Famous Quotes & Sayings

A. N. Wilson

One symptom of his (Hitler) being strangely at variance with reality, or the nature of things,was his gift for wearing inappropriate of ludicrous clothing...When he was supposed to be starting a militaristic revolution he was wearing evening dress and an ill-fitting black tailcoat...and his army medals.

Tom Brokaw

I've been lucky from my earliest memory on. I happened to be born to the right parents, and the lives we led - working class, migratory - suited my personality. I had an adventurous mindset, and we lived on an Army base, then in South Dakota - it was a dynamic environment.

John Mahoney

When I got out of the army I went to college, and I got a Bachelor's degree in English, and then I went to University, and I got a master's degree in English. Because I thought I wanted to teach English. So I did teach English at Western Illinois University for a couple of years, and it was just horrible, it wasn't what I'd expected.

George Washington

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another

Poorly-planned development is marching like a marauding army through the Shenandoah Valley.

Robin Cook

Nobody is saying that it's for the government of Sierra Leone to get on for itself, ... We are heavily involved in making sure they are able to do that in both building up their army and by also providing by far the largest donation to the peace process since the rebuilding of Sierra Leone.

Geno Auriemma

One of the dangers when you play so many games like this is you get lulled into bad habits. That first half we were just content to go up and down and trade baskets. Army did exactly what I thought they would do. They were patient, they run their stuff, they grind it out.

My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given that Army brats went to West Point, so I went to West Point in 1941. And being in the military has been my life.

Karen Abbott

At least in cities where the Confederate Army established a base of operations, young women were overwhelmed by the number of prospective suitors. Thousands of men flocked to the Confederate capital of Richmond, prepared to work in one of the government departments or to train for duty in the Army.

Lois Lowry

Oddly, the military world is one of great sameness. There is an orderly quality to life on an army base, and even the children of the military are brought up with that sense of order and sameness.

Jim Brown

There is a reasonable possibility there may be further money that can be distributed to charities, and the Salvation Army has made known their desire to receive some of it. I'm glad to hear from them, and I can understand if they felt they were unfairly singled out, but they weren't.

Jan Egeland

But certainly the Pakistani army is continuing to look for people.

Lawrence Wilkerson

My army right now is truly in bad shape. Problems are brewing.

Jamie Cullum

My grandmother on my father's side, a nightclub singer, was a Jewish refugee from Prussia who ended up in Jerusalem, where she met my grandfather - a British army officer. I remember as a child having bowls of chicken soup made by her. There were lots of interesting components, like feet and necks.

Jim Parrack

My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

Nigel Hamilton

My father had risen in the British Army under the revolutionary aegis of General Montgomery, who was mad about training for battle, not muddling into disaster.

No part of the Yugoslav army was spared.

Kenny Guinn

Nevadans can be proud of their efforts to help people impacted by the hurricane, ... With the assistance of nonprofit groups such as Catholic Charities, United Way, Red Cross, Salvation Army and many others that have worked hard to assist the evacuees, Nevada has demonstrated our support for the victims of Katrina.

George S. Patton

Give me an army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win the war.

Fragmented boards can't have the expertise needed to review the Army Corps of Engineers plans for the levee system nor the clout to hold them accountable. Multiple boards cannot be part of a cohesive solution for the region. It is also reasonable to expect that a single board is going to be more efficient and cost effective yielding greater results everywhere for everyone.

Furthermore, the Army regrets that the initial casualty report from the field was in error as well as the time that it has taken to correct the report and to inform his family,

Future procurements under the five-year contract will be determined by the Army and be based on individual supplier performance, specifically delivery and quality.

If Army wants to push the ball, we'll push back. If the pace slows and there's a lot of six-on-six, we're fine with that, too.

From the beginning, we wanted to compete with Army and Navy. All of the people running our program at the start were West Point graduates.

I have a job to do, I'm an officer in the Army, and I've got my duty to do. We're truck drivers, we're targets -- big moving targets -- and it's scary.

James Connolly

I feel terrible. I'd like to get out. I'm done with the army. I want to move on. My commitment was up last December but they extended the whole division until January 31, 2007,

I have detailed my army to keep an eye on them at all times because they are capable of taking off and disappearing completely. We won't run from the front, but we shall not be far away from the leaders. This time nobody will be detailed to set the pace because all my runners are of equal in strength.

I am confident we will get the signatures we need. This is a well-funded effort. We have an army of volunteers. Everyone seems real excited.

Mike Medavoy

I am a legal immigrant whose parents went from Russia to China to Chile to finally reach the United States and thereby give me a chance to have a better life. I served six years in the U.S. Army Reserve, went to college, have a successful career and have dedicated my life to being a good citizen.

Jeff Sessions

I am bitterly disappointed that Anniston Army Depot did not gain personnel from Red River Army Depot as the Defense Department had recommended,

Calvin Coolidge

The only difference between a mob and a trained army is organization.

Alan Furst

And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.

Al Capone

These guys are not from the Iraqi army, ... These are not Iraqi soldiers. They are not members of any of the Iraqi armed forces.