Combat Quotes · Page 13

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. I'm trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to…

— Kathryn Bigelow

The only way to combat failure is to see it as an opportunity to improve your direction.

— Todd Duncan

An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

— Adolf Galland

“Unless all other means have been exhausted, the battle is nothing more than a bar fight taking place in a room that…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The eight-year-old beat your best cadet in hand-to-hand combat?” “So did the six-year-old girl, ma’am. Actually, she beat the instructor also.”

— James Patterson

If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know…

— Socrates

Officers conditioned to conformity in peacetime cannot be expected to behave boldly and flexibly in combat.

— Paul Yingling

Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.

— Jeff Cooper

I think this does show that there will be some changes, not so much in Europe or Asia but certainly in the…

— Peter R. Mansoor

For me, Malak was always the 'brawn' to Revan's 'brain' - he was renowned for his combat abilities, and I always felt…

— Drew Karpyshyn

You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding,…

— Isla Fisher

I teamed up with the PGA of America to help promote a weekend of golf that raises scholarship money for kids who…

— George W. Bush

China and other members should join efforts to combat serious infectious disease, such as bird flu. To enhance the cooperation on the…

— Wen Jiabao

In Paris ... I achieved a freer attitude towards anti-Semitism, which I now began to understand historically and to pardon. Above all…

— Theodor Herzl

I had the vocation for politics. What I didn't have was any aptitude for political combat. I took the attacks personally, which…

— Michael Ignatieff

The only way to combat the murder that is war is to show the dirty combinations that make it and the criminals…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Stripped to its essence, combat is a series of quick decisions and rather precise actions carried out in concert with ten or…

— Sebastian Junger

I think all gay guys should get married. I think they should have to get married. They should have to adopt kids…

— Greg Giraldo

He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique…

— Michael Scheuer

While the agreement signed in Paris between 195 nations to combat climate change was historic and significant, it's still vague and lacks…

— John B. Quigley

“This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I…

— Anonymous

We now know that climate action does not require economic sacrifice. This is fully in line with the World Bank Group's findings.…

— Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Muzzle control has to be a religion. You cannot point that weapon at one of your brothers-or yourself. Know where you barrel…

— Dick Couch

Thus, Protestantism will always stand up for the advancement of all Germans as such, as long as matters of inner purity or…

— Adolf Hitler

Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.

— William Ernest Henley

An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.

— James Mattis

Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

— Charles Lamb

The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“They Served ...reliving memories that will not die giving their all for you and I - friends taken lives shaken...”

— Muse

A civilised man is someone who has discovered something more satisfying than combat.

— John Keegan

The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“The weakest ones are the wickedest cruel When the strongest ones in gentleness rule!”

— Ana Claudia Antunes

I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running and vaulting. But also yoga and…

— Jennifer Lawrence

Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens...

— Charles Tilly

I agree with the president [Barack Obama]. I've said myself, we will not send American combat troops back to either Syria or…

— Hillary Clinton

I'd always wanted to do something about the Second World War, but I didn't want to do another combat film, whether it…

— Michael Apted

I was the Commander in Chief with men and women in combat. And the idea of trying to agonize in public or…

— George W. Bush

The most important thing for a fighter pilot is to get his first victory without too much shock.

— Werner Molders

One of the best ways countries can combat poverty is to use development assistance to promote a growing private sector, in which…

— John Danilovich

I love going on Chris Hayes' show. It probably is my favorite because of the intensity of the intellectual combat.

— Matt Gaetz