Subject: Conflict » War (Page 2)

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

God invented football so grown men would have something to do between wars.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

War without France would be like… World War II.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) biographer & poet

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Men are brave enough to go to war, but they are not brave enough to get a bikini wax.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I thought I had an appetite for destruction, but all I wanted was a club sandwich.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Starting a war in the name of peace is like poking a hole in a balloon to get more air into it.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.

The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map.

I believe that forgiving them is God’s function; our job is to arrange the meeting.

(1934 – 2012) United States Army general

Sometimes I think war is God’s way of teaching us geography.

(1955 – ) Mexican-American comedian & actor

How is it possible to have a civil war?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

America never lost a war or won a peace conference.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

Incoming fire has the right of way.

I’m not worried about the Third World War… that’s the Third World’s problem.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

The best armor is to keep out of range.

Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General

When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping; men invade another country.

(1952 – ) comedian

You can’t say civilization don’t advance, for in every war they kill you in a new way.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator