In World War II movies, everybody is gung ho and patriotic. The Vietman War was somewhat different, to say the least. — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
“We have more generals today than we did at the end of World War II, and more troops in Germany than during… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in… — Bryant Gumbel Copy Share Image
In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble… — Gene Tierney Copy Share Image
I had wanted to make a film about World War II for some time, but I didn't really want to do something… — Michael Apted Copy Share Image
I consider Ronald Reagan one of the greatest U.S. presidents since the World War II because of his staunch resistance to Communism… — Yelena Bonner Copy Share Image
Soldiers of the Reich! This day, you are to take part in an offensive of such importance that the whole future of… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I was born 20 years after World War II had ended, and people of my generation mostly thought of it as a… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I remember I wanted to put so much makeup on - it was just a natural thing… — Natalia Vodianova Copy Share Image
My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
President Clinton broke ground Saturday for the World War II memorial in Washington. He'll never have the military's full respect. However, after… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is,… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
My theory is that Kurt had a lot of residual pain from his childhood. And when you pile that on top of… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
World War II affected the male population in a very detrimental way. They were happy to be home, happy to be alive,… — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
“As an Asian American woman within black radical circles, Grace surely was anomalous, but this raised no significant concerns or barriers to… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“Just as a state's police swear to prevent and punish murder, so the signers of the Genocide Convention [in 1948] swore to… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
“What are the things that make adults depressed? The master list is too comprehensive to quantify (plane crashes, unemployment, killer bees, impotence,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“If you want to save seeds from year to year, you need to grow open-pollinated varieties. The words “heirloom” and “open-pollinated” are… — Katie Elzer-Peters Copy Share Image
“From the experience of state militias during the American Revolution, to the Spanish-American War; from the legendary Merrill’s Marauders, the highly skilled… — Tom Mangold Copy Share Image
“We live in hope that the good we do here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. We also hope to win… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
“Eighty years ago on July 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared while… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
It's very clear that there are greater threats to these ships since, arguably, World War II. There are new technologies that can… — P. W. Singer Copy Share Image
“We leafed through a series of the [1941 Soviet] Front newspaper. I came across the following phrase in a leading article: 'The… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
I was essentially trained by World War II vets who combined a progressive view of life with a deep distrust of anything… — Sander Levin Copy Share Image
I repurposed an old World War II merchant ship door into one of the best coffee tables you have ever seen. I… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every… — William Westmoreland Copy Share Image
The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general. — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“A day came when I should have died, and after than nothing seemed very important, so I stayed as I am, without… — Guy Sajer Copy Share Image
We were made to believe / our faces betrayed us. / Our bodies were loud / with yellow / screaming flesh /… — Janice Mirikitani Copy Share Image
How, then, can the feds justify favoring sons of Hispanics over sons of white Americans who fought in World War II or… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
“World War II ended in a battle for a single buildng, Germany's Reichstag...7,000 German troops defending the building...Nearly 5,000 men died in… — Andrei Cherny Copy Share Image
It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe, but it is a claim from which I will… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
During the time I have had WACs under my command, they have met every test and task assigned to them...their contributions in… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I wrote about World War II because I didn't understand it. I think that's the reason that historians are drawn to any… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
“People are very quick to ridicule others for showing fear. But we rarely know the secret springboards behind human action. The man… — Max Allan Collins Copy Share Image