“Ben Battle was a soldier bold, / And used to war's alarms: / But a cannon-ball took off his legs, / So he laid down his arms.”
Thomas Hood
“The difference between a martyr and a cannon fodder is not far from the difference between a scout and a spy.”
Ilkin Santak
“That shot he took was a cannon. It was on his stick and into the net, unbelievable. Matt Carle continues to improve, to be the type of player that raises a lot of eyebrows.”
Ron Wilson
“Never use a cannon to kill a fly.”
Confucius
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry”
Arthur Wellesley
“CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.”
Ambrose Bierce