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3->''Guys who use knives are either psychos or pros. You have to be real crazy or real good to use a knife. This guy's real good. He only makes one mistake. He brings a knife to a gunfight.''
4-->-- '''Frank Castle''', ''[[Comicbook/ThePunisher The Punisher War Zone]]'' #10
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6[[AC:Fan Works]]
7->Lesson 48: [Bring a bat to a fist fight. Bring a knife to a bat fight. Bring a gun to a knife fight. Run the hell away from a gun fight.]
8-->-- ''Fanfic/HigherLearning'', ''chapter 48''
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10[[AC:Film -- Live Action]]
11->''"Isn't that just like a wop? Brings a knife to a gun fight."''
12-->-- '''Malone''', ''Film/TheUntouchables''
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14->'''KGB agent''': We don't ask again, come now--\
15'''Mutt''': Or what? ''[whips out switchblade]''\
16'''Indy''': Nice try, kid, but I think you just brought a knife...''[KGB agents pull out their guns]''...to a gunfight.
17-->--''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''
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19->'''Jubei:''' I intend to find you. I intend to see you dead.
20->'''Gauche:''' I get impression that until today you've never seen a man killed by one of 'these'. ''(QuickDraw's his revolver)''
21->'''Jubei:''' Gun. Sword. We all die the same way.
22-->-- ''Film/RedSun''
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24[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
25->'''Todd:''' This is a bad idea.\
26'''Dirk:''' Nonsense, this is the perfect opportunity to get some answers.\
27'''Todd:''' The man ''shot'' at us! What if he just pulls a gun?\
28'''Dirk:''' Aha! That's why I brought... ''this''. ''(pulls out a Swiss army knife)''\
29'''Todd:''' What's that supposed to do?\
30'''Dirk:''' Well, you know what they say about bringing a knife to a gun fight.\
31'''Todd:''' That it's... bad?\
32'''Dirk:''' [[OhCrap Oh, bloody hell]], [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant is that what that means]]?
33-->-- ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency''
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35[[AC:Music]]
36->''Tricks wanna step to Cube and then they get played,\
37'Cause they bitch made,\
38Pullin' out a switchblade\
39That's kinda trifle\
40'Cause that's a knife, ho\
41AK-47, [[MoreDakka assault rifle]]!''
42-->-- '''Music/IceCube''', "Check Yo' Self"
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44[[AC:Video Games]]
45->'''Kazuo Akuji:''' Did you really think you could match my skill?\
46'''[[PlayerCharacter Playa]]:''' No... ''(takes out a gun and shoots Akuji in the chest)'' I'm gonna cheat.
47-->-- ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''
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49->'''Kenshi''': Care to test me?
50->'''Erron Black''': Never bring a sword to a gunfight.
51->'''Kenshi''': I bring much more.
52-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''
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54->''"Last thing I expected to see in a castle was a cowboy... Rather not go up against a gun."''
55-->-- '''[[BareFistedMonk Masaru Takahara]]''', if encountered by [[TheGunslinger The Sundown Kid]], ''Videogame/LiveALive''
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57[[AC:Western Animation]]
58->'''Nobleman:''' Thousands of men guard the Shogun's castle.
59->'''Abagail Fowler:''' Ten thousand, twenty; it doesn't matter. They guard it with knives. [[KatanasAreJustBetter No one makes a better blade than your people.]] No one invents better ways to kill people... ''(opens a wooden case to reveal a gleaming musket)'' than mine. A gun will never be as beautiful as a sword. But with a gun, you can take any sword you want.

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