Weapon Quotes - page 17

It is indeed said that Edmund, king of the East Angles, was shot to death with arrows by the Danes; but, if this piece of history be correct, it is no proof that they used the bow as a weapon of war. The action itself might be nothing more than a wanton piece of cruelty; and cruelty seems to have been a prominent feature in the character of those lawless plunderers. (Joseph Strutt)
Your memory is your first and best weapon, ladies. Learn to use it. View quote
Ally Carter
I could have lied. I could have fought. But desperate times call for desperate measures, so I took a chance and called upon a Gallagher Girl's weapon of last resort. I flirted. View quote
Ally Carter
We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction. View quote
Andrew Niccol
First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure. View quote
Barton Gellman
Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth, it backed me up and shielded me, it shook me and scared me and showed me the way; music opened me up to living and being and feeling. View quote
Carrie Brownstein
Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out. View quote
Dee Dee Myers
If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being defenseless against an intercontinental ballistic missile or any other type of weapon system that puts us in jeopardy is not acceptable. View quote
Don Nickles
Increased and better screening for explosives is necessary - and Congress should fund it and TSA should implement it as quickly as possible - however that screening doesn't reduce the risk posed by a trained terrorist with an unconventional weapon. View quote
Dave Reichert
The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it? View quote
Eric Liu
Surprise is the warrior's greatest weapon. (Erin Hunter)
Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty. View quote
Esther Dyson
No weapon formed against me shall prosper. View quote
Fred Hammond
There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action. View quote
Harry Bridges
There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. View quote
Irwin Redlener
I think a loaded weapon aboard an airplane, whether its in the cargo section or in your overhead baggage, is a security issue. View quote
Janice Hahn
I don't have a weapon in my hand, and I don't have a uniform on my body, but my uniform now is my scars and weapon is my words, so I'm still serving. View quote
J. R. Martinez
I wouldn't know how to design. I couldn't even if I wanted to, for I can't draw, and a pair of scissors in my hands becomes a dangerous weapon. View quote
Jean Patou
There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon. View quote
Joe Lhota
Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal. View quote
John H. Sununu
Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie. (John Hart)
It urges policy makers and the Supreme Court to make the mistake of curing what could prove to be an isolated problem by disarming the government of its principal weapon to stop future terrorist attacks. View quote
John Yoo
I have a respect for the 3-D computer-generated action movies, but my first love is stuff like 'Lethal Weapon. View quote
Josh Peck
If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk. View quote
Joshua Lederberg
It's tricky when you're doing a recording, because the only weapon you have is your voice and the delivery of that voice. You don't have a gesture or a facial expression, there are no costumes or set pieces. Everything needs to be present in the voice. View quote
Joyce DiDonato