If she’s out here and not locked up in the barracks, I’ll know,” he said. He took a deep breath and whistled.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
As a combat medic, I heard a lot of last words; I saw a lot of last breaths taken. — James McCloughan Copy Share Image
The American president has to both keep our families safe and make the economy grow in a way that helps everyone, not… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What I like to do is to give my real name in Starbucks but be really hostile each time, as if they're… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
China and other members should join efforts to combat serious infectious disease, such as bird flu. To enhance the cooperation on the… — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: it's one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“There were hundreds of them, all dressed like silver dragons, all with long, streaming capes that looked like great wings, flapping and… — Tony Del Degan Copy Share Image
The first essential for economists ... is to ... combat, not foster, the ideology which pretends that values which can be measured… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
When men set out to kill and bully, they dress up. Suit of armor. Combat boots. Uniform. — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
None of the people's wars of the sixties did very well, including the one in Vietnam. Vo Nguyen Giap himself has admitted… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
In the army, all combat officers are taught the "Estimate of the Situation": When you are faced with a problem - take… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In every squadron there were, perhaps, four or five pilots who exuded confidence. They knew that they were going out to shoot.… — Lynn Garrison Copy Share Image
It is impossible to put into words what we have been through. What happened exceeded our boldest dreams. The Germans fled twice… — Mordechai Anielewicz Copy Share Image
...these are the problems of the modern U.S. combat soldier, the constant worry about overstepping the mark and an American media that… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
“I came to think of it as a kind of zen practice: the Zen of not fucking up.” — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
There was only one catch and that was Catch22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
I'll tell ya, I'm a pro-Second Amendment person, I'm a gun owner. I went to combat with a 9 millimeter strapped to… — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
You don't think much of the individual, because you don't think you've hit him and you hope that he will bail out… — Peter Malam Brothers Copy Share Image
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
The largest cultural menace in America is the conformity of the intellectual cliques which, in education as well as the arts, are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image