Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Eisenhower

I was a lieutenant in World War II.

Al Spalding

No human mind may measure the blessings conferred by the game of base ball on the soldiers of the Civil War. It had its earliest evolution when soldiers, North and South, were striving to forget their foes by cultivating, through this grand game, fraternal friendships with comrades in arms.

Dito Montiel

I have friends who have had PTSD, and you can get it from other things than war.

Robert E. Lee

Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.

Richard Perle

Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians.

Richard Paul Evans

. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.

Richard Holbrooke

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

Townsend Harris

In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war.

Townsend Harris

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

Robert E. Lee

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

Abraham Lincoln

The Almighty has His own purposes.

Abraham Lincoln

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty

Abraham Lincoln

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

Peter Forsberg

I take hundreds of photographs. I know the date, I know the time, I say 'Where the hell was I when I took this?

Chris Noth

I don't do a hell of a lot of publicity. I find it nauseous. I feel like a blithering idiot and your friends are laughing at you.

Ernie Paragallo

I don't know what the hell his problem is. He's not lame. He has no filling, no swelling, no breaks, no strains, nothing. There's nothing wrong with him.

Nick Holt

He has one hell of an arm, man.

Chad Johnson

Hello Jacksonville. I love you guys. Let's talk some trash.

Corey Rouse

Hell isn't an after-death experience. It's what we live every day.

Rob Corddry

Pat OBrien knows nothing. Hes on the Hell express.

Rick Riordan

Hello, Hazel Levesque.

Roald Dahl

The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.