World War One Quotes

16 quotes by 4 authors

• In the time of my parents, before World War One, most people who came to New Zealand from Europe were the more enterprising people; the… — Maurice Wilkins
• In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder. — Jan Karon
• The old wars were decided by their episodes rather than by their tendencies. In this war, the tendencies are far more important than the episodes. — Winston Churchill
• At the beginning of this War megalomania was the only form of sanity. — Winston Churchill
• It is remarkable that Lord Esher should be so much astray...We must conclude that an uncontrollable fondness for fiction forbade him to forsake it for… — Winston Churchill
• I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of. — Winston Churchill
• There is more blood than paint upon these hands. All those thousands of men killed. We thought it would be a little job, and so… — Winston Churchill
• My only consolation for the failure of the Dardanelles was that God wished things to be prolonged in order to sicken mankind of war, and… — Winston Churchill
• How many have gone? How many more to go? The Admiralty is fast asleep and lethargy & inertia are the order of the day. However… — Winston Churchill
• God for a month of power & a good shorthand writer. — Winston Churchill
• This war proceeds along its terrible path by the slaughter of infantry...I say to myself every day. What is going on while we sit here,… — Winston Churchill
• It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure. — Winston Churchill
• We sit in calm, airy, silent rooms opening upon sunlit and embowered lawns, not a sound except of summer and of husbandry disturbs the peace;… — Winston Churchill
• ...every offensive lost its force as it proceeded. It was like throwing a bucket of water over the floor. It first rushed forward, then soaked… — Winston Churchill
• More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid… — Winston Churchill
• Ten thousand officers and men named Smith died in the First World War. One thousand four hundred Campbells died, six thousand Joneses, and one thousand… — Kevin Myers

Who Wrote These World War One Quotes

4 authors contributed a total of 16 World War One Quotes as follows:

• 13 World War One Quotes by Winston Churchill
• 1 World War One Quote by Maurice Wilkins
• 1 World War One Quote by Jan Karon
• 1 World War One Quote by Kevin Myers