Casualties Quotes - Page 3

If there really had been a Mercutio, and if there really were a Paradise, Mercutio might be hanging out with teenage Vietnam draftee casualties now, talking about what it felt like to die for other people's vanity and foolishness.

Kurt Vonnegut

Teenage, Talking, Vanity

FaceBook post by Kurt Vonnegut from Nov 08, 2015

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[However], the sufferer from depression has no option, and therefore finds himself, like a walking casualty of war, thrust into the most intolerable social and family situations. There he must ... present a face approximating the one associated with ordinary events and companionship. He must try to utter small talk and be responsive to questions, and knowingly nod, and frown and, God help him, even smile.

William Styron

War, Trying, Events

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Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.

Margaret Heffernan

Reflection, Firsts, Action

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Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts.

Steven Van Zandt

Light, Assessment, Effort

"We Need An Emergency Boss" by Steven Van Zandt, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2010.

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From time to time there will be some complaints that we are pushing our people too hard. I don't give a good Goddamn about such complaints. I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood. The harder we push, the more Germans we will kill. The more Germans we kill, the fewer of our men will be killed. Pushing means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that.

George S. Patton

Believe, Mean, Army

Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high.

Steven Pinker

Impact, Mind, Scales

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Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties.

Kevin Mitnick

Loss, Terrorist Groups, Manhattan

"Q & A / Kevin Mitnick / Ex-hacker shares secrets of deception / Mitnick says 'social engineers' play big role in cyber attacks". Interview With Verne Kopytoff, www.sfgate.com. October 28, 2002.

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In time of war the first casualty is truth.

Boake Carter

Military, War, Patriotic

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There's a hazy smile on her lips that won't go away, and her hair is a mess. It's like a brushfire filled with casualties.

Lauren DeStefano

Hair, Going Away, Lips

Lauren DeStefano (2011). “Wither”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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No world is without sacrifices. But if we produce casualties, we would also sustain casualties of our own.

Tite Kubo

Sacrifice, World, Produce

"Fictional character: Tier Harribel". Anime series "Bleach" ("Chain of Sacrifice, Harribel's Past", 2010), 2004-2012.

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The look Anthony shot at his sister was so comically malevolent Simon nearly laughed. He managed to restrain himself, but mostly just because he was fairly certain that any show of humor would cause Anthony's fist to lose its battle with his brain, with Simon's face emerging as the conflict's primary casualty.

Julia Quinn

Brain, Battle, Looks

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I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?

John Green

Real, Blow, Faults

John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.72, Penguin UK

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[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the primitive rules of competition which run our society, and the welfare state just keeps them alive. That's all.

Michael Palin

Running, People, Competition

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It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

Terry Pratchett

Military, Long, Bonus

Terry Pratchett (2009). “Jingo: (Discworld Novel 21)”, p.254, Random House

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But all three of them had had to lose things in order to gain other things. Will had lost his shell and his cool and his distance, and he felt scared and vulnerable, but he got to be with Rachel; and Fiona had lost a big chunk of Marcus, and she got to stay away from the casualty ward; and Marcus had lost himself, and got to walk home from school with his shoes on.

Nick Hornby

Distance, School, Home

Nick Hornby (1999). “About a Boy”, p.232, Penguin

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A martyr's just a casualty with really good PR.

Mira Grant

Martyr

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If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.

Paul Fussell

War, Truth Is, Ambiguity

Paul Fussell (2013). “The Great War and Modern Memory”, p.76, Oxford University Press

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...And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.

Dick Cheney

Military, War, Mind

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The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must insist on their practical application. He must see to it that his subordinates are trained in accordance with the latest requirements. The best form of welfare for the troops is first-class training, for this saves unnecessary casualties.

Erwin Rommel

Pain, Communication, Class

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In a comprehensive study of all public multiple shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, economists John Lott and Bill Landes found that the only public policy that reduced both the incidence and casualties of such shootings were concealed-carry laws. Not only are there 60 percent fewer gun massacres after states adopt concealed-carry laws, but the death and injury rate of such rampages are reduced by 80 percent.

Ann Coulter

Gun, Law, America

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Casualties? What do I care about casualties?

Aylmer Hunter-Weston

Military, Care, I Care

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"Peace" is a condition in which no civilian pays any attention to military casualties which do not achieve page-one, lead-story prominence-unless that civilian is a close relative of one of the casualties. But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it.

Robert A. Heinlein

Peace, Military, War

"Starship Troopers". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1959.

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He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or offences, delivers up himself to the direction of the wind, and loses all that constancy and equanimity which constitutes the chief praise of a wise man.

Samuel Johnson

Wise, Men, Wind

Samuel Johnson (1793). “The Rambler”, p.254

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Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as in their minds; though casualties should spare them, age brings in a necessity of decay.

Robert Boyle

Beauty, Mind, Age

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The main thing to avoid being a casualty is simply this: to have a kind of intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ whereby you're able to hear God speak to your heart, you're sensitive to what He's saying to you to do, and that you're willing to be obedient to Him.

Charles Stanley

Jesus, Heart, Able

Source: www.christianpost.com

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