"Paper beats rock, scissors beat paper, machine guns beat swords, it's called the 20th century people!"
Creedy: Whatchya gonna do, huh? We've swept this place. You've got nothing. Nothing but your bloody knives and your fancy karate gimmicks. We have guns.
V: No, what you have are bullets, and the hope that when your guns are empty, I'm no longer standing. Because if I am, you'll all be dead before you've reloaded.
V: No, what you have are bullets, and the hope that when your guns are empty, I'm no longer standing. Because if I am, you'll all be dead before you've reloaded.
Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim gun, and they have not.
The Maxim gun, and they have not.
— "The Modern Traveller" by Hilaire Belloc
"You've got The Legend of Zelda, where you walk around with a lil' bitch, and his lil' bitch-ass sword, with lil' shield, and he just goes Haeh! Hah! Hah!. C'mon! Who wants to play that shit? I need to shoot some niggaz! Pow! Pow! Pow!"
— Chad Warden
"Why do they always gotta be using swords? It's called an Uzi, ya chump! Could have saved your ass right about now."
— Trick, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Bad Girls"
"Guns over swords, and nukes over guns. Hah! If we had one of those, it would be the greatest thing ever!"
— Revy, Black Lagoon
"You can’t help but respect a man who brings a sword to a gunfight… and fucking wins."
"Do you really think a knife can beat a bullet? This is how people are fighting nowadays."
— Polly Watkins, The King's Man