Forts Quotes

68 quotes by 67 authors

The sigh of History rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the Antilles there are few ruins to sigh over, apart from the ruins… — Derek Walcott
The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us… — Kathleen Sebelius
But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody… — Donna Summer
Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses on peer pressure as a negative force. Warnings about the "wrong crowd" read like tornado alerts in… — Mary Blakely
Jesus didnâ€™t die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness is not holding the fort. Itâ€™s storming the gates of hell.… — Mark Batterson
To us, it might look like just a rag. But to the brave, embattled men of the fort, it was more than that. It was… — Jack Handey
With this announcement today, the Army has made it clear what we have known all along - that Fort Riley is truly the crown jewel… — Jim Ryun
Jesus didn't die to make us safe. He died to make us dangerous! Faithfulness isn't holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell with… — Mark Batterson
My friend Jonathan had a great tree house. It was awesome. It was like a big fort up in this tall magnolia tree That's where… — Eric Ladin
Imagine foreign troops sitting idly, laughing as hooligans trashed the Smithsonian, stole the gold from Fort Knox and burned down the Department of the Interior.… — Ted Rall
I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix… — Sargent Shriver
Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man. — Marcus Aurelius
FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that… — Ambrose Bierce
When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both. — Bear Bryant
They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort near… — Tom Clancy
Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as Los Angeles,… — Martina Navratilova
I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if… — Edmund Barton
Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it. — Sophocles
As crowds increase we build our forts of inattention, and the more we talk the easier it is to mean little and listen not at… — Frank Moore Colby

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