“The most important lesson I learned...was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time. The second was that, if I hoped to live on the frontier, I would shun flashy trick-shooting--grandstand play--as I would poison...In all my life as a frontier peace officer, I did not know a really proficient gunfighter who had anything but contempt for the gun-fanner, or the man who literally shot from the hip.” IfsKnowsMenImportantPlayHe ManLessonsGunShotsTricksHipsWinnerShootingPoisonContemptOfficersFrontiersImportant LessonsFlashy Author:Wyatt Earp
“It's often been said, "Violence never solved anything." The simple truth is that when you are slammed up against the wall and the knife is at your throat, when a circle of teenagers is kicking you as you curl into a ball on the sidewalk, or when the man walks into your office building or school with a pair of guns and starts shooting, only violence, or the reasonable threat of violence, is going to save your life. In the extreme moment, only force can stop force.” MenSaidMomentsSchoolForceSimpleWalksViolenceBuildingHe ManWallTruth IsOfficeGunBallsThreatExtremesCirclesTeenagerShootingReasonablePairsThroatKnivesGun ControlKickingCurlsSidewalkSimple TruthsOffice Buildings Author:Rory Miller
“The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, ‘Limit yourself’; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian.” MenHandsGovernmentDecisionHe ManLimitsGunDecision MakingUtopianCentral Government Author:Murray Rothbard
“One good, hearty laugh is a bombshell exploding in the right place, while spleen and discontent are a gun that kicks over the man who shoots it off.” MenLaughingHe ManLaughterGunKicksDiscontentRight PlaceExplodingGood HeartHeartySpleenBombshells Book:The Earth Girdled: The World as Seen To-day Source: The Earth Girdled: The World as Seen To-day
“A man is commanding - a woman is demanding. A man is forceful - a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising - a woman is a ball-breaker. A man is a perfectionist - a woman's a pain in the ass. He's assertive - she's aggressive. He strategizes - she manipulates. He shows leadership - she's controlling. He's committed - she's obsessed. He's persevering - she's relentless. He sticks to his guns - she's stubborn. If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult and impossible.” IfsMenWantShowsPainDifficultImpossibleHe ManGunBallsSticksCommittedAssObsessedSexismAggressiveStubbornManipulateRelentlessPerfectionistWomen WantAssertiveUncompromisingPushy Author:Barbra Streisand
“We have always borne part of the weight of war, and the major part ... Men have made boomerangs, bows, swords, or guns with which to destroy one another; we have made the men who destroyed and were destroyed! ... We pay the first cost on all human life.” MenFirstsHumansMadeWarPayHe ManCostMajorsGunWeightDestroyedHuman LifeBowsBoomerang Author:Olive Schreiner
“The truth is that any good modern rifle is good enough. The determining factor is the man behind the gun.” MenEnoughBehindsModernHe ManTruth IsGunFactorsGood EnoughRifles Book:The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: African game trails Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: African game trails
“The man who seeks revenge is like the man who shoots himself in order to hit his enemy with the kick of the gun's recoil.” MenOrderEnemyHe ManGunRevengeKicksRecoil Author:Tim LaHaye