A Quotes
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“A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.”
“A soldier in Iraq said that he wanted to "punch Donald Rumsfeld in the gut, then in the face" or something like that. He wanted me to use his name, but I knew he'd get in trouble, so I didn't. However, I felt it was a great quote because it summed up the frustration of those guys at that moment.”
“A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.”
Source: John Bull's Other Island
“A soldier is someone willing to lay down their life for their beliefs. There is no greater calling.”
Source: Cyber Shogun Revolution
“A soldier is the most-trusted profession in America. Americans have trust in you because you trust each other. No matter how difficult times are, those of us who love the Army must stick with it.”
“a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor.”
Source: Poland: A Novel
“A soldier never dies. His blood makes the grass green for his children.”
“A soldier never goes to war without his weapon.”
“A soldier never leaves his wepon.”
“A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.”
“a soldier's mind is made of rock; the heart of a candle.”
“A soldier surrounded by enemies, if he is to cut his way out, needs to combine a strong desire for living with a strange carelessness about dying. He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death, for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of furious indifference to it; he must desire life like water and yet drink death like wine.”
Source: Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“A soldier told Pelopidas, "We are fallen among the enemies." Said he, "How are we fallen among them more than they among us?"”
“A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.”
“A soldier who serves an emperor has to have a uniform, and this also applies to a soldier who serves the Almighty.”
Source: The Penitent
“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
“A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.”
“A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little, and although I have never seen him I know him very well.”
“A soldier's longing to talk about his experiences of battle is a wound that never heals.”
“A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
“A sole cooked in a rich sauce of cream and mushrooms must be followed by a dry dish of entirely different aspect such as a roast partridge or a grilled tournedos, cold ham, jellied beef or a terrine of duck. It must not be preceded by a creamy mushroom soup, nor followed by chicken cooked in a cream sauce. Have some regard for the digestions of others even if your own resembles that of the ostrich.”
Source: French Country Cooking
“A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.”
“A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute a killer. Mourn his victims. Justice.
[...] I just gave the go ahead to Corrections Director to proceed with Gardner's execution. May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims.
[...] We will be streaming live my press conference as soon as I'm told Gardner is dead. Watch it at www.attorneygeneral.Utah.gov/live.html.”
“A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute a killer. Mourn his victims. Justice.”
“A solemn funeral is inconceivable to the Chinese mind.”
Source: My country and my people
“A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.”
Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq
“A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.”
Source: Killosophy
“A solid base for any comedy is just honesty and truth, and it coming from a real place. As surreal as this show gets and is, ultimately, we're dealing with a character that most can't see the way that I can see it.”
“A solid foundation for children involves a solid moral base”
Source: Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World
“A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.”
“A solid giggle should do the trick.”
“A solid home involved family and community, but it was mostly the responsibility of the two people at the helm to nurture, provide, and inspire.”
Source: Carved in Stone
“A solid idea is a firm foundation of a universe construction.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“A solid process lays the foundation for a healthy culture, one where ideas are evaluated by merit and not by job title.”
Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
“A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.”
“A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. Its important to alternate between the two activities.”
“A solidariedade deveria fazer parte da vida humana com frequência, não apenas quando tudo venha a desabar, não quando um estiver na bera da morte, as pessoas deveriam aprenderem a serem sempre solidárias umas com as outras.”
“A Solidão nunca me assustou, muito pelo contrário ela sempre foi a minha melhor amiga, a companhia humana para mim é como uma ferida que me corrói e a única maneira de viver em paz seria removendo esta ferida. E foi isso que o fiz, eu removi a ferida; Eu removi qualquer laço humano que poderia existir na minha vida e me tornei um homem sozinho.
Não digo que não exista nenhum humano próximo a mim, ou em meus relacionamentos ‘’ pseudo sociais’’ possuo amigos, e família. No entanto a companhia deles se dá tão necessária quanto a necessidade que um pássaro tem de uma bicicleta.
Isso não significa de maneira alguma que não me importo ou ‘’ amo’’ aqueles ‘’ próximos’’ a mim, apenas significa que meu estado de solidão pessoal impede que a presença humana se torne necessária.”
“A solitary American monk named Thomas Berry writes that in our relationship to nature, we have been autistic for centuries. Wrapped tightly in our own version of knowledge, we have been unreceptive to the wisdom of the natural world. To tune in again, to have the "spontaneous environmental rapport" that characterized our ancestors, will take doing something that is perfectly delightful: reimmersing ourselves in the natural world.”
“A solitary ascetic is a symbol of the most cowardly egotism; a hermit who flees from his brothers instead of helping them to carry the burden of life, to work for others, and to put their shoulders to the wheel of social life, is a coward who hides himself when the battle is on, and goes to sleep drunk on an opiate.”
“A solitary authentic soul suffices for me.”
Source: The Hidden Path to Self-Improvement: UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF A BETTER YOU
“A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer.”
Source: The Last Man
“A solitary finger of light fell upon it, illuminating motes of golden dust floating in the air.”
Source: Eragon
“A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.”
“A solitary life cherishes mere fancies until they become manias.”
Source: Life of Charlotte Bronte
“A solitary sorceress: her shadow is still visible on the eve of the new moon.”
“A solitary traveler can sleep from state to state, from day to night, from day to day, in the long womb of its controlled interior. It is the cradle that never stops rocking after the lullaby is over. It is the biggest sleeping tablet in the world, and no one need ever swallow the pill, for it swallows them.”
“A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man. They are sluggish, yet more wayward, and never without a melancholy tinge. Sights and impressions which others brush aside with a glance, a light comment, a smile, occupy him more than their due; they sink silently in, they take on meaning, they become experience, emotion, adventure. Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.”
Source: Death in Venice and Other Tales
“A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.”
Source: Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories
“A solution is never as easy to find as someone to blame for the problem.”