Ex Military Quotes
Adams had gone to Harvard, Jefferson to William and Mary. Washington had gone to war.
I became a marine mom with the signing of a paper, but it would take a phone call, late one night, for me to fully absorb the impact this new title would have on my life.
Man with a crossbow in the proper position at the proper time’s worth a corps of heavy artillery half an hour late and ten miles down the road from where it should be.
Two guys jumped us on the way to get food, " Cameron answered. "Ty is like... a ninja on crack. He beat them up pretty spectacularly. Then we stole with their car.
It’s you and me, and all you have to do is breathe. I’m going to take care of everything else.
With books, you can have as many boyfriends as you want, and no one gets upset, jealous or calls you out for cheating. It’s a win-win.
The strategic center of the rebellion was not a place – not New York, Philadelphia, not the Hudson corridor – but the Continental Army itself.
Extravagant sartorial display had a purpose. It created the impression of wealth and power on the opponent and pride in the wearer which has been lost sight of in our nervously egalitarian times.
Who supports the troops? The troops support the troops.
I wanted people to know that we fired rounds into moving trucks and open windows to survive, not for anyone else’s freedom. Not for the Democrats. Not for Republicans. Just to survive.
Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it’s easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.
Appearances can be misleading. You just never know what’s inside someone until he’s tested.
When you’re as small as I am, people don’t expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.
Are you okay, man?""Yeah, I'm good."It's a lie. I wonder if I will ever be good again.
An infantryman’s job is to deliver his enemies into the waiting hands of Death. It is Doc’s job to protect his brothers from Death, to knock him aside and say, “Not today.
while you play bowling with one ball you will be late because untill come in that ball it's need time so you need more than one ball in order to defeat the whole army .
I’ll give you one chance to run, but may your shoulder always whisper in your ear…“It’s best to watch out for men, like me.
Tom's Navy SEAL team nicknamed him 'Tailspin', especially after sustaining his knee injury, but Joe likes to call him his 'Lucky Charm' -- saved his tail too many times to count.
Foreshadowing: Was my challenging Allah to unleash the full weight of his fury upon us, with dark clouds looming in the distance.
As sometimes happens with men who wish to fight but do not or cannot, Reagan developed a romantic image of the military.
They bright whiten all this sepulchre with powdered chloride of lime. It's a perfectly sanitary war.
...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the things set apart, the objects of His people He is jealous of.
For they were unseasoned, nor inured, not knowing this to be much less than the beginning of sorrow.
He thought it disproportionate in its violence considering the fragility of us.
This is our foxhole, and in foxholes, sometimes faith is all you've got.
Federal Officer: "The arms piled on the ground were not worth 10 cents a ton.
But how intolerable bright the morning is where we who are alive and remain, walk lifted up, carried forward by an effective word.
Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die.Into the valley of DeathRode the six hundred.
Everyday US Marines make possible the impossible and then go about their business like it's just the way things are supposed to be.
During the war some of the country’s sharpest minds had looked as if they had been dragged through a hedge backwards.
You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background
...the weather was atrocious. A frightful storm burst upon us. We camped literally in water...To cap our woe, there was no means to light a single fire. We had to imagine dinner.
We are all regular people, Pia, ’ she laughs. ‘But we are notregular wives.
