“Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure.”

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”

“Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.”

“Arboreal, a fine word. Our arboreal ancestors, Crake used to say. Used to shit on their enemies from above while perched in trees. All planes and rockets and bombs are simply elaborations on that primate instinct.”

“Guns and women can make an atom bombing look like an ice cream social.”

“We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.”