Army Quote by Simon Raven Download Open image “I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do.” — Simon Raven ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Army Institutions
I had a tremendous horror of going into the Army. That is probably why I went to college for so long. — Bruce Conner Copy Share Image
I love the military, of course, but it wasn't my thing. Sports was my thing. — Kevin Knox Copy Share Image
Anyone who says they don't enjoy the Army is mad - you can spend a week hating it and the next week it could… — Prince Harry Copy Share Image
I didn't like Army life. I didn't like taking orders. I didn't like discipline. I didn't like being yelled at. You'd get 10 years… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
The experience of being in the Army changed my whole life; I never believed that an organization such as ours could ever go to… — Spike Milligan Copy Share Image
I loved the bootcamp and the training. It was the actual Navy and the structure after it that I realized wasn't for me because… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
Frankly, I joined the Army because college is really damn expensive, and they were going to help with that, and I joined the Army… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and… — Simon Raven Copy Share Image
I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early… — Simon Raven Copy Share Image
And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of… — Simon Raven Copy Share Image
Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. — Simon Raven Copy Share Image
Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal. — Simon Raven Copy Share Image
“In becoming the universe God abdicated. He destroyed himself as God. He turned what he had been, his true self, into nullity and thereby… — Simon Raven Copy Share Image
Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better. — Simon Raven Copy Share Image
“Dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.” — Simon Raven 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
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
Growing up with a parent in the army, I saw firsthand the challenges our service members face when transitioning to new jobs after time… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image