Famous Quotes & Sayings

George S. Patton

We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any sense of decency or else they lost it all during their period of internment by the Germans.... My personal opinion is that no people could have sunk to the level of degradation these have reached in the short space of four years.

George S. Patton

Let's keep our boots polished, bayonets sharpened, and present a picture of force and strength to the Red Army. This is the only language they understand and respect.

George S. Patton

Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen

George S. Patton

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

George S. Patton

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

George S. Patton

A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.

George S. Patton

The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.

Jeff Miller

I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way

James A. Michener

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Humanity, like armies in the field, advances at the speed of the slowest.

George Jackson

But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation

Christine Lavin

I've learned that when someone does something very kind and refuses payment, giving them an engraved Swiss Army knife is never refused!

George W. Bush

I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.

George W. Bush

There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.

George W. Bush

Today, the government of a free Afghanistan is fighting terror, Pakistan is capturing terrorist leaders, Saudi Arabia is making raids and arrests, Libya is dismantling its weapons programs, the army of a free Iraq is fighting for freedom, and more than three-quarters of al-Qaida's key members and associates have been detained or killed. We have led, many have joined, and America and the world are safer.

George W. Bush

We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental — supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel.

George W. Bush

It's the Afghan national army that went into Najaf and did the work there.

George W. Bush

We don't need mass armies anymore. We replace it with more effective equipment.

George W. Bush

The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well.

George Orwell

One always abandons something in retreat. Look at Napoleon at the Beresina! He abandoned his whole army.

Randy Johnson

I don't need to go out there all the time and throw seven or eight innings. You might like it. I might like it. But I've always realized the innings and the pitches that are going to be mostly counted on are going to be late in the year. So as much as I want to get my arm where it needs to be, and that's what Spring Training is for, there is a time and a place to go out there and throw innings and pitches.

I don't like what happened, but the good thing is that I threw fastballs and my arm felt fine.

Combining the great things that AKO has done in the past with the net-centric future that Army modularity will provide -- this is a great opportunity for the Army,

Igor Ivanov

Carrying out this plan allows not only for reinforcing KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) detachments, but also for carrying out a ground operation. NATO is currently preparing for such an operation,

Troy Percival

I believe I can. That's not my decision. There's a lot of good arms here in camp and a lot of guys who can help the squad. I'm just going to go out and show them what I've got and take it from there.

I am more the patriot today as I march in protest and dissent than when I wore the uniform of a United States Marine. Nor am I less the warrior, armed with a bullhorn rather than an automatic weapon.

Ice T

The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.

Bobby Frasor

He can have a guy hanging all over his arm but still have the touch to finish. It's something I've never seen a post player have.

He can conduct just as much as Klemperer conducted. He has to find a way of making music with his face, his arms and little gestures. He has to be much more concentrated. But as I say, Klemperer also found a way.

He and his brother are real close. This being his first year and everything, we're really going to have to take Derek in our arms and carry him along.

He always told me the people in Armstrong County were wonderful and I found out he was right,

He always talked about how he wanted to ride with Lance Armstrong to see if he could beat him.

Healthy environment and rich natural heritage are of paramount importance for the future of unified Korea, ... Environmental concerns underlie all of the major topics that have been identified as priority, (including) economic cooperation, tension and arms reduction.