
“You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.”
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls
As quoted in La voce di Rimini (11 September 2003)
Variant translation: He never killed anyone, he sent people on holiday to confine them.
"Did I say This? in The Observer (20 April 2008) http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/20/italy
2003
“You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.”
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls
“I've never killed anyone. I don't need to kill anyone. I think it. I have it here.”
[points to head]
NBC interview (1987)
[2007-04-20, Were video games to blame for massacre?, Winda Benedetti, MSNBC, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18220228/, 2014-11-18]
“Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.”
Variant: Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.
“It's true hard work never killed anyone, but I figure, why take the chance?”
On his relaxed approach to work, as quoted in Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio : a History Illustrated from the Collection of the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum (2001) by Lou Cannon
Post-presidency (1989–2004)
“So you’ll just kill anyone who frightens you. Who could hurt you.”
“Well…yes.”
Source: The Dead Girls' Dance