Quotes about war
war
They said it was like a war zone. John W. Thompson
war house able
No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons. Neil Kinnock
war labour-movement world
Arthur Scargill is the Labour movements nearest equivalent to a First World War General.
war moon dna
We didn't go to the moon to explore or because it was in our DNA or because we're Americans. We went because we were at war and we felt a threat. Neil deGrasse Tyson
war military thinking
I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to put military bases on Mars, we'd be at Mars in two years. That would be quick. I don't want that to be the reason.
war distance army
We in astrophysics we think of the universe all the time. So to us, Earth is just another planet. From a distance, it's a speck. And I'm convinced that if everyone had a cosmic perspective you wouldn't have legions of armies waging war on other people because someone would say, "Stop, look at the universe."
war men hands
Many phenomena - wars, plagues, sudden audits - have been advanced as evidence for the hidden hand of Satan in the affairs of Man, but whenever students of demonology get together the M25 London orbital motorway is generally agreed to be among the top contenders for exhibit A. Neil Gaiman
war animal people
Death and Famine and War and Pollution continued biking towards Tadfield. And Grievous Bodily Harm, Cruelty To Animals, Things Not Working Properly Even After You've Given Them A Good Thumping but secretly No Alcohol Lager, and Really Cool People travelled with them.
warning chicks proverbial
There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.
war storm saws
The war had begun and nobody saw it. The storm was lowering and nobody knew it.
war mean rabbits
Right," said Fat Charlie conversationally. "You realize, of course, that this means war." It was the traditional war cry of a rabbit when pushed too far.
war believe humility
There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.
war imagination soldier
I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.
war killing-others awful
Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war. John O. Brennan
war population casualties
Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.
war mean drunk
Republic . . . it means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. John Wayne
war believe fighting
This kind of war, you've gotta believe in what you're fighting for.
war film-critics squares
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. John Waters
war careers film-critics
I built my [early] career on negative reviews. There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. They hated my movies. You could never have that happen today. Critics are way too hip.
warrior lost-friendship battle
The public relations warriors fought and lost Monte Carlo's Battle of the Magazine Covers. John Vinocur
war believe heart
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature. John Steinbeck
war men mind
And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man.
war men humans
War ... a reversal of the rules where a man is permitted to kill all the humans he can.
war self leader
The Mexican War was a training ground for generals, so that when the sad self-murders settled on us, the leaders knew the techniques for making it properly horrible.
war reality romance
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
war fighting winning
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.
war men thinking
All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.
war cost kingdoms
This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner. John Spratt
war sunshine fighting
If the Lord should once more give us sunshine and I do not give you enough fighting, I will never ask you to come out again. John Stark
war games differences
There is no War on Terrorism; it is The Great Game speeded up. The difference is the rampant nature of the superpower, ensuring infinite dangers for us all. John Pilger
war vietnam laboratory
Vietnam was as much a laboratory experiment as a war.
war reading two
Two increasing themes which appear to dominate our listening, reading and watching lives are propaganda and 'national security', or manufactured war.
war america people
During my lifetime, America has been constantly waging war against much of humanity: impoverished people mostly, in stricken places.