Officer Quotes

280 quotes by 250 authors

Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of… — Charles Babbage
My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel, I don't know the term.… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer. — John O. Brennan
Fifty thousand people in Mexico have been murdered. Puerto Penasco, 60 miles south of our border, just had five people and a police officer killed.… — Jan Brewer
It wouldn't matter whether you were Latino or Hispanic or Norwegian. If you didn't have proof of citizenship and if the police officer had reasonable… — Jan Brewer
You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a… — Duane Chapman
My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was… — Hillary Clinton
There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer. — Duke of Wellington
Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls and the recruiting-officer of hell. — Edward Irving
It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps. — William A. Connelly
The goal of the corps of NCOs, whose duty is the day-to-day business of running the Army so that the officer corps has time to… — William G. Bainbridge
Soldiers expect the noncommissioned officer to be technically proficient, up front, and honest with them. Soldiers must know that NCOs care, that they can approach… — Glen E. Morrell
Without self-discipline, a noncommissioned officer can never develop or maintain personal integrity. — Silas L. Copeland
There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize… — Mel Gibson
The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds. — Arleigh Burke
At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps… — Nils Kjaer
The far object of a training system is to prepare the combat officer mentally so that he can cope with the unusual and unexpected as… — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
I've never struggled with that at all. In the state of Texas, if you come into our state and you kill one of our children,… — Rick Perry
Don't say it's impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, even if I… — Stonewall Jackson
A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander. — Omar N. Bradley

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