War quotes

“As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.” Steven Spielberg

“I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Steven Spielberg

“For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.” Steven Spielberg

“I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.” Steven Spielberg

“In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor.” Steven Spielberg

“When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them.” Steven Spielberg

“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.” Carl Sagan

“They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.” Jean-Paul Sartre

“When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.” Jean-Paul Sartre

“Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.” Jean-Paul Sartre

“Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.” Charles Stanley

“If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something, you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him, all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit.” Charles Stanley

“The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.” Charles Stanley

“Nations fight against nations, in marriages people fight against each other, children fight against each other. We are in warfare, in a national warfare, and in warfare with each other and with ourselves.” Charles Stanley

“Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time.” John Steinbeck

“Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.” John Steinbeck

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.” Michael Jordan

“There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.” Vincent Van Gogh

“An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.” Vincent Van Gogh

“Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.” Donald Trump

“I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.” Donald Trump

“Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.” Tecumseh

“Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.” Desmond Tutu

“Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.” Desmond Tutu

“When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.” Desmond Tutu

“People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly.” Andy Warhol

“If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it.” Andy Warhol