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Luck is the weapon of fool in the war aginst his its own...

Luck is the weapon of fool in the war aginst his its own helplessness.

Quote by Marius Torok about good luck, bad luck, war

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

Quote by Winston Churchill about peace, war, good, good luck

Bush's plans for war are a bizarre bad dream.

Bush's plans for war are a bizarre bad dream.

Quote by Richard Gere about dream, bad luck, war, bad

In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about reason, war, good, good luck

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about day, country, reason, war, old, olderness, nothing, good, good luck

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when...

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone.

Quote by Pierre Cardin about good luck, war

But I made... ah, several pictures and then it got to the...

But I made... ah, several pictures and then it got to the point where I would have to make a good picture or get myself into trouble.

Quote by Warren Beatty about good, good luck

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think...

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

Quote by Warren Beatty about question, public, good, good luck

Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and...

Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and especially during both.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, weather, night, bad luck, bad

A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to...

A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, intelligence, heart

All weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.

All weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, weather, air, bad luck, bad, work

Once you are in the fight it is way too late to wonder if...

Once you are in the fight it is way too late to wonder if this is a good idea.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, miracle, fight, idea, good, good luck

Sometimes, being good and lucky still is not enough.

Sometimes, being good and lucky still is not enough.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, being, good, good luck

Carrying any weapon that you weren't issued (e.g, an AK)...

Carrying any weapon that you weren't issued (e.g, an AK) in combat is Not A Good Idea!

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, idea, good, good luck

It is better to be lucky than good in the battlefield.

It is better to be lucky than good in the battlefield.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, good, good luck

Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in...

Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us His good tidings.

Quote by Paracelsus about god, spirit, good, good luck

A book is good company. It is full of conversation...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher about books, longing, conversation, companies, good, good luck

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know...

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher about people, good, good luck, man

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher about goodnes, people, knowledge, money, nature, good, good luck

We plough the fields and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God's almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine And soft refreshing rain.

Quote by Matthias Claudius about poetry, rain, god, good, good luck

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