Quotes about war
warrior thinking america
I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're warriors. Soldiers. Nas
war soul beef
What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin War gets deep, some beef is everlastin Nas
war ties advice
Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
war fighting lasts
If humans fight the last war, nature fights the next one. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
war years people
People have the problem of denial. This is one of the things I learned in Lebanon. Everybody who left Beirut when the war started, including my parents, said, 'Oh, its temporary.' It lasted 17 years! People tend to underestimate the gravity of these situations. That's how they work. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
war might able
It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
war blood vietnam-war
How much blood makes a 'bloodbath'? Mort Kondracke
war iraq america
President Bush bet his presidency-and America's world leadership-on the war in Iraq. Tragically, it looks as though he bit off more than the American people were willing to chew. Mort Kondracke
war army two-sides
The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived. Mort Walker
war pbs bob
I watched Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS. My favorite segment is when Bob Hope entertains the troops at Gettysburg. Mort Sahl
war spirit bones
You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone. Miller Williams
war eye compassion
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone. Miller Williams
war independent presidential
The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace. Millard Fillmore
war opportunity reality
President Bush had an opportunity tonight to say, 'Look ... things aren't going very well in Iraq and we did make some miscalculations and misjudgments there,' but he is so stubbornly arrogant - he just sticks with that same formula that he has in talking about the war on Iraq that just defies the reality that we all see on the ground. Mike McCurry
war winning evil
We're at war against the ultimate evil in the world, and We're going to win. Johnny Isakson
war light house
O, that we who declare war against wars, and acknowledge our trust to be in God only, may walk in the light, and therein examine our foundation and motives in holding onto money! May we look upon our estates, our treasures, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these, our possessions. John Woolman
war rights people
I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights. John Wooden
war heart blood
When the whole world turns clown, and paints itself red with its own hearts blood instead of vermilion, it is something else than comic. John Ruskin
war history humanity
The history of humanity is not the history of its wars, but the history of its households. John Ruskin
war eye technology
In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet, not on wheels, and work and war with their arms, not with engine-beams, nor rifles warranted to kill twenty men at a shot before you can see them. John Ruskin
war men age
In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to attend university before taking part in wartime research projects. John Pople
war preparation defense
The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war. John Quincy Adams
war america identity
Since the end of the Cold War, America has been grasping left and right for an identity. Matt Taibbi
war stupid law
Like wars, forest fires and bad marriages, really stupid laws are much easier to begin than they are to end. Matt Taibbi
war mind president
Sniper is a movie whose politics are so ludicrous and idiotic that under normal circumstances it would be beneath criticism. The only thing that forces us to take it seriously is the extraordinary fact that an almost exactly similar worldview consumed the walnut-sized mind of the president who got us into the war in question. Matt Taibbi
war track feelings
While it's true that some writers, when taking on love and war, find the task too big, or only succeed in one but not the other, Mengestu tracks both themes with authority and feeling. Meg Wolitzer
war night world
I guess there was a war going on somewhere in the world that night but it wasn't one that could touch us. Meg Rosoff
war thinking losing-everything
If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all. Meg Rosoff
war persons turning-points
Every war has turning points and every person too. Meg Rosoff
war world tabloids
The THE TABLOIDS are always going to be a war for POPULARITY in the CELEB world. Meg Cabot
war home years
My shoulders sagged. Really, is it too much to ask that I be able to come home from a long day of work and relax? Oh, no. I have to come home and read a bunch of letters written to the love of my life by his fiancée, who, if I am correct, had him killed a hundred and fifty years ago. Then, as if that is not bad enough, he wants me to explain the Vietnam War. Meg Cabot
war apologizing shut-up
Maybe nobody has a right to tell anybody to shut up. Maybe this is how wars get started, because someone tells someone else to shut up, and then no one will apologize. Meg Cabot
war found
The War will leave none of us as it found us. May Sinclair