--- title: "3 Gregory Boyington Quotes" description: "Gregory \"Pappy\" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Ho..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/gregory-boyington-82430_food_some-subjects-are-timeless-and-i-would-s_1913493.jpg" --- # Gregory Boyington **3** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941, Boyington joined the "Flying Tigers" of the Republic of China Air Force and ## Quotes by Gregory Boyington > [“Some subjects are timeless, and I would say that food is one of them. Yet only by comparing notes this way can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyington/some-subjects-are-timeless-and-i-would-say-that-food-is-one-of-them/) [Gregory Boyington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyington/) [Food](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/food/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/gregory-boyington-82430_food_some-subjects-are-timeless-and-i-would-s_1913493.jpg) > [“For those boys, ragged and starved though they were, would still do anything for a laugh or a joke, even if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyington/for-those-boys-ragged-and-starved-though-they-were-would-still-do/) [Gregory Boyington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyington/) [Americans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/gregory-boyington-82430_politics-of-the-unit_for-those-boys-ragged-and-starved-though_2188897.jpg) > [“But more than that, they give nobody else credit for knowing how to laugh, or even how to make up his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyington/but-more-than-that-they-give-nobody-else-credit-for-knowing-how-to/) [Gregory Boyington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyington/) [Americans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/gregory-boyington-82430_americans_but-more-than-that-they-give-nobody-else_3046946.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyington/#itemlist", "name": "Gregory Boyington Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some subjects are timeless, and I would say that food is one of them. Yet only by comparing notes this way can We of the World Who Have Known Real Hunger actually get together and form our own sort of imaginary club. Our members today would be from everywhere, from Africa, from Europe, from Asia, everywhere. But regardless of our assorted languages, regardless of our assorted politics, the members would have something far more in common than the members of most clubs do. 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