Sueharu Kitamura Quotes & Sayings

If I took the 40 years of my dad talking to me about war and battles and taking me to battlefields and distilled it down into one question, it would probably be the idea of the necessary or unnecessary war. — Suzanne Collins

The body is in some sense perennially at risk. The possibility of bodily injury is ever-present, even in the most familiar of surroundings. — Anthony Giddens

In keeping with the American effort to reconcile with Japan, all of them, including those serving life sentences, would soon be paroled. It appears that even Sueharu Kitamura, "the Quack," was set free, in spite of his death sentence. By 1958, every war criminal who had not been executed would be free, and on December 30 of that year, all would be granted amnesty. Sugamo would be torn down, and the epic ordeals of POWs in Japan would fade from the world's memory. — Laura Hillenbrand

Was it better to get as much out of the moment as possible, knowing it could slip out from under you in a second? Was the actual experience better than the inevitable conclusion? — Rebecca Donovan

Some guys live in worlds where pawns stay pawns. I'm one move from king. — Darnell Lamont Walker

When a nation has just emerged from the throes of a great civil warfare, where section was arrayed against section, class against class, two things are to be done: First, the work of reconstruction is to be effected; Secondly, a willingness for the proper acceptance of the issue's decision is to be created. — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. — Jacques-Yves Cousteau

When we land against the enemy, don't forget to hit him and hit him hard. When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy. — George S. Patton

It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. — Oscar Niemeyer

Karate is like hand sanitizer. It needs...flow. — Dean Johnson

The opposite of having faith is having self-pity. — Os Guinness

If you wanna be a writer, you must learn to paint a picture with words. — Brian Jacques