Subject: Conflict (Page 14)

The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel; this is essentially the basis of all military thinking.

(1948 – ) English novelist

At their core, women fear that men will kill them; at their core, men fear that women will laugh at them.

(1954 – ) security specialist, advisor & author

I’m really a timid person – I was beaten up by Quakers.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Dick Cheney says he loves California… out here the rich and famous can shoot people and get away with it.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Never raise your hand to your children it leaves your midsection unprotected.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

Buying my wife a gun is sort of like me saying, 'You know, I kinda want to kill myself, but I want it to be a surprise.'

(1963 – ) American stand-up comedian

New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time… most unsolved.

(1925 – 2005) television host

The sloppier the rebel uniform, the more likely the overthrow of the existing government.

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

It’s better to be tried by twelve men than to be carried by six.

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

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Shoplifter: A person with a gift of grab.

Would it be ironic if we had to go back to Iraq to rid it of the Al Quaeda that wasn’t there before we got there to rid it of Al Queda?

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

Murderers – stop murdering; everyone will die eventually… just sit down and be patient.

(1975 – ) English comedian, actor & writer

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

(1921 – 1999) American writer (The Godfather)

The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions.

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

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Desert combat?… I can't even stand the walk back from the beach to the car.

comedian, television host & actor

These days, the problem with many neighborhoods is that there're more hoods than neighbors!

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

The only way to reduce the number of nuclear weapons is to use them.

(1951 – ) American conservative radio talk-show host