Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Eisenhower

I was a lieutenant in World War II.

Al Spalding

No human mind may measure the blessings conferred by the game of base ball on the soldiers of the Civil War. It had its earliest evolution when soldiers, North and South, were striving to forget their foes by cultivating, through this grand game, fraternal friendships with comrades in arms.

Dito Montiel

I have friends who have had PTSD, and you can get it from other things than war.

Robert E. Lee

Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.

Richard Perle

Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians.

Richard Paul Evans

. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.

Richard Holbrooke

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

Richard Holbrooke

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

Richard K. Morgan

War is like any other bad relationship. Of course you want out, but at what price? And perhaps more importantly, once you get out, will you be any better off?" - Quellcrist Falconer

Russell Brand

When I first became famous in the United Kingdom it was helpful because it meant there wasn't a spite of 'this bloke's a drug addict,' 'this bloke f**ks all these women' because I was just making jokes about all those things already, so it made me some kind of incorruptible indefatigable, indestructible force.

Russell Brand

If you're a drug addict, then you've always got drugs, so you're a criminal. So you're gonna get into problems.

William S. Burroughs

I certainly wouldn't advocate anyone using drugs on a regular or habitual basis.

William S. Burroughs

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy.

Sarah Silverman

I am diagnosed with not having enough insanely-addictive drugs coursing through my body.

Sara Bareilles

You can be amazing, you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug

Wesley Snipes

I don't like perpetuating the stereotype of black males being drug dealers, and criminals.

Rodney Dangerfield

I say 'no' to drugs. Whenever someone asks me for some of my drugs I say, 'no.

Rod Serling

If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.

Josh Billings

It isn't so much trouble to get rich as it is to tell when we have got rich.

Samuel Johnson

Riches seldom make their owners rich.

William Faulkner

Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time to bother with success or getting rich.

William Graham Sumner

One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.

Robert G. Allen

Many things can make you rich, but only a few things can enrich you.

Samuel Johnson

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Kyle Petty

I never thought I had to live up to Richard Petty, ... I never had to live up to anything but what I expected.

Napoleon Hill

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

Norman Lear

I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis show. The four stage managers on that show became major TV creators and directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn and Bud Yorkin.