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Quotes About Overkill

That's part of the problem, the overkill. And when they make it complicated, they make it expensive and so then you can no longer stay in business.
~ Michele Bachmann
Raiding chimpanzees don't eat their quarry, but they attack it with utmost ferocity. It's not just killing—it's overkill. Wrangham and Peterson report that "their assaults Ã¢â'¬Â¦ are marked by a gratuitous cruelty—tearing off pieces of skin, for example, twisting limbs until they break, or drinking a victim's blood—reminiscent of acts that among humans are unspeakable crimes during peacetime and atrocities during war."6
~ David Livingstone Smith
Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
~ Confucius
Against anything human, more than one round to the head would be overkill: When the merely mortal goes up against the supernatural, there's no such thing as overkill
~ Jim Butcher
were spoiling
~ Deborah Blum
I bought a pack of gum...I don't need a 3ft receipt.
~ Unknown
37. There is no "overkill." There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload." 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
~ John Ringo
After our negotiations were completed, the dome would be imploded and launched toward the nearest black hole, so that none of its atoms would ever contaminate this particular universe again. I thought that last part was overkill.
~ John Scalzi
All surfeit is the father of much fast.
~ William Shakespeare