Afghanistan Army Quotes

#1. Marine and Army women have deployed with infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan in what's called female engagement teams, going into villages, talking with women and sometimes coming under fire.

Renee Montagne

#2. As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation - but a divorce? Never.

Tariq Ali

#3. Your words can change the course of your life, don't be afraid.

Annisa Swanson

#4. In Iraq and Afghanistan, our soldiers signed up intentionally. That's a huge difference from the largely conscripted army of my era.

Tim O'Brien

#5. We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afghanistan, over 2,000 years ago.

Jake Wood

#6. Let's withdraw from Afghanistan and have the army invade America - that's the only way we'll get new schools and roads.

Andy Borowitz

#7. Ben Lewis. He's in Afghanistan."
"He is?" I blinked. "In the army?"
"Well, he's not there on his honeymoon.

Jacqueline Carey

#8. One grave and fundamental Keynesian error is to persist in regarding the interest rate as a contract rate on loans instead of the price spreads between stages of production. The former, as we have seen, is only the reflection of the latter.

Murray Rothbard

#9. Pigpen is one of those men we stand solid for. He fought in Afghanistan. Served several terms in the Army as a Ranger. He won't ask anyone for permission to exercise his God-given rights.

Katie McGarry

#10. According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

#11. He looked into the hole, and like any hole it said, Jump.

Susan Sontag

#12. Canada has sent an army of 1,000 soldiers to occupy the Muslim country of Afghanistan (and ships to the Persian Gulf),

George Galloway

#13. Everyone's a knucklehead at one point or another.

Raymond F. Jones

#14. When you're as small as I am, people don't expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.

Daniel Rodriguez

#15. Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in.

Sebastian Junger

#16. When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment.

Hillary Clinton

#17. An infantryman's job is to deliver his enemies into the waiting hands of Death. It is Doc's job to protect his brothers from Death, to knock him aside and say, "Not today.

Adam Fenner

#18. Appearances can be misleading. You just never know what's inside someone until he's tested.

Daniel Rodriguez

#19. Rain falls so lightly that it seems indistinguishable from fog.

Anthony Doerr

#20. In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the 19th century.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

#21. There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

Samuel Richardson

#22. I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Jane Austen

#23. Fly with me, touch the face of the true God. And then cry with joy at the depth of my love.

PJ Harvey

#24. Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.

Bulent Ecevit

#25. Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a later date. The fact that even under such conditions he succeeded in becoming champion reveals a genius for chess which is nothing short of extraordinary.

Jose Raul Capablanca

#26. We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.

Jack Reed

#27. War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

Sebastian Junger

#28. When in doubt - make'em laugh.

Raymond L. Jones

#29. It's that time of year again, April 15, taxes. I know it's depressing, but just remember, you're paying for roads, bridges, hospitals, and an army to keep the nation free. Unfortunately that nation is Afghanistan.

Bill Maher

#30. It's a thin line between what we're calling acceptable and not acceptable. As a leader, you're supposed to know when not to cross it. But how do you know? Does the army teach us how to control our emotions? Does the army teach us how to deal with a friend bleeding out in front of you? No.

David Finkel