Combat Quotes · Page 8

My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.

— Mary-Louise Parker

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

— Garth Brooks

In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes.

— Bruce Lee

Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses.

— Oswald Boelcke

MARRIAGE, A delightful form of combat where you get to sleep with the enemy;

— Nikhil Saluja

Christians must engage in "spiritual warfare" to combat same-sex marriage.

— Michele Bachmann

The point of books is to combat loneliness.

— David Foster Wallace

I'm not interested in more political or cultural combat.

— John Kennedy

I don't feel that men have been wrong. I don't feel that women are wrong for using their second attention to combat…

— Frederick Lenz

I was the first woman Marine to fly in an F-18 in combat, and I got to land on aircraft carriers.

— Amy McGrath

I don't think there's a military solution. If we funnel in more weapons we're just likely to see more of them turned…

— Charles W. Freeman, Jr

I have always been a big fan of combat sports - ever since I can remember, it was something that appealed to…

— Urijah Faber

I started doing karate at four, my parents were karatekas. I stopped when I was 17 and went to Julliard and had…

— Lynn Collins

Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me.

— Martin of Tours

Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after…

— Giulio Douhet

Engage in combat fully determined to die and you will be alive; wish to survive in the battle and you will surely…

— Uesugi Kenshin

As an infantry officer who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, I have led men in combat and trained them on…

— Pete Hegseth

Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human…

— John Strachan

That's give [Donald Trump] so much attention. And it's so funny. There actually have conflicting opinions on women in combat, in the…

— John McCain

This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not…

— John Steinbeck

A journey into the wilderness is the freest, cheapest, most nonprivileged of pleasures. Anyone with two legs and the price of a…

— Edward Abbey

Every combat is the bloody and destructive measuring of the strength of forces, physical and moral; whoever at the close has the…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Everything I had ever learned about air fighting taught me that the man who is aggressive, who pushes a fight, is the…

— Robert S. Johnson

I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And…

— Karl Marlantes

The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the…

— Dmitriy Ustinov

Suicide is a crime the most revolting to the feelings; nor does any reason suggest itself to our understanding by which it…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“A report had asked us what combat felt like...It's like a car accident. You know? That instant between knowing that it's gonna…

— Kevin Powers

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.…

— Eddie Rickenbacker

My family has always supported my activities, whether it was doing combat in Korea, flying progressively and challenging fighter-jet aircraft in Europe,…

— Buzz Aldrin

I wasn't trying to write a corrective novel - that would just end up tasting like medicine, and I tried to stay…

— Dave Abrams

The love-making of the bluebird is as beautiful as the bird itself, and normally as gentle, unless interrupted by some jealous rival…

— Arthur Cleveland Bent

We cannot deny that our decision today will have an impact on the ability of law enforcement to combat crime. Cell phones…

— John Roberts

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

— John Sedgwick

The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.

— Samuel Johnson

I put my bullets into the target as if I placed them there by hand.

— Rene Fonck

My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.

— Michael Hastings

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

— Barack Obama

Resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good.

— Pope Francis

The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot.

— W. H. Auden

Forcing women in or near land combat will hurt recruiting, not help.

— Phyllis Schlafly