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“It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.”

William T. Sherman (1820–1891) American General, businessman, educator, and author.

Letter to James E. Yeatman of St. Louis, Vice-President of the Western Sanitary Commission (21 May 1865). As quoted on p. 358, and footnoted on p. 562, in Sherman: A Soldier's Passion For Order https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/080938762X (2007), John F. Marszalek, Southern Illinois University Press, Chapter 15 ('Fame Tarnished')
Variant text: I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, husbands, and fathers […] it is only those who have never heard a shot, never heard the shriek and groans of the wounded and lacerated […] that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation. […] I declare before God, as a man and a soldier, I will not strike a foe who stands unarmed and submissive before me, but would rather say—‘Go, and sin no more.’
As quoted in Sherman: Merchant of Terror, Advocate of Peace https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1455611891 (1992), Charles Edmund Vetter, Pelican Publishing, p. 289
See the Discussion Page for more extensive sourcing information.
1860s, 1865, Letter to James E. Yeatman (May 1865)
Context: I confess without shame that I am tired & sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. Even success, the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies […] It is only those who have not heard a shot, nor heard the shrills & groans of the wounded & lacerated (friend or foe) that cry aloud for more blood & more vengeance, more desolation & so help me God as a man & soldier I will not strike a foe who stands unarmed & submissive before me but will say ‘Go sin no more.

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“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”

Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker

As quoted in his obituary in The Guardian (28 December 1977)

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“If everybody who had a gun just shot themselves there wouldn’t be a problem.”

George Harrison (1943–2001) British musician, former member of the Beatles

The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 226

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“I shot him the bird. (Get it? I shot him the—never mind.)”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: The Angel Experiment

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“I shot up, now as angry and frusterated as him. I had a feeling if i stayed, we'd both snap. In and undertone, I murmured,"this isnt over. i won't give up on you."
" I've given up on you,"he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has.”

Variant: Rose. Please stop. Please stay away."
[... ]
In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you."
"I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has.
Source: Spirit Bound

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“So he's worth a second shot?

The more apt question, my dear, is: are you?”

Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer

Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

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“To have not shot his friend in the face would have sent a message to the quail that America is weak.”

Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian
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“Romantic Egoist
What's better, an idiot who never tries… or an idiot who at least takes a shot?”

Bisco Hatori (1975) Japanese manga artist

Source: Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 2

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“Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.”

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

As quoted in the United States of America Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 105th Congress Second Session, Government Printing Office, Vol. 144, Part 4, p. 5738 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nEI6WcjH8ykC&pg=PA5738
Post-war years (1945–1955)

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“Waddya want me to do? through my sling shot at him?”

Shirley Hughes (1927) English children's writer and illustrator
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“So why did you get shot? One of your witticisms go awry? (Nekoda)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Infinity

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“Then a lightning bolt shot straight through my skivvies. Sha-ZAM!”

Megan McCafferty (1973) American novelist

Source: Sloppy Firsts

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“I usually wouldn't be this close to you without a tetnus shot.”

Cecily von Ziegesar (1970) American writer

Source: The Complete Gossip Girl Series

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“Instead, I watch myself get shot on television.”

Source: Mockingjay

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“I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.”

Johnny Cash (1932–2003) American singer-songwriter

Source: The Very Best of Johnny Cash

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