--- title: "10 Ordnance Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Ordnance quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Ordnance sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/charlie-sheen-1569_air_i-m-an-f-18-bro-and-i-will-destroy-you-i_2480533.jpg" --- > [I'm an F-18, bro, and I will destroy you in the air and deploy my ordnance to the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-sheen/i-m-an-f-18-bro-and-i-will-destroy-you-in-the-air-and-deploy-my/) [Charlie Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/charlie-sheen-1569_air_i-m-an-f-18-bro-and-i-will-destroy-you-i_2480533.jpg) > [My father worked at the Naval Ordnance Lab, and they had a nine-hole course on the property. You paid a quarter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-black/my-father-worked-at-the-naval-ordnance-lab-and-they-had-a-nine-hole/) [Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/lewis-black-1143_father_my-father-worked-at-the-naval-ordnance-l_2019016.png) > [The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-banks/the-combination-of-modern-ordnance-and-outdated-tactics-had-as-usual/) [Iain Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/iain-banks-3752_both-sides_the-combination-of-modern-ordnance-and-o_605994.png) > [Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-tayler/maxim-3-an-ordnance-technician-at-a-dead-run-outranks-everybody-the/) [Howard Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-tayler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/howard-tayler-8412_maxims_maxim-3-an-ordnance-technician-at-a-dead_849199.jpg) > [There are still thousands of people dying every year in Laos, mostly children and farmers, from unexploded anti-personnel ordnance that the U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-still-thousands-of-people-dying-every-year-in-laos-mostly/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/noam-chomsky-42_actually_there-are-still-thousands-of-people-dyin_2535942.jpg) > [“NOTICE Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/notice-persons-attempting-to-find-a-motive-in-this-narrative-will-be/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/mark-twain-22_attempting_notice-persons-attempting-to-find-a-moti_1116275.png) > [I didn't know what I wanted to do when I was a child. I did want to be a cartographer but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-meades/i-didn-t-know-what-i-wanted-to-do-when-i-was-a-child-i-did-want-to-be/) [Jonathan Meades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-meades/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/jonathan-meades-15966_children_i-didn-t-know-what-i-wanted-to-do-when-i_2450925.jpg) > [Wealth from trade was the mainspring of Western material advance; the visible agents of change were great guns. These came of age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-padfield/wealth-from-trade-was-the-mainspring-of-western-material-advance-the/) [Peter Padfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-padfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/peter-padfield-55753_age_wealth-from-trade-was-the-mainspring-of_222838.jpg) > [He picked up the wrench and broke the guy’s wrist with it, one, and then the other wrist, two, and turned back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/he-picked-up-the-wrench-and-broke-the-guy-s-wrist-with-it-one-and/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/lee-child-980_abandoned_he-picked-up-the-wrench-and-broke-the-gu_731221.jpg) > [Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain--which is to say, all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/suddenly-in-the-space-of-a-moment-i-realized-what-it-was-that-i-loved/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/bill-bryson-340_apologizing_suddenly-in-the-space-of-a-moment-i-real_691609.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ordnance/#itemlist", "name": "Ordnance Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm an F-18, bro, and I will destroy you in the air and deploy my ordnance to the ground.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlie Sheen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-sheen/i-m-an-f-18-bro-and-i-will-destroy-you-in-the-air-and-deploy-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/charlie-sheen-1569_air_i-m-an-f-18-bro-and-i-will-destroy-you-i_2480533.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/charlie-sheen-1569_air_i-m-an-f-18-bro-and-i-will-destroy-you-i_2480533.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/charlie-sheen-1569_air_i-m-an-f-18-bro-and-i-will-destroy-you-i_2480533.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm an F-18, bro, and I will destroy you in the air and deploy my ordnance to the ground.” — Charlie Sheen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My father worked at the Naval Ordnance Lab, and they had a nine-hole course on the property. 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