Double Action Revolver

Famous quotes containing the words double and/or action:

    “Well, I had gone and spoiled it again, made another mistake. A double one in fact. There were plenty of ways to get rid of that officer by some simple and plausible device, but no, I must pick out a picturesque one; it is the crying defect of my character.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “Do you suppose that sacrifice is the hallmark of moral action?—Just stop to consider whether sacrifice is not involved in every action that is done with deliberation, the worst as well as the best.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)