Subject: Conflict

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

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

(1934 – 2012) United States Army general

I got up the other day and everything in my apartment was stolen and replaced with an exact replica.

(1955 – ) comedian, 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 hockey fights were fake, I'd be in more of them.

professional hockey player

The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

Don't lie, steal, or cheat unnecessarily.

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

Nowadays, the perfect crime is getting caught and selling your story to T.V.!

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

I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

My parents only had one argument in forty-five years; it lasted forty-three years.

American stand-up comedian, television writer & actor

War is God's way of teaching us geography.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.

(1885 – 1972) expatriate American poet & critic

I was arrested for selling illegal-sized paper.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

(1876 – 1967) German statesman

My wife and I had words – but I never got to use mine.

The Falklands incident was a quarrel between two bald men over a comb.

(1899 – 1986) Argentine writer, essayist, poet & translator

Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.

Those who hammer their guns into ploughs will plough for those who do not.

(1743 – 1826) American Founding Father & 3rd U.S. president

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons!