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War Quotes

– “War does not determine who is right – only who is left.” – Bertrand Russell

– “It’ll be a great day when education gets all the money it wants and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy bombers.” – Unknown

– “I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, «Mother, what was war?»” – Eve Merriam

– “The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking… the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.” – Albert Einstein

– “The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.” – David Friedman

– “«There are no atheists in foxholes» isn’t an argument against atheism, it’s an argument against foxholes.” – James Morrow

– “Sometimes I think it should be a rule of war that you have to see somebody up close and get to know him before you can shoot him.” – Colonel Potter

– “All the arms we need are for hugging.” – Unknown

– “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” – Napoleon

– “A great war leaves the country with three armies – an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves.” – German Proverb

– “The most persistent sound which reverberates through men’s history is the beating of war drums.” – Arthur Koestler

– “Everyone’s a pacifist between wars. It’s like being a vegetarian between meals.” – Colman McCarthy

– “Draft beer, not people.” – Bob Dylan

– “The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

– “War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.” – John F. Kennedy

– “What this planet needs is more mistletoe and less missile-talk.” – Unknown

– “Join the Army, see the world, meet interesting people – and kill them.” – Pacifist Badge, 1978

– “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” – Ernest Hemingway

– “War makes thieves and peace hangs them.” – George Herbert

– “You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.” – Jeanette Rankin

– “You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.” – David Lloyd George

– “Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.” – Carl Sandburg

– “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” – José Narosky

– “We kind o’ thought Christ went agin war an’ pillage.” – James Russell Lowell

Cars Quotes

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. – Henry David Thoreau

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that’s frightful behaviour. – Shirley Manson

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks. – Sherwood Boehlert

All those rappers, they’re the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes. – Bryan Ferry

As human beings, we’re very materialistic and have all this stuff – furs and cars and diamonds and money. – Smokey Robinson

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency. – Jay Inslee

Back then the cars had a trap door that we could pull open with a chain to check our tire wear.  – Tim Flock

But I’ve never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It’s seen from the outside that we’re being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it’s not about that. – Juliette Binoche

But my passion is racing cars. It’s what I like to do in my off time. – Mark-Paul Gosselaar

But the thing about bad guys is that they have the biggest bosomed blond, they have great clothes and cars, and get great death scenes. – Eric Roberts

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I’ve been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun. – Picabo Street

Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you? – David Schwimmer

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses. – Gene Tierney

Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it’s shifted. – Janice Dickinson

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don’t dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks. – David Friedman

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. – E. Joseph Cossman

Electric cars aren’t pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere. – Alexandra Paul

Environmentalists have a very conflicted relationship with their cars. – Tom Arnold

Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures. – Paul D. Boyer

Fast cars are my only vice. – Michael Bay