Revolver Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 RSQ is dead and buried so I'll have to make a whole topic. What's the quote (and where's it from) about man, where you take away his guns and he will fight with his fists, take away his fists and he will kick, take away his legs and he will bite, take away his teeth and he will simply stare hate into his enemies until the air is thick with it. Something like that, I can't remember it, but it's a really powerful quote. It might be from 1984 but I can't remember the words well enough for google to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 You didn't ask a question though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 You didn't ask a question though? He's asking what the quote he's thinking about is, as he can't find it on Google due to not being able to remember enough of the quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 "No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he'll keep comin' back and back until one of you is dead." ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I made a mess of the sentence and left out the question mark, but the question is, 'where is this quote from, and who wrote it?' It's not that, Dave. It is very close to what I wrote but I can't remember it exactly. It might not be 1984, it could be someone worlds away but it reminds me of 1984. I have another question too actually, which is about a short story in an English test I remember from years ago about some dude who was getting in touch with an army general about a device that would cause everything metal to rust uncontrollably, which in a roundabout manner would be the end to modern war. He didn't get much of a response from the general so in the end he set it going. I want to know if anyone recognises it and could give me an author or title or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted April 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Ha, actually I found out. That short story in the English test from years ago is called 'A Piece of Wood' by Ray Bradbury, and funnily enough, so is the quote - "But after that," the sergeant said. "After they realized it was true, that every nation was disarmed and there was nothing more to fear, if we were all clean to start over fresh and new, what then?""They'd rearm as swiftly as possible.""What if they could be stopped?""Then they'd beat each other with their fists. If it got down to that. Huge armies of men with boxing gloves of steel spikes would gather at the national borders. And if you took the gloves away they'd use their fingernails and feet. And if you cut their legs off they'd spit on each other. And if you cut off their tongues and stopped their mouths with corks they'd fill the atmosphere so full of hate that mosquitoes would drop to the ground and birds would fall dead from telephone wires." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 What are you on about Tobias? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I think your incorrect recollection of the quote was better than the original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I think your incorrect recollection of the quote was better than the original. No, "huge armies of men with boxing gloves and steel spikes" sounds epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 What are you on about Tobias? I was looking for a quote. This story was in some f**king old English paper, like, when I was in Year 6 or Year 8, between then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Sam Nichols is spot on, yours is loads better then the proper quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 No, "huge armies of men with boxing gloves and steel spikes" sounds epic. Except the steel spikes would rust away uncontrollably because of the rusting machine that the dude invented, so it'd just be guys with boxing gloves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dngr2self Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 A bow doesn't need metal parts.Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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