Subject: Conflict (Page 16)

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.

(1966 – ) entrepreneur, founder of Wikipedia

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

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Convict: The only person who likes to be stopped in the middle of a sentence.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing to lose.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

Kissinger bought peace to Vietnam the same way Napoleon brought peace to to Europe: by losing.

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright

Never go to bed mad… stay up and fight.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.

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

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I’m not worried about the Third World War… that’s the Third World’s problem.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

He has committed every crime that does not require courage.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

He scored hockey by the number of fights. If you lost seven to one, but won five fights, he figured you won the game.

Canadian businessman, sportsman & owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs

The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map.

All I know is, finally I get to kill somebody.

American actor

I'd rather fight than score.

Canadian hockey player

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

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

Men love war because it allows them to look serious… it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.

(1926 – 2005) English novelist & essayist