D Day Quotes

45 quotes by 44 authors

There's a graveyard in northern France where all the dead boys from D-Day are buried. The white crosses reach from one horizon to the other.… — Barbara Kingsolver
The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the… — Mac Thornberry
There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost… — Tom Brokaw
Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate precisely to prevent… — Nancy Gibbs
The Dead and Those About to Die is a gripping, first-hand account of the desperate battle for Omaha Beach on D-Day by the legendary 1st… — Carlo D'Este
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. — Antony Beevor
Never in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of… — George S. Patton
I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until… — Hannah Simone
D-Day represents the greatest achievement of the american people and system in the 20th century. It was the pivot point of the 20th century. It… — Stephen Ambrose
The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and free Europe from… — Richard Dawson
What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and the British general… — Ben Macintyre
I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago… — Eddie Izzard
How still the morning of the hallow'd day! Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd The ploughboy's whistle, and the milkmaid's song. — James Grahame
Well, they didn't lack for topics after Hiroshima. Why should 9/11 slow them down? I know it got a lot of press, but it's just… — Bruce Sterling
Don't count the days, make the days count. — Muhammad Ali
Whenever I happen to be in a city of any size, I marvel that riots do not break out everyday: Massacres, unspeakable carnage, a doomsday… — Emile M. Cioran
When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing. — Rabindranath Tagore
The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Churchill strikes a note in my life because my father worked on Mulberry Harbour, which was the code name for the temporary concrete harbours which… — Ridley Scott
G-get up O-open ur eyes O-out of ur bed D-day has risen M-merry life O-old dreams cum true R-rise$shine N-new frnds I-ideas of life N-nice… — Dianne Samathan

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