Tom Hanks Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?

  Tom Hanks

  Dog, War, Yellow

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war.
  I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun.
  I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody.
  I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.

  Tom Hanks

  Military, War, Kids

• One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six months. Fliers got to leave combat after 25 missions, or 35 missions, but other than that, you were in it. You were part of the great effort, until, oh boy, six months after it was over.

  Tom Hanks

  War, Boys, Effort

• When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years.

  Tom Hanks

  Teacher, Growing Up, War

• I have gone through so many examinations of what a hero is, between the World War II stuff and the astronaut stuff.

  Tom Hanks

  War, Hero, Gone

  "Captain Courageous: Tom Hanks and Capt. Richard Phillips". Interview with Katherine Heintzelman and Jennifer Rainey Marquez, parade.com. September 21, 2013.

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