“The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.”

“Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?”

Clint Eastwood (1930) actor and director from the United States

“Words are loaded pistols.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

“Whenever I go and see the Führer, I've got a loaded pistol in my pocket.”

Franz Halder (1884–1972) German general

“I have no compunction in saying that if some chap starts throwing grenades or starts using pistols, we shall kill him”

Colin Campbell Mitchell (1925–1996) British Army officer and politician

“He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps.”

Tom Stoppard Arcadia

“The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-bye to the Bill of Rights.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

“It is one of the great joys of home ownership to fire a pistol in one's own bedroom”

Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) French writer

“Jack: [pointing a pistol at Bob's trousers] I'm going to blow your brains out.
[Bob adjusts Jack's gun arm, so that the pistol is now pointing at Bob's head]”

Jack Benny (1894–1974) comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor

“Mercifully, Henry hit him with the soft end of the pistol.”

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) English musician, artist and author