Cold War 1947-1953

Famous quotes containing the words cold war, cold and/or war:

    Professor: War is hell, Mr. Thornhill, even if it’s just a cold one.
    Roger Thornhill: If you fellows can’t lick the Vandamms 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.
    Professor: I’m afraid we’re already doing that.
    Ernest Lehman (b.1920)

    Some men love truth so much that they seem in continual fear lest she should catch cold on over-exposure.
    Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    We only know war lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy.
    Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)