Quotable Quotes: Guns
by Miki Saxon
I can’t decide if it’s ironic or macabre to share quotes about guns the day before Memorial Day, but a friend sent me “Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world” along with this image (sorry, it’s copyrighted) and while I was looking for the author I found some excellent quotes.
I couldn’t find solid attribution for the quote that tweaked my interest, but I do think I found the original that was changed; William K Black said, “The best way to rob a bank is to own one.” (BTW, he has an interesting bio.)
Al Capone believed in the power of guns, “You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot further with a smile and a gun.”
But Superintendent Pang in the film Hard Boiled really nailed gun psychology, “Give a guy a gun, he thinks he’s Superman. Give him two and he thinks he’s God.”
Among other tools guns are used for suicide, but if you pay heed to Dorothy Parker you won’t do it, Razors pain you; rivers are damp; acids stain you; and drugs cause cramp. Guns aren’t lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful; you might as well live.”
What do guns, tequila and computers have in common? Mitch Ratcliffe has the answer, “Computers have enabled people to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of tequila and hand guns”
In 1958 Woody Guthrie penned lyrics about an outlaw that could have been written about bankers in 2008, “Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered I’ve seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen.”
Finally, the without a doubt, best sentence ever with the word ‘gun’ was spoken by Mae West when she said, “Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
Flickr image credit: Fr. Dougal McGuire
