“Now do you see why war irritates me? It's always the same. A lot of people get killed, but in the end, the whole thing is settled at the conference table. The notion of having the conference first doesn't seem to occur to people.”
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Jeremy Hardy (1961–2019) British comedian
The News Quiz, BBC Radio 4, October 1998 (rebroadcast on BBC 7, 30 May 2006)
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
Daily Telegram number 2159, Mr. Rogers Has An Idea How Conferences End (5 July 1933) <ref name=telegram4>
Daily telegrams
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854–1925) British statesman and colonial administrator
A remark to his private secretary, Lord Sandon, in May 1919. From Terence H. O'Brien, Milner, Viscount Milner of St James and Cape Town 1954-1925, 1979, Constable, p. 335.
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker
In response to journalist for his views on the future of mankind at his 70th birthday (16 April 1959)
Michael Bishop book No Enemy But Time
Source: No Enemy But Time (1982), Chapter 18 “In a Season of Drought” (p. 158)
Heidi Klum (1973) German model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and actress
Quoted by Bethanne Patrick for AOL Books in 2006.
Context: For me the most important thing was always that you have something in mind that you want to do, that you enjoy doing, because a lot of people have a job, but they're not happy. I think you have to think about what it is you really want to do in life and pursue that, and do it with fun; have a smile on your face, because then you're happy. You're happy and you can be open, you can be nice with people, and you have a different appearance and feeling of life than when you are in a job you hate. So for me that was always the most important thing.
“War is not popular. People get killed, and body bags end up coming back.”
Ron Paul book A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship
A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship, p. 206.
Context: War is not popular. It may seem popular in the short run, when there appears to be an immediate victory and everyone is gloating but war is not popular. War is not popular. People get killed, and body bags end up coming back. War is very unpopular, and it is not the politically smart thing to do.
“No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book The Crack-Up
Notebook E: Epigrams, Wisecracks, and Jokes http://books.google.com/books?id=NIhKY8SpAE4C&q=%22No+grand+idea+was+ever+born+in+a+conference+but+a+lot+of+foolish+ideas+have+died+there%22&pg=PA123#v=onepage <br class="br">Quoted, The Crack-Up (1936)