Army In Afghanistan Quotes

#1. 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

#2. We started the 10/10 objective in 2011, and that time, our turnover was about Rs. 15,000 crore. We would like to have a turnover of Rs. 1,50,000 crore by 2021. This will be through high growth in domestic and international operations as well as through acquisitions.

Adi Godrej

#3. There are three different kinds of scripting: functional, informational and emotional.

Jay Sankey

#4. 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

#5. You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.

Albert Brooks

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

Raymond F. Jones

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

George Galloway

#8. Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.

Herbert Kaufman

#9. You're undressing me," he said thickly.
"It can't be helped."
"Wasn't complaining.

Tessa Dare

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

Sebastian Junger

#11. 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

#12. Virtue is the truest nobility.

Miguel De Cervantes

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

Jacqueline Carey

#14. 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

#15. 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

#16. 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

#17. 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

#18. 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

#19. There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I'm repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy.

Toby Jones

#20. The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

#21. 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

#22. 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

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

Raymond L. Jones

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

Sebastian Junger

#25. People reveal as much by their silence as they do by what they say.

Sandra Brown

#26. Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Jim Rohn

#27. 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

#28. The concept of loss aversion is certainly the most significant contribution of psychology to behavioral economics.

Daniel Kahneman

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

Bulent Ecevit

#30. The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change.

Al Gore

#31. 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

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

Daniel Rodriguez

#33. 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

#34. 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