Warred Quotes

#1. America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and in his heart, as in the nation itself, the perfect warred with the good, the intellectual with the visceral.

Jon Meacham

#2. Connor laid her down on his bed and pulled the covers up over her. He warred with himself, but the struggle was in vain; he gave in and kissed her gently on the lips, saying, "Rest now, for tomorrow we may have a war on our hands," and he sat down in the chair she'd previously occupied.

Laura Hunsaker

#3. This land carries people from different countries, different cultures, even different tongues, who even warred amongst themselves, but they are united over on only one cause; hate. The people of the Southern United States united in their hate against the free population of their previous slaves.

Max Connelly

#4. Here they [the Jaredites] became a flourishing nation; but, giving way in time to internal dissensions, they divided into factions, which warred with one another until the people were totally destroyed (p. 15).

James E. Talmage

#5. Seven cities warred for Homer, being dead, Who, living, had no roof to shroud his head.

Thomas Heywood

#6. Orioles fought with tigers, blue jays battled against angels, bear cubs warred with giants, and none of it made any sense. A baseball player was a man, and yet once he joined a team he was turned into an animal, a mutant being, or a spirit who lived in heaven next to God. According

Paul Auster

#7. Arousal and embarrassment warred for space inside her, but she managed both with equal aplomb - she was nothing if not an excellent multitasker. How long have you been there?

Jill Shalvis

#8. You want me as much as I want you. And all I want is you."
My tongue warred with my mind. "Today," I whispered.
Noah stood slowly, his body skimming mine as he rose. "Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. Forever.

Michelle Hodkin

#9. Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in the snout like the voracious shark it was.

Kate Elliott

#10. Before the rise of the nation-state, between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the world was mostly tribal. Tribes were united by language, religion, blood, and belief. They feared other tribes and often warred against them.

Robert Reich

#11. Emotions. A waste of energy in Zacharel's estimation. You lived, you warred and one day you died. Anything else was unnecessary.

Gena Showalter

#12. I can direct dial today a man my parents warred with. They wanted to kill him, I want to sell software to him.

Brad Templeton

#13. In his first week on the throne, he vowed to make peace with all the nations we've ever warred with, cut military spending in half, funnel the money to education, and ... oh, yes, and phase out the empire itself, instating some ridiculous people's republic with elected officials.

Lindsay Buroker

#14. Morals and medicine warred within his breast, and medicine won the day- but I dare say morals may give him a sleepless night.

Georgette Heyer

#15. The saints, many of them women, warred with themselves as well as God. The body has its own animal urges, just as there are attractions and repulsions in sex that modern liberalism cannot face.

Camille Paglia

#16. Good manners warred with curiosity, and lost.

Marie Brennan

#17. Her selfishness warred mightily with every bit of ethics she had ever learned from the women of her family.

Maggie Stiefvater

#18. Nations warred over anthills and pride.

Peter Tieryas

#19. The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

John Keegan

#20. Half the time, in this life, you wouldn't know where you are nor when. There are moments of unpleasant liveliness. Tamp that the fuck down is best.

Kevin Barry

#21. In this country, we were not into detail. Europe developed detail." "Why do you think that is?" "Weather. The whole history of England consists of finding things to do out of the weather. Which tells you why Russia was even worse. That's why Russian novels have 182 characters: bad weather.

Ken Jennings

#22. Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.

Norman Borlaug

#23. Writing is fun. Promoting? Not so much...

Bea Cannon

#24. Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space.

Asa Don Brown

#25. The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not deny them the opportunity to participate in American life, so that they can go as far as their dreams and talents can take them.

S.I. Hayakawa

#26. She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he was here to be where she was.

Leo Tolstoy