I wrote my first script, which was 50 pages, at age 15. It was about two brothers in love with the same nurse while they're convalescing in a Civil War hospital. Cary Fukunaga agebrothercivil Change image and share on social
I play an 89-year-old man whose wife has Alzheimer's in a movie called 'Still.' I play a World War II veteran, I acted with my son and it's called 'Memorial Day.' James Cromwell actalzheimercall Change image and share on social
1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves. Rosa DeLauro agoamericananniversary share on social
After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning the work I had always wanted to do, which was writing a book. Barbara W. Tuchman beginbookchild Change image and share on social
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. Leo Tolstoy consciencestifleugly Change image and share on social
It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction. John Boyd Orr destroydestructionfear Change image and share on social
My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose. Manfred von Richthofen cheesecollectdear Change image and share on social
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'. Duke of Wellington businesscallendeavour Change image and share on social
War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist. M. F. K. Fisher abilitybeastlybusiness Change image and share on social
It is inconceivable that even the gang who runs Russia would be willing to take on war, but one always has to remember that there seemed to be no reason in 1939 for Hitler to start war, and yet he did, and he started it with a world practically unprepared. James Forrestal ganghitlerinconceivable share on social
