History BadassBoast / RealLife

* While {{Jesus}} (see also: TheBible) never personally gave a BadassBoast, the late[[{{Tolberone}} S.M. Lockridge]] gave [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGCMl_b0n4 a pretty good one describing him]], in accordance to the Christian doctrine of "boasting in Christ."

* Allegedly when the U.S. military entered World War I a group of soldiers in France when to the tomb of Lafayette, the French noble who was responsible for much of the French assistance in the American Revolution and said "Lafayette, we have come" or "Lafayette, we are here."

* The way Soviet soldiers spoke of one of their most formidable pieces of ordnance - [[MacrossMissileMassacre MLRS]] [[ICallHerVera Katyusha]] (Katie): "Those who heard Katyusha are now deaf; those who saw it are now blind; those who tussled with Katyusha are naught but ash."

* In 1990, 18-year-old Hugh Gallagher wrote [[http://www.eclipse.net/~rms/brag.shtml his college application essay]], which is one long, massive (and slightly surreal) BadassBoast. It reads in part:

* During a siege of Quebec in 1690, the English Admiral Phips sent an ambassador into the city to offer terms for its surrender. Governor Frontenac said to him "my only reply to your general will be from the mouth of my cannons!"

* During World War 1 after a French army occupied Jerusalem from the Ottomans, a French officer walked through the city into Saladin's tomb, then proudly declared "Here we are again, Saladin!"

** Warned nothing, one of his ships (The Monitor Tecumpseh) had just struck one and sank. Which caused the ship in front of his to stop, right under the guns of a fort. The historical quote is properly two separate quotes. "Damn the Torpedoes!" to the Captain of the Brooklyn (the guy who had stopped). And "Four bells." (Which was naval talk for maximum power) to the Captain of the ship tied alongside the ''Hartford''. Then he took the Hartford right past the Brooklyn and into the mine field.

** The next conqueror of course was [[BadassIsraeli Moshe]] [[EyepatchOfPower Dayan]]. If I recall, he didn't ride in, but he didn't stop to remind people that he was not riding in the way Allenby did, which is really too bad. Perhaps he hadn't heard of the custom or wished the credit to go to the IDF.

* The men of the small Texas town of Gonzalez used a variant of this when the Mexican army tried to reposses their cannon: "Come And Take It". They later carried that banner -- and attitude -- to the Alamo. American frontiersmen were like that.
--> They still have the cannon, AND the flag, which still says 'Come And Take It'. They have a parade every year. (A very small one, it's a pretty small town.)

** The next conqueror of course was [[BadassIsraeli Moshe]] [[EyepatchOfPower Dayan]]. If I recall, he didn't ride in, but he didn't stop to remind people that he was not riding in the way Allenby did, which is really to bad. Perhaps he hadn't heard of the custom or wished the credit to go to the IDF.
*** In the second case he should have had a man chosen by lottery as representative. It is to cool a BadassBoast not to remember. Pity. But maybe I remember it wrong anyway.

* The USA, during the invasion of Afghanistan, flooded the airwaves with the following message to demoralize and intimidate the Taliban: "Attention. You are condemned. Did you know that? The instant the terrorists you support took over our planes, you sentenced yourselves to death. You will be attacked by land, sea and air. Resistance is futile."

* "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, before his match with Sugar Ray Leonard, commented on Leonard's troubles with a detached retina, saying "If he's fool enough to fight me, I'm fool enough to rip his eye out".

* Joe Namath's famed guarantee of a SuperBowl victory by the 1967-1968 New York Jets was seen as this, as the [=AFL=] to which the Jets belonged was perceived as an inferior league to the [[AmericanFootball NFL]]. By following through with that guarantee, the Jets ''created'' the Super Bowl (which to that point had been something more akin to an All-Star game, with the [=NFL=] Championship considered to be the true Championship game), and gave notice that the [=AFL=] was for real, which set the stage for the leagues' later merger.

--> "Detroit. Where the weak are killed and eaten".

* Corporal Josh Pearson of Generation Kill fame: "Dear Frederick, thank you for your nice letter, but I am actually a U.S. Marine who was, born to kill, whereas you have clearly mistaken me for some sort of wine-sipping, communist dick suck. And although peace probably appeals to tree-loving bisexuals like you and your parents, I happen to be a death dealing, blood crazed warrior who wakes up every day, just hoping for the chance to dismember my enemies and defile their civilizations."

* "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender" Churchill's response to the threat of Nazi invasion - bearing in mind that Britain was one of the only European countries that was not yet part of Nazi Germany or Nazi-offiliated.

* "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender" Churchill's response to the threat of Nazi invasion - bearing in mind that Britain was one of the only European countries that was not yet part of Nazi Germany or Nazi-offiliated.

* Following a recent crash during a race, Kiwi cyclist Edward Dawkins was asked where he hurt. "I'm from New Zealand", he responded. "We don't feel pain."

** After that Ghenghis Khan rewarded him. He may have been a CompleteMonster sometimes but he did have [[MagnificentBastard style]] at other times.

* British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a (probably unintentional) one in 2008 when he claimed in the House of Commons that by bailing out the banks his government had "saved the world". This didn't stop him from losing the next election, but Brown still seems to see the crisis as his personal {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}}.

* Doctor Peter Rhee, one of the men taking care of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she's been shot through the head, seems to be prone to this, with two quotes coming to mind: "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me." and "If she comes to me alive, I can keep her alive." - Considering that, so far, he seems to have delivered very well, quality of life and speed of recovery included, he [[InsufferableGenius earned it]].

* "Μολὼν λαÎ
έ" ("Come and take them") -- Leonidas at Thermopylae, when asked to give up his weapons. That's 'Molon labe' for those who can't understand Greek writing.
** Μολὼν λαÎ
έ is currently the BadassCreed of the Greek First Army Corps, and is also the motto of United States Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT).

*** [[HilariousInHindsight In his time in the House, Crockett came to oppose Jackson.]]

--> '''York:''' [[OneManArmy I have got a'plenty.]] *''pointing pistol at major all the while''*

* [[http://www.badassoftheweek.com/york.html Marine]] [[http://acacia.pair.com/Acacia.Vignettes/The.Diary.of.Alvin.York.html#October%208th%201918 Corporal]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_York Alvin]] [[ImplacableMan York]] had this to say about the battle in which he, alone, took fire from [[MoreDakka thirty-two German machine guns and over 100 riflemen]] [[NighInvulnerable without receiving a scratch]] and returned rifle fire to kill 28 Germans [[ImprobableAimingSkills without missing even one shot:]]

* Julius Caesar: "Vēnī, vīdī, vīcī." ("I came. I saw. I conquered.")

* General [=McAuliffe=], at the Battle of the Bulge, was presented with a surrender ultimatum by the Germans. To which he said: "Nuts"