The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
I went through six years of battles on health care because I didn't have $100 million worth of advertising saying how it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion. — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
“Tragedy has been described as 'the conflict between desire and possibility.' Following this definition, is The Forgotten Garden a tragedy? If so,… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Again and again, Americans have voted for a president to keep them out of a war, only to see the "peace" candidate… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“because Afghanistan is no country to fight a war in – and an impossible one to hold if you win.” — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“We have given many backward chances to war, hatred, anger and violence to try to fix things in our world. Why not… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
“Under the influence of politicians, masses of people tend to ascribe the responsibility for wars to those who wield power at any… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“Midlife dynamically, for both straight and gay males, is often challenging as we face the reality that many of the dreams we… — Anthony Venn-Brown Copy Share Image
Kennedy was trying to keep us out of war. I was trying to help him keep us out of war. And General… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
“To fight a war, you must believe it can accomplish something. We fight this one to save John’s kingdom, or perhaps even… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“He was Anglo-Saxon enough, Puritan and student of history enough to be sensible of the efficacy of blood and iron, at times,… — Archibald Henry Grimke Copy Share Image
Errors in decision-making lead young people to under-save for retirement, doctors to miss tumours, CEOs to make catastrophic investments, governments to engage… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
That whole generation that's gone now, that lived through the two world wars, is a great example to all of us. They… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
God gives His hardest battles to His strongest soldiers. The more Gifted, the more Responsibilities. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
The Limeys want us in even with our hastily made plans and our half-trained and half-equipped troops. — Joseph Stilwell Copy Share Image
Many Europeans are concerned that stronger sanctions are a slippery slope toward war unless the U.S. is at the table. — Dennis Ross Copy Share Image
We must take the initiative; we must be permanently on the offensive. It is the battle of class struggle. We must keep… — Samora Machel Copy Share Image
“The noble heart will find no shortage of places to offer itself in martyrdom, but you cannot die on every battlefield.” ~… — R.L. Syme Copy Share Image
I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have so many financial conflicts of interest that I can't even keep them straight. — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
“Unmatch'd at the bottle, unconquer'd in war, He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea; No tide of the Baltic… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
“I went to work the next day out of curiosity, as people return to their villages after the war to see what… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
“I thought the war was a simple matter, with one side good and the other evil. But the more I read, the… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
The chief problem is, of course, whether the marching of the general spirit of things is heading consciously or sub- consciously toward… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly. — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war. — Townsend Harris Copy Share Image
Man, in his sensitivity, does not give names to animals he intends to eat but goes on giving names to children he… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection. — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Christian life might bring conflict and friction but under peace that surpasses all understanding. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff. — Houston Alexander Copy Share Image
Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
“Why must there be war?" "Oh Lavinia, what a woman's question that is! Because men are men.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Could you imagine if the U.N. had endorsed the war in Iraq, what our reputation would be like? — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
