Corps Quotes

216 quotes by 160 authors

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group… — Eleanor Roosevelt
â€¦Itâ€™s like a spiral: They keep making everything more basic so it will appeal to everyone. And gradually, everyone gets used to everything being basic,… — Matthew Tobin Anderson
You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed, unpatched clothes, so… — Kurt Vonnegut
Forget what you might have heard. There are no separate corps of angels for agnostics, atheists, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists, Unitarians, Hindus, Druids,… — Cynthia Leitich Smith
Papa, I'm ashamed that you think women are so simple. We can make decisions for ourselves too, you know. I'm not a child or a… — Steve Kluger
I think the Peace Corps is a fine thing, don't you?" he said. "Well," I replied, "it's certainly better than War Corps. — Erich Segal
Judging by the hard lines of his face and the flat look in his eyes, he'd left the Marines, but the Corps hadn't quite left… — Ilona Andrews
War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps… — Eugene B. Sledge
A l'intÃ©rieur de ce corps vivait l'Ã¢me d'une intellectuelle et poÃ¨te dont personne n'avait le soupÃ§on. Within this body lived the soul of an intellectual… — Antonio Tabucchi
Lissa lowered her voice and added, "I might not even go to school anyway. I might defer and join the Peace Corps and go to… — Sarah Dessen
Halt! How are you? What have you been doing? Where's Abelard? How's Crowley? What's this all about?" "I'm glad to see you rate my horse… — John Flanagan
A priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense esprit de corps. He… — H.G. Wells
I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in… — Raymond Kelly
The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and intent and esprit de corps is… — Eric Whitacre
I respect the office of the presidency, but I never worship at the shrines of our public servants... The Washington press corps has the privilege… — Helen Thomas
The people of Southwest have always been my pride, my joy and my love. Their indomitable dedication and esprit de corps have taken Southwest from… — Herb Kelleher
To me, one of the best faces America has ever projected is the face of a Peace Corps volunteer. That face symbolizes this country: young,… — Teresa Heinz
My brother was a captain in the Marine Corps and a very big hero in my life. — Unknown Author
My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as… — Paul Theroux
I wanted the Peace Corps to be something very vague and unorganized, and to a large extent it was. It did not run smoothly. The… — Paul Theroux

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