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"Well, I speak looooouuuud! And I carry a biiiiigger stick! And I use it too!" *whack*

"Sure, it matters who's got the bigger stick, but it matters a hell of a lot more who's swinging it."
General Shepherd, Modern Warfare

Mr. Wilson: Have you ever heard of the term "extreme overkill"?
George: Yes.
Mr. Wilson: If you saw a fly circling a table you wanted to put food on, what would you kill the fly with?
George: Probably either a spray or a flyswatter, if I had one.
Mr. Wilson: That would be reasonable. What do you think "overkill" would be?
George: Probably a mallet.
Mr. Wilson: And what would "extreme overkill" be?
George: A sledge hammer, I guess.
Mr. Wilson: What Dr. Sign did ... goes way beyond "extreme overkill". What he did was the equivalent of using nuclear weapons to kill flies.
The Gatekeeper: The Gate Contracts

"No effect? I need bigger sword..."

"Don't be so cocky. You won because of the Gundam, not your skills."
Ramba Ral, Mobile Suit Gundam

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

Doraemon: No way... How could 22nd century's latest stun-spear lose?!
Gigazombie: This is the latest model from the 23rd century!
Doraemon: Damn, I lost by a century... *faints*

Deputy commander of the Vespers, the Arquebus Group's augmented human squad.
After receiving Generation Eight augmentation surgery, Snail continued to receive follow-up treatments as new technologies entered the mainstream so as to make their merits his own.
Many augmented humans have died in order to assure the safety of his repeated "adjustments."
V.II Snail's Arena profile, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

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