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Herman Wouk Quotes

Herman Wouk quotes

American Novelist May 27, 1915

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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind. Herman Wouk
He was just head over ears in love, with a young woman as near as his hand and as remote as a star, and for the moment it was enough to be where she was. Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk quote: "The girl you marry and the woman you must make a life with are..."
The girl you marry and the woman you must make a life with are two different people. Herman Wouk
Look at us. We build giant highways and murderously fast cars for killing each other and committing suicide. Instead of bomb shelters we construct gigantic frail glass buildings all over Manhattan at Ground Zero, a thousand feet high, open to the sky, life a woman undressing before an intruder and provoking him to rape her. We ring Russia's borders with missile-launching pads, and then scream that she's threatening us. In all history there's never been a more lurid mass example of the... Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk quote: "This life is slow suicide, unless you read."
This life is slow suicide, unless you read. Herman Wouk
In the glare, the great and terrible light of this happening, God seems to signal that the story of the rest of us need not end, and that the new light can prove a troubled dawn. For the rest of us, perhaps. Not for the dead, not for the more than fifty million real dead in the world's worst catastrophe: victors and vanquished, combatants and civilians, people of so many nations, men, women, and children, all cut down. For them there can be no new earthly dawn. Yet thought their bones like in... Herman Wouk
The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you are not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only operate well by pretending to be one. All the shortcuts and economies and common-sense changes that your native intelligence suggests to you are mistakes. Learn to quash them. Constantly ask yourself, "How would I do this if I were a fool?" Throttle down your mind to a crawl. Then you will never go wrong. Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk quote: "About the nicest thing God ever invented was alcohol. He's..."
About the nicest thing God ever invented was alcohol. He's proud of it, too. The Bible's full of kind remarks about booze. Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk quote: "Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds..."
Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good. Herman Wouk
The only true non-conformists are in the asylums; the only radically free spirits are in the death house awaiting the chair. We live by patterns. Herman Wouk
I think it's a bit like coming to the end of a book. The plot's in its thickest, all the characters are in a mess, but you can see that there aren't fifty pages left, and you know that the finish can't be far off. Herman Wouk
Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live. Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk quote: "I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A..."
I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule. Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk quote: "The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody..."
The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot. Herman Wouk
I feel like having a cigar, too, right this second. I'm full of queer yens. Can it be that I"m pregnant? Intellectually, maybe. Stop me if I start eating chalk. I'll be righ tback. You know, I dont' smoke half a dozen cigars a year. But this one tastes ambrosial. Herman Wouk

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