Quotes about war
war gone crafts
The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them. Steven Pressfield
war warrior study
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life.
war drama character
When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.
war drama character
The last element in drama is high stakes. War, of course, is life and death - survival, not only for the story's characters, but often for the society itself. That's why I'm drawn to stories that are built around wars, even if they're not technically "war stories."
warrior may selflessness
Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
war artist squares
You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen, and moved to Vienna to live and study... Ever see one of his paintings? Neither have I. Resistance beat him. Call it overstatement but I'll say it anyway: it was easier for Hitler to start World War II than it was for him to face a blank square of canvas.
war army weapons
Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies. Steven Morrissey
war men heterosexuality-is
War, I thought, was the most negative aspect of male heterosexuality. If more men were homosexual, there would be no wars, because homosexual men would never kill other men, whereas heterosexual men love killing other men.
war europe tolls
The European wars of religion were more deadly than the First World War, proportionally speaking, and in the range of the Second World War in Europe. The Inquisition, the persecution of heretics and infidels and witches, they racked up pretty high death tolls. Steven Pinker
war fighting agreement
Dominance in an adaptation to anarchy and it serves no purpose in a society that has undergone a civilising process or in an international system regulated by agreements and norms. Anything that deflates the concept of dominance is likely to drive down the frequency of fights between individuals and wars.
warfare want toxins
Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter creatures like us who want to eat them.
war believe people
Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating it with doomsday.
war dirty numbers
'Capitalism' is a dirty word for many intellectuals, but there are a number of studies showing that open economies and free trade are negatively correlated with genocide and war.
war years unification-church
If the world had attended me after World War II, it would have been united within seven years, and there would have been no suffering of the Unification Church and no damage to the democratic world. Sun Myung Moon
war moving fighting
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life. Sun Tzu
war victory battle
To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.
war fighting winning
So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.
war men numbers
The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.
war enlightened caution
The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.
war victory battle
The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one who has the most strategic factors on his side.
war opponents doe
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
war heaven enemy
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you now Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
war punishment soldier
If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached to you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless.
war disposition tactical
In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.
war army law
It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the law of strategic siege.
war army two
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.
war kingdoms vexation
A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.
war assessment victory
According to my assessment, even if you have many more troops than others, how can that help you to victory?
war fundamentals firsts
Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.
war enemy needs
One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.
war following-instructions giving
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus double agents are recruited and used.
war enemy advantage
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
war army men
Bestow rewards without respect to customary practice; publish orders without respect to precedent. Thus you may employ the entire army as you would one man.