Bombing Quotes · Page 3

I grew up in London, a city devastated by the bombing. I am, you might say, a Blitz Baby.

— David Jason

[ Iraq and Afghanistan] don't get better, they only get worse. Bombing them has only enabled them to grow and multiply.

— Jill Stein

Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences.

— Mike Birbiglia

People forget that many of the aspects of the Selma campaign were laid out in response to the church bombing in Birmingham.

— Andrew Aydin

If you're looking for the suspect in a suicide bombing, here's a clue: Look for the dead guy.

— Norm MacDonald

If I were bombing with my jokes in English, I would go back to France. Maybe do that mime thing.

— Gad Elmaleh

The Sudan bombing is a blot on the Clinton presidency, and a blot it ought to remain.

— Timothy Noah

Gentlemen, we may not make history tomorrow but we will certainly change the geography.

— General Sir Herbert Plumer

House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama should have clearly outlined his exact plans before bombing Libya. Apparently it's only Iraq where…

— Jay Leno

Bombing is not especially inhumane. War itself is inhumane and the bombing plane, which is used to paralyse industry and transport, is…

— George Orwell

Iran has long sponsored terrorists who carry out homicide bombings in Israeli cities. However, it is a mistake to believe the danger…

— John Doolittle

I had been a guerrilla leader in World War II. And I used to say that the way to fight the guerrilla…

— Roger Hilsman

In fact, you could make the argument that a historian like Shlomo Aronson does in passing in one of his books, that…

— Nicholson Baker

We are not sure to what extent Saddam's [Hussein ] own people were conveying an incorrect picture to him. But this body…

— Colin Powell

What else is wrong with 'suicide' bombing? Legally, less than what one might believe. While it may or may not be good…

— Enver Masud

This tendency to consider only bombings or picking up the gun as revolutionary, with the glorification of the heavier the better,we've called…

— Bernardine Dohrn

Since 1993, there have been eight or nine, depending how you count, abortion providers who have been murdered in this country. There…

— David X. Cohen

There's no doubt that Boko Haram has been driven from many of its strongholds in northeastern Nigeria. Now, President Muhammadu Buhari says…

— Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Just as an unbalanced mind can accumulate stresses that can grow and take on a life of their own, so little decisions…

— Doris "Granny D" Haddock

We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground. It will allow…

— Adel al-Jubeir

I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people…

— Sasa Stanisic

Take a look at the Supreme Court decision that just authorized an effort by U.S. claimants against Iran for terrorist acts. What…

— Noam Chomsky

The camera is one of the most frightening of modern weapons, particularly to people who have been in warfare, who have been…

— John Steinbeck

I think I am like most people in letting myself worry about things that didn't matter. Concepts like quotidian and humdrum prevented…

— Marilynne Robinson

A bombing was planned [in Syria], which would probably make the situation worse, but would at least establish US credibility.

— Noam Chomsky

ID cards do not tell the police who is about to commit a suicide bombing.

— John Wadham

Over in Afghanistan, Osama stuck his head out of the cave and saw a shadow. So, that means six more weeks of…

— David Letterman

In spite of all that happened at Hamburg, bombing proved a relatively humane method.

— Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

I dont support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of…

— M.I.A

Our work in investigating the Oklahoma City bombing reflected some of the very best the FBI has to offer.

— Christopher A. Wray

The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th.

— George W. Bush

I've been going up and bombing everywhere. It's great. I love it. It's hilarious.

— Hannibal Buress

How will the bombing of Baghdad, a city of five million, accomplish a regime change?

— Susan Sarandon

Next to bombing, rent control is the most effective technique so far known for destroying cities.

— Assar Lindbeck

I make no apologies for us wanting to do this [bombing Iraq and Syria] appropriately and in a way that is consistent…

— Barack Obama

“Insurgence and all forms of evil in a society doesn't describes her as a failure, but vividly shows a lack of love…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Kids flew B-17s in daylight bombing raids over Germany in World War II. Kids fought in Korea and Vietnam.

— Dan Jenkins

Once you start bombing in Syria, when you start looking for targets, there will be a lot.

— Richard Engel

A joke bombing on stage doesn't bother me, especially if it's intended to bomb.

— Mick Foley

Nobody has yet found a way of bombing that can prevent foot soldiers from walking.

— Walter Lippmann