Combat Quotes
519 quotes by 412 authors
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Won't it be nice when all this beastly killing is over, and we can enjoy ourselves and not hurt anyone? I hate this game.
— Albert Ball
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The heavens were the grandstands and only the gods were spectators. The stake was the world, the forfeit was the player's place at the table,…
— Elliott White Springs
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. . . It is as though horror has frozen the blood in my veins, paralyzed my arms, and torn all thought from my brain…
— Ernst Udet
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I counted them all out and I counted them all back.
— Brian Hanrahan
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It got more exciting with each war. I mean the planes were going faster than hell when I was flying a Mustang, but by the…
— Robin Olds
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Whatever Boelcke told us was taken as Gospel!
— Manfred von Richthofen
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Because operators are based thousands of miles away from the battlefield, and undertake operations entirely through computer screens and remote audio feed, there is a…
— Philip Alston
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I wouldn't be surprised if someday some fisherman caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was a whole person. Then they…
— Jack Handey
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I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant…
— Nicholas D. Kristof
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Other factors affecting the '109 as a combat plane include the small cramped cockpit. This is quite a tiring working environment, although the view out…
— Mark Hanna
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But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.
— Vanessa Mae
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Whenever armed forces . . . are used, the idea of combat must be present. . . . The end for which a soldier is…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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I observe to the letter all laws that make sense but combat those that are obsolete or absurd.
— Wilhelm Reich
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I'd always wanted to do something about the Second World War, but I didn't want to do another combat film, whether it was air, land,…
— Michael Apted
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The more thou sweateth in training, the less thou bleedeth in combat.
— Richard Marcinko
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Logic is invincible, because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic.
— Pierre Boutroux
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Look at me. Home boy wore combat boots to the beach. I know you don’t want to call that your boyfriend, I know you don’t.
— Lauren Conrad
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By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid civilian casualties, and…
— Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Let me tell you humans something. You are not fighters. You don’t have what it takes to actually change your current living situations. You can’t…
— Charles Lee
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Whether we like it or not, gender differences matter in a combat situation.
— Pete Hegseth
Who Wrote These Combat Quotes
412 authors contributed a total of 519 Combat Quotes, led by these top contributors: