“I would read accounts of so-called battles I had been in, and they had no relation whatever to what had happened. So… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
You know, years ago John Calhoun said that West Point men would lead great armies... He never thought they'd be leading them… — Philibert Orry Copy Share Image
The war for our Union, with all the constitutional issues which it settled, and all the military lessons which it gathered in,… — William James Copy Share Image
As the commercial confrontation between [free software] and software-that's-a-product becomes more fierce, patent law's going to be the terrain on which a… — Eben Moglen Copy Share Image
After fifteen years of facing them (pitchers) you don't really get over them. They're devious. They're the only players in the game… — Richie Ashburn Copy Share Image
I don't like conflicts of interest; they should be eliminated or disclosed. I believe in transparency: that people have to really not… — Eric Schneiderman Copy Share Image
“Erm.. dear, do I ride out for Apocalypses?' Mrs War took the lid off the saucepan and prodded viciously at something inside.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark,… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
My favorite parts about 'The Battle of Five Armies' were the moments where you could clearly see that we were looking at… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
It was important for me to show that Beirut and Lebanon were once the pearl of the Middle East. Beirut was once… — Eran Riklis Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
After the horrific human rights violations committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the Netanyahu administration had just cause catalyzing a de… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests: by war the issue is left to chance, and the… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
With this recitation of paraphernalia and detritus, O'Brien manages to encapsulate the experience of an army and of a particular war, of… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
The naive notion that a mother naturally acquires the complex skills of childrearing simply because she has given birth now seemsas absurd… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
World War II is the war that made our world. There's no question about that. The history of all the years in… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“So now begins the first war with Cordelia' in which I retreat and thereby teach her to be victorious as she pursues… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Against all probability the war machine was actually flying. Bristling with every kind of weapon imaginable, it filled the sky like an… — Indigo Lane Copy Share Image
“All of these techniques share an ontological purpose: to manipulate perceptions and to re-create reality. Once that Pandora’s box was open, there… — Daniel Estulin Copy Share Image
The reason why the war ended in Bosnia was not because of amnesty but because a combined Croat-Bosnian offensive defeated the Serbs… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
“A final stand, then. One last battle. At least he could say that he had fought. When he met his brothers and… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
When you fight, you don't fight for abstract values like the flag, or the nation, or democracy. You fight for your buddy.… — Richard Marcinko Copy Share Image
The knowledge exists by which universal happiness can be secured; the chief obstacle to its utilization for that purpose is the teaching… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
President Bush said this Iraq situation looks like 'the rerun of a bad movie.' Well sure, there's a Bush in the White… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I dreamed of Crusades, voyages of discovery that nobody had heard of, republics without histories, religious wars stamped out, revolutions in morals,… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
“If this were a war year, if this were 1918 or 1944, I wouldn't be the only girl whose dad was never… — Jordan Weisman Copy Share Image
Christianity ... has produced the iniquities of the Inquisition, the egotism and celibacy of the monasteries, the fury of religious wars, the… — Ouida Copy Share Image
“And so begins the strangest campaign in military history : a competent general and a seasoned army of eighty thousand men chased… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“In Psalm 57: 1, David says, “In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpass.”… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“Son, a real battlefield lacks dignity and honor. When lives are being spent—actual human lives—those high-minded concepts lose their meaning. All that… — B. Justin Shier Copy Share Image
“Africa had the rotten luck to gain its freedom at the height of the Cold War, which meant dozens of young nations… — Jeffrey Gettleman Copy Share Image
My decision to begin research in radio astronomy was influenced both by my wartime experience with electronics and antennas and by one… — Antony Hewish Copy Share Image
Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“But one day I will wear him down, I will catch him off guard, and he will lose the energy for the… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“One of the special teams turned sadistic in Kandahar and took out a village. The organization reacted swiftly by shutting down the… — Cindy Skaggs Copy Share Image
“During weightlessness, many of the letters strayed from the boxes, indicating that pilots might experience difficulties maneuvering their planes and doing crossword… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
National Socialist Germany wishes for peace because it recognises the simple fact that no war would be likely to substantially to ameliorate… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image