Macarthur Quotes

19 quotes by 9 authors

He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men… — William Manchester
I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10… — Jared Diamond
With the MacArthur grant, I realized that people have high expectations of me, that they were placing me in this group of achievers. I compared… — Jared Diamond
In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle… — Robert M. Gates
Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself. — William Manchester
They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men… — William Manchester
General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself." — John Wayne
To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally. — David Simon
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to seek death on… — William Manchester
He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great… — William Manchester
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. — William Manchester
It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a… — William Manchester
It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the bond between events… — William Manchester
Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the endgame in Vietnam… — Helen Thomas
I sat down and tried to write a story. "Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with… — Stephen Chbosky
This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and… — Douglas MacArthur
Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world. — Douglas MacArthur
Listen--God only exists in people's minds. Especially in Japan, God's always been kind of a flexible concept. Look at what happened after the war. Douglas… — Haruki Murakami
Decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years… — Jared Diamond

Who Wrote These Macarthur Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 19 Macarthur Quotes as follows: