Famous Quotes & Sayings

It kind of makes you wonder who is in charge at the Army Corps of Engineers.

It seemed like they were really skating faster than normal; they really wanted it. Our team is built on a lot of skill, a lot of teamwork. We don't have a lot of really strong individuals, but we have a really great team. It's really built on the Army standard of playing together, good passing ... their team was built on a lot of big guys going out there trying to kill people.

It was a suicide attack. The person was wearing an army uniform and was on a motorbike which he rammed into the convoy of the National Army officers.

It will be an old Army base in Arkansas, ... That's way too far.

It's a wonderful way the community can partner with the Salvation Army to make sure there's something under the tree.

It is regrettable that they kidnapped this great woman. This girl is not from the (Israeli) occupation army, to be kidnapped.

It's great to celebrate, ... but at the same time, we need to remember that going to Army is a business trip.

It's more of a communications tool. It's tied to recruiting in that it's communicating what the Army is.

It's always a great rivalry game with Army-Navy and I think our guys showed a lot of heart on the road today. They showed a lot of different defenses and I think our guys did a good job executing.

David Eddings

I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life.

Induction process of females in signals, electrical and mechanical engineering, inter services public relations, computer and legal branch of army would be completed by June 1.

Rene Preval

In the past, the army caused trouble. There is no such organized force today.

In terms of NEO (non-combatant evacuation operations), obviously if the Indonesian army performs its job then there shouldn't be need for an evacuation,

Fidel Castro

In the army of the workers there must be discipline; there must be comradeship, there must be unity; you are the officers of this army, you are the leaders.

If you took at the cities getting these big Army divisions that are coming home (from overseas bases), I would guess we are the biggest single-city net gainer in the country.

It has dominated the media, ... There is deep worry about the image of the British army and deep worry about the effect on Iraqi elections.

Joel Davis

It has been suggested that you can trace the route of a modern army by looking at shell casings and used batteries.

Iraq's Sunnis perceive the 'national' army and police force as a Shiite-Kurdish militia on steroids.

I realized that the soldier plays a major role in building the army from the moment I started my service here.

I personally think that it's going to be quick, that the Iraqi army will join the Italian army in historical folklore.

But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

An army is a diversion of energy from the productive life of a nation.

Channel 6 is a wonderful tool, and I wanted to transform it to rein-force the command message and what the Army is doing.

Honestly I've already had two calls from the recruiting battalion - 'Hey we know you guys are doing the fly over and we've got some questions about getting guys into the flight program can you help us out'. I'm supposed to talk to one of the kids next week to try and get him to go Army aviation.

For my family, that was a shameful thing. My mom and sister lived very afraid, and to them, being a guerrilla was considered subversive, like being a criminal. The army committed most of the crimes in our town, but my family felt they needed to respect authority. I always questioned authority. In the end, if we didn't do something, we were going to get recruited, period.

George Bernard Shaw

An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not of more declarations.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Our path to Palestine will not be covered with a red carpet or with yellow sand. Our path to Palestine will be covered with blood... In order that we may liberate Palestine, the Arab nation must unite, the Arab armies must unite, and a unified plan of action must be established

I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of crime has increased.

William Cowper

He sees that this great roundaboutThe world, with all its motley rout,Church, army, physic, law,Its customs and its businesses,Is no concern at all of his,And says -- what says he? -- Caw.

Andrew Bacevich

How do we know it is really an Iraqi Army rather than a sectarian Army? If it is not an Iraqi army, that really is going to put a damper on the notion of our drawing down forces.

Ingmar Bergman

I make all my decisions on intuition. But then, I must know why I made that decision. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.

Jack Kirby

I didn't like Army life. I didn't like taking orders. I didn't like discipline. I didn't like being yelled at. You'd get 10 years for punching a sergeant so I couldn't punch a sergeant.