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As soon as the enemy puts just one more square of distance between you and him, your previous hyperfrag sniper rifle with laser sight, telescopic sight, bipod and extended barrel will spray bullets all around him.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about enemies

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, ability, good, good luck, chance, common sense, sense, mind

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with...

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.

Quote by Joseph Addison

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of...

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Quote by Aeschylus about justice, excess, wealth, man

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about events, things, time

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about interest, word, perfection, people

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about being

When you really need something, its either not available, or can't be found. When you don't need it, its either available, or lays around in plain sight.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about need

The sound of grinding metal or the sight of smoke coming...

The sound of grinding metal or the sight of smoke coming from a case is a warning that you are trying to do too much with too little.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, smoke

From behind you, the bad guys can see your night sights...

From behind you, the bad guys can see your night sights as well as you can.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, night, bad luck, bad

Laser sights work both ways.

Laser sights work both ways.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, work

Any injury, the sight of which makes you want to puke, ...

Any injury, the sight of which makes you want to puke, should immediately be covered by 4x4's and Kerlix.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine

When there are three other cars on the road, the drivers...

When there are three other cars on the road, the drivers are drunk and there's not a cop in sight.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, police

Secure, fail proof, Tang sights will always fall down.

Secure, fail proof, Tang sights will always fall down.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, fall

Peep sights don’t.

Peep sights don’t.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys

Peep sights will always fill up with crud.

Peep sights will always fill up with crud.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys

That new, big, expensive, cowboy hat will always obscure...

That new, big, expensive, cowboy hat will always obscure your vision of the front sights of your rifle, but you will look good wearing it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, vision, good, good luck

Europeans are incredibly negative about America at the...

Europeans are incredibly negative about America at the moment. I think they lose sight of the fact that the country's a very divided place right now.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about opinion, country, rightness, moment

At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action.

Quote by Walter Pater about experience, objects, reality, action

It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water, also lack of appetite has always been regarded as an undesirable phenomenon, from which one might conclude that appetite is essentially linked with the...

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about food, water, man

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