Quotes about War

[pouring coffee but there is very little left because he accidently spilled most of it out a few minutes earlier]
Benjamin Dingle: There's a war going on Ms. Milligan!

- Charles Coburn (as Benjamin Dingle) in The More the Merrier (1943)

Benjamin Dingle: Say, what brought you here, Mr. Carter?
Joe Carter: Railroad.
Benjamin Dingle: No, I mean, what's your job?
Joe Carter: I'm a mechanic. I work in a baby carriage factory.
Benjamin Dingle: Where?
Joe Carter: California.
Benjamin Dingle: San Francisco?
Joe Carter: Burbank.
Benjamin Dingle: Baby carriage factory, eh?
Joe Carter: Yep. Tokyo Baby Carriage Corporation - plain and fancy baby carriages for carrying babies to Tokyo.
Benjamin Dingle: Oh. Maybe you think this is none of my business.
Joe Carter: Maybe I do.
Benjamin Dingle: Probably your name isn't even Bill Carter.
Joe Carter: Probably not. It's probably Joe Carter.

- Joel McCrea (as Joe Carter) in The More the Merrier (1943)

Roger Thornhill: If you fellows can't lick the VanDamm's of this world without asking girls like her to bed down with them and fly away with them and probably never come back, perhaps you ought to start learning how to lose a few cold wars.
The Professor: I'm afraid we're already doing that.

- Leo G. Carroll (as The Professor) in North by Northwest (1959)

John Geste: Charming fellow, our sergeant.
Michael 'Beau' Geste: A trifle uncouth, but the best soldier we'll ever see.

- Gary Cooper (as Michael 'Beau' Geste) in Beau Geste (1939)

Sergeant: Where did ya learn to shoot York?
Alvin: Well I ain't never *learned* Sergeant! Folks back home used to say I could shoot a rifle before I was *weaned*, but they was exaggeratin' some.

- Gary Cooper (as Alvin C. York) in Sergeant York (1941)

Pastor Rosier Pile: War's way to the other side of the ocean, Alvin. Lots of things can happen before you get there. You put your trust in the Lord, and He'll look out for you.
Alvin: I done forgot the Lord! I ain't never gonna forget him again!

- Gary Cooper (as Alvin C. York) in Sergeant York (1941)

Alvin: I ain't a-goin' to war. War's killin', and the book's agin' killin! So war is agin' the book!

- Gary Cooper (as Alvin C. York) in Sergeant York (1941)

Paul Bäumer: You still think it's beautiful to die for your country. The first bombardment taught us better. When it comes to dying for country, it's better not to die at all.

- Lew Ayres (as Paul) in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Katczinsky: I'll tell you how it should all be done. Whenever there's a big war comin' on, you should rope off a big field...
Cigar-smoking soldier: And sell tickets.
Katczinsky: Yeah. And --- And on the big day, you should take all the kings and their cabinets and their generals, put 'em in the center dressed in their underpants, and let 'em fight it out with clubs. The best country wins.
[everybody murmurs in agreement]
Paul Bäumer: Well, now that Kat's settled everything, let's go see Kemmerick.

- Lew Ayres (as Paul) in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Paul Bäumer: We live in the trenches out there. We fight. We try not to be killed, but sometimes we are. That's all.

- Lew Ayres (as Paul) in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)