Auctions Quote by David Mitchell Download Open image “War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery.” — David Mitchell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Auctions Country Lottery May Soldier War
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
War is the gambling table of governments, and citizens the dupes of the game. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Think of war as a game of Russian roulette. It is a game of chance with your life as the grand prize. — Ramman Kenoun Copy Share Image
“War is the common harvest of all those who participate in the division and expenditure of public money, in all countries. It is the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
“War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. Armies are not called out to dig trenches, to throw up breastworks, to… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
“In the next room a freckly girl Julia's age sat in a wheelchair. One of her legs wasn't there. She'd probably love to have… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“... Ethical cyberexplorers are responsible, yeah? We are friendly ghosts in the machine, not poltergeists or hooligans. We are a growing breed. Over sixty-five… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I succumbed. Late-fifteenth-century verb, Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, but a basic necessity of the human condition, especially mine.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The second tunnel’s a Ministry of Defence tunnel...dug for a nuclear bomb shelter. The entrance is in the garden center at Woolworth’s in Great… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . . — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I elbowed my way into the grubby café, bought a pie that tasted of shoe polish and a pot of tea with cork crumbs… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
The book of the moment often has immense vogue, while the book of the age, which comes in its company from the press, lies… — Hamilton Wright Mabie Copy Share Image
In all fairness to the auction companies ? most companies are not car experts, they are marketers. I caution buyers to make sure that… — Mark Hyman, M.D Copy Share Image
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the art market… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
A tipping point is invisible, as we just saw in Greece. In most situations, everything appears fine until it's not fine, until, for example,… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
I don't know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. I've gawked at the gaudy prices,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
If you didn't auction the [CO2] permits, it would represent the largest corporate welfare program that has ever been enacted in the history of… — Peter R. Orszag Copy Share Image
Scott has to be one of the most talented artists I've ever seen. He really captures his subjects in a unique way. He is… — Bob Lilly Copy Share Image
Once they witnessed one of his painting sold at auction for $100,000. And asked how you do it, he said, 'I feel as a… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
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