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Quotes About Bullets

Ésas son cosas de la suerte —suspiró filosófico Garza—. Las balas las disparan los hombres y las reparte Dios.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Time flies and so do bullets.
~ Athena Athena
A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
~ Joseph Conrad
I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. My bullet bill this month was going to be huge.
~ Ernest Cline
Meanwhile nothing happened, nothing ever happened. The English had got into the habit of saying that this wasn't a war, it was a bloody pantomime. We were hardly under direct fire from the Fascists. The only danger was from stray bullets, which, as the lines curved forward on either side, came from several directions. All the casualties at this time were from strays. Arthur Clinton got a mysterious bullet that smashed his left shoulder and disabled his arm, permanently, I am afraid.
~ George Orwell
heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
~ George Washington
To me, always just - that scene is, like, so convenient. They never run out of bullets in action movies, unless it's at the most dramatic time possible.
~ Seth Rogen
It was Russia, January 5, 1943, and just another icy day. Out among the city and snow, there were dead Russians and Germans everywhere. Those who remained were firing into the blank pages in front of them. Three languages interwove. The Russian, the bullets, the German.
~ Markus Zusak
The Hubbermanns had two of their own (children), but they were older and had moved out...Soon they would be both in the war. One would be making bullets. The other would be shooting them.
~ Markus Zusak
There is an appalling directness about your questions, Watson, said Holmes, shaking his pipe at me. They come at me like bullets.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
He found the bullets for the gun and contemplated suicide.
~ Atul Gawande
I deal in lead, friend.
~ Stephen Hunter
I shoot the Hippopotamus With bullets made of platinum, Because if I use leaden ones His hide is sure to flatten 'em.
~ belloc hilaire iii
The defining feature of this spy would be his falsity. He was a pure figment of imagination, a weapon in war far removed from the traditional battle of bombs and bullets.
~ Ben Macintyre
India always wants good, friendly relations with its neighbours and continues with its policy of not disturbing anyone. But if someone fires at us first, we will not count the retaliatory bullets.
~ Rajnath Singh
He wasn't a patient. I expect someone cured him. You cure a lot of people in this country, don't you, with bullets?
~ Graham Greene
When my reading ability is sharp, I can dodge bullets, baby! I have no problem folding super-strong hands and that saves me a ton of chips.
~ Phil Hellmuth
Whereas the larger caliber .45 Colt revolver bullets caused the cattle to drop to the ground after three or four shots, the animals shot with smaller caliber .38 bullets failed even after ten shots to drop to the ground. And ever since the U.S. Army has gone confidently into battle knowing that when cows attack, their men will be ready.
~ Mary Roach
The fear was not of bullets: they were too immediate. I was scared of some lack, as if the future were receding from me.
~ Azar Nafisi
I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is 'I love you,' and one of them is bullets.
~ Nathan Fillion
There is a weird power in a spoken word…. And a word carries far—very far—deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
~ Joseph Conrad
Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies]
~ Ernst Junger
War is always more complex. Economics, history, religion all have a role, but not for the ones dodging the bullets. They just get blown around like seeds in the wind until the city folk with calculators and Swiss bank accounts stop talking rot from a bunker under a mountain.
~ Bill Carter
Before the day was out, Ben & Jerry's had announced a new flavor: Trancicle, made only with Vermont milk and maple syrup, and "bullets" of dark chocolate.
~ Bill McKibben