Subject: Conflict (Page 8)

I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq; after all, France wouldn’t help us get the Germans out of France!


(1950 – ) comedian & television host

When you consider what a chance women have to poison their husbands, it's a wonder there isn't more of it done.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

Shoplifter Who Soiled Clothes Fails to Wipe Record Clean

I thoroughly disapprove of duels; if a man would challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

We kill people who kill people because killing people is wrong.

I married a German; every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

(1945 – ) singer, actress & comedian

People don’t start wars, governments do.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

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

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

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

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

Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I was once arrested for resisting arrest.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they only print your thumbs.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

One of my friends went on a murder weekend… now he is doing life for it.

(1961 – ) English standup comedian, actor & writer

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

(1844 – 1900) German philosopher

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that its against the law.

Pickpocket: A man who believes that every crowd has a silver lining.