what are some good sayings about respecting your weapon?

I am in Okinawan kobudo and would like to know some.

 

My personal favorite:

You'll poke your eye out with that thing!

 

i know this doesnt help but someone on MAP has one as their signature....

if i could just remember who, because its quite good :bang:

oo oo its Anth! i'll go find it now...

 

Got it...

The moment you stop respecting a weapon is the second it reminds you of why you fear it.

 

Take care of your weapon, and it will take care of you!

 

KP - That was "borrowed" from the weapons forum

Some others that are floating around that place:

“The sword is deadly even in the hands of a fool” - Source - Dave Humm

"...accidents are learning experiences" - Source - Dave Humm

"When steel and flesh meet.. 99.9% of the time steel wins." - Same thread as above, by TheDarkJester

"live blades are much like hungry tigers in a cage. if you are inexperienced in handling one, they know this and would most likely take a bite out of you," - shootodog (same thread)

Those are just from one thread on using a sword. I could go through every thread looking for decent sayings that could be posted here, but I cant be bothered so I will let you have a look through the Weapons Forum

 

"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp"

- Terry Pratchett

 

"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with" - Blackadder (I think)

 

How do you actually manage to poke your eye out. Wouldn't it need to go right through and out the back of your brain

 

You have to be good, wolfie, very, very good.

 

This is my rifle, this is my gun.
This is for fighting, this is for fun.

 

The rule I live by is that "incoming fire has the right of way." I got that from Murhpy's rules of Combat.

 

The pointy end goes into the other man.

 

that's what Diego_Vega always tells me...

 

ah this is where I've been going wrong

 

Always remember that "Friendly Fire" isn't.

Never sleep in a shell-scrap (Foxhole for you US buddies) with a person who snores

Politics dont mean crap... The first time a round goes by your head, all that crap goes out the window.

 

A good saying for weapons?

He who wear magnetized suit and uses rope dart soon to find himself akin to swiss cheese - Murphfucius

 

There are always the classics:

 

From my instructor:

Don't trust stereotypes - an older person with a walking stick may not be feeble or an easy target.

He then proceeded to demonstrate