War Quotes - Page 313

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.

I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.

Virtue is to herself the best reward.

Writing is its own reward.

In the winter, warmth stands for all virtue.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.

... those who are absolutely certain that the rise in temperatures is due solely to carbon dioxide have no scientific justification. It's pure guesswork.

To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself.

Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.

Payday at my house is like the Academy Awards. My wife says: May I have the envelope please.

Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that bad times await them, not that the war may end in defeat, but that what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed - naturally, not in the earthly sense, but as Christians.

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought.

I'm born to be a father. And I've been looking forward to this all my life.

In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.

This is the first time in my experience... that I ever heard of a Senator trying to discredit his own Government before the world.... Your telegram is not only not true and an insolent approach to a situation that should have been worked out between man and man - but it shows conclusively that you are not even fit to have a hand in the operation of the Government of the United States.

The atom bomb was no “great decision.” It was used in the war, and for your information, there were more people killed by fire bombs in Tokyo than dropping of the atomic bombs accounted for. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. The dropping of the bombs stopped the war, save millions of lives.

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

How are you, G.I. Joe? It seems to me that most of you are poorly informed about the going of the war, to say nothing about a correct explanation of your presence over here. Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die.

The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.

The ongoing war in Afghanistan is being imposed on us, and Afghans are being sacrificed in it for someone else's interests. We are not blocking the interests of the United States or other major powers. But we are demanding that if you consider Afghanistan the place from which to advance your interests, then you should also pay attention to Afghanistan's interests.

I've always thought that when anyone receives an award for acting they should always thank their fellow actors, because the only way you're going to deliver your best performance is when you have other good actors on the set supporting you and being very present for you even when the camera is not on them.