Agency Quote by Ambrose Bierce

GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted.

— Ambrose Bierce

We didn't invent gunpowder. What we did was take things that were there and put them together in a way that works.

— Ana Patricia Botin

I was growing up in a society that exerted a lot of control on people, and from both my personality and the social condition,…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

When I was young, the constraints of Chinese society and my personal timid and cautious nature both drove me to seek a means to…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

One reason I chose gunpowder is that I had the good luck in my environment to be exposed to gunpowder. The other reason is…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing…

— Carl von Clausewitz

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

— Thomas Carlyle

The humour of the Chinese people in inventing gunpowder and finding its best use in making firecrackers for their grandfathers' birthdays is merely symbolical…

— Lin Yutang

Using gunpowder as a medium became a way to liberate myself.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

The Chinese had gunpowder, but it didn't occur to them to put it in a gun. They possessed the compass but didn't go anywhere.…

— P. J. O'Rourke

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

— Wendell Phillips

A Gun with no gunpowder is a useless toy so as A person with no knowledge or Sense of humor ...

— Mustapha Falalu Bello