"I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army was one of mean ole sergeants and jeeps which jump over mountains."

--

Source : "Up Front". Book by Bill Mauldin, 1945.

Bill Mauldin

#Mean Quotes #Army Quotes #Men Quotes

“The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.”
“I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out.”
“The word suffering is full and whole and perfect as a pierced heart, sweet, rushing and tender ... Suffering is the joy of someone about to be martyred, illumination of something given up as an offer.”

Source : Lydia Millet (2005). “Oh Pure and Radiant Heart”, p.206, Soft Skull Press
“Philosophy begins in wonder.”
“I feel that I'm an essayist and that my best work gets done in that form. I wanted to do a book where the essays could exist on their own terms. A book that was neither a book of essays that were shoehorned into a memoir, nor [one where] the essays had been published elsewhere first, [because] then they would kind of bear the marks of those publications.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“There's so much crap talked about acting.”
“My wife is not my best sexual partner, but she's good with the housework.”
“I'm Owen Hart and I have my own identity and my own style.”

You may also like:

Audie Murphy
Soldier
Charles M. Schulz
Cartoonist
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th U.S. President
Ernie Pyle
Journalist
George S. Patton
Military Commander
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
John Huston
Film director
Rube Goldberg
Cartoonist
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President