Quotes of: World-wars Keyword

When Pisces go to war, there’s never a shortage of broken hearts.

White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

If we forget our past, then we lose direction. We become lost on a changing sea, easy prey for the shifting currents of the moment.

War of the Shadows

Our common humanity, viewed realistically, can be as much a source of despair as hope.

War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage

It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace.

Watchmen

A comedy isn’t about being funny...a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all.

The Wednesday Wars

Once we recognize our shadow's existence we must resist the enticing step of going with its flow.

What It is Like to Go to War

Beware! said the peridxis's voice in her head. Don't let It's shadowy little truth overwhelm the greater one.

Wizards at War

I bowl with cannonballs, because this is war, 1863 style. I could probably bowl a perfect 300 game using only half the deaths at Gettysburg.

Xazaqazax

We were not destined to survive. The fact is, we were not destined at all. The war would take what it could get.

The Yellow Birds

War is no joke, it seems. It destroys, kills, burns, separates, brings unhappiness.

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo

I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if only the country comes out of this peril safe and to the satisfaction of the finest and best government on earth.

Knute Nelson

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods.

The Art of War

Quão lamentável é arriscar tudo em um único combate, negligenciando a estratégia vitoriosa, e fazer com que o destino de tuas armas dependa de uma única batalha!

The Art of War

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

The Art of War

Move not unless you see an advantage;  use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

The Art of War

Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.

The Art of War

If you do not take opportunity   to   advance and reward   the   deserving,   your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue.

The Art of War

Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation.

The Art of War

The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points;

The Art of War

Girls at war opt for a quieter cruelty than fistfights and drive-by shootings. Girls circumvent the corporeal and go straight for each other's souls. The bleeding is harder to stanch.

Jillian Lauren

I said that if an alien came to visit, I'd be embarrassed to tell them that we fight wars to pull fossil fuels out of the ground to run our transportation. They'd be like, 'What?'

Neil deGrasse Tyson