Quotes About Army

He had told her the story of his brave ancestors in the army, but why didn't he ever speak of his family here and now?

I had just heard tales that the Valkyrie were large warriors, akin to Amazons." "If you're the sole survivor of an army attacked by us, are you going to say we had our asses handed to us by petite, nubile females, or by she-monsters who can bench Buicks?

One might think that someone as smart as Buckley would have the good sense to shut up, but good sense is not something Bill Buckley had in great supply when he entered the army.

Additionally, visitors can learn some interesting lessons in military logistics since a section of George Spangler's acreage behind the hospital site served as a camp for some of the Army of the Potomac's Reserve Artillery.8

Even before the war's end, Alexander was recognized as the most accomplished artillerist in the Army of Northern Virginia.

Life was like one big marching army. Death ran alongside and picked off a soldier here and there, but that didn't affect the army. Its march continued, and its size didn't seem to diminish. On the contrary, it grew on into eternity, so that no one was alone in death. Someone else would always follow. That was what counted. Such was the chain of life: unbreakable. But

I prefer 'buccaneers',' he grinned. 'A small privately funded army of committed peacekeepers. Tough, but fair. Our motto is: We put the fist in 'pacifist'.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didn't have any money.

his army to plunder, and sold the entire population for slaves.

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country

I made it very plain: We will not have an all-volunteer army. [Crowd boos] Let me restate that. We will not have a draft.

Nothing is more harmful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army superiority over another.

To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic.

A language is a dialect with its own army and navy.

Divizije, pukovnije, batoljoni, ?ete, jedinice svih vrsta pomiješat ?e se u gomili lijesova. Potom ?e ih ukrcati u veliki brod koji ?e tromo isploviti iz luke da bi vratio u domovinu ovu armiju svedenu sada na nekoliko tona kalcija i fosfora.

The smile he gave her was wistful, just a little lift to his mouth. You are a fighter. Yes. Always. And sometimes I'm a whole army.

In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year.

Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other.

The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to practicing cavalry charges on western outposts.

I myself have seen the floating ships And nothing will ever be the same The shouts, The harrowing voices within the house. I stand apart with an army: My mind is graven with ships.