James Harrington

A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform, which they know is but earth or stone; nor of a cannon, which, without a hand to give fire to it, is but cold iron; therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.

English Philosopher

Kelly Cutrone

I had the most expensive haircut you can get, and I was walking around with my hair in rollers backstage, and my hair still came out looking like I was shot out of a cannon and I had just gotten out of bed.

American Author

Madonna Ciccone

Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

American Musician

Joanne Harris

I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.

British Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

American Writer

Molly Ivins

I spend most of my life feeling like I've been shot out of a cannon.

American Journalist

Mao Zedong

People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.

Chinese Leader

Trevor Bauer

I'm not a loose cannon. If I'm wrong, I say so.

Mario Gomez

Winning the cannon was a childhood dream.

German Athlete

Cynthia Rowley

American Designer

Cannons are associated with historical warfare and maritime defense, rarely used in modern combat.

Historical Context

Cannons are very large and heavy, requiring a team to operate, not handheld.

Physical Scale

Firing a cannon produces a loud, booming noise, often used for ceremonial salutes.

Sound Characteristics

Cannon, in an equine context, is specialized jargon; familiar to veterinarians and horse enthusiasts.

Equestrian Terminology

The cannon bone in horses is often prone to stress and injury, especially in racing.

Injury Prone

Cannon in billiards requires skill; it's a strategic way to position balls after contact.

Billiards Technique

Understanding 'cannon' is part of mastering billiards terminology and tactics.

Game Vocabulary

When someone 'cannons into' something, it's sudden and unplanned, often causing chaos.

Unexpected Movement

Use 'cannon' to create a vivid picture of someone moving with great force or impact.

Vivid Imagery

 and who ignored the people's protests about all the paper cuts, then the peaceful paper protests would get blown to paper pieces, by the confetti cannons manned by pre-emptive police. And yes there’d still be paper money, so there’d still be paper greed, and the paper piggy bankers pocketing more than they need, purchasing the potpourri to pepper their paper properties,

Harry Baker: A love poem...

 From there, engineers and military inventors created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel

The deadly irony of...

 little matter in it and so the universe would expand forever that is like the cannon ball the universe would have escape velocity from itself and so our expectation was we can measure this rate of slowing like we couldn't measure the slowing of the Cannonball and figure out

Mapping the Unknown,...

 crushed and his bone and shoe and sock concreted to the cannon but this is sort of the things that we're finding and this wasn't disguise you know only years after you know we discovered it so that's why it's important in what we do and in

Barry Clifford: Pirate...

 people around the world unsurprisingly wanted a good education a job good health care but also millions of people wanted a government that they could trust and that would listen to their cannon respond to their concerns

Lack of data is an issue...

 The gun deck on a military vessel fired their cannons simultaneously, in a battery. Similarly, this electric battery, would discharge all at the same time, causing large sparks. This new technology raised an interesting

Electric Vocabulary

 off the coast of patagonia southern right whales are assembling the males announced their arrival by gigantic leaps 100 tons propelled into the air with the flip of the tail the sound above water is like a cannon

Magnificent Whale...

 were tired of sacred Hills they were tired of ghost dances they were tired of all the inconveniences of the Sioux so they brought out their cannons you want to be an idiot now they said finger on the trigger

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 with an indifference borne of the passion to survive artillery horses had to drag heavy cannon through all the elements and once they got to the frontlines the life expectancy under fire was

James Robertson: The...

 Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon’s mouth.

Cannon

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