Officer Quotes
280 quotes by 250 authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.
— Duke of Wellington
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Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls and the recruiting-officer of hell.
— Edward Irving
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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
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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
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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
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Without self-discipline, a noncommissioned officer can never develop or maintain personal integrity.
— Silas L. Copeland
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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
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The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds.
— Arleigh Burke
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.
— Omar N. Bradley
Who Wrote These Officer Quotes
250 authors contributed a total of 280 Officer Quotes, led by these top contributors: