Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kurt Vonnegut

You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed, unpatched clothes, so rich Americans can stand to look at them.

Chesty Puller

We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!

Chesty Puller

So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds won't get away this time!

Chesty Puller

Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.

Chesty Puller

They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.

Bernard Law Montgomery

A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors.

Chester Nez

When we went into the Marine Corps, we didn't know what it was that we were going to do,

Catherine Bell

Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering.

Ed Royce

The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This isn't just an issue for the U.S. and Japan. It has regional implications.

John Harrison

As a sailor it was very important to me, and it reinforces a sense of place.

Daya Master

The three sailors died. One Sea Tiger cadre was injured.

Gary Jobson

Every sailor is doing something at every moment. There is no letup.

Fritz Sauckel

I'm a sailor, not a politician.

Luanne Rice

A good sailor knows everything is always changing.

Emily Dickinson

The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.

George Orwell

There is no such thing as a naval dictatorship.

Horatio Nelson

Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.