Marine corps Quote by Philip Caputo Download Open image ““The essence of the Marine Corps experience, I decided, was pain.”” — Philip Caputo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Marine Corp Marine corps Marines Military Pain War
“I actually shivered at the insincerity that gripped me as I spoke these words: their falseness was shameful. I was sure my coolness would return. I'd just been caught with my guard down. But at the moment I was in shambles. Walking along the deck (adopting my old casual swagger), I jollied up the troops with small talk, put on… — William Styron Copy Share
“I never said I hated the Marine Corps! I only said it was no place for a sensitive, civilized, self-respecting human being.” — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Right off I got to like the idea that Marines weren’t big on griping about every little thing like some Joes in the Army… — Jim Proser Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what exactly it is about this moment that suddenly makes my heart hurt, and the pain I feel is far worse than the physical wounds I’ve collected in the service, because I know that there are no trauma packs for it. And I know that if I come back here without Halley, I’ll be broken in ways… — Marko Kloos Copy Share
“You know what happens when you get out of the Marine Corps," Person continues. "you get you brains back.” — Evan Wright Copy Share Image
“It's your job, Marine, to stay alive. If that means getting comfortable with your inner darkness, then that's what you do.” — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“You want to be a marine; you need to learn how to fuck like one.” — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
“The Marine Corps know their own, my lord. We repay loyalty with loyalty, duty with duty, honor with honor. “And” — Glynn Stewart Copy Share Image
“A Marine likes a good fight and respects a good fighter. You’ve got yourself one fine Marine for an escort and the whole Marine… — Bud Rudesill Copy Share Image
Being a correspondent at the Vietnam war for me was about exposing myself to danger but it wasn't completely self-serving. I felt that there… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places. — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy. — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
“I really believe that when we start talking ourselves back, we'll have more to offer the world." he [Woodenkinfe] said. "I don't want a… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
“Directly overhead the Milky Way was as distinct as a highway across the sky. The constellations shown brilliantly, except the north, where they were… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
War, the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary. — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
“Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
Be kindly and just in your dealings with your men. Never play favorites. Make them feel that justice tempered with mercy may always be… — John A. Lejeune Copy Share Image
...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
We had generals who were admirals and admirals who wanted to be generals. Generals acting as admirals are bad enough, but it was the… — Holland Smith Copy Share Image
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
And all of these together, as much as any campaign the Marine Corps has ever pursued, have brought an unrelenting, never-ceasing pride to all… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
When you’re working with Army and Marine Corps units, you immediately notice a difference. The Army is pretty tough, but their performance can depend… — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
If you're from New York and you're Catholic, you're still Jewish. If you're from Butte Montana and you're Jewish, you're still goyisch. The Air… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
“In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches — do the right thing, for the right reason — no exception exists that says:… — Josh Rushing Copy Share Image
Our mom was a super strident, capable, and strong individual. I think because she was a military wife in the Marine Corps, she had… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
We will build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
![“I really believe that when we start talking ourselves back, we'll have more to offer the world." he [Woodenkinfe] said. "I don't want a gray world." "You mean taking back our cultures and where we come from." "Absolutely! You want to talk about the fabric of this country, that's it." "So rather…” quote by Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4fc/philip-caputo-27862_america_i-really-believe-that-when-we-start-talk_1040408.jpg)
