We were eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

-Rusk, (David) Dean
  Recalling his words on the retreat of Soviet ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the Saturday Evening Post, 8 Dec.

Strong is the lionölike a coal His eye-ballölike a bastion's mole His chest against the foes: Strong, the gier-eagle on his sail, Strong against tide, th'enormous whale Emerges as he goes.

-Smart, Christopher
  A Song to David, stanza 76.