America is at that awkward stage it's too late to work within the system but too early to shoot the bastards.
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
Where does discontent start? You are warm enough but you shiver. You are fed yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time the Bastard Time.
You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution which can only end in a distorted bastardized form of illegitimate government.
Richard Nixon is a no good lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and if he ever caught himself telling the truth he'd lie just to keep his hand in.
I tried to drown my sorrows but the bastards learned how to swim and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards.
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise I say ignore the bastard.
This is an important book the critic assumes because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.