Marine Quotes
352 quotes by 255 authors
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I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I…
— Smedley Butler
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I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain…
— Buzz Aldrin
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If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.
— Nicolas Cage
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The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.
— Drew Carey
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The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.
— Drew Carey
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Oh, and once, when I was in the Marines, I got a perfect score on my physical fitness test.
— Drew Carey
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I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to…
— Willie Aames
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There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship. We don't mind somebody saying, 'Go in and do this…
— James F. Amos
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles,…
— Pamela Anderson
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We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.
— James L. Jones
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A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships…
— Bernard Law Montgomery
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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's fire, when it…
— Colin Powell
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There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more…
— James Brady
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By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country…
— Chester W. Nimitz
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Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.
— Victor H. Krulak
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The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the…
— William Halsey
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I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I need Marines who can fix jet engines and man sophisticated radar sets, as well.
— Robert E. Cushman, Jr.
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I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.
— Winston Churchill
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The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and their buddies. They can fight and they…
— Mark W. Clark
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I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps.
— Jonathan Winters
Who Wrote These Marine Quotes
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