Suzanne Collins Quotes

... merely another weapon.

A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada.

If there is a war to be fought, we don’t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.

The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.

The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap.

Tank's a fantastic human being, as far as fighting's concerned.

War is the science of destruction.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

Anybody who has experienced war will never want to do it again unless they have to. But if we’re going to do it, we have to be damn good at it.

You have to go to war with a sword and a shield. You cannot go to war with bare hands.

My characters came with a lot of gear, a lot of weaponry.

People want to hear what I do with Special Forces, as a ranger, as a sniper. And I'm like 'What does that have to do with fighting?' Let's talk about fighting. They couldn't be more different; there's nothing similar about them.

I have need of Rigaud. He is violent. I want him for carrying on war; and that war is necessary to me.

When people refer to a cage fight as war, I think it's kinda cute... A war, huh? You know what a war is? They, evidently, don't. It's not maybe their place to know what it is, but I do.

War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. ... To move swiftly, strike vigorously, and secure all the fruits of victory is the secret of successful war.

I know of nothing more exciting than war.

Mankind has had ten-thousand years of experience at fighting and if we must fight, we have no excuse for not fighting well.

Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.

If I had one wish, it would be for self-drying pants. Wait -- no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?!

The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.

What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?" "I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you." "Why?" "Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?

I gripped the stapler even harder and felt like a fool planning to battle a crazy man with a stapler that even, I suddenly remembered, contained no staples. Well, strike that line of defense.

Great battles are won with artillery.

There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.