“It's going to be a hard time; we can count on that. But with all the misery, what opportunities to show mercy… — Margot Benary-Isbert Copy Share Image
“My problem is the opposite of mankind's: not having gone into battle often enough, not having waged enough war. I've always shied… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was no other way to look… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The bay-trees in our country are all withered, And meteors fright the fixèd stars of heaven. The pale-faced moon looks bloody on… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There is a dreamlike quality to the 1936 Basque government, the fulfillment of a historic longing that was to be crushed only… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
A Duke couldn't have the arse hanging out of his trousers when meeting foreign diplomats. Actually even plain old Sam Vimes never… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The Caucus I joined in 1953 had as many Boer War veterans as men who had seen active service in World War… — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
They say, "Katie, you're wrong." And if I say, "How dare you say that? I have studied and studied." Or, "I am… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“I have same answer about one a quation every body thinking as long as you think about the war as long as… — One Answer about Whole Thngs Copy Share Image
I'm not judging the films. People make these connections through a film, or because they know them. But the fact that they… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
So in a sense, that little war in the Levant had a horrendous effect in terms of the stability of countries like… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
“Nobility is a lie. A pretence that high standing comes from anything more than money or martial prowess. Any dolt can play… — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
He looked around when he heard a window-rattling roar. "Earthquake? Volcano? Nuclear war?" "Beaver," Peter told him. "I don't care if it… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“The movies, I thought, have got the soundtrack to war all wrong. War isn't rock 'n' roll. It's got nothing to do… — Chris Ayres Copy Share Image
“Do you not listen to our daily meetings about the state of your lands?” “Of course I don’t. They’re dead boring.” “Not… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
'La Marseillaise' sounds best ringing around a packed sports stadium. Its lyrics evoke revolution, conflict, taking up arms, preparing for the fight… — Engelbert Humperdinck Copy Share Image
We know from our recent history that English did not come to replace U.S. Indian languages merely because English sounded musical to… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Pharmaceutical companies have too much influence over the education of physicians in this country. They have too much control over the evaluation… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
“It’s not a war. It’s an annihilation,” he’d mumbled low for her ears only. She’d been unable to respond, only focusing on… — Jettie Necole Copy Share Image
Until the dead are buried they change somewhat in appearance each day. The color change in Caucasian races is from white to… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I was in charge of price controls in World War II and had a ceiling on overall prices. Everybody who was subject… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Destroying Iraq was the greatest strategic blunder this country has made in its history. Unless we change course, there's every reason to… — Robert Baer Copy Share Image
“Ray looked up and scanned Ilsa from North to South and then from East to West. It only took a moment. Ray… — James Allen Moseley Copy Share Image
Another touchy point: the inability of successive Israeli governments to deal with the propaganda war. Israel has a brilliant instrument in the… — Manfred Gerstenfeld Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, the idea that the bankrupt Europeans, who had already put the world through the wringer of two world wars in less… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“But any war is harvest to such Governments, however ruinous it may be to a nation. It serves to keep up deceitful… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Humanity must never lose hope. Our present conflicts and differences are difficult but not hopeless. We cannot expect people of such different… — Robert Muller Copy Share Image
The children don't choose to be in the business, but the harming and long-term effects through arguments, divorce and conflicts over the… — Robert Irvine Copy Share Image
The time will come, when thou shalt lift thine eyes To watch a long-drawn battle in the skies. While aged peasants, too… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
We've created a more dangerous world. We've created more violence. We've unraveled the fabric of our own society. We've watched everything get… — Jodie Evans Copy Share Image
I think it's too easy to just say that there is a direct and necessary conflict between black identity and gay identity.… — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
I grew up on the East Coast and was going to go to an Ivy League School, but at the last minute… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
“The fact that France and Britain did go on to win the war preserved their great-power status, but to a very considerable… — James L. Stokesbury Copy Share Image
When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
[Y]our agricultural revolution is not an event like the Trojan War, isolated in the distant past and without relevance to your lives… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“My whole life has been a battle lost on the map. Cowardice didn't even make it to the battlefield, where perhaps it… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
![“[Y]our agricultural revolution is not an event like the Trojan War, isolated in the distant past and without relevance to your lives today. The work begun by those neolithic farmers in the Near East has been carried forward from one generation to the next without a single break, right into the…” quote by Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/007/daniel-quinn-1786_break_y-our-agricultural-revolution-is-not-an_1828089.jpg)
