"A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that."
- Shane
Elliott Marston: "An experimental weapon with experimental ammunition."
Matthew Quigley: "You could call it that."
Elliott Marston: "Let's experiment."
Matthew Quigley: "This ain't Dodge City. And you ain't Bill Hickok."
Matthew Quigley [talking about the Colt Peacemaker]: "I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it."
Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun):
I picked up my first gun at the age of seven. And I shot. I remember how strangely easy it was to pull the trigger. Ha. I actually laughed. Because that one shot was all that was needed to silence that sickening piece of garbage who had the nerve to call himself my guardian. Ha. It was that simple. And so I was free. Yes, tomorrow would be different. Hm. Tomorrow. As much as I wanted to believe, it only went from bad to worse. A vicious cycle... I didn't want other kids to grow up like me, so I started my own orphanage. It was gratifying work, I was actually doing something for the good of others. It was my place of peace and happiness... yet sometimes, I still think to myself 'there's no place worse than this planet. It's horrible here.