"I noticed the bushes all around where I stood in my fight with the machine guns were all cut down. The bullets went over my head and on either side. But they never touched me."

--

Source : "Understanding the Odyssey: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents" by Claudia D. Johnson, 2003.

Alvin C. York

#Fighting Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Gun Quotes

“You know, it actually can happen. I mean, the chances of it happening are very rare, but it can happen actually. Which is crazy. Not that itâ€”the chances of it are, like, you know, it's like probably â€˜pigs could fly.' Like, I don't think pigs could fly, but actually sharks could be stuck in tornados. There could be a sharknado.”

Source : "The Cast of Sharknado 2 Share Their Survival Tips" by Lauren Bans, www.gq.com. July 24, 2014.
“My line is probably a little more conservative than some of my compatriots in the business. But again, I think it's all - like, it just - it comes down to me knowing who I am and knowing how I want to be seen in the world, how I want to discuss things.”
“I embrace the messiness of life, I find it so beautiful actually.”

Source : "Brad Pitt breaks his silence" by Gary Susman, ew.com. May 12, 2005.
“We should be surprised that a matter that generally plays such an important part in the life of man has hitherto been almost entirely disregarded by philosophers, and lies before us as raw and untreated material.”
“Monarchy is an outrage which even the blind of an entire people cannot justify... all men hold from nature the secret mission to destroy wherever it my be found. No man can reign innocently. The folly is too evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper. Do kings themselves treat otherwise those who seek to usurp their authority?”
“Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.”
“Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.”
“I've stopped doing things that aren't clear comedy gigs - to do something that's not "comedy night," it's a difficult thing. People have to be given permission to laugh. You need to know it's comedy; otherwise you might just think I'm a man talking out loud.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

You may also like:

Audie Murphy
Soldier
Cordell Hull
Former United States Secretary of State
Eddie Rickenbacker
Race car driver
Gary Cooper
Film actor
Henry Cabot Lodge
Former United States Senator
Howard Hawks
Film director
Joan Leslie
Film actress
John J. Pershing
Military officer
Woodrow Wilson
28th U.S. President