Quotes About Combat

Back when I was a regular mortal kid, I didn't know much about combat. I had some murky ideas that armies would line up, blow trumpets, and then march forward to kill one another in an orderly fashion. If I thought about Viking combat at all, I would envision some dude yelling, SHIELD WALL! and a bunch of hairy blond guys calmly forming ranks and merging their shields into some cool geometric pattern like a polyhedron or a Power Ranger Megazord.

Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They have this abiding notion that war is fun. And no history lesson will convince them differently.

Never let it be said that I could not talk my way out of any trouble that I could not punch.

They had engaged in what could not be called treatment or even discussion, but open combat, the two of them a microcosm of the great war raging in the far distance: one side that desired autonomy, and the other that took independence as a sign of madness.

They fought as though the most important thing was to damage each other as much as possible.

Never go easy on allies if you ahve to take them down. Especially allies. You're already fighting the urge not to hurt them. Counteract that and hit them with everything you've got.

Switchblade, I said. Nice. I could use one of those. That's not enough? He whispered, pointing at my gun. It does the job, if the job us to kill. I need a backup that's not always so lethal. You could try getting yourself into fewer situations where you need a weapon.

Take note, Anderson. Size and martial ability do not need to come with a correlating decrease in intelligence.

Daniel heaved Moreno to his feet. The man swung at him, but Daniel ducked easily and returned a one-two punch that left Moreno reeling. "Island wrestling champ," I said. "Only third place in boxing, though, so you're getting off easy.

El flanco de un ejército era más vulnerable que su cabecera.

it was like a fencing match with blunted swords.

Orice prost poate s? intre într-o b?taie, dar numai un înÈ›elept È™tie cum s? se fereasc? de ele.

Lanzar una bomba desde un avión en movimiento y lograr que impactara contra un barco en movimiento, o dejar caer un torpedo de manera que alcanzara un buque, revestía una dificultad increíble, sobre todo para un piloto al que estaban disparando desde arriba y desde abajo.

Soldiers want to win wars, not avoid them." The

There is a lot more to me than just walking guys down. I have speed, I have power, I have a crazy uppercut, I can move to the side. There are a lot of ways I can get it done.

The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.

If you would force me to be unarmed and helpless I would have to do everything in my power to neutralize you... Peace and love will get you killed. That doesn't sound like a hippie.

The #1 key to spiritual warfare is prayer.

And one battle looks much like another when you survey the corpses after.

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.

Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

The enemy will never attack you where you are strongest. . . . He will attack where you are weakest. If you do not know your weakest point, be certain, your enemy will.

All told, Finnish fighter pilots shot down 240 confirmed Red aircraft, against the loss of 26 of their own planes. It was standard practice to send at least one interceptor up to meet every Russian bomber sortie within range. Not infrequently the appearance of a single Fokker caused an entire squadron of SB-2s to jettison its bombs into the snow and turn tail.

The Russian Army had always believed in the power of artillery.