Combat Quotes · Page 12

For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft

— Jim Lovell

Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not ready for duty. They are at…

— Ike Skelton

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

— Mel Brooks

“Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance”

— Soke behzad Ahmadi

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

— Henry Adams

My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended." Under the banner "Mission Accomplished.

— George W. Bush

To combat the depression by a forced credit expansion is to attempt to cure the evil by the very means which brought…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

The more mechanical becomes the weapons with which we fight, the less mechanical must be the spirit which controls them.

— Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

In the 360-degree battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, women have served honorably and fought valiantly. Yet there is a key difference between…

— Pete Hegseth

When people come back from war and combat and they see things that maybe a lot of the folks in this room…

— Donald Trump

Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and…

— Mako

While I was thinking about that, the military, I read a book called On Killing, about the obstacles people have to pulling…

— Charlie Brooker

If we pick a fight, then we're just as bad as them. Combat should be used just to help people who can't…

— Tamora Pierce

How does 2002 bombing accident in Afghanistan happen? In this awful case it took so many lives, and I want to assure…

— Ray Henault

I had no system of shooting as such. It is definitely more in the feeling side of things that these skills develop.…

— Gunther Rall

Any physical practice can be a competitive sport. What level you can take postures to create the maximum challenge and show your…

— Rajashree Choudhury

I was going to say he's aimless," the witch replied. "I know he's a bit old to be old to living at…

— Michael Buckley

I did an action series back in '97, and did very intense training; weapons, knives, hand-to-hand combat. The more an actor trains…

— Melinda Clarke

“Back when I was a regular mortal kid, I didn't know much about combat. I had some murky ideas that armies would…

— Rick Riordan

Good question. (Acheron) I have a better one. How are we going to clean up this mess? (Kyrian) Nah, mine’s even better.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“I hate the way you talk to me And the way you cut your hair I hate the way you drive my…

— David Levithan

“As a ground-combat force approaches the deadly zone and moves within range of the enemy’s rifles, mortars, and machine guns, the dynamics…

— Robert Scales

Too much horsing around with unrealistic stances and classic forms and rituals is just too artificial and mechanical, and doesn't really prepare…

— Bruce Lee

I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as…

— William J. Duiker

“Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them…

— Sting

I'm here to be the greatest combat sports heavyweight of all-time, and if that includes taking out Jon Jones to do that,…

— Greg Hardy

Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy - their own population.

— Noam Chomsky

In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance…

— Miyamoto Musashi

As an activist who uses storytelling to combat stigma, I have always been adamant that we tell our own stories.

— Janet Mock

The combat [with ISIS] on the ground must be done by Muslim troops with our support. We must not get involved in…

— Bernie Sanders

But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.

— Vanessa Mae

You can't just do one of the things, because it won't be enough to combat the climate change that we're already starting…

— Ed Begley, Jr

Football offers us a sanitized spectacle of combat that has a clear resolution, which we need more and more today given our…

— Steve Almond

As a combat veteran, I am keenly aware of the critical importance of authorizing funding for our military.

— John E. James

There's nothing like experiencing the sights and sounds of a live robot combat event.

— Grant Imahara

Every country that has experimented with women in actual combat has abandoned the idea, and the notion that Israel uses women in…

— Phyllis Schlafly

The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception.

— Manfred von Richthofen

I didn't turn with the enemy pilots as a rule. I might make one turn to see what the situation was but…

— John C. Meyer

Syria is ready to cooperate and coordinate all efforts, whether regional or international, to combat terrorism

— Walid Muallem

It is a cheap zeal that reserves its passions to combat only the sins and temptations of others.

— D. A. Carson