Opening Shot

Famous quotes containing the words opening and/or shot:

“The next work of Carlyle will be entitled “Bow-Wow,” and the title-page will have a motto from the opening chapter of the Koran: “There is no error in this Book.””
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)

“My God, they’ve shot him!”
—Ring Lardner, Jr. (1885–1933)