Chesty Puller famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.
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Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.
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We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!
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So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds won't get away this time!
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Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".
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The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the Air Force has accomplished during the war.
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There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go.
-- Chesty Puller
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Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P. physics and marine biology.
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I earned my stripes as a Marine, and the Corps gets full credit for straightening me out. At 17, I was young, I was unhappy and most of all, I was undisciplined. The Marine Corps was the right service in the right place at the right time.
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The more you act the further you get away from the truth.
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I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.
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Being a celebrity, you can remain a child for ever, almost. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy.
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Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods.
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That is how you know you've left childhood behind-when you wish for time to go backward.
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When you have God behind you, you can come out on top every time.
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By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path
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In my experience, staying in a marriage that my ex and I both agreed had all its best moments behind it was epically depressing.
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