Wars Quotes

1277 quotes by 928 authors

Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war.... We all keep quiet and they try to convince us that what we've seen, what we've done, what we've… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The gods have been good to you. But what the gods give they quickly take away. You have only a few years in which to… — Oscar Wilde
I laughed. Partly at the joke, partly at how Afghan humor never changed. Wars were waged, the Internet was invented, and a robot had rolled… — Khaled Hosseini
Star Trek?â€ I asked her. â€œReally?â€ â€œWhat?â€ she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. â€œThere are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly,â€ I… — Jim Butcher
I read it [history] a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of… — Jane Austen
Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars." (Interview… — James Clavell
Words have power," Isaac answered. Words begin and end wars. They create and destroy families. They break hearts. They heal them. If you have the… — Lori Handeland
People don't start wars, governments do. — Ronald Reagan
If religions are diseases of the human psyche, as the philosopher Grintholde asserts, then religious wars must be reckoned the resultant sores and cankers infecting… — Jack Vance
I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies. — Grant Morrison
One of the commonest things to do with savings is to lend them to some Government. In view of the fact that the bulk of… — Bertrand Russell
Listen upâ€”thereâ€™s no war that will end all wars,â€™ Crow tells me. â€˜War breeds war. Lapping up the blood shed by violence, feeding on wounded… — Haruki Murakami
Care for us! True, indeed! They ne'er cared for us yet: suffer us to famish, and their storehouses crammed with grain; make edicts for usury,… — William Shakespeare
There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great… — Anne Frank
Some wars," he said dismissively. "What am I at war with? My cancer. And what is my cancer? My cancer is me. The tumors are… — John Green
She always imagined that evil played out on a large canvas- wars, concentration camps, gas chambers, the partitioning of nations. Now she realized that evil… — Thrity Umrigar
Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late. — Joseph Campbell
and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful. — Ruskin Bond
If I wanted to honor you, IÂ´d let you retire. I am planing to make you run the kingdom and fight the wars while I… — George R. R. Martin
Some wars are about bombing. For the people of the Baltics, this war was about believing. In 1991, after 50 years of brutal occupation, the… — Ruta Sepetys

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