Quotes About Cannon

On my left the shooting had the sharp explosion of the infantry artillery, on my right could be heard the sporadic cannon shots thundering from the front, and up above the sky was clear and the sun bright.

Just as the warmakers of Europe regularly melted down the bells to recast them into cannon, the metaphysicians have found the meaning of their myths and announced those meanings without their narrative resonance.

When I came out to Hollywood, I discovered the perfect place for my creative madness - Cannon Pictures.

Picture, if you will, Tommy, the fuse of a cannon. Now, when one touches a flame to a fuse, what happens? It's consumed bit...' He stepped toward her, so close that his boot toes nearly touched the toes of her slippers. She sucked in a breath. But she stood her ground when his knees brushed hers. '...by bit...' His voice had gone perilously soft. '...by bit. Until...' His breath fluttered her hair. His mouth was next to her ear now. 'Boom.

It crossed her mind that she might be saving clone soldiers from death by biological agent so they could die from blaster and cannon round. It was a horrible thought.

As a child I went to a circus. They had a man shot out of a cannon into a net. I became intrigued with what was going on.

There is joy in all: in the hair I brush each morning, in the Cannon towel, newly washed, that I rub my body with each morning.

CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.

The use of water cannon could have changed the face of British policing; it would have made a huge difference to British policing.

'Pitch Perfect' was my first screenplay, so it was like my little baby.

That was Hera. Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon.

We heard the army before we saw it. The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.

Q: Why must the cannon be fired? A: The cannon must be fired because that is the reason for cannons.

Wasn't there a plasma cannon back here somewhere?" "No. You donated that to the orphanage." Foaly did not waste time wondering why he would have donated a plasma cannon to an orphanage but instead kept digging through the junk in the van.

The more weakness the more falsehood; strength goes straight: every cannon ball that has in it hollows and holes goes crooked.

Negroes raised during the Civil War. Continued Cody: "On the second day out we suddenly discovered on the opposite side of the Saline River, about a mile distant, a large body of Indians, who were charging down upon us. Major Armes, placing the cannon on a little knoll, limbered it up and left twenty men to guard it; and then, with the rest of the

Martin Larson's The Essene Heritage.

Langrage was basically shards of cast or wrought iron, jagged-edged, parcelled up much like chain, used in the smaller bore cannon where chain was impractical; it had become much less popular in recent years, probably as much through fashion as logical argument.

Actually, Hamilton's exploding cannon may have killed as many as six of his men and wounded four or five others. Some critics blamed inadequate training for the mishap, but the general dissipation of troops addicted to whoring and drinking was more likely to blame.

Mulder had too brilliant a record to be dismissed as a loose cannon. His bosses had to find another way to protect their peace of mind. They did. They made Scully his partner.

You are absolute angels of the first order. If I were Pope, I'd canonize you." "The Pope would probably love to turn a cannon on you!

I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.

It is easy," they grumbled, "to crush those insurgents. One regiment of the Line and horses to drag away the cannon would do it; manifestos and placards won't." This was true. At that late hour, it would still have been easy to quell the insurrection. The insurgents were fatigued, enervated, confused. Discipline was almost entirely wanting.