Civil War Battle Quotes

#1. I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that.

Jerry Spinelli

#2. I balanc'd some time between principle and inclination, till I recollected that, when the fish were opened, I saw smaller fish taken out of their stomachs; then thought I, "If you eat one another, I don't see why we mayn't eat you." So I din'd upon cod very heartily,

Benjamin Franklin

#3. He was trying to save both his faces.

John Gunther

#4. I was happier when I was doing a mechanic's job.

Henry Ford

#5. When Mr.Cunningham ran outside during the battle shouting "Hurrah for Jeff Davis!", a Union shot clipped his ear. Mr.Cunningham ran back inside his house. His cheering was over for the day.

Clint Johnson

#6. Media was a battle ground. So was the internet. People began walking openly with their weapons, whether it was a gun or a camera. Drones were always skimming overhead, filming the violence of the second civil war of the United States.

Lindsay Anderson

#7. The two princes stared at each other, one gold and one silver, one her twin and one her soul-bonded. There was nothing friendly in the stares, nothing human - two Fae males locked in some unspoken dominance battle.

Sarah J. Maas

#8. Never get vengeance and justice mixed up.

Robert Spencer

#9. Care for him who shall have borne the battle

Abraham Lincoln

#10. Some of the inspirations I had as far as following that story would be, like, say, "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," the way they use the Civil War in that, or even the idea that - the movie that Leone was going to do before he died was going to be a movie about the battle of Stalingrad.

Quentin Tarantino

#11. I think style is a fringe benefit that looks like you made it.

Julian Schnabel

#12. Reality is a fragile thing.

Cornelia Funke

#13. The seventh John Smith had even conspired to have a conspiracy against himself in Argentina, with resulting civil war, so that the weapons could be tested under actual battle conditions--for the region had been overpopulated anyway.

Walter M. Miller Jr.

#14. Floyd did not accept the blame for his defeat. He blamed his fellow general Henry Wise for not committing some of his regiments to the battle. Wise reacted to the charge by calling Floyd "that bullet-hit son of a bitch.

Clint Johnson

#15. Awakened by artillery fire, the frightened Confederate recruits ran out of town, some still in their bedclothes. The Federals gave this embarrassing retreat the derisive nickname of "The Battle of the Philippi Races.

Clint Johnson

#16. Destiny isn't a path that any cat follows blindly. It is always a matter of choice, and sometimes the heart speaks loudest.

Erin Hunter

#17. (Peaceful Jews, I like that. Could be the only example in history of peaceful Jews. No surprise that only Hollywood could come with a concept like peaceful Jews, which is surely a type of human being that has never before been seen in history. Go tell the Palestinians about peaceful Jews.)

Anonymous

#18. When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

Noah Baumbach

#19. Evangelism is a cross in the heart of God.

Leighton Ford

#20. If you're going to stare at it, it's going to wake up and say hi.

Tracey Garvis-Graves

#21. Oh Jesus, hello prostate," he gasped.

Abigail Roux

#22. Died of wounds inflicted in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees.

Stonewall Jackson

#23. The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

Samuel Gompers