Generals Quotes

126 quotes by 105 authors

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to… — Thomas Jefferson
Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the… — T.E. Lawrence
I can make more generals, but horses cost money. — Abraham Lincoln
Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals. — David Ogilvy
Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area.… — Colin Powell
At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. — Peter Ustinov
Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it… — Abraham Lincoln
Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers. — Harper Lee
Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a… — Nhat Hanh
During the war, a battle was fought here, not only for the creation of a new Yugoslavia, but also a battle for Bosnia and Herzegovina… — Josip Broz Tito
No, I don't think you understand just how stupid goblins are. Let me give you an example. One of the B'wa Kell generals, and this… — Eoin Colfer
They wanted to carry her, but she jumped to the stones of the plaza and strode away from the building, toward her ranks, which parted… — Neal Stephenson
Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our… — Edward Abbey
The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers.… — Jeannette Walls
I hate a mystery. I would have let the identity of the Commanderâ€™s successor remain a secret, as I have for fifteen years, but tonightâ€™s… — Maria V. Snyder
And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just… — Meg Cabot
Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress." Grace frowned in disbelief.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the… — Carl Sagan
The generals who had called Zia a mullah behind his back felt ashamed at having underestimated him: not only was he a mullah, he was… — Mohammed Hanif

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