Wars Quotes · Page 18

“World wars have been fought and lost; for every war is against the world and every war against the world is lost.”

— Alice Walker

We all seek peace. Yet in the name of peace, some are prepared to wage wars!

— Nghi Lam

I was never interested in writing novelizations. I'm still not. Especially not for 'Star Wars.'

— Matthew Stover

Barack Obama's military triumphs will come neither in long wars nor even short ones, but in a series of raids.

— Elliott Abrams

Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.

— Michael Morpurgo

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of…

— Charles Dudley Warner

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.

— Ludwig von Mises

“Buddy I have lived through three wars and several major political skirmishes. You can't beat me down with your boring-to-death sales pitches.”

— Anissa Rafeh

I think to this day, 'Superman/Wonder Woman' is probably one of the trickiest things I've been working on. It's like being asked…

— Charles Soule

We never want to update 'Black Watch,' because it's about a moment in time, and through that moment, it manages to speak…

— John Tiffany

I try to get out to The Skelligs, and people will know The Skelligs from 'Star Wars' and so forth, but they…

— Adrian Dunbar

Since World War II, most of the conflicts in the world have been internal conflicts. The weapon of choice in those wars…

— Jody Williams

When Congress passed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force immediately after the 9/11 attacks, no one could have imagined this…

— Peter Bergen

We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence…

— Martin Sheen

I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character…

— Elie Ducommun

For years, I was compared to Wookiees, especially after I did the 'Star Wars Holiday Special.' I have some photos of me…

— Bruce Vilanch

I played with two lines of action figures when I was a kid: G.I. Joe and Star Wars.

— Dwayne Johnson

No one else will really care, but I missed the wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Also the war in Chechnya.

— Anderson Cooper

The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible.

— Liu Xiaobo

I'm less of a 'Star Wars' fan, with googley monsters, than actually how do we bend this reality out, and how many…

— Blair Brown

Anything that I love, I love to the extreme. I'm obsessive. If it's 'Star Wars,' if it's 'Transformers,' if it's the Flyers,…

— Adam F. Goldberg

“There are scents, places, people and sounds that evoke painful secrets that start wars. You’re still a virus. You still live under…

— Anita Krizzan

Wars have not solved anything in our region. They have only caused misery, suffering, bereavement, and hatred.

— Yitzhak Shamir

Wars make people rich - and they make a lot of people poor, and they take a lot of people's lives away…

— Bell Hooks

Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men…

— George McGovern

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.

— Pope John Paul II

I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.

— Jeremy Corbyn

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

— U Thant

Star Wars' was a sell-out from the start, and that is just about the only remarkable thing about this depressingly mediocre franchise.

— Mark Fisher

All wars would end immediately if the various chiefs of state dropped a little LSD.

— David Crosby

I like superhero films, and I love Star Wars movies, but I want to make sure there's a wide diaspora of films…

— Christopher Miller

I'm not involved in too many wars, where I'm just constantly getting hit, hit, hit.

— Jorge Masvidal

Creating authentic emotional experiences, whether it's 'Star Wars' or 'Spotlight,' are driven by characters and stories that are engaging.

— Kathleen Kennedy

Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and…

— Andrew Greeley

I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies.

— Grant Morrison

For some reason, I skipped the original 'Star Wars.' I don't know why, and I'm very embarrassed.

— Tom Holland

“There, there," she said. "Don't take it so hard, Dee. Wars don't last forever. I know. I can remember...”

— Elswyth Thane

'Star Wars' is so accessible that, at any point, you can sort of jump in and become immersed in it.

— Tiya Sircar

You've got to weigh your wars, make sure you're not fighting for nothing, nothing. Are you fighting for nothing, nothing?

— Meg And Dia Band

Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power.

— Fred Reed