Gunfights Quotes

• Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.

  Jessica Savitch

  War, Honor, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.

  Clint Smith

  Military, Gun, Fire

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• You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language.

  Clint Smith

  Gun, Thinking, Muzzle

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• The two most important rules in a gunfight are: always cheat and always win.

  Clint Smith

  Gun, Winning, Two

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• Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

  Derek Landy

  Fighting, Gun, Moron

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.296, HarperCollins UK

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• Dont bring a candlelight vigil to a gunfight

  David Burge

  Candlelight

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• I want to read about a character doing something fairly quiet where I can picture who the character is, and what their attitude towards the world is - which I'm a lot more interested in than what they do under the pressure of a gunfight.

  Samuel R. Delany

  Attitude, Character, World

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• How is it that I could run into a gunfight against overwhelming odds and put myself between bullets and civilians, but I couldn't scrape together enough courage to speak to the one person who mattered the most to me?

  Ilona Andrews

  Running, Odds, Together

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.32, Penguin

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• Barabas placed a stack on the table and held the chair out for me. “For you.” “I’m hungry and I don’t have time for this.” Barabas’s eyes held no mercy. “Make time, Alpha. You have two hands. You can eat and sign simultaneously.” Curran grinned. “Enjoying my suffering?” I asked. “I find it hilarious that you’ll run into a gunfight with nothing but your sword, but paperwork makes you panic.” Barabas put a thicker stack in front of him. “This is yours, m’lord.” Curran swore.

  Ilona Andrews

  Running, Eye, Hands

  Ilona Andrews (2013). “Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel”, p.23, Penguin

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• My business in the beginning was very lawless and the more trouble I go into, the more the promoters liked me back then. I was on the front page for doing something wrong, the arena was full. Then, all of a sudden, everything changed somehow and they put rules in. You put rules in a gunfight? I'm not so good at following those rules. I don't' know what will happen at WrestleMania.

  Roddy Piper

  Pages, Arena, Trouble

  "New Rules Every Day: An Interview with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper". Interview with Austin Kaus, 605magazine.com. April 4, 2014.

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• Are you going to shoot me?' Vengeous sneered. 'I wouldn't be surprised. What would a thing like you know about honor? Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

  Derek Landy

  Fighting, Gun, Honor

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• Westerns aren't about the gunfight, even though it has to be there at one point. It's not what they're about, at least the good ones. It's about the drama. It's about the resourcefulness of men and women.

  Kevin Costner

  Drama, Men, Resourcefulness

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• My first feature film was a movie called 'A Gunfight,' with Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Karen Black, Jane Alexander, Raf Vallone... It was shot in Santa Fe, Mexico, in 1970, and it was directed by Lamont Johnson. It was the first gig I did when I got to California from having done 'Hair' in New York on Broadway for a year. It was a Western, though! But that film was not a successful release.

  Keith Carradine

  New York, Successful, Hair

  "Keith Carradine on 'Deadwood,' 'Fargo,' and Madonna". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

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• [My brother] was older, and since the law of the west was fairly entrenched in our household, whoever was bigger got control of the television. I sat mesmerized, and horrified, through hundreds of gunfights and became emotionally involved with everyone in Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

  Elizabeth Crook

  Brother, Law, West

  Source: www.elizabethcrookbooks.com

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• I find it funny because people complain about Brooklyn becoming too hip, but would they prefer stock brokers or gunfights or something?

  Kemp Muhl

  People, Complaining, Brooklyn

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• Winston Churchill led the life that many men would love to live. He survived 50 gunfights and drank 20,000 bottles of champagne. [...] And of course, by resisting Hitler, he saved Europe and perhaps the world.

  Mark Riebling

  Men, Europe, Bottles

  "Churchill’s Finest Hour". www.city-journal.org. November 24, 2009.

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