Delicate Machinery Quotes by Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

The more mechanical becomes the weapons with which we fight, the less mechanical must be the spirit which controls them.

— Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

There is no room in war for delicate machinery.

— Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

Love: It is like a cigar. If it goes out, you can light it again but it never tastes quite the same.

— Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell