Quotes of: Great-war Keyword

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.

Stephen Harper

I didn't promote war when I was a weapons inspector.

Scott Ritter

For the most part, everybody who fights in war fights to survive.

Steven Spielberg

He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.

Samantha Smith

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Sun Tzu

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Will Durant

The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.

Walter Dean Myers

Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.

Wilfred Owen

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

Wendell Phillips

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Will Rogers

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

William Tecumseh Sherman

The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.

William Tecumseh Sherman

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

Yoko Ono

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

Yoko Ono

A moment of patience can prevent a great disaster and a moment of impatience can ruin a whole life.

Chinese

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him...

Dune

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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

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The Gardens of Ailana

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Great Granny Webster