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This is a slightly different topic than famous movie quotes. These are real life quotes -- things that real people [not Hollyweird actors!] said.
What we're doing here is looking for quotes that have some kind of connection of meaning to you that you think others might identify with and vote up.
What I'm referring to are famous military quotes, political, inspirational, satire, witty, sarcastic, etc.
It can even be something you came up with (Don't plagiarize!) or a quote from your friends, but if it's never been in print, you need to tell the story that goes along with it.
Enter as many times as you like. We'll let the up votes determine the overall winners, and in each general category.
Here's an example of something sarcastic by witty:
"They snatched defeat from the jaws of victory!" << (That was Clemson not that long ago.)
What we're doing here is looking for quotes that have some kind of connection of meaning to you that you think others might identify with and vote up.
What I'm referring to are famous military quotes, political, inspirational, satire, witty, sarcastic, etc.
It can even be something you came up with (Don't plagiarize!) or a quote from your friends, but if it's never been in print, you need to tell the story that goes along with it.
Enter as many times as you like. We'll let the up votes determine the overall winners, and in each general category.
Here's an example of something sarcastic by witty:
"They snatched defeat from the jaws of victory!" << (That was Clemson not that long ago.)
Quotes
Motivation
Inspiration
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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
- John Stuart Mill English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
- John Stuart Mill English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
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Something I have thought about. I am sure it is a thought everyone has had but I'd like to think I came up with it. "We often say that we are products of our environment but the reverse maybe true also. Our environments are a product of us."
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"I want to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible."
- Matt Dillahunty
- Matt Dillahunty
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“Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.”
~Al Capone
~Al Capone
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"The Standard you walk past is the standard you accept."
~LTG David Morrison, Australian Chief of Army
~LTG David Morrison, Australian Chief of Army
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The guy you don't see will kill you.
--Brig Gen Robin Olds
I'm a General, not a specific. Then-Maj Gen Walt Kross responding to my request for additional information on requirements he asked me to analyze
Put airplanes into Pope until they choke. Attributed to Gen H T Johnson giving direction to the MAC director of ops after the Army FORSCOM Commander complained there wasn't enough airlift during Desert shield
Any staff action that takes longer than four to six weeks probably isn't worth the effort.
--Gen H T Johnson CINCTRANS
--Brig Gen Robin Olds
I'm a General, not a specific. Then-Maj Gen Walt Kross responding to my request for additional information on requirements he asked me to analyze
Put airplanes into Pope until they choke. Attributed to Gen H T Johnson giving direction to the MAC director of ops after the Army FORSCOM Commander complained there wasn't enough airlift during Desert shield
Any staff action that takes longer than four to six weeks probably isn't worth the effort.
--Gen H T Johnson CINCTRANS
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You want it bad, you get it bad. The worse you want it, the worse you get it.
Those who live by the sword eventually fall on it.
It's like Football. Three things can happen and two of them are bad.
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I can't remember where I first heard these but they've stuck around in my vocabulary.
Those who live by the sword eventually fall on it.
It's like Football. Three things can happen and two of them are bad.
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I can't remember where I first heard these but they've stuck around in my vocabulary.
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