Quote of the day III

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb

 

"Riesensauerei!"

(=Total mess!) Von Kluge´s description of the situation in the west on July 31 1944 to OB West

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"Never has so much been surrendered by so many to so few!"

Anthony Eden during operation Compass 1941

 

Sorry, but I love this quote from Casablanca.....

(In the office at Rick's Cafe Americain)...
Bergman: "Haven't seen you since the day Paris fell"
Bogart: "I remember! The Germans wore Grey, you wore Blue".
Slays me every time.........

 

Flat top ship-of-the-line ?

 

“The war has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.”

Emperor Hirohito

 

A Liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.
A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged.

 

It's not so much "teaching" what is correct as it is "unlearning" what is wrong.
J. Micheal Straczynski

 

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.


Pastor Martin Niemöller

http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Politics/niemoller.shtml

 

I thought this one was from Bertolt Brecht.

 

“I think that if I give him everything that I possibly can and ask nothing from him in return, noblesse oblige, he won’t try to annex anything and will work for a world of democracy and peace.”

FDR on Stalin

"The war shall soon be over. We shall recover in fifteen or twenty years, and then we'll have another go at it."

Stalin

http://www.self-gov.org/freeman/8910ebel.html

 

"Quantity has a quality all its own"

Josif Stalin

 

If you suggest revolutionary ideas, he will say in 95 per cent of cases: 'Yes': at once.

General Freiherr von Geyr, on Heinz Guderian as a military commander.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERguderian.htm

 

Time flys like an arrow,
Fruit flies, like a banana.
Groucho Marx

All evil needs to succeed is for good men to do nothing.
Sir Edmund Blake

If you want a look into the future, picture a boot on someones face forever!
George Orwell

Cloths make the man, naked people have little or no effect upon society.
Mark Twain

The best way to have a good idea, is to have lots of ideas.
Linus Pauling

Endings to be useful, must be inconclusive.
Samuel R. DeLaney

Anywhere is within walking distance, if you have the time.
Steven Wright

Don't say you agree with me, because when people agree with me, I always feel that I must be wrong
Oscar Wilde

Always get married eary in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven;t wasted the whole day.
Mickey Rooney

Once during prohibition I was forced to live on food and water for several days.
W.C.Fields

 

I like the last one alot !!

 

In Capitolism, man exploits man.
In Communism, it's just the opposite.
John Kenneth Galbreth

Men like women with a past, they hope history will repeat itself.
Mae West

If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we know?
Steven Wright

I don't know the secret to success, but the secret to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby

If you want to read about love & marriage, you'll have to buy to different books.
Alan King

Communism is best handled from 35,000 feet.
Curtis LeMay

Outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend, inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Graucho Marx

 

I was under the impression that quotes here were to be somewhat related to WW II...

 

It's just humor to lighten the mood. I'll put any more in free fire zone. Sorry for the offense, I only meant it for YUKS.
I thought the Curtis LeMay one was good!

 

Never do people lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
unknown

 

"I was made famous by my complete lack of humour"
- Za Rodinu

 

As our boat touchaed sand and the ramp went down I became a visitor to hell.



Private Harry Parley on Omaha beach