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war ambition mean
For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few. Charles Caleb Colton
war winning games
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
war hands fog
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.
war writing fighting
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
war long body
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution.
war heart character
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Why am I making a friend of this woman beside me, in spite of the whispers against her that I hear in my heart? Charles Dickens
war believe blow
I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth.
war believe writing
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross
war writing spy
I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.
slaughterhouse-five matter why-me
Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Kurt Vonnegut
slaughterhouse-five amber matter
- Why me? - That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? - Yes. - Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.
slaughterhouse-five mountain doe
I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is.
slaughterhouse-five next slaughterhouse-5
He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next
slaughterhouse-five slaughterhouse-5 slaughter-house-five
Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. So it goes.
slaughterhouse-five love-one-another slaughterhouse-5
They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.
slaughterhouse-five awful might
That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.
slaughterhouse-five chaos slaughterhouse-5
All this happened, more or less.
veteran
We started to get a little impatient. And they showed they are a veteran team. Jessie Evans
veterans-day illinois speech
It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments. Dick Durbin
veteran
We're a veteran line. We should get it done. Clay Walker
veterans-day war stress
In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder. Jan Karon
veterans-day honor campaigns
It is Veterans Day, when we honor everyone who served in all of the campaigns. We honor them with dignity and respect, and of course mattress sales and tire discounts. Craig Ferguson
veterans-day military war
The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums. Arthur Koestler
veteran work
We're an older, veteran team. Sometimes, that can work in your favor. Tommy Amaker
veterans-day peace war
There never was a good war or a bad revolution. Edward Abbey
veterans-day military american-veterans
Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers. Aristotle