Famous quotes containing the words wars, action and/or figures:
“America is addicted to wars of distraction.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.”
—Sarah Bernhardt (1845–1923)
“The figures of the past go cloaked.
They walk in mist and rain and snow
And go, go slowly, but they go.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)