--- title: "13 War Quotes By Charles Brandt" description: "13 War quotes by Charles Brandt. Plus more from Charles Brandt and more War sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/charles-brandt-2101_carlos_carlos-marcello-and-the-war-orphans-did_289532.jpg" --- > [“Carlos Marcello and the war orphans did cross my mind during the drive, and I sat the whole way facing the driver.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/carlos-marcello-and-the-war-orphans-did-cross-my-mind-during-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/charles-brandt-2101_carlos_carlos-marcello-and-the-war-orphans-did_289532.jpg) > [“After the war, it just seemed natural to take what you could take wherever you could take it. There was only so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/after-the-war-it-just-seemed-natural-to-take-what-you-could-take/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/charles-brandt-2101_war_after-the-war-it-just-seemed-natural-to_1825002.jpg) > [“They say the average number of days of actual combat for a veteran is around eighty. By the time the war was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-say-the-average-number-of-days-of-actual-combat-for-a-veteran-is/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/charles-brandt-2101_veteran_they-say-the-average-number-of-days-of-a_3177161.jpg) > [“these years later and from stirring it up I started having dreams again about the combat, only the dreams were all mixed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/these-years-later-and-from-stirring-it-up-i-started-having-dreams/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/charles-brandt-2101_dreams_these-years-later-and-from-stirring-it-u_1822859.jpg) > [“Before a battle or a landing, you get a little nervous tension. Once the shooting starts it goes away. You don’t have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/before-a-battle-or-a-landing-you-get-a-little-nervous-tension-once/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/861/charles-brandt-2101_battle_before-a-battle-or-a-landing-you-get-a-l_2311294.jpg) > [“If you were AWOL when your company was going back into combat you might as well keep going because your own officers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/if-you-were-awol-when-your-company-was-going-back-into-combat-you/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/charles-brandt-2101_business_if-you-were-awol-when-your-company-was-g_2177506.jpg) > [“out-of-court settlement. I tried to be easygoing again like I was before I went in the war, but I couldn’t get the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/out-of-court-settlement-i-tried-to-be-easygoing-again-like-i-was/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/charles-brandt-2101_war_out-of-court-settlement-i-tried-to-be-ea_1296113.jpg) > [“To help me understand his combat days, Sheeran tracked down the 45th Infantry Division’s hardbound, 202-page official Combat Report, issued within months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/to-help-me-understand-his-combat-days-sheeran-tracked-down-the-45th/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/charles-brandt-2101_war_to-help-me-understand-his-combat-days-sh_1954689.jpg) > [“Eliciting information from Frank Sheeran about his combat experiences was the most difficult part of the interview process. It was two years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/eliciting-information-from-frank-sheeran-about-his-combat-experiences/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/charles-brandt-2101_interview_eliciting-information-from-frank-sheeran_2523656.jpg) > [“Hoffa and his Strawberry Boys’ victory in 1932 was a rare labor victory in those days. In that same year a group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/hoffa-and-his-strawberry-boys-victory-in-1932-was-a-rare-labor/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/charles-brandt-2101_broken-promises_hoffa-and-his-strawberry-boys-victory-in_1641819.jpg) > [“And on the other side of the ledger, unions like the Teamsters often employed their own muscle, their own reigns of terror,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/and-on-the-other-side-of-the-ledger-unions-like-the-teamsters-often/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/charles-brandt-2101_war_and-on-the-other-side-of-the-ledger-unio_131581.jpg) > [“Rebel factions are like Nazi collaborators during the war, like they had in Norway and France,” Bill Isabel told me. “Jimmy Hoffa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/rebel-factions-are-like-nazi-collaborators-during-the-war-like-they/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/charles-brandt-2101_jimmy-hoffa_rebel-factions-are-like-nazi-collaborato_3093562.jpg) > [“Russell had told me how Carlos Marcello liked to send to Sicily for war orphans with no families. They would get smuggled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-had-told-me-how-carlos-marcello-liked-to-send-to-sicily-for/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/charles-brandt-2101_family_russell-had-told-me-how-carlos-marcello_1119963.jpg) ## Other authors on War - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/sun-tzu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 171 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 162 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-bonaparte-70192.jpg) Napoleon Bonaparte 159 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/napoleon-bonaparte/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 152 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 129 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/kurt-vonnegut/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 125 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/george-orwell/) - [Abraham Lincoln 123 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/abraham-lincoln/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. 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Naturally,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/you-fat-fuck-i-said-and-jumped-up-and-decked-him-i-broke-his-jaw-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Hoffa and Brennan formed a trucking company called Test Fleet. The “brains” and his partner put that company in their wives’ maiden names. Test…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/hoffa-and-brennan-formed-a-trucking-company-called-test-fleet-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“People in those days didn’t display affection like they do today. I’m still learning how to be affectionate to my grandchildren. I don’t ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/people-in-those-days-didn-t-display-affection-like-they-do-today-i-m/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Whispers was one of these short Italian guys in his early thirties that you’d see all around South Philly, just trying to get by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/whispers-was-one-of-these-short-italian-guys-in-his-early-thirties/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“And under the contract, management couldn’t fire a Teamster unless they had certain grounds. They had none. Stealing was grounds only if they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/and-under-the-contract-management-couldn-t-fire-a-teamster-unless/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“But back then we had to amuse ourselves, and fighting seemed to be all we had. Looking back, it was good for us. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/but-back-then-we-had-to-amuse-ourselves-and-fighting-seemed-to-be-all/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Mary liked to arrange picnics with the kids, and we’d take them to the Willow Grove Amusement Park. I wasn’t always running. When they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/mary-liked-to-arrange-picnics-with-the-kids-and-we-d-take-them-to-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“And on the other side of the ledger, unions like the Teamsters often employed their own muscle, their own reigns of terror, including bombings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/and-on-the-other-side-of-the-ledger-unions-like-the-teamsters-often/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Only in the movies or comic books do people say they want you to go and hit somebody. All they ever say is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/only-in-the-movies-or-comic-books-do-people-say-they-want-you-to-go/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“As I learned the ropes I learned that for many good and sound reasons the bosses and the captains sent a guy to whack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/as-i-learned-the-ropes-i-learned-that-for-many-good-and-sound-reasons/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Russell had taken me with him to Cuba just when Castro was starting to kick everybody out and confiscate their casinos and racetracks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-had-taken-me-with-him-to-cuba-just-when-castro-was-starting/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“You didn’t know who to trust, but you kept taking cabbies aside and persuading them to sign a card. For some reason there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/you-didn-t-know-who-to-trust-but-you-kept-taking-cabbies-aside-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Russ quit smoking on a bet with Jimmy Blue Eyes,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russ-quit-smoking-on-a-bet-with-jimmy-blue-eyes/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“they wanted the guy left right there on the sidewalk as a message to those who needed to know the guy did not get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-wanted-the-guy-left-right-there-on-the-sidewalk-as-a-message-to/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Carlos Marcello and the war orphans did cross my mind during the drive, and I sat the whole way facing the driver. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/carlos-marcello-and-the-war-orphans-did-cross-my-mind-during-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/charles-brandt/#itemlist", "name": "13 War Quotes By Charles Brandt", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Carlos Marcello and the war orphans did cross my mind during the drive, and I sat the whole way facing the driver. 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I tried to be easygoing again like I was before I went in the war, but I couldn’t get the hang of it. It didn’t take much to provoke me. I’d just flare up. Drinking helped ease that a little. I hung around with my old”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Brandt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/out-of-court-settlement-i-tried-to-be-easygoing-again-like-i-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/charles-brandt-2101_war_out-of-court-settlement-i-tried-to-be-ea_1296113.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/charles-brandt-2101_war_out-of-court-settlement-i-tried-to-be-ea_1296113.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/charles-brandt-2101_war_out-of-court-settlement-i-tried-to-be-ea_1296113.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“out-of-court settlement. 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It was two years before he could accept the fact that his combat experience was even worth discussing. And then it became painstaking and stressful for both a respectful questioner and his reluctant subject, with many stops and starts. 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He’s worked too hard to build what we have. He’s the first one up in the morning and the last one in bed at night. Look at how much better off we all are today. The rebels didn’t give us shit. Jimmy won it all. 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They would get smuggled in from Canada, like through Windsor, right across the water from Detroit. The Sicilian war orphans would think they had to take care of a matter and then they could stay in America and maybe they’d be given a pizza parlor or something. They would go paint a house and then they would get in the getaway car and be taken somewhere and their house would get painted and nobody back in Sicily would miss them. Because they were orphans and had no family there would be no vendettas, which are very popular things in Sicily. 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