Famous Quotes & Sayings

Phil Klay

I never thought anyone would pity me because of my time in the Marine Corps.

Brian Jackson

We need the Marines to be as sharp as possible.

Mark Kelly

Well, I have an undergraduate degree, a couple of bachelor's degrees, from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Brad Milton

I have even been in the pits with our Marine team before.

Dave Barry

The problem was that Panama technically belonged to Colombia, which refused to sign a treaty leasing it to the United States. So Roosevelt sent a gunboat filled with marines down to Panama, just on the off chance that a revolution might suddenly break out, and darned if one didn't, two days later. Not only that, but the leaders of the new nation of Panama-talk about lucky breaks!-were absolutely thrilled to have the United States build a canal there. 'Really, it's our pleasure,' they told the marines, adding, 'Don't shoot.'

Catherine Bell

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

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.

John Harrison

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

Fritz Sauckel

I'm a sailor, not a politician.

Gary Jobson

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

Daya Master

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

Luanne Rice

A good sailor knows everything is always changing.

Emily Dickinson

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

Horatio Nelson

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

George Orwell

There is no such thing as a naval dictatorship.