Ani DiFranco Quotes

The empty gun spares, but the loaded gun slays.

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

Everyone values the good nature of a man with a gun.

A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is a tool. The intention of the party using the tool is a part of the process, right? You know: the knife cuts the steak, stabs the person, saves somebody from danger, cuts somebody out of a car.

But out of limitations comes creativity.

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

Any problem can be solved using the materials in the room.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Power may be defined as the production of intended effects

Weapons are only weapons if you’re willing to use them.

Having a weapon like that means you're pretty much in control of events. Nobody's going to argue with a flaming sword.

I think my career has been instances of me trying to figure out ways to get around doing it the right way because I don't think I have the tools to do it the right way. There's a talent to that.

Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was required for the establishment of peace.

To do something is in every man's power.

I'm going to take off your gag.And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you with this thing as hard as I can as many times as I can. Understood?"- Tana to Gavriel, page 20 chapter 3

A squirrel is the same as a can, when there's a bb gun in my hand. Can't you see that I am just a man? With distinctions... and comparisons.

The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it?

One of the most important things a person can learn to do is to make something out of whatever he or she happens to have at the moment.

Between your faith and my Glock nine millimeter, I'll take the Glock.

Rachel knew what she was doing. And when she didn't, she could improvise on the fly, coming up with options that left a lot of collateral damage but usually only hurt herself, not the people around her. It was one of the things he would never admit that he admired about her.

I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things.