Archimedes
Archimedes
[Cueball is standing normally.] Cueball: In the words of Archimedes,
[Cueball extends his left arm slightly.] Cueball: Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it
[Cueball is now holding a gun in his right hand.] Cueball: Or I will kill one hostage every hour.

This comic references a famous quote made by Archimedes : δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω , which could translate as "Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it, and I will move the Earth". Archimedes was illustrating the power of force multiplication by stating that, in theory, even a mass as immense as the entire planet Earth could be moved by a single human being using a simple lever .
While Archimedes is theoretically correct, in practice the lever would need to be millions of light years long, and the person operating it would need to push it by several light years to move the Earth even a microscopic amount. In fact, a much simpler way to move the Earth, which achieves similar distances, is to jump in the air - by Newton's third law, the same amount of force that is applied to you will also be applied to the Earth.
Here, Cueball begins as if he is quoting Archimedes, but then produces a gun and threatens to execute hostages if he does not receive the lever, indicating that he is, for some reason, actually trying to enact Archimedes' thought experiment for real.
The title text references another famous proverb, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." The quote starts out the same, but again ends with a sentence that is more fitting for an action movie.
[Cueball is standing normally.] Cueball: In the words of Archimedes,
[Cueball extends his left arm slightly.] Cueball: Give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it
[Cueball is now holding a gun in his right hand.] Cueball: Or I will kill one hostage every hour.
