Artillery Quotes

81 Artillery quotes by 68 unique authors

Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The best generals are those who have served in the artillery. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot... — Napoleon Bonaparte
By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery,… — James Monroe
All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then… — Fatos Nano
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery. — Stendhal
The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery. — Robin Williams
We live in a world full of accidents finally in which on aesthetic principles have a consistency of which we can be sure. Right and… — Anne Rice
Synchronize watches at oh six hundred' says the infantry captain, and each of his huddled lieutenants finds respite from fear in the act of bringing… — Richard Yates
One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table. — Gustave Flaubert
To-day we live so cowed under the bombardment of this intellectual artillery(the media) that hardly anyone can attain to the inward detachment that is required… — Oswald Spengler
This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army of… — Honore de Balzac
I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you now,… — Michael Shaara
Stories heard but not recalled. Letters too. Words filling my head. Fragmenting like artillery shells. Shrapnel, like syllables, flying everywhere. Terrible syllables. Sharp cracked. Traveling… — Mark Z. Danielewski
Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Have I not in my time heard lions roar? Have I not heard the sea, puffed… — William Shakespeare
Simon: 'You know men. We have delicate egos.' Clary: 'I wouldn't describe Jace's ego as delicate.' Simon: 'No, Jace's is sort of the antiaircraft artillery… — Cassandra Clare
You are my hand grenade, my artillery fire. You have replaced my heart with yourself. — Paullina Simons
Heaven's great artillery. — Richard Crashaw
Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand… — William Godwin
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. — Ty Cobb
I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in… — Charles B. Rangel
The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy on… — Michael Hastings
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. — Ty Cobb
In a few days an officer came to our camp, under a flag of truce, and informed Hamilton, then a captain of artillery, but afterwards… — William Hull
General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this… — John Buford

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