“The Germans drafted a profusion of designs, many intriguingly bizarre, but nevertheless, the ancestor of practically every advanced aircraft made following World… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
World War Two was a world war in space. It spread from Europe to Japan, to the Soviet Union, etc. World War… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
The Second World War took place not so much because no one won the First, but because the Versailles Treaty did not… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
I was born in Vienna on November 7, 1929, eleven years after the multiethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart following its defeat in… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
“I had the mistaken idea, based on what happened in World War I, that we would stay out of the war, and… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
“Those words went unheeded at the time, but when Europe was rebuilt after the Second World War, the Western powers embraced the… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
My father fought behind Japanese lines in the second world war and it traumatised him. Everybody who knew him from before said… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
“Some books about the Holocaust are more difficult to read than others. Some books about the Holocaust are nearly impossible to read.… — Carol Rittner Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there was a man who gave me lessons and things. I'm very dyslexic so he used to… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, most marriages were in Stage I--survival-focused. After World War II, marriages increasingly flirted with Stage II--a self-fulfillment focus...… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This unprecedented crisis, which is without doubt the worst since the second world war, is not over. — Giorgio Napolitano Copy Share Image
Well, that's exactly the wrong attitude. That is not the attitude they had in World War II. You're attitude is that freedom… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Our country undergoes periodic episodes of extreme intolerance and fear of foreigners, refugees in particular. Not only were people of Japanese descent… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
“I asked, Did she know Adolf Hitler invented the blow-up sex doll? And Ms. Wright’s black sunglasses turned to look at me.… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Everyone sees drama from his own perspective. My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied… — Jean-Marie Le Pen Copy Share Image
When I listen to music from different eras, I sense different things. The 1940s music, there's so much optimism and romance, maybe… — Eric Betzig Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
I had always been interested in mythology. I suppose my brief stay in Wales during World War II influenced my writing, too.… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
After the First World War, Germany was trying to build a democracy. Then when the Reichstag, the legislature, was burned down in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
