Army Quote by Dick Strawbridge Download Open image “For over 20 years, I was in the Army, and it's given me a real love of history.” — Dick Strawbridge ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Army History Love Over Real
History was always the subject that I loved the most, and I felt it gave me the deepest sense of our humanity and who… — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
I joined the army on my seventeenth birthday, full of the romance of war after having read a lot of World War I British… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Military history is essential to understanding any history and, moreover, is a terrifying and sobering study in the realities of human nature - for… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
I know that I was conscious of all the aspects of the war, having had cousins who were in the army, who would send… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
My true love is history, but I didn't know how I could make a living at it. — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
When I joined the Army in the late '70s, there was a real threat from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, so all of… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I left the Army in 2000 and went into industry before I started appearing on TV in 2003. My best job there was on… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I love the whole idea of family and what gets left behind when you are gone. I'm very proud of my children; I was… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
Who doesn't like playing with a railway? I think we've all got Thomas the Tank Engine in our blood. — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I was still a serving officer when I competed in 'Scrapheap Challenge,' initially as a major and then a lieutenant-colonel when I was joined… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
When I started presenting 'Scrapheap Challenge,' I was rubbish at tuning V8 engines. — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I was captain of the rugby side at Shrivenham - as were my two brothers after me. — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
I could never work out how to shave my top lip without cutting myself. — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
For a nation that spends a lot of time talking about the weather, we don't seem to realise just how much sunshine we actually… — Dick Strawbridge Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
Every army in the history of the world has always had some deserters, usually much greater than we have today, because once again every… — Bryan Hilferty Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
I just read an article about how young American males feel uncomfortable appearing naked in front of each other in locker rooms. That was… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear.… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
“The most important lesson that came out of Vietnam for me was that Marines take care of Marines.” — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't really have a set style or look. It's pretty much what I feel like wearing that day, from a floral-print dress… — Shay Mitchell Copy Share Image
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