“Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions.” YearsWarSometimesJobsGuySituationFourDangerousSeriousFlowerAccidentsInjuryFour YearsExplosionsStrideTechnicians Author:Vic Morrow
“Wouldn`t it be great for some of the Republican candidates to stand up to the money guys and say, if you want a presidential nominee who will do what the Bushes did, go from war to war, look elsewhere.” IfsWantLooksWarGuyRepublicanPresidentialCandidatesElsewhere Author:Chris Matthews
“World War II made war reputable because it was a just war. I wouldn't have missed it for anything. You know how many other just wars there have been? Not many. And the guys I served with became my brothers. If it weren't for World War II, I'd now be the garden editor of The Indianapolis Star. I wouldn't have moved away.” IfsKnowsWorldHas BeensMadeWarGuyStarsKnow HowBrotherGardenMovedWar Of The WorldsMy BrotherEditorsWorld War IiWorld War IJust WarIndianapolis Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“A lot of coaches want guys to be loose for games. I never wanted them to be loose. I wanted their hands sweating, their knees shaking, their eyes bulging. I wanted them to act like we were going to war.” WantWarHandsEyeWantedGuyGamesCoachesKneesShakingSweatingGoing To War Author:Jerry Tarkanian
“When I was a kid, we watched the Vietnam War on the six o'clock news, and it was desensitizing. You felt you were watching a war film; meanwhile you were really watching these guys getting blown to bits. Parents need to protect their kids from watching that stuff.” NeedsWarKidsFilmGuyFeltStuffBitsParentProtectSixNewsClockVietnamVietnam War Author:Johnny Depp
“Iraq is sort of a situation where you've got a guy who drove the bus into the ditch. You obviously have to get the bus out of the ditch, and that's not easy to do, although you probably should fire the driver.” ShouldWarGuyEasySituationFireIraqDriversBusIraq War Author:Barack Obama
“A flight from London carrying the artist we all used to know as Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine after his name showed up on a terrorist no-fly list. I tell you, it's a real success story in the war on terror. You know, we finally got the guy that wrote "Peace Train.” KnowsWarRealStoriesUsedArtistGuyNamesKnownCatTrainIslamTerrorLondonListsTerroristFlightEmergenciesLandingWar On TerrorMaineSuccess StoriesReal Success Author:Cat Stevens
“Thanks to guys like Boss Tweed, famous for saying, 'I don't give a damn who does the voting, as long as I do the nominating,' there hasn't been an honest election in the USA since sometime around the War Between the States.” GivingLongDoeWarStatesGuyHonestElectionThanksDamnUsaVotingBossDon't Give A DamnI Don't Give A DamnTweedNominating Author:L. Neil Smith
“Four guys go out and four guys go in like the storm troopers in the Star War movies.” WarGuyStarsFourStormWar MovieStar Wars Movie Author:Chris Spielman
“The bloodiest, most brutal wars fought, all based on religious hatred. Which is fine with me! Any time a bunch of holy people want to go out and kill each other I'm a happy guy!” PeopleWantWarGuyReligiousFineHolyHatredBunchBrutalReligious Hatred Author:George Carlin
“South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white hatred here. That was what the sheets and the suits and the ties covered up, not very well. That was what the cowardly guys calling me names from their speeding truck wanted to happen to me, to all of me: to my people. That was what would happen to me if I walked around the corner into the wrong neighborhood. That was Birmingham. That was Brooklyn. That was Reagan. That was the end of reason. South Africa was how I came to understand that I am not against war; I am against losing the war.” PeopleIfsWellsWarEndsReasonHomeSeemsHappensWantedUsedGuyNamesWhiteCallingLosingHatredSouthCornersSuitsTiesNeighborhoodCoveredFar AwaySouth AfricaSheetsTruckBrooklynCowardlyAround The CornerSpeedingBirminghamAgainst WarCovered Up Author:June Jordan
“Here's the thing. Just because you're pro-troops doesn't mean you're pro-war. And just because you're anti-war doesn't mean you're anti-troops. Just because you don't support the war people think you are anti-troops and you are a bad guy.” PeopleThinkingMeanWarGuySupportAnti WarTroopsBad GuysPro War Author:Toby Keith
“It's a little strange when you have never been to war, and you eye-roll about a guy who's got shrapnel still in his body, as Chuck Hagel does.” LittlesDoeStillsWarBodyEyeGuyStrangeChuck Author:Bill Maher
“Guy Savelli's role in the War on Terror began when half-a-dozen strangers, within days of one another, contacted him via e-mail and telephone in the winter of 2003. They asked him if he had the power to psychically kill goats. Guy was bewildered. He did not go around publicizing this. Who were these men? How did they know about the goats? He feigned a casual tone of voice and said, 'Sure I can.'Then he phoned Special Forces.” IfsKnowsMenSaidI CanWarGuyForceVoiceHalfRolesSpecialWinterTerrorStrangerToneDozenMailTelephonesCasualGoatsWar On TerrorBewilderedSpecial Forces Author:Jon Ronson
“All those tough guys who want to scare the world into seeing them as men . . . who don't know how to be a man with a woman, only abrute or a boy, who fill up the divorce courts; all those corporate raiders and rain-forest burners and war starters who want more in hopes that will make them feel better; . . . are suffering from Father Hunger. They go through their puberty rituals day after day for a lifetime, waiting for a father to anoint them and say "Attaboy," to treat them as good enough to be considered a man.” KnowsMenWorldWantFeelsWarEnoughGuySufferingFatherWaitingBoysKnow HowSeeingToughRainTreatsCourtLifetimeHungerDivorceForestsCorporateGood EnoughRitualScareFeel BetterFatherhoodBe A ManPubertyStartersTough GuyRaiders Author:Frank Pittman