Pistols Quotes - Page 5

• Many things have changed in our culture here in England as a direct result of the Pistols: the whole street-fashion thing in London, for example, or the coverage of popular culture in the national press, or the fact that the film industry is now about young people making films about young British issues.

  Julien Temple

  Fashion, Issues, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• 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

  War, Fire, Guy

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• 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

  Home, Army, Glasses

  Philip Roth, Ross Miller (2008). “Novels & other narratives, 1986-1991”

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• I am sometimes perplexed by people who refer to defensive rifles, or defensive rifle shooting. The defensive arm is the pistol, since you have it at hand to meet situations that you do not anticipate. If you have the luxury of anticipating a lethal encounter, you pick up a long arm, either a rifle or a shotgun, but in that case you go on to the attack. Thus rifle shooting is offensive, and pistol shooting is defensive. Of course, life does not always duplicate theory, and there are exceptions to everything, but nevertheless the rifle is not a defensive weapon in concept.

  Jeff Cooper

  Gun, Hands, Luxury

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• Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch, and being killed with an automatic pistol or shell in place of a dagger or a battle-axe.

  John B. S. Haldane

  Horse, Science, Men

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• The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries treat them as vehicles of national pride, and assume that their people will be most interested in their own athletes. So anybody who was saving up to write an angry letter, blog post, or op-ed about NBC's chauvinistic coverage: don't bother! They're actually more above-the-fray than most. Also, their coverage is not shown anywhere except America - I know, it's because I can't get it that I'm watching Women's Air Pistol - so can't ruffle feathers elsewhere.

  James Fallows

  Country, Athlete, Writing

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• No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort and when anyone, convicted criminal or lunatic, could buy any type of firearm without restriction. Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this weapon in crime than ever before.

  Colin Greenwood

  Gun, Use, Half

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• Only think of two things - the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear one, run like hell until you break the other.

  Sam Mussabini

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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• Every bullet fired from the barrel of a police pistol was my bullet. If you call that murder, then I am the murderer.

  Hermann Goring

  History, Police, Nazism

  Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler “Germany REBORN”, freedom

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• If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

  Anton Chekhov

  Wall, Writing, Firsts

  "Chekhov at 150: brilliance in brief" by Jake Wallis Simons, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2010.

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• I thought it might be fun to set my books in Nevada, which is in the West and still pretty Wild. You can still gamble, carry a loaded pistol and go into a silver-mine and they still have saloons with swinging doors, boardwalks, and horses.

  Caroline Lawrence

  Horse, Fun, Book

  "My inspiration: Caroline Lawrence on Mark Twain" by Caroline Lawrence, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2014.

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• I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker, by three different lights, in his solitude, his afflictions, and his last moments.... [In these situations such people show themselves] in solitude, incapable or rapture or elevation, ... in distress, [with] a halter or a pistol the only refuge [they] can fly to, ... [and liable to conversion] at the approach of death.

  Richard Steele

  Atheist, Light, People

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• They used to have a fish on the menu that was smoked, grilled and peppered They did everything to this fish but pistol-whip it and dress it in Bermuda shorts.

  Bill Geist

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• Niko caught my hand and slapped it lightly down on the bar. “Pistol whipping elderly women isn’t precisely our mission statement, Cal.” I hadn’t been going to pistol-whip her. Yell at her a little more, then pick her up and toss her out into the street. Some risk of a broken hip there, but that wasn’t pistol-whipping… unless she tried to come back in.

  Rob Thurman

  Elderly, Hands, Broken

  Rob Thurman (2010). “Roadkill: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.25, Penguin

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• If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria,” Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, “I will kill you.” There was a collective gasp, and Daisy faked a swoon, sliding elegantly into Iris, who promptly stepped aside and let her hit the floor. “Oh, come now,” Mr. Grimston said. “Surely it won’t come to pistols at dawn.” “I’m not talking about a duel,” Marcus said. “I mean I will kill you right here.

  Julia Quinn

  Mean, Talking, Voice

  Laurie Paige, Julia Quinn (2015). “Something to Hide”, p.372, Harlequin

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• A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded pistol on your coffee table - There's nothing wrong with them, but it's hard to stop thinking about it.

  Garrison Keillor

  Girl, Coffee, Thinking

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• 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

  Law, Ears, Limits

  1833 Of puns. Last Essays of Elia,'Popular Fallacies', no.9.

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• They came upon themselves in a mirror and he almost raised the pistol. It's us, Papa, the boy whispered. It's us.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Boys, Mirrors, Papa

  Cormac McCarthy (2007). “The Road”, p.111, Vintage

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• I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am.

  John Lydon

  Morning, Years, Joy

  Interview With Jason Heller, music.avclub.com. April 6, 2010.

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• If the Founding Fathers could have looked into a crystal ball and seen AK-47s and Glock semi-automatic pistols, I think they would say, you know, 'That's not really what we mean when we say bear arms.'

  Michael Moore

  Father, Mean, Thinking

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• We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Way, Negotiation, Foreheads

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• I collect firearms, and I've got a Winchester, an Indian rifle. It has tacks for every warrior that was shot, like notches on a pistol, and it's got feathers and beads hanging off it. It's like a work of art.

  Joe Perry

  Art, Warrior, Rifles

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• A dream is not a very safe thing to be near... I know; I had one once. It's like a loaded pistol with a hair trigger: if it stays alive long enough, somebody is going to be hurt. But if it's a good dream, it's worth it.

  William Faulkner

  Dream, Hurt, Hair

  William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.812, Modern Library

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• Just as Bowie, Zeppelin, etc., became rock stars by remaking themselves in the image of the California girls, the Go-Gos became rock stars by pretending to be the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols. Jane Wiedlin always said her biggest influence was growing up in L.A. as a Bowie girl.

  Rob Sheffield

  Girl, Sex, Stars

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• If he was silent I could be silent too. Indeed, I could very well do with a little rest in this subdued, frightened-to-death rocking chair, before I drove to wherever the beast's lair was - and then pulled the pistol's foreskin back, and then enjoyed the orgasm of the crushed trigger.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Littles, Silent, Beast

  Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1958). “Lolita”, Perigee Trade

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