Noncombatant Quotes & Sayings

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. — John F. Kennedy

I write humor as it's pretty much the only thing keeping me out of an asylum. — Bonnie Daly

You call for a constitutional amendment banning abortion? We call for federally-funded, partial-birth abortions at the drive-through at McDonald's. — Bill Maher

It's never too late to get a new design, and if you wanna compete you gotta visualize. — Ray Davies

Wells recognized that these crude novels correctly foresaw modern warfare as aiming at the massive destruction of the physical structures of an enemy civilization and the terrorizing if not annihilating of its noncombatant population. His Martians anticipate with uncomfortable accuracy, for example, American bombings of Dresden and Tokyo, followed by Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and boastful proclamations of "shock and awe" tactics against Iraq. — H.G.Wells

And a compassionate person creates a warm, relaxed atmosphere of welcome and understanding around him. In human relations, compassion contributes to promoting peace and harmony. — Dalai Lama XIV

There's a restaurant in Manhattan called Balthazar, and next to it is Balthazar Bakery. It's tiny, and it's very charming to have that little retail outlet to sell the house desserts and breads. — Tom Douglas

But her little white thin hand lay in mine; and we understood each other without words. — Elizabeth Gaskell

We forget more than we remember, we assume more than we know. — Marty Rubin

One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is a relic of the violence of this explosion. This big bang idea seemed to me to be unsatisfactory even before detailed examination showed that it leads to serious difficulties. — Fred Hoyle