Bomb Quotes

Small: An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs
John Ashcroft
"An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs"
John Ashcroft, Public Servant
Small: Second point is no one here could predict or know that Israel was involved or started producing the hydrogen b
"Second point is no one here could predict or know that Israel was involved or started producing the hydrogen bomb - the most advanced and powerful atomic bomb that can kill millions of people"
Mordechai Vanunu, Scientist
Small: My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb
"My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb"
Mordechai Vanunu, Scientist
Small: And when Roger talks about the frightened ones running away from the bombs, I immediately thought of my days w
Gerald Scarfe
"And when Roger talks about the frightened ones running away from the bombs, I immediately thought of my days when I was young and I had to wear these gas masks"
Gerald Scarfe, Artist
Small: I would take a bomb, but I cant stand the noise
"I would take a bomb, but I can't stand the noise"
Joe E. Lewis, Comedian
Small: In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in fo
"In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes a blitzed Pacific island seem like an Eden. The damage is far greater than photographs can show"
Wilfred Burchett, Journalist
Small: Haiti looks like a bomb hit it
"Haiti looks like a bomb hit it"
Jim Fowler, Scientist
Small: And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I s
"And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb"
Mordechai Vanunu, Scientist
Small: I also was producing, working on other materials for the hydrogen bomb. They call it lithium-6 and tritium.
"I also was producing, working on other materials for the hydrogen bomb. They call it lithium-6 and tritium. I was working on these and the only use for lithium-6 is the hydrogen bomb"
Mordechai Vanunu, Scientist
Small: Celebrity hits like a bomb
Jimmy Smits
"Celebrity hits like a bomb"
Jimmy Smits, Actor
Small: Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bomb
"Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction"
Theodore C. Sorensen, Lawyer
Small: Guantanamo Bay houses enemy combatants ranging from terrorist trainers and recruiters to bomb makers, would-be
"Guantanamo Bay houses enemy combatants ranging from terrorist trainers and recruiters to bomb makers, would-be suicide bombers, and terrorist financiers"
Chris Chocola, Politician
Small: We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through
"We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space"
Richard Dawkins, Scientist
Small: The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness it was th
"The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness; it was the direct reaction to the bombardment of the body, at the moment when the bomb went off, by neutrons, beta particles, and gamma rays"
John Hersey, Writer
Small: When I was growing up, it was Communists. Now its Terrorists. So you always have to have somebody to fight and
"When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything"
Cindy Sheehan, Activist
Small: The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks
"The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen"
David Wilkerson, Clergyman
Small: The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke
"The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke"
Octave Mirbeau, Writer
Small: One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremend
"One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above"
Manfred von Richthofen, Aviator
Small: I am so sick of reading about another car bomb, another suicide bomber, another 10, 20, 30, 70, 100 people dea
"I am so sick of reading about another car bomb, another suicide bomber, another 10, 20, 30, 70, 100 people dead in a day, both Americans and Iraqis"
Rosanne Cash, Musician
Small: And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear w
"And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear weapons of any kind. And I also thought about ways in which all of us undergo what could be called the numbing of everyday life"
Robert Jay Lifton, Psychologist
Small: We havent been out in many of these countries helping them build infrastructure. How would they look at us tod
"We haven't been out in many of these countries helping them build infrastructure. How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that, rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?"
Patty Murray, Politician
Small: The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in t
"The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard"
Penelope Lively, Author
Small: It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting
Elliott Smith
"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin"
Elliott Smith, Musician
Small: What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specifi
"What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima"
John Hersey, Writer
Small: Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a
"Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether"
Cyril Connolly, Journalist
Small: I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I dont remember all the bombs though they did actually break up
"I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool, you know. I remember when I was a little older, there was big gaps in all the streets where houses used to be. We used to play over them"
Ringo Starr, Musician
Small: Youve got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, youre going to hit civilians
"You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians"
Barry Goldwater, Politician
Small: My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build
"My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build a nuclear bomb with so much force, so much power, that it will be dropped somewhere on the face of this earth and that the earth will lose its place"
Evel Knievel, Entertainer
Small: Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that theyd been kept in the dark by the United States governmen
"Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do"
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet
Small: Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm
"Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm"
Dorothy Day, Activist
Small: One thing thats great about being a character actor is that a movie doesnt rest on your shoulders. If it bombs
"One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career"
Joe Pantoliano, Actor
Small: Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innoc
"Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy"
Charles Krauthammer, Journalist
Small: Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I dont if anybody knows what it is but it was about...
Val Guest
"Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the early days of testing nuclear bombs, that Russia and America happened to test a nuclear bomb at the same moment at different ends of the earth"
Val Guest, Director
Small: The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory
"The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory"
Henry L. Stimson, Statesman
Small: I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto
"I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto"
Henry L. Stimson, Statesman
Small: But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature
"But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit into old concepts"
Henry L. Stimson, Statesman
Small: We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows ha
"We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another"
Henry L. Stimson, Statesman
Small: We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task
"We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task"
Theodore Bikel, Actor
Small: My parents were overprotective because you could get kidnapped and bombs were exploding in the streets
Mia Maestro
"My parents were overprotective because you could get kidnapped and bombs were exploding in the streets"
Mia Maestro, Actress
Small: It is absolutely true in war, were other things equal, that numbers, whether men, shells, bombs, etc., would b
"It is absolutely true in war, were other things equal, that numbers, whether men, shells, bombs, etc., would be supreme. Yet it is also absolutely true that other things are never equal and can never be equal"
J. F. C. Fuller, Soldier