270 Movie Quotes about War (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Aug 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about war, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 You may inadvertently trigger an interstellar war.

Quote from Independence Day (1996)

12 Look at that, gentlemen. Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance.

George C. Scott as General George Patton in Patton (1970)

13 You know, there's only one proper way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.

George C. Scott as General George Patton in Patton (1970)

14 Yeah, you say peace, I kind of think you mean the other thing.

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in The Avengers (2012)

15 You ever been in a war, Councilman? In a firefight? Did you feel an overabundance of control?

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in The Avengers (2012)

16 When I went under, the world was at war. I wake up, they say we won. They didn't say what we lost.

Chris Evans as Captain America in The Avengers (2012)

17 You have missed the war.

Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000)

18 See, you're thinking. Don't. Because, sergeant, you can't control who gets hit or who doesn't, who falls out of a chopper or why. It ain't up to you. It's just war.

Eric Bana as Hoot in Black Hawk Down

19 And in the ensuing wars, all of our best men were decimated.

Quote from The Ninja Hunter

20 Holy interruptions. Who has time for afternoon tea at a time like this? -Wellington did. Even at Waterloo.

Quote from Batman (1966)