Digging Quote by Haskell Wexler

The pictorial battlefield becomes a sea of mud mercifully veiled by the fog of war.

— Winston Churchill

There were times that I needed to go to battle, but how I went to battle wasn't always the best way in.

— Tori Amos

I am marooned on a Crag of Superiority in an ocean of soldiers.

— Wilfred Owen

You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for…

— Homer

Combat is my profession and fighting was a great way to maintain a combat mindset while preparing to lead Marines in war.

— Brian Stann

“Though drones, avatars and even humans are one thing; the loss of any is not without moral and diplomatic import, of course, but might…

— Iain M. Banks

My outlook on warfare is best illustrated by a cartoon I did some thirty-odd years ago of a soldier in an Italian foxhole reading…

— Bill Mauldin

“I said, 'I have heard people talk about war as if it was a very fine thing.' Ah!' said [Captain], 'I should think they…

— Anna Sewell

War is not beautiful. Sometimes you see action sequences where battles seem organized. I know that from how the Vikings fought. It's not beautiful.…

— Kristofer Hivju

I worked on anti-submarine warfare for surface ships.

— Peggy Johnson

I always felt that whatever I had to endure was nothing compared to what the average soldier, sailor or airman had to put up…

— Vera Lynn

I wanted to apprentice myself to the dailiness of the war's beginning phase. It's truer and more frightening that way - when you're afloat…

— Nicholson Baker