War Quotes - Page 63

I went through awkward, chubby, total weirdo phases.

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.

My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall have none.

To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward.

I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

That was Thorin's style. He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would probably have gone on like this until he was out of breath, without telling anyone there anything that was not known already. But he was rudely interrupted.

Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL.

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.

The Nobel Prize is fine, but the drugs I've developed are rewards in themselves.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death.

Never let the enemy pick the battle site.

There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable to me as it quite evidently appears to others. I know a great deal of the horrors and tragedies of war. ... The cost of war in human lives is constantly spread before me, written neatly in many ledgers whose columns are gravestones. I am deeply moved to find some means or method of avoiding another calamity of war.

Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were taking a cure.

Give me a young man who has kept himself morally clean and has faithfully attended his church meetings. Give me a young man who has magnified his priesthood and has earned the Duty of God Award and is an Eagle Scout. Give me a young man who is a Seminary graduate and has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon. Give me such a young man, and I will give you a young man who can perform miracles for the Lord in the mission field and throughout his life.

Which would your men rather be, tired, or dead?

It has always been my ideal in war to eliminate all feelings of hatred and to treat my enemy as an enemy only in battle and to honour him as a man according to his courage.

"You speak from your heart, young Firepaw. This will make you a stronger warrior one day." said Lionheart Tigerclaw growled. "Or it might make him give in to kittypet weakness right at the moment of attack."

If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

We're eyeball to eyeball...and I think the other fellow just blinked.

I don't have role models or watch much TV. I go to awards ceremonies but often I don't even know who the people are. I think that's good, because then you don't have preconceived ideas about them.

As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.

Fellowship with God means warfare with the world.