Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Kirby

I didn't like Army life. I didn't like taking orders. I didn't like discipline. I didn't like being yelled at. You'd get 10 years for punching a sergeant so I couldn't punch a sergeant.

Jack Kirby

In the Army when we had judo classes, out of the class of 27 just me and another guy graduated. I grew to enjoy it because I knew I could do it well. I tried to do everything well.

J. Edgar Hoover

I would do it [study UFOs], but before agreeing to do it, we must insist upon full access to discs recovered. For instance in the L.A. case, the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination.

J. D. Salinger

He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army was practically as full of bastards as the Nazis were.

An army is a diversion of energy from the productive life of a nation.

Harrison Ford

With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship with the threat on the screen. That's something that's consistently happening and it makes these movies like video games and that's a soulless enterprise. It's all kinetics without emotion.

Harry Browne

Government doesn't work. You work, I work, Federal Express works, Microsoft works, the Salvation Army works, Alcoholics Anonymous works, but government doesn't.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Words can do wonderful things. They pound, purr. They can urge, they can wheedle, whip, whine. They can sing, sass, singe. They can churn, check, channelize. They can be a "Hup two three four." They can forge a fiery army of a hundred languid men.

Jim Calhoun

Hilton Armstrong was the best player on the court. He changed everything in the middle. He had big baskets. He was immense from the foul line.

He's sort of the Lance Armstrong of Nordic skiing. He doesn't leave anything to chance: equipment, training, planning for race day.

He started talking to his arms and to the weights. He was just crazy.

He's the ultimate utility player. Due to some circumstances that came up, he's our starting shortstop now. He did an excellent job last weekend at Franklin Parish. He has decent footwork and he has the arm strength to make a play when we need it.

He (Selle) does a lot of things well. I think he's a little bit better athlete than people give him credit for. I think they're closer in size than some people think. Selle isn't some guy who's 6-5, 230. He has a strong arm and so does Mark.

William Cowper

He sees that this great roundaboutThe world, with all its motley rout,Church, army, physic, law,Its customs and its businesses,Is no concern at all of his,And says -- what says he? -- Caw.

Andrew Bacevich

How do we know it is really an Iraqi Army rather than a sectarian Army? If it is not an Iraqi army, that really is going to put a damper on the notion of our drawing down forces.

How does someone who is not a member of the armed forces of a nation state become an armed combatant?

How could a kid with that great an arm ever lose confidence? Oh my gosh. He's just so blessed.

He's probably got the strongest arm in the history of Texas high school football.

John Gibbons

He's riding the bike every day. I'll tell you that, ... He's in shape. He plays catch or does something every other day to keep his arm working. I'm not even worried about that.

Darren Sharper

I don't really think he has (declined). Last year was a prime example. This year has been pretty much the same thing. I don't really think you can say a quarterback like that can wear down. It's like John Elway or Dan Marino. When you have that rifle arm and knowledge of the game, you can't really wear down.

I don't really focus on the results. That's somewhat secondary. It's how is your arm feeling. I may have pitched well or not pitched well, but I feel healthy and good.

Phil Garner

I'm seeing younger and better arms coming into the league in the last five or six years. Washington has good pitching. Same for San Diego.

I'm saying that more than a hundred weapons out of the supposed number of 250 are not under the control of the armed forces of Russia.

I'm rushing it. When I rush it, my arm is late, and therefore the ball stays up.

Maria Sharapova

I'm running in Central Park like every single day, getting my movement, still trying to get my arm stronger.

David Gergen

If Karl Rove were indicted, that would be like George W. Bush losing his right arm at a time when he needs every limb he's got to climb out of the hole he's in and to rebuild his presidency.

Warren Spector

I have no interest in guys who wear armor and swing big swords.

I haven't been able to begin to even get my arms around what's happened here, around what we've done.

Michelle Monaghan

I have nice muscle tone in my arms. I can't really take credit for it, though - all the members of my family do. A lot of arm wrestling happened in our family growing up!

I had to let go because I thought my arm was going to pop out of its socket. He could have easily killed me. I am lucky to be alive.

I never had a sore arm or sore leg in my life.

I'm very happy, it was a good mental win. When I went on today, I was certain about my arm and was not thinking about it at all. I didn't feel a thing.

Induction process of females in signals, electrical and mechanical engineering, inter services public relations, computer and legal branch of army would be completed by June 1.