“How can you be a survivor, when you can't even remember the war?”

“Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can't even remember having met you”

John Irving book The Hotel New Hampshire

“How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?”

Howard Zinn (1922–2010) author and historian

“Ludicrous concepts…like the whole idea of a "war on terrorism". You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can't wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you've won? When you've got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary?”

Terry Jones (1942–2020) Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director and author

“How do you regret one of the best nights of your entire life? You don't. You remember every word, every look. Even when it hurts, you still remember.”

Jenny Han (1980) American writer

“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.”

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

“Did you ever notice how many survivors they have? Did you ever notice that? Everybody — every time you turn around, 15,000 survivors meet here; 400 survivors convention there. I mean, did you ever notice? Nazis sure were inefficient, weren't they? Boy, boy, boy!…You almost have no survivors that ever say they saw a gas chamber or saw the workings of a gas chamber…. they'll say these preposterous stories that anybody can check out to be a lie, an absolute lie.”

David Duke (1950) American White nationalist, white supremacist, writer, right-wing politician, and a former Republican Louisiana …

“I can't remember those words (Lyrics) even when we were on tour.”

Phil Collins (1951) English musician, songwriter and actor

“I can feel you, even though I can't see you.”

Nancy Holder (1953) American writer

“Survivors can't always choose their methods.”

Patricia Briggs (1965) American writer