Quotes About Conflict

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it.

There are wars being fought! Who cares what I'm doing on a Saturday night? I'm not even a celebrity.

Whoever is my relative, I will not be nice to them.

Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.

We want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the form of state they want. Whoever gets the majority can rule.

Abuse of human rights and international law demand resolution - whoever is responsible.

It doesn't matter if I go on CBS, PBS or Fox. Whoever is interviewing me is going to want to create some conflict in the story, or it's not interesting. That's just the way the news is.

Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically.

The one piece of advice I would give to all girlfriends - or guy friends, too, I guess - is that if you're going to have a fight in a Baja Fresh parking lot, make sure one of you has an available pair of sunglasses because whoever is crying is going to want to wear them.

I'm always going to be a problem for whoever is standing across from me.

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.

I love discomfort. I mean, my whole life is discomfort. One reason I can never retire is that the idea of just sitting on the beach totally comfortable is not a desideratum in my life. I like ambiguity, I like conflict, I like uncertainly.

When people look at one thing from one perspective, they certainly fail to get the whole picture, and that is the main reason for the majority of misunderstandings that sometimes lead to bloody confrontations.

There's a fundamental tension that is hard to overcome, that what's wholesome is not convenient and vice versa.

Planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate.

I think for people who are inside these relationships that are really hard to leave, there is always a compelling reason to stay. It's not that they are wholly bad people.