Quotes of: Modern-war Keyword

Every day it becomes clearer that this was the wrong war at the wrong time.

Howard Dean

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.

John Milius

Shakespeare set a lot of his dramas in a historical perspective or war perspective, or he would study what was going on at that time.

Marcia Gay Harden

Walter Donovan: Germany has declared war on the Jones boys.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Capt. Colin Maud: [pointing] The war's over there!

The Longest Day

C-3PO: We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

Star Wars

Han Solo: Great shot, kid, that was one in a million!

Star Wars

Darth Vader: I have you now!

Star Wars

Imperial Officer: Where are you taking this... thing?

Star Wars

Jin-tae: Look at me. Trust me.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war.

Carroll Quigley

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

Chuck Schumer

The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.

Bao Dai

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

Fredrik Bajer

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

George Bernard Shaw

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

Kin Hubbard

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

Kenzaburo Oe

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

Hans Kung

'Star Wars' is more fairy tale than true science fiction.

Mark Hamill

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

Red Auerbach