When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

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

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.

If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about?

If you're not shootin', you should be loadin'. If you're not loadin, you should be movin', if you're not movin', someone's gonna cut your head off and put it on a stick.

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

Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. I may get killed with my own gun, but he's gonna have to beat me to death with it, cause it's gonna be empty.

Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it!

The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.

An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.

Don't shoot fast, shoot good.

California is a fine place to live - if you happen to be an orange.

Often you have to rely on intuition.

The Mississippi is not the only river. There's the Tallahatchie and the Big Black. People have been put in the river year after year, these things been happening.

To the question, What shall we do to be saved in this World? there is no other answer but this, Look to your Moat.

There was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you.

You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university.

Keep the child within alive. A child never tires of hearing the birds sing, never gets bored looking at flowers.

I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis.

If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one.

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.