Subject: Conflict (Page 15)

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

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

He was young – He was fair – But the Injuns – Raised his hair

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

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

America never lost a war or won a peace conference.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

The bigger they are, the harder they hit.

Going to war over religion, is basically just killing people in an argument over who has the better imaginary friend.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

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

The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.


In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn’t have any, they gave you some.

(1956 – ) American comedian

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

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

comedian, television host & actor

Men who drink herbal teas are seldom serial killers.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.

(1946 – ) British playwright, screen writer & film director

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

In a fight between you and the world, back the world.

(1883 – 1924) Czech writer

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

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

She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals; she thought we just fought in world war eleven.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director