War II British

Famous quotes containing the words war and/or british:

“Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind”
—Stephen Crane (1871–1900)

“If the British prose style is Churchillian, America is the tobacco auctioneer, the barker; Runyon, Lardner, W.W., the traveling salesman who can sell the world the Brooklyn Bridge every day, can put anything over on you and convince you that tomatoes grow at the South Pole.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)