict.
Is there a quote comparing guerrilla tactics to politics?
Yes, one quote argues that smear campaigns never run fair or square, comparing them to the art of guerrilla war tactics, while also denying specific personal accusations. It uses the military metaphor to criticise unfair political attacks.
What happened after the guerrilla fighting described in one quote ended?
That quote describes fighters left without a country, families, homes or work once the guerrilla fighting was over, even as their earlier efforts were appreciated. It reflects on the difficult aftermath faced by fighters once a conflict has ended.

A final quote reflects on the aftermath of guerrilla fighting, describing fighters left without a country, family or work once the conflict ended. For more, browse our Resistance quotes page.