In peacetime people say: War is Hell. In combat, under fire from artillery, airplanes, or whatever, a soldier thinks, War is really really really LOUD as Hell!Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, hell, fire, fire brigade, people
If you drop a soldier in the middle of a desert with a rock, a hammer, and an anvil, tell him not to touch any of it, and come back two hours later, the anvil will be broken.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, rocks
No matter how many months the fantastic hamburger griller has sold lunches at your home range, he will never be there when you forgot your lunch.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, home
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.Quote by Thomas Paine about time, man, country, woman, love
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out.Quote by Nick Park about commerce, americans, people
While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our courageous soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq, I cannot be supportive of capitalizing on these very sacrifices for political gain.Quote by Ed Pastor
As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.Quote by Lester B. Pearson about war, world
Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine.Quote by Sean Penn about war, medicine, attack, nation, americans
I thought if I should be a colonel or a general, there would always be somebody above me, but if I should be a soldier, nobody will command me.Quote by Shimon Peres about thinking
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.Quote by Ambrose Bierce about history, events
It's not surprising on two fronts. One, that they sold it, and two, that it's not worth much.Quote by David Hartley about opinion
Exhausted sunset I have seen Reality trailing its changing shadow behind: blue nebulae crouching in the corner of your eye an exhausted sunset pinning down a patch of sky - of course, I’m trying to explain all this to you, especially...Quote by Otilia Nicolescu about poetry, shadow, smile, sky, reality, world