Subject: Conflict » War (Page 2)

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

Any ship can be a minesweeper… once.

War is God's way of teaching us geography.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

actor, writer & editor

When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping; men invade another country.

(1952 – ) comedian

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

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

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

All humor is based on hostility – that’s why World War II was funny.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

Incoming fire has the right of way.

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

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

Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

(1934 – ) American author, journalist & historian

Claim victory and retreat.

I was thinkin' maybe we should just bomb ourselves so we could upgrade our school system.

(1961 – ) comedian, writer, radio & television personality & blogger

God is usually on the side of the big squadrons against the small.

(1618 – 1693) French memoirist

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

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

Peace: Co-existence or no no existence.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

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