A Quote by Ishmael Beah

My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed.

Ishmael Beah

Quote Topics

Family Gun My Family Protector Provider Rule Squad

Quote Author

Ishmael Beah
Sierra Leonean - Author
Born: November 23, 1980

I've heard my father say that the man is to be the priest, the provider, and the protector of his family. He's the priest because he is the spiritual leader, monitoring and growing the spiritual temperature of his family.

Benjamin Watson

I'd rather be the protector than the protected. I'm naturally the protector - being a mother and having a famous family. You have to navigate when it's right to protect.

Solange Knowles

When the bell tolls three times, it will announce that I have been killed. If I am killed by common men, you and your children will rule Russia for centuries to come; if I am killed by one of your stock, you and your family will be killed by the Russian people! Pray Tsar of Russia. Pray.

Grigori Rasputin

If you keep a gun in your purse, you get killed, because no woman can find anything in her purse in under twelve minutes. It's a rule.

Laurell K. Hamilton

I'm telling you that you got your facts wrong. I didn't kill your brother. But you killed my mother. You might as well have held the gun to her head!

Marie Lu

I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.

Stephen King

There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill himself would have seemed cowardly, as implying fear of being killed by others.

Lafcadio Hearn

I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.

Tom Hanks

They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed.

Mahatma Gandhi

I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.

Malala Yousafzai

The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns.

Alan Dershowitz

If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

Dalai Lama

You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him." "So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.

Tamora Pierce

"I'm not their slave," the man mutters. "I am," I say. "That's why I killed Cato ... and he killed Thresh ... and he killed Clove ... and she tried to kill me. It just goes around and around, and who wins? Not us. Not the districts. Always the Capitol. But I'm tired of being a piece in their Games."