Quote by Rick Atkinson

“At one dinner he [George Smith Patton] toasted his officers’ wives with the words: ‘My, what pretty widows you’re going to make.”

— Andrew Roberts

“There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once…

— George S. Patton

“Patton was bombed, strafed, shelled—but he thrived on it. At the summit of a badly littered road over a hill he stopped to survey…

— Ladislas Farago

“While Middleton was in an inner office with the commander, his driver slumped in a chair outside to catch a few minutes’ sleep. No…

— John Willard Toland

“—General George S. Patton A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but diamonds are a girl’s best friend.”

— Eric Siegel

“Patton wrote in his diary on April 15th, the morning after his departure from II Corps: “War is very simple, direct and ruthless. It…

— Ladislas Farago

“Patton’s personality was immense, but his battlefield achievements matched it. ‘I want you men to remember that no bastard ever won a war by…

— Andrew Roberts

“War isn’t about dying for your country. It’s about making the enemy die for his.” Gen. George S. Patton”

— Lee Child

“Always do more than is required of you. —GEORGE S. PATTON”

— Jeff Goins

“You get married to have an ally against your family, and now I'm heading into the trenches alone.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“And what’s happened to you?” Patton asks the young man. His name is Pvt. Paul Bennett. He has been in the army four years,…

— Bill O'Reilly

“Patton was ecstatic, writing home to Beatrice that “I know I am needed!” and “The Lord had a perfect cut for me and pulled…

— Christopher S.M. Lyon