Projectile – Quotes

Shooting someone point blank

Shooting someone point blank still generates an explosion out of the end of a gun, even if the projectile is somehow ineffective. Eric Holmes

The British Army should

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy. Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

The trains roared by like projectiles level on the darkness, fuming and burning, making the valley clang with their passage. They were gone, and the lights of the towns and villages glittered in silence. D. H. Lawrence

[in reference to turkey

[in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A collective gasp rose from the crew as the fourteen-pound, self-basting, fresh-frozen projectile of wholesome savory goodness plowed into the soap bottles like a freight train into a chorus line of … Read more

Consider the oddity of

Consider the oddity of those drug commercials on television. Fifteen seconds of the purported therapeutic effort, followed by about 45 seconds of a rapidly muttered list of horrific possible side effects. When the ad is over, I can’t remember a thing about what the pill is supposed to do, except perhaps cause nausea, liver damage, … Read more

The curve of life

The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then returns to a state of repose… Like a projectile flying to its goal, life ends in death. Even its ascent and its zenith are only steps and means to this goal… For, enlightenment … Read more

A gunshot rang out,

A gunshot rang out, blasting a hole in the door. A crossbow quarrel zinged through the hole and stuck quivering into the opposite wall. Seth heard the rocking horse clattering down the staircase, the twang of bowstrings, and the overlapping beat of several other projectiles thudding against the door. That was awesome, Seth told Kendra. … Read more

PROJECTILE, n. The final

PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Ambrose Bierce

I know it’s an

I know it’s an artistic cliche, but every time I look at my past work, I want to projectile vomit. Rich Burlew

In a sense, the

In a sense, the story, or poem or verse or whatever it is you’re writing, you can kind of think of it as a kind of projectile. Imagine it is a kind of projectile which has been specially shaped to be aerodynamic, and that your target is the soft grey putty of the reader’s brain. … Read more