As combat infantrymen and special operators, we received thousands of hours of firearms training. — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
He's never quite got the trick of conversation, tending to hear in dissenting views, however mild, a kind of affront, an invitation… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
A military is built to fight. Our military must regard combat capability as the criterion to meet in all its work and… — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
Beware the lessons of a fighter pilot who would rather fly a slide rule than kick your ass! — Ron McKeown Copy Share Image
The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Look at me. Home boy wore combat boots to the beach. I know you don’t want to call that your boyfriend, I… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
When we do go to combat, it should be with a defined mission and a plan for withdrawal. — Joni Ernst Copy Share Image
Matt would stare at Andrew for 10 minutes. It's depressing that people are different. Everyone should be one person, who should then… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
To combat the monotony of gym workouts, I started playing soccer. I looked at workouts as training sessions. My soccer training includes… — Adam Richman 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
One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six months. Fliers got… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Aggressiveness was a fundamental to success in airtoair combat and if you ever caught a fighter pilot in a defensive mood you… — David McCampbell Copy Share Image
Depression - it falls into that small category of things like combat that, if you haven't been in it, you can say… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Today the real test of America's power and wisdom is not our capacity to make war but our capacity to prevent it.… — Dale E. Turner Copy Share Image
I hurt for my Marines, goodhearted American guys who'd bear these burdens for the rest of their lives. And I mourned for… — Nathaniel Fick Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Or, obversely, he might kill a man himself. It would be a question of throwing up his rifle, pressing the trigger, and… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The stories I would hear from men who were going through divorces and in child custody battles, the lies their wives told… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The girl moved from throwing weapons to hand-to-hand combat: a punch of power, a sweeping kick of flame. Her flames had become… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
It is to the United States that all freemen look for the light and the hope of the world. Unless we dedicate… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow. — Gwendoline Christie Copy Share Image
More combat planes, missiles and soldiers won't provide additional bread for our families, desks for our schools, or medicine for our clinics. — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
“Combat doesn't have to be with swords... Emotions can be deadly weapons, and knowing your enemy's breaking point can be key to… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
I applaud President Obama's decision to begin a partial withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. However, I believe that we must… — Susan Bysiewicz Copy Share Image
Religion urges us to fight evil as contrary to the Divine Law. It urges us to combat abject misery, sin and disease… — Lily Montagu Copy Share Image
Whenever armed forces . . . are used, the idea of combat must be present. . . . The end for which… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“In his classic work, The Spiritual Combat, Dom Lorenzo Scupoli wrote: “This war is unavoidable, and you must either fight or die.… — Scott Hahn Copy Share Image
I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the… — Rosa DeLauro Copy Share Image
I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
“Honor is served only by combat that elevates the spirit. Correct choices—of whom we fight, and why, and how we live—are paving… — Keith R.A. DeCandido Copy Share Image
For Tempus...was a dozen storm gods' avatar; no army he sanctified could know defeat; no war he fought could not be won.… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
In an interview with a journalist, you look petty taking the pot shot but in a slick ad you can really do… — Greta Van Susteren Copy Share Image
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