Quotes with pistol

  • Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement.
  • A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.
  • I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead - the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol!

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  • Nick Lappos One can win a war with either atomic weapons or by simply placing a 9mm pistol in the right room.
    Nick Lappos
    American helicopter technician
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  • Philip Roth A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Charles Lamb A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Come to think of it, just about every tool was shaped like either a weenie or a pistol, depending on your point of view.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • J. G. Ballard I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead - the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol!
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Kurt Vonnegut If somebody says, ''I love you,'' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol-holder requires? ''I love you, too. ''
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Thomas Carlyle It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Bhagat Singh Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement.
    Bhagat Singh
    Indian socialist revolutionary (1907 - 1931)
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  • William Gilmore Simms The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air.
    William Gilmore Simms
    American poet, novelist and historian (1806 - 1870)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Benjamin Netanyahu We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli politician (2009 - )
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  • Bonnie Jo Campbell We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas. I have a .22 Marlin rifle, similar to the one Annie Oakley had, and my husband has a .357 Magnum pistol. All those are locked up tight, of course. We have a couple of pellet guns that get more use than the real guns.
    Bonnie Jo Campbell
    American writer
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  • Boyle Roche While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.
    Boyle Roche
    Irish politician
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