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American police officer (d. 1929), Birth: 19-3-1848, Death: 13-1-1929
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Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. In a gun fight... You need to take your time in a hurry.
Wyatt Earp

'Speed must be prioritized, but precision trumps all. In a gun battle... Haste is essential yet methodical.'
2.
Destiny is that which we are drawn towards and Fate is that which we run into.
Wyatt Earp

Outcome is that which we are driven towards and Circumstance is that which we come across.
3.
That nothing's so sacred as honor and nothing's so loyal as love.
Wyatt Earp

Nothing is as revered as integrity and nothing is as steadfast as affection.
4.
You gonna do somethin'? or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?
Wyatt Earp

Are you going to take action or remain inactive and suffer?
5.
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
Wyatt Earp

Rapid is satisfactory, but precision is paramount.
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The most important lesson I learned...was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time. The second was that, if I hoped to live on the frontier, I would shun flashy trick-shooting--grandstand play--as I would poison...In all my life as a frontier peace officer, I did not know a really proficient gunfighter who had anything but contempt for the gun-fanner, or the man who literally shot from the hip.
Wyatt Earp

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Shooting at a man who is returning the compliment means going into action with the greatest speed of which a man's muscles are capable, but mentally unflustered by an urge to hurry or the need for complicated nervous and muscular actions which trick shooting involves.
Wyatt Earp

8.
No wise man ever took a handgun to a gun fight.
Wyatt Earp

Quote Topics by Wyatt Earp: Gun Fighting Men Tombstone Needs Honor Ends Destiny Mean Running Lessons Wise Quality Ass Loyalty Names Fate Winner Important Play Live Life Morning Bad Ass
9.
The most important lesson I learned ... was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time.
Wyatt Earp

10.
My name is Wyatt Earp! It all ends now!
Wyatt Earp