“Personally I think that competition should be encouraged in war and sport and business, but that it makes no sense in the… — Edward St. Aubyn Copy Share Image
“Do you have still the dye with which to turn your tunic red?’ ‘The madder? Yes, I do.’ ‘Enough of it for… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
Persons grouped around a fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
“Handing me a pen is like handy a madman a knife...at the end of it you know you'll end up with a… — D.E.M. Emrys Copy Share Image
Well, I know about loneliness. I won't talk about it, but I was very lonely after the war. I know what it… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
A singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“Either way, the anger will come out onto us because we are his safety net, and therefore his target. We are the… — Meg Meeker Md Copy Share Image
You've gotta be careful. People don't want to be reminded of Vietnam and Korea. We lost thousands of fine young men and… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior… — Ross W. Greene Copy Share Image
What is going on now, or should happen in one or two generations, is the disintegration of the world. Real time 'live'… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Men's magazines in the period immediately after World War II were almost all outdoor-oriented. They were connected to some extent in the… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
“I wonder where he lies. Wedged under a rock, with a thousand small mouths already sucking on his spongy flesh. Or floating… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Acting on the theory that sometimes luck is better than work, I randomly called several people named Dattilo in Kentucky. All were… — Mitchell Zuckoff Copy Share Image
Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Like Obama, President Trump has utilized military strikes, albeit in a limited fashion. Nevertheless, he has invaded no new countries and worked… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Ironically, the memory of the women heroes of World War I was largely eclipsed by the very women they had inspired. The… — Kathryn J. Atwood Copy Share Image
“War is just a violent way of doing what half the people do calmly in peacetime: using the other half for food,… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
A new year is upon us, with new duties, new conflicts, new trials, and new opportunities. Start on the journey with Jesus--to… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
Granted, it's a long time ago, it's in the 1940s, and, granted, it's warfare that we hopefully will not conduct in a… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to… — Juan Cole Copy Share Image
The Mongol conquests are difficult to fathom. Although their most important technology was the horse, they conquered much of the known world… — Max Fisher Copy Share Image
The bitter attacks I faced were far worse than any fighter I ever faced in the ring. The caustic remarks, the threats… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
“The truth, however, is that the conflict between religion and science is unavoidable. The success of science often comes at the expense… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“No matter how thoroughly Native Americans acculturated, they could not succeed in white society. Whites would not let them. "Indians were always… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
The cultural wars of the sixties are over. I've reconciled with those who were my critics and opponents years ago. I was… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Much of the blame is the malarkey that artists have created to glorify war, which as we all know, is nonsense, and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earth quake cannot… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never to get involved in a land… — The Princess Bride Copy Share Image
I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
“That was one of the things about the end of the war: Absolutely anybody who wanted a weapon could have one. They… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You're on the edge of giving up You know I feel it too You won't be alone because I'm with you Bring… — Skillet Copy Share Image
“World War 2 is the ultimate geopolitical smoke screen, fed to the livestock religiously, with Hitler as the moral decoy, so that… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Lebedev: France has a clear and defined policy... The French know what they want. They just want to wipe out the Krauts,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
“The guerilla fighter will be a sort of guiding angel who has fallen into the zone, helping the poor always and bothering… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
“Harriet told her, 'Captain John was so brave. He stayed there in the battle until his leg was shot off.' Victoria's brown… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
One hundred years after the entry of American forces into World War I, the transatlantic bond between the United States and Europe… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“[N]early all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—[is] the long terrible story of man trying to… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image