Chocolate War Quotes

#1. I was never a cool person; in fact, cool people have always made fun of me. That's why I loved [the Robert Cormier YA novel] The Chocolate War - because the cool kids (not the establishment) were the villains. I totally identified with that.

Simon Rich

#2. They murdered him.

Robert Cormier

#3. Here is a definition which correctly reflects the course of thought and action of a grandmaster: - The plan in a game of chess is the sum total of successive strategical operations which are each carried out according to separate ideas arising from the demands of the position.

Alexander Kotov

#4. War is a bazaar where lives are traded like any other commodity: chocolate or bullets or parachute silk.

Anthony Doerr

#5. We don't have enough Latinos on TV just getting cast in supporting roles; the idea of having your own show named after you seemed like such a long shot.

Cristela Alonzo

#6. Every new discovery of science is a further 'revelation' of the order which God has built into His universe.

Warren Weaver

#7. In business news, chocolate maker nestle is buying Jenny Craig. Well, that says it all you need to know about the war on obesity, doesn't it? It's over! Apparently we surrendered!

Jay Leno

#8. The line of lovelessness is not drawn between speaking and doing, but between speaking and doing in the truth, and speaking and doing in emptiness. Truth turns word-love into deed-love.

John Piper

#9. I couldn't say there is a formula to songwriting. Each time is a unique experience.

Greg Lake

#10. If you are bombarded by so many thoughts in solitude, you are in ignorance. If you are calm even amidst a crowd then you are in knowledge.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#11. I started making my list, my good things list, when I was 11, and I should probably cross a few things off, but that's harder than you'd think.

Rainbow Rowell

#12. You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.

Frank Sinatra

#13. Preventing female infanticide is equally important in protection of women's rights.

Nita Ambani

#14. She walks along the pavement, lost in thoughts about the Internet, so deeply immersed that before she knows it she's at her front door, and guess what? She completely forgot to buy some chocolate on the war home.

Jane Green

#15. You should not expect your dreams to become a reality if you do not do something about it.

Kindle Korner