“You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.”
Ernest Hemingway book For Whom the Bell Tolls
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls
As quoted in La voce di Rimini (11 September 2003) <br class="br">Variant translation: He never killed anyone, he sent people on holiday to confine them. <br class="br"> "Did I say This? in The Observer (20 April 2008) http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/20/italy <br class="br">2003
“You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.”
Ernest Hemingway book For Whom the Bell Tolls
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.”
Charles Manson (1934–2017) American criminal and musician
[points to head]
NBC interview (1987)
Jack Thompson (attorney) (1951) American activist and disbarred attorney
[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.”
Jeremy Clarkson (1960) English broadcaster, journalist and writer
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?”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
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)
“There's never going to be anyone else for me. That's just how it is.”
Cassandra Clare book Lord of Shadows
Source: Lord of Shadows
“So you’ll just kill anyone who frightens you. Who could hurt you.”
“Well…yes.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: The Dead Girls' Dance
