Ww1 Trench Quotes & Sayings

Her soul died that night under a radiant silver moon in the spring of 1918 on the side of a blood-spattered trench. Around her lay the mangled dead and the dying. Her body was untouched, her heart beat calmly, the blood coursed as ever through her veins. But looking deep into those emotionless eyes one wondered if they had suffered much before the soul had left them. Her face held an expression of resignation, as though she had ceased to hope that the end might come. — Helen Zenna Smith

I'm not against government involvement in times of need. I am for recognizing that big public companies will continue to cut jobs in an effort to prop up stock prices, which in turn stimulates the need for more government involvement. — Mark Cuban

That as he climbs out of the trench
with the rest of the lads
he feels lifted up as if by angels. — Caroline Davies

Minie balls and repeating rifles. That was why the body count was so high. We had trench warfare in America way before WW1. p128 — Donna Tartt

I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they're happy if they do get it. — Brian Eno

You can have faith that God never lets you down even when circumstances do. — Alisa Hope Wagner

Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth. — Ferdinand De Saussure

[A]ny notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared. Leisure became entertainment. — Allan Bloom

So the 185 billion events to be enjoyed over our mortal days might be either an overestimate or an underestimate. If we consider the amount of data the brain could theoretically process, the number might be too low; but if we look at how people actually use their minds, it is definitely much too high. In any case, an individual can experience only so much. Therefore, the information we allow into consciousness becomes extremely important; it is, in fact, what determines the content and the quality of life. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now. — Rob Lowe

The power of grace transforms the heart of men. — Lailah Gifty Akita