Best 168 quotes in «combat quotes» category

But only a fool sails into combat with nature

For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft

[ General James Mattis] is a Marine's Marine who has served in combat in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Good flying never killed an enemy yet.

Forcing women in or near land combat will hurt recruiting, not help.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.

He was a combat veteran from Korea, and he was a great father.

If you're training in a combat sport, deliciousness takes a backseat.

I happen to be unfortunately temperamental. No, my temperament is also, what you describe to rainfalls, the will of society, to combat a number of contradictions. That happens to be my creative temperament.

If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.

I'll tell you one thing, when you have young men and women in combat operations and they lose their friends, one thing you quickly learn not to be ashamed of is tears.

If we confront anti-Semitism ... if we combat it individually and as a society, and use whatever platform we have to denounce it, we can stop the spread of this madness.

In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes.

I think women are too valuable to be in combat.

It can take greater courage to stand in opposition to the views of your neighbors or nation than to confront an enemy in combat.

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

It is a cheap zeal that reserves its passions to combat only the sins and temptations of others.

It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we've got troops in combat.

Let's unite our impassioned voices to combat climate change. The time is now.

I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up.

Make your decisions promptly. It is better to act quickly even though your tactics are not the best.

It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.

Most of these who are thrust into combat soon find it impossible to maintain the mythic perception of war.

Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions.

I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.

[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he witnessed some horrific things.

My favorite show from the '60s was 'Combat.' And maybe 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.

My combat action has commenced... I've pissed my pants, but only a little.

Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words.

No guts, no glory. If you are going to shoot him down, you have to get in there and mix it up with him.

One tires of combat, although I can still throw a punch, you know.

Of course, [Albert Camus] wasn't an existentialist, but he was a committed man. He was a man of combat. It wasn't for nothing that he directed the Resistance journal called Combat.

Only those young people can be accepted as healthy who refuse to be reconciled with the old order and foolishly or wisely struggle against it - such is the will of nature...

One of the problems of other MMOs combat is that you often have scenarios where you have multiple heroes beating on a single enemy. That just isn't very Heroic

Reason bears disgrace, courage combats it, patience surmounts it.

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

Rituals are comforting; rituals combat loneliness.

See, decide, attack, reverse.

Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me.

Some cures are worse than the dangers they combat.

Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get stage time, and so I would go out to Pip's in Sheepshead Bay.

Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

Syria is ready to cooperate and coordinate all efforts, whether regional or international, to combat terrorism

Power dressing is combat gear for the trip to the top.

Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.

Speed is the cushion of sloppiness.

The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear.