Rat Quotes

“They say that animals are incapable of feelings and reasoning. This is false. No living thing on earth is void of either. They also say that man is the most intelligent — and the most superior — species on earth. This is also false. It is very arrogant to assume that we are the most intelligent species when we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. It has been shown that both rats and monkeys learn from making errors, yet we have not. Our history proves this. All creatures on earth have the capacity to love and grieve the same way we do. No life on the planet is more deserving than another. Those who think so, are the true savages.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“One of the most stupid things in life is not to enter the door which is wide open just because of the fear that this door will be shut and going back will be impossible! Have some courage, because even a harvest mouse leaves his hole to discover new places!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Wise people choose battles carefully, the way a rat nibbles around a trap. What doesn't kill you doesn't always make you stronger. Sometimes, they leave you maimed, scarred and lacklustre.”
― Tolu' Akinyemi, I Laugh At These Skinny Girls: Poetry For People Who Hate Poetry II

“Sing a song of Tar Ponds City, party full of lies! Four and twenty liars, seventeen hands caught in pies! When the pie was cut, Hugh Briss began to sing! Wasn't that a stonewall rat to set before the Fossil's ding?”
― Beatrice Rose Roberts, Twin Loyalties: From The Chronicles Of Tar Ponds City

“Begin not from preconceived idea of what to say about image but from jewel center of interest in subject of image at moment of writing, and write outwards swimming in sea of language to peripheral release and exhaustion.”
― Jack Kerouac

“You'll always find what you bring with you.”
― Jay Hosking, Three Years with the Rat

“I nearly killed a rabbit" is not an ingredient for preparing broth or pepper soup. "I lost it" may seem bitter; but "I nearly won it" is bitterest! Remember, if it must be done, then it must be done well!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“NAREDNIK: Vidi se, davno tu nije bilo rata. Pa kako da onda bude morala, pitam se ja? Mir, to je pusta zbrka, tek rat stvara red. Čovječanstvo u miru buja kao zelje. Posvuda koti ljudi i stoku kao da to nije ništa. Svatko ždere što ga volja, gromadu sira na bijeli kruh pa onda još na taj sir krišku slanine. Nitko ne zna koliko u ovom gradu pred nama ima mladića i dobrih konja, nitko ih nikada nije prebrojavao. Prolazio sam područjima u kojima rata nije bilo možda sedamdeset godina, ljudi nisu još imali imena, nisu se ni poznavali. Samo ondje gdje je rat ima i urednih popisa i registratura, cipele vezuju u bale i žito skupljaju u vreće, uredno se prebrojava i odvodi ljudstvo i stoka; jer se zna: bez reda nema rata!”
― Bertolt Brecht

“VOJNI ŽUPNIK: Hoću reći, mira ima i u ratu, ima on svojih mirovnih mjesta. Rat naime zadovoljava sve potrebe, među njima i za mirom, tu je on zbrinut, inače se ne bi uspijevao održati. I u ratu se možeš pokakati kao i u najdubljem miru, a između jednog i drugog okršaja ima i piva, pa čak i dok se napreduje možeš malo zadrijemati, oslonjen o lakte, to se uvijek može, u grabi na ulici. Za juriša se doduše ne možeš kartati, ne možeš to ni dok u najdubljem miru oreš njivu, ali nakon pobjede ima tih mogućnosti. Može biti da ti kugla odnese nogu, isprva ispustiš grozan krik, kao da je to nešto, ali onda se primiriš ili dobiješ rakije, pa na kraju opet cupkaš, a rat nije nimalo lošiji no prije. A što te priječi da se usred tog klanja i množiš, iza nekog štaglja ili bilo gdje drugdje, od toga te nije moguće zadugo uzdržati, i rat onda dobije tvoje izdanke i može krenuti dalje. Ne, rat uvijek nađe izlaza, kako da ne. Zašto bi morao prestati?”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“I want things to change in The Nameless City. I want the people in the city to finally have some influence over its future. We've never had that before. If there's something I can do to make this council of nations happen, I want to know about it. Don't tell me not to be worried. Tell me how to help.”
― Faith Erin Hicks, The Stone Heart

“Pred platnima impresionista čovek nije mogao verovati da jedna životinjska vrsta koja je tako nešto stvorila može istovremeno spremati ubilački rat”
― Erich Maria Remarque, The Night in Lisbon

“If the solution to a problem creates another problem, then it is better to call it a ‘Circular Problem’! Say, the pied piper of Hamelin has freed the city from the rats, but he has caused serious water pollution by leaving the rats into the river where they have died, rotten and mixed up with the water! Apparently, the problem of the city is solved but water gets polluted and another problem arises. So, it is a ‘Circular Problem’!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“(...) tko će ostati ako se svi odreknemo sebe i pobjegnemo u svoj strah? Kome ostaviti grad? Tko će mi ga čuvati dok mene ne bude, dok se budem tražio po smetlištima ljudskih duša, dok budem onako sam bez sebe glavinjao, ranjav i umoran, u vrućici, dok moje oči budu rasle pred osobnim porazom?
Tko će čuvati moj grad, moje prijatelje, tko će Vukovar iznijeti iz mraka?
Nema leđa jačih od mojih i vaših, i zato, ako vam nije teško, ako je u vama ostalo još mladenačkog šaputanja, pridružite se.”
― Siniša Glavašević, Priče iz Vukovara

“The werewolf by the moon. The wererat by money. (Loup garou par la lune. - Rat garou par les thunes.)”
― Charles de Leusse

“Pye turned his paw over and chewed his claws. “Humph. What you think of me is none of my business.”
“You don’t know, do you?”
“Know more than you . . . Know what?”
“You are dead.”
Pye patted his paws. “No, I’m not.” He rolled on his back and stretched, enjoying the warmth of the fire.
“I’ve been here since 1665.”
Pye chuckled. “You are, if I may so, in remarkably good condition.” Apart from the hole in your head, missing tail, and pulmonic plague cough.
“I’ve seen them come. Seen them go. Seem them hang around in limbo. That’s what it’s called when beings don’t leave this Earth.”
“Purgatory!”
“I am responsible for many deaths,” Rita said.
“You!?”
“They couldn’t build the graves fast enough to bury the bodies.”
“I don’t understand how a mere stump-tailed fur ball could endanger life.”
“If I were you I'd think that.” A silence followed before Rita said, “I did not work alone.”
“Oh?”
― Fusty Luggs, Heaven Won't Wait

“What happened yesterday was obviously a mistake, and it will never be spoken of again. Goodbye forever.”
― Faith Erin Hicks, The Nameless City

“Don't say I'm lucky. Ever.”
― Faith Erin Hicks, The Nameless City

“In her wake came Don Calogero, a rat escorting a rose: though his clothes had no elegance this time they were at least decent.”
― Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

“Ne može se živjeti samo od pucanja i strahovanja, čovjek mora i da dođe sebi, da se provjetri, da se provede, da se izbjesni; vidio si kako u lokomotivi puštaju paru da ne eksplodira, e tako ti je i kod čovjeka.”
― Meša Selimović, Djevojka crvene kose

“Nekretninama su režiseri rata dali ime domovina, da ljudima ne bi bilo neugodno. Zašto reći "pao je za nekretninu" kada puno bolje zvuči "pao je za domovinu"?”
― Dubravka Ugrešić, Lisica

“Takvih provincijskih mrlja bilo je po unutrašnjosti Hrvatske, i sve su izgledale isto. U jednoj takvoj mrlji rodila sam se, odrastala i živjela sve do polaska na fakultet, i usput razvila trajnu alergiju na provinciju i provincijske običaje. Istina, bilo je tu nekoliko lijepih, starih austrougarskih kuća, grupiranih oko parka u centru, ali su njihove fasade bile bolno izrešetane šrapnelima.”
― Dubravka Ugrešić, Lisica

“হ্যামিলনের বাঁশিওয়ালা শহরটাকে ইঁদুরমুক্ত করেছে ঠিকই, কিন্তু ইঁদুরগুলোকে নদীতে ফেলে মারাত্মক পানি দূষণ ঘটিয়েছে কারণ সেগুলো পানিতে মরে, পচে একাকার হয়ে গিয়েছে!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“Indeed, the pied piper of Hamelin has freed the city from the rats, but he has caused serious water pollution by leaving the rats into the river where they have died, rotten and mixed up with the water!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“একটি সমস্যার সমাধান যদি আরেকটি সমস্যার সৃষ্টি করে, তখন তাকে ‘ঘূর্ণায়মান সমস্যা’ বলে ডাকাই শ্রেয়! যেমন, হ্যামেলিনের বাঁশিওয়ালা শহরটাকে ইঁদুরমুক্ত করেছে ঠিকই, কিন্তু ইঁদুরগুলোকে নদীতে ফেলে মারাত্মক পানি দূষণ ঘটিয়েছে কারণ সেগুলো পানিতে মরে, পচে একাকার হয়ে গিয়েছে! দৃশ্যত শহরের সমস্যা মিটেছে কিন্তু পানি দূষিত হয়ে আরেকটি সমস্যার সৃষ্টি হয়েছে। তাই এটি একটি ‘ঘূর্ণায়মান সমস্যা’!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“Прави разлог рату? Има их дубоких и компликованих. То за нас, Србију, не важи. Ми се боримо збиља за слободу, и да останемо верни себи. То је, изгледа ми, сасвим лако. Много би ми било теже да сам ма која друга нација која се, можда, бори због пијаца и акција. Зато ћу сасвим лако погинути, ако то затреба, не сматрајући да ми је ма ко "подвалио", не бојећи се будућег историчара и његовог суда. Али међу нама има нас који су се дали у дубоке разлоге и образложења. " Економски разлози" увек су ми изгледали ништавни кад ствар дође до пресудна обрта. Тада се гине. - А "економија" важи само за - живот. Чим настане област смрти, економија бежи, згранута, не разумевајући ништа.
Економија бежи, ми не бежимо. (Станислав Винавер, Скопски ђачки батаљон 1914: Батаљон 1300 каплара)”
― Nikola Marinković, Daj nam Bože municije

“The way some people seek title is baffling. They are willing to feed their own to the lion to achieve it. Even those who cannot kill a rat want to answer, the Lion Slayer 1 of world people.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“It takes a confident and competent rat to compete in a rat race and win.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“Rat koji smo, igrajući se Legije stranaca, bili poveli protiv roditelja, mi smo zapravo dobili, jer ratovi protiv starije generacije uvijek se dobivaju. Međutim, kao i svi, nakon pobjede preuzeli smo ideologiju poraženih, koja je naš trijumf odmah obezvrijedila i učinila ga jalovim i apsurdnim. Tako ćemo ubrzo i mi sami ostati na vjetrometini, izloženi ratnom napadu onih mlađih koji će za nama doći.”
― Goran Tribuson, Legija stranaca

“I am the inadvertent laboratory rat of professional astronomy.”
― Steven Magee

“Nikad neću zaboraviti teški miris baruta na tom prelijepom proljetnom danu i taj kontrast između prelijepog vremena, prirode i proljeća s jedne strane, i ratnog užasa s druge strane. Koliko nam tako lijepih dana duguju!
Elma Tataragic”
― Nihad M. Kresevljakovic, 2. Maj 1992. Bio je lijep i sunčan dan