18 quotes found
“We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.”
“No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun for anybody. 67. You...”
“And you know what happens when a bomb goes off? The truth about people comes out. Men leave their children and run away. Shopkeepers push aside wives and try to save their cash. People come and loo...”
“I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.”
“Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?”
“When the bombs fell, it wasn't a war; it was an obliteration. No one had any idea who shot first or why.”
“The world is crazy about amassing guns, bombs and wealth of humongous proportions, but it will not give knowledge a second glance!”
“If freedom rings, then bondage bombs.”
“What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your hearts sacred lands?”
“Why youll never see a woman with a bomb in her shoe: we have too much respect for shoes.”
“Every way he turned, his past was detonated, revealing tunnels and alternative routes under the packed, settled earth of the present.”
“The English Language is a form of communication! Words aren't only bombs and bullets - no, they're little gifts, containing meanings. What is true in love, is equally true at law”
“Who's they?" He wanted to know. "Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?""Every one of them," Yossarian told him."Every one of whom?""Every one of whom do you think?""I haven't any...”
“Almost pedantically, she added: "They're not really bombs-- they're acoustic provocations.”
“Why you’ll never see a woman with a bomb in her shoe: we have too much respect for shoes.”
