Veteran Quotes

270 Veteran quotes by 207 unique authors

He didn't like very many people any more, or very many things either. He preferred not to be this way, but there it was, he… — David Guterson
. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling… — Richard Paul Evans
I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Stache’s attack was perfectly timed, thanks to his veteran-pirate grasp tactics—and a big piece if luck. — Dave Barry
In ten minutes they will have arrived on campus. George will have to be George; the George they have named and will recognise. So now… — Christopher Isherwood
I'm inclined to reserve all judgement, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and made me the victim of not a… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
When you see runners in town is easy to distinguish beginners from veterans. The ones panting are beginners; the ones with quiet, measured breathing are… — Haruki Murakami
Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself,… — Hiromu Arakawa
As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time. You… — Kevin Hearne
In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and… — Hiromu Arakawa
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its… — Thomas Huxley
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all… — Joshua Chamberlain
He hasn't lost his vision. That's one thing. He's good. The guy is smooth and knows how to set up blocks. He's a veteran, too.… — Jake Delhomme
If someone busted into your house and robbed you, would you then forgive them if you found out they were a veteran? Of course not.… — Adam McKay
I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly… — Henry Rollins
Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963, the World War… — Brendan I. Koerner
As a veteran, I know firsthand the satisfaction there is in defending the democracy you so strongly believe in, but I can also attest to… — Charles B. Rangel
As a Korean War Veteran, I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before… — Charles B. Rangel
The need for a non-veteran reserve became painfully obvious in the Korean war when many of the men who were being called to serve were… — J. Anthony Lukas
I listened to the veteran wrestlers that had tons of experience, like Leo Burke. I was never really alone. — Robert Maillet
My father was career military. He was a veteran, he was a doctor of political science, he taught at West Point and Air Command Staff… — Suzanne Collins
I listened to the veteran wrestlers that had tons of experience, like Leo Burke. — Robert Maillet
I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago. — Gary Sinise
I was counsel on the full veterans committee, the first Vietnam veteran to serve as a full-committee counsel in Congress. It stunned me that there… — Jim Webb
My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq. — Michael Hastings

Who Wrote These Veteran Quotes

207 authors contributed a total of 270 Veteran Quotes, led by these top contributors: