Subject: Conflict (Page 14)

Capital Punishment: Killing people who kill people to prove that killing people is wrong.

Madonna said that we should pull all of our troops out of Iraq; Donald Rumsfeld said, "No, I think we'd better wait and hear what Britney Spears has to say about it first.”

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

If hockey fights were fake, I'd be in more of them.

professional hockey player

I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

actor, writer & editor

When I got through with him, he was all covered wit' blood… my blood.

(1893 – 1980) American singer, pianist, comedian & actor

Incoming fire has the right of way.

One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.

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

Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.


(1934 – 2012) American army general

If you can’t beat them, arrange 
to have them beaten

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

There are two sides to every argument, and they’re usually married to each other.

Don't lie, steal, or cheat unnecessarily.

All men are afraid of eyelash curlers; I sleep with one under my pillow, instead of a gun.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Peace: Co-existence or no no existence.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

The streets are safe in Philadelphia – it’s only the people who make them unsafe.

(1920 – 1991) American police officer & mayor of Philadelphia

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist

We know how much fans enjoy a good brawl, so we are going to guarantee a fight. If there is not a single five-minute fighting major given to a player, every fan in attendance will receive a free ticket to the following home game.

I like going to the park and watching the children run and jump around, because you see, they don't know I'm using blanks.

(1956 – ) American comedian

I can’t listen to that much Wagner… I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

L.A. is very dangerous; I carry a gun in my car, that way, in case the police stop me, I can fend them off until the press gets there.

American actor & writer

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

(1948 – ) English novelist

If I play badly I’ll pick a fight in the third, just to get into a fight. I’ll break a guy’s leg to win, I don’t care. Afterward I say, ‘Yeah, all right I played badly, but I won the fight so who gives a damn.'

Canadian hockey player