Settles Quotes

"One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one."

Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.

(While he followed his mother`s lead into fashion, his appreciation for fine art hasn`t waned, and, if he had the time, he`d still be painting. For now, he settles for taking snapshots with his digital camera.) I don`t take big panoramic pictures, ... I pay attention to detail. I take (photographs of) rose petals, the veins of leaves and tiny animals like ladybugs.

(The jury awarded plaintiff Carol Ernst $243 million, though Texas law prevents her from collecting damages that high.) When the dust settles there will be $26.3 million at 10 percent interest annually, ... I`m not sure Ms. Ernst will see any of that for the next five years.

Ignorance never settles a question.

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. War settles nothing.

"Why me?" That is the soldier`s first question, asked each morning as the patrols go out and each evening as the night settles around the foxholes.