I have devoted great effort to find the original circumstance & author of all these sayings. The list includes real people such as Jesus Christ, Benjamin Franklin, Other Instructors, and me. It also includes TV & Hollywood characters such as Homer J. Simpson, Han Solo, and Dirty Harry. If you have one that is useful, and that I can confirm, e-mail the quote & source info to me and I'll take a look.  0 - 0 - How does it feel to be the candidate that got millions of anti-Christians, felons, criminals, gangsta-rappers, illegals, socialists, communists, anarchists and the other immoral scum of the earth to not only vote for the first time, but to vote for you? Now, how do you feel, as a human being, to be listed among those voters that supported him? -Edward Wilks 0 - Don’t argue with success. -Edward Wilks 0 - Don't argue with me. Especially when you are wrong! -Edward Wilks 0 - Don't make them listen. Make them answer. -Edward Wilks 0 - Everything done with real intent. -Edward Wilks 0 - For every purpose, a proper application. -Edward Wilks 0 - Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, and he'll never bother you again. -Edward Wilks 0 - He with the most bullets generally wins. -Edward Wilks 0 - I have an average reactionary time of 0.158 of a second. What's yours? -Edward Wilks 0 - If at first you don’t succeed, quit, run away, or try something else! -Edward Wilks 0 - Jedi Mind Tricks only work in the movies. -Edward Wilks 0 - Just because I say it, doesn't mean its true. But just because you disagree, doesn't mean it isn't. -Edward Wilks 0 - Know the capabilities of you and your equipment, then don't exceed them. -Edward Wilks 0 - Less hooting, more shooting! -Edward Wilks 0 - Live what you know; know all you can. -Edward Wilks 0 - My panic button is connected to my Glock! -Edward Wilks 0 - Nothing screams "80's" or "gun" like a fanny pack. -Edward Wilks 0 - One hundred volunteers do not equal the one man standing present, ready to help. -Edward Wilks 0 - Peer Pressure does not drive me, but Pure Pressure does. -Edward Wilks 0 - Political good intentions empower bad men. -Edward Wilks 0 - Priorities: Gun, light, phone, keys. Annihilate, illuminate, communicate, evacuate. -Edward Wilks 0 - Sheep are meant to be sheared. Tigers are meant to be avoided. -Edward Wilks 0 - Stop adopting the opinions of others and start developing your own! -Edward Wilks 0 - The bad guy IS going to drop the weapon. Either voluntarily, or involuntarily. -Edward Wilks 0 - The best way to do it, is the right way to do it. -Edward Wilks 0 - The bomb-squad will respond to an empty cardboard box, if it's reported a certain way. -Edward Wilks 0 - The bullets you place in your gun are less important than the placement of your gun's bullets. -Edward Wilks 0 - The Japanese are known for their fighting. The French are known for their pastries. -Edward Wilks 0 - The more you listen to me, the smarter you'll get. -Edward Wilks 0 - There are houses of worship and warships. I enter both regularly. -Edward Wilks 0 - Those who resist innovation are usually destroyed by those of us who do not. -Edward Wilks 0 - To defend with the sword, one must carry the sword. -Edward Wilks 0 - Under stress, our muscles duplicate their most experienced motion. -Edward Wilks 0 - We don't shoot to kill. We shoot to live. -Edward Wilks 0 - We train not to react, but to respond. -Edward Wilks 0 - What experience do you have that qualifies you to speak with authority? -Edward Wilks (My "debate-ending" questions that silences inappropriately-opinionated people.) 0 - When the time for action arrives the time for preparation is over! -Edward Wilks 0 - When you pick your battles, make sure they are big enough to matter, but small enough to win. -Edward Wilks 0 - When you’re not shooting, you’re breathing. -Edward Wilks 0 - You got good at doing it wrong. -Edward Wilks A bad workman blames his tools. -Unknown A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor. -Unknown A change is as good as a rest. -Unknown A danger foreseen is half avoided. -Unknown A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, but delights in airing his own opinions. -Unknown A good conscience is the best divinity. -Unknown A good example is the best sermon. -Unknown A good tongue is a good weapon. -Unknown A gun is not a weapon. It’s a tool, like a butcher knife or a harpoon, or uh, uh, an alligator. -Homer J. Simpson A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. -Unknown A helping hand is no farther than at the end of your sleeve. -Unknown A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. -Unknown A lack of knowledge of this area can lead to chaos and futile Sisyphusian work efforts. -Anonymous grad school application A man who has raised his fists, has run out of ideas. -Unknown A person who can smile when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on. -Unknown A positive pessimist is better than a negative optimist. -Unknown A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall. -Unknown A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. -Unknown A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. -Joseph Stalin A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den. -Unknown A squirrel is just a rat with good PR. -Unknown Actions speak louder than words. -Common Saying Adversity does not build character, it reveals it. -Unknown After all is said and done, more is said than done. -Unknown After dark, all cats are leopards. -Unknown After victory, tighten your helmet cords. -Old Samurai Adage Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it. -Benjamin Franklin All sunshine makes a desert. -Unknown Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can't get it wrong. -Common Saying An ant may well destroy a whole dam. -Unknown An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity. -Unknown An idea is something you have, a ideology is something that has you. -Morris Berman An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. -Oscar Wilde An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. -Konrad Adenauer An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -Benjamin Franklin An old ox makes a straight furrow. -Unknown An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept. -Unknown Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do. -Unknown Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them. -Dwight Eisenhower Argue for your limitations, and they’re yours to keep. -Unknown Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. -Unknown As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment. -Benjamin Franklin At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. -Unknown Attack is the best form of defense. -Unknown Aut viam inveniam aut faciam (I will either find a way or make one) -Hannibal Average people make excuses; Great people make it happen. -Unknown Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. -Benjamin Franklin Be fast to draw, slow to shoot. -Common Saying Be who you are and say what you mean because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss Before you judge a person, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when they complain, you'll be a mile away, and, you'll have their shoes. -Common Saying Beware of the man with one gun. He probably knows how to use it. -Common Saying Bumper Sticker - Glock: Helping bad-guys make informed decisions. -The Tradesmen Bumper Sticker - The Tradesmen. Putting guns into the hands of good guys, and fear into the hearts of bad guys. -The Tradesmen Bumper Sticker - Yesterday, I got a gun for my wife. It's the best trade I ever made. -Unknown Click is the loneliest sound in the world. -Common Saying Come with me to an NRA meeting, and if you still don’t think guns are great, we’ll argue some more. -Homer J. Simpson Courage is not an absence of fear; it is action in the face of fear. -Unknown Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked. Psalms 82:3-4 KJV Democracy is two wolves and one lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is an armed lamb contesting the vote. -Benjamin Franklin (unverified) Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Do, or do not. There is no try. -Yoda, Jedi Master Don’t argue with success. -Edward Wilks Don’t dry-fire into your crotch. -Tai Don't argue with me. Especially when you are wrong! -Edward Wilks Don't make them listen. Make them answer. -Edward Wilks Empty sacks will never stand upright. -Unknown Energy and persistence conquer all things. -Benjamin Franklin Eschew Obfuscation. - Common Saying Everything done with real intent. -Edward Wilks Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for it. -Unknown Everything I know about shooting I learned from Hollywood. -Some of Edward's students. Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again. -Unknown Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -Aldous Huxley Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. -Wyatt Earp Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. -Unknown For every purpose, a proper application. -Edward Wilks Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. -John F. Kennedy Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. -C.W. Ceran Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -Benjamin Franklin Getting all your information from one source is plagiarism. Getting it from many sources is research. -Edward learned this at Glock School Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, and he'll never bother you again. -Edward Wilks Hard work pays off. But robbing the guy that works hard is easier. -Unknown He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. -Benjamin Franklin He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty. -Proverbs 16:32 He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever. -Tom Connelly He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. -Sir William Drummond He with the most bullets generally wins. -Edward Wilks Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side. -Han Solo Honesty without compassion is brutality. -Unknown How does it feel to be the candidate that got millions of anti-Christians, felons, criminals, gangsta-rappers, illegals, socialists, communists, anarchists and the other immoral scum of the earth to not only vote for the first time, but to vote for you? Now, how do you feel, as a human being, to be listed among those voters that supported him? -Edward Wilks Humility is not thinking less of yourself, It is thinking of yourself less. -Unknown I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. -Gandhi I believe in God even when He is silent. -Found written on a cellar wall in Cologne after World War II I don’t have to be careful, I’ve got a gun. -Homer J. Simpson I have a Dremel, and I'm not afraid to use it. -Old Joke I have an average reactionary time of 0.158 of a second. What's yours? -Edward Wilks I haven't been in a plane I couldn't fly. But, I haven't been in a simulator that I haven't crashed. -Edward's Flight Instructor and Student, Jim Risher I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand. -Chinese Proverb I know he can get the job, but can he do the job. -The movie "Joe Versus the Volcano" I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -Einstein I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. -Voltaire (unverified) I reject your reality and substitute my own. -Adam Savage, Mythbusters I’d rather be judged by 12, than carried by 6. -Common Saying I’m the only one in this room professional enough, that I know of, to carry this Glock 40. I’m the only… *pow* -D.E.A. Agent (Teaching Kids) shoots himself in foot If at first you don’t succeed, quit, run away, or try something else! -Edward Wilks If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking. -George S. Patton Jr. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. -Common Saying If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell, 1945 If the grass is always greener... why build the fence? -Unknown If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. -Unknown I'm only wearing black until they make something darker. -Unknown In chaos, there is opportunity. -Carl Rove Is gun. Not supposed to be safe. -One of Edward's Russian students at ESI (Executive Security International) It could have been a real ugly situation, but, I managed to shoot him in the spine. I guess the next place he robs better have a ramp! -Moe Sizlack It is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. -Terry Pratchett It is hard to be brave when you're only a very small animal. -Piglet It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. -Seneca It is the privilege of the strong to be kind. -Unknown It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it only takes 3 for proper trigger squeeze. -Unknown It takes a smart man to know he's dumb. -Barney Rubble, from The Flintstones It’s not the arrow, it’s the Indian. -Common Saying It's not how hard you punch, but how hard of a punch you can take. -Unknown Jedi Mind Tricks only work in the movies. -Edward Wilks Just because I say it, doesn't mean its true. But just because you disagree, doesn't mean it isn't. -Edward Wilks Know the capabilities of you and your equipment, then don't exceed them. -Edward Wilks Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. -1972 Film, The Godfather Less hooting, more shooting! -Edward Wilks Let them hate me so long as they fear me. -Caligula Life Is a sexually transmitted disease with a one hundred percent mortality rate. -Greiveldinger Family Motto Live what you know; know all you can. -Edward Wilks Lose the chrome-plated sissy pistol and get yourself a Glock. -Tommy Lee Jones in the movie, U.S. Marshals Love your enemies -- they hate that. -Unknown Luck favors the backbone, not the wishbone. -Unknown Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -Thomas Edison Many people know how to say nothing; Few know when. -Unknown Many People see the path, but only a few choose to walk the path. -Common Saying Master the fundamentals. Execute them faster than your opponent. -Common Saying May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. -George S. Patton Mediocrity is not in fashion, excellence is the order of the day. -Thomas S. Monson Men are from Earth, women are from Earth; Deal with it! -Unknown Metaphors be with you. -Unknown Motivation is what gets you started; Habit is what keeps you going. -Unknown My panic button is connected to my Glock! -Edward Wilks Never cut what you can untie. -Joseph Joubert Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that has. -Margaret Meade Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with something heavier, like a stick or a rock instead. -Unknown Never mistake activity for achievement. -John Wooden Never pick a fight with an old man. If he's too old to fight, he'll just shoot you. -Unknown No (one) ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other (guy) die for his country. -General George S. Patton No man is free who cannot command himself. -Pythagoras No matter how far you've gone on a wrong road, turn back. -Turkish proverb No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -Edmund Burke No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking. -Chinese Proverb No wise man ever took a handgun to a gun fight. -Wyatt Earp Nothing is certain but death and taxes. -Benjamin Franklin Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party, than being there. -Franklin P. Jones Nothing screams "80's" or "gun" like a fanny pack. -Edward Wilks Old age and treachery always prevail over youth and exuberance. -Unknown One cannot shake hands with a clinched fist. -Indira Gandhi One hundred volunteers do not equal the one man standing present, ready to help. -Edward Wilks One man's magic is another man's science, and a third's religion. -Unknown One of the best martial arts is Cha Ching Pow. -Common Saying Only two people in history have offered to die for you. Jesus Christ, and US Soldiers. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. -Unknown Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. -Nelson Mandela Peer Pressure does not drive me, but Pure Pressure does. -Edward Wilks People that are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do. -Unknown Plan For the Worst, Hope For the Best -Tai's tattoo Political good intentions empower bad men. -Edward Wilks Priorities: Gun, light, phone, keys. Annihilate, illuminate, communicate, evacuate. -Edward Wilks Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. -One of my fortune cookies Relaxed muscles respond better than tense muscles. -Common Saying Reload when you want to, NOT when you have to. -Common Saying Review carefully to see if you anything out. -Common Saying Rules for a Gunfight: 1. Bring a gun, preferably, two guns. 2. Bring all of your friends who have guns. -Unknown Saying you are a warrior because you own a gun, is like saying you are a musician because you own a guitar. -Common Saying Sheep are meant to be sheared. Tigers are meant to be avoided. -Edward Wilks Show me who your with, and I'll show you what you are. -Unknown Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them. -Unknown Somehow, "I told you so" just doesn't quite say it! -Will Smith, in the movie, iRobot Someone always know more. -Mr. Miagi Sometimes the hand that holds you is the hand that holds you down. -Unknown Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes. -Unknown Stop adopting the opinions of others and start developing your own! -Edward Wilks Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion, you must set yourself on fire first. -Unknown Tell a man there are 500 Quadrillion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him the bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure. -Unknown That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger. -Nietzsche The acorn does not become the oak overnight. -Unknown The bad guy IS going to drop the weapon. Either voluntarily, or involuntarily. -Edward Wilks The best way to do it, is the right way to do it. -Edward Wilks The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. -Linus Pauling The bomb-squad will respond to an empty cardboard box, if it's reported a certain way. -Edward Wilks The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. -Thucydides The bullets you place in your gun are less important than the placement of your gun's bullets. -Edward Wilks The fastest way to end a war is to lose it. -George Orwell The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental. -Unknown The greatest of all faults, is to be conscious of none. -Thomas Carlyle The Japanese are known for their fighting. The French are known for their pastries. -Edward Wilks The lion, while hunting, does not roar. -Some fortune cookie I got last week. The media is the antagonist the truth. -Tai Chaney The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted. -Mahatma Gandhi The more you listen to me, the smarter you'll get. -Edward Wilks The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -Edmund Burke The purpose of fighting is to win. -Unknown The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him as the destroyer of liberty. -Abraham Lincoln The sword is more important than the shield, but skill is more important than either. -Unknown The true definition of a handgun is “The thing I use to shoot my way back to a ‘real’ gun. -Common Saying The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. -Bertrand Russell Then said he unto them … (take purse & scrip) … and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. -Jesus Christ, Luke 22:36 There are houses of worship and warships. I enter both regularly. -Edward Wilks There are two reasons why a person does something. The reason that sounds good, and the real reason. -Unknown There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. -Jesus Christ There’s nothing wrong with shootings, as long as the right people get shot. -Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. -Abraham Lincoln Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read. -Mark Twain Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not. -Thomas Jefferson Those who resist innovation are usually destroyed by those who do not. -Edward Wilks Three men may keep a secret--provided two of them are dead. -Benjamin Franklin To defend with the sword, one must carry the sword. -Edward Wilks Tools do not equal Talent. -Unknown Under stress, our muscles duplicate their most experienced motion. -Edward Wilks Victory is what happens when ten thousand hours of training meet up with one moment of opportunity. -Unknown We don't shoot to kill. We shoot to live. -Edward Wilks We must support friends even in their mistakes; however, it must be the friend and not the mistake we are supporting. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. -George Orwell We train not to react, but to respond. -Edward Wilks We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. -Unknown What experience do you have that qualifies you to speak with authority? -Edward Wilks (My "debate-ending" questions that silences inappropriately-opinionated people.) What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. -Robert F. Kennedy What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters when compared to what lies within us. -Unknown What you think is a walk in the park usually turns out to be a jog in the dark. -James F. White When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away. -Unknown When the time for action arrives the time for preparation is over! -Edward Wilks When will people realize that violence can also be used for good? -Unknown When you pick your battles, make sure they are big enough to matter, but small enough to win. -Edward Wilks When you’re not shooting, you’re breathing. -Edward Wilks Where progress is measured, progress improves. -Thomas S. Monson Why bother learning, when ignorance is instantaneous? -Unknown Why spend $2.00 to dry clean a shirt? Donate it to Salvation Army. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger, and you can buy it back for fifty cents. -Unknown Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato You can afford to be an optimist. I can't. -Field Marshal Erwin Rommel You can never shoot fast enough, to make up for missing your first shot. -Common Teaching Saying You can’t make the butterflies in your stomach go away, but you can make them fly in formation. -Tony Pagni You cannot be so afraid of failure that you don't attempt to succeed. -David LeGrant You can't solve you're problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems. -Albert Einstein You don’t have to outrun the bear, just the guy hiking next to you. -Old Joke You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. -C.S. Lewis You got good at doing it wrong. -Edward Wilks You might be disappointed if you fail, but you will be doomed if you don't try. -Ben Franklin You must unlearn what you have learned. -Yoda, Jedi Master You never have trouble if you are prepared for it. -Theodore Roosevelt You thought you were hot snot on a silver platter, but you ain’t nothin’ but a cold booger on a paper plate! -Old Joke You’ll get further with a kind word and a gun, than you will with just a kind word. -Unknown
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