Ruth Westheimer Quotes

I used to be the chief guest in all the prize distribution ceremonies of shooting competitions. I tried my hand on a lot of guns, and my aim improved. I started hitting tiny targets, like a mineral bottle cap.

You want to know my definition of gun control? Being able to stand there at 25 meters and put two rounds in the same hole. That's gun control.

I never shot much when I was a kid, but on the spotting scope, understanding the ballistics and the calculations, I'm a ten.

I learned to shoot more accurately because my teachers held the targets.

The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver.

I've always had a way with a gun. As a kid, I loved to fire them at the shooting range in amusement parks. I'd always return home with a handful of prizes.

I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing.

Archers are pretty focused.

To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.

In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.

When I look down the range at the target all I can do is try to distinguish between the different colors.

I'm not a hunter, but I've been around guns all my life. I'm a great shot.

I'm a shooter. You don't lose your shooting touch.

Once you get older, you can always develop the skill to shoot.

I'm a super good shot.

I am a very good sniper, and I can put five bullets into that red circle and I know how to throw hand grenades.

Obviously a strength of mine is shooting.

I can hit any target on the field.

One thing a shooter loves is to make his first shot. He makes his first shot from three; that builds confidence.

Phoebe tapped the toe of her sneaker against the dock. “There’s only one good use for a man like Heath Champion.” “Here we go again,” Molly muttered. Phoebe’s lip curled. “Target practice.

To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing.

I'm good at looking good with weapons and stunts. But if you put a bull's eye in front of me and asked me to hit it, I'd say the chances of me hitting it are about one in a million!

I'm a Texan - my idea of gun control is hitting what you aim at and nothing else.

I have the right to protect myself. I feel like I have very good aim. My wife is better.

When I'm shooting, that's all I do.