People would always say horror movies always thrive during times of war; that's just what people would say. And I don't know… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll. — Georgie Fame Copy Share Image
I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that Lord Esher should be so much astray...We must conclude that an uncontrollable fondness for fiction forbade him to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
A bright light filled the plane. The first shock-wave hit us. We were eleven and a half miles slant range from the… — Paul Tibbets Copy Share Image
In particular, the efforts to reestablish peace after the World War have been directed toward the formation of states and the regulation… — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“I can believe that things are true and I can believe things that aren’t true and I can believe things where nobody… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Germany lost the Second World War. Fascism won it. Believe me, my friend. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
There is a radical and unprecedented shift [in war] that is part of the general transformation of civilization. First, understand that the… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Historians differ on when the consumer culture came to dominate American culture. Some say it was in the twenties, when advertising became… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to… — Rick Atkinson 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
In the Somme valley, the back of language broke. It could no longer carry its former meanings. World War I changed the… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
The American Revolution was a small part of a major world war going on between France and England, so the French intervened… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
After World War II, American leaders were, in Dean Acheson's words, 'present at the creation' of a global order. Now at the… — John J. Sweeney Copy Share Image
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters,… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Mussolini is quite humiliated because our troops have not moved a step forward. Even today they have not succeeded in advancing and… — Galeazzo Ciano Copy Share Image
I've just finished a series of Olivia Manning novels. She's best known for two trilogies: Balkan Trilogy and Levant Trilogy. The six… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
During the Second World War, nobody built any concert halls or theaters. After the war, Lincoln Center was a very brave project… — Hugh Hardy Copy Share Image
Ocean acidification looks suspiciously like a back-up plan by the environmental pressure groups in case the climate fails to warm: another try… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image