Deserter Quotes

#1. An overseer called him a traitor, and Rytlock killed him. That's how he became an overseer. Later, a legionnaire called him a deserter, and Rytlock killed him as well. That's how he became a legionnaire.

J. Robert King

#2. If I left I would feel a deserter - like the guy who walks away from the army once there is a war. I am highly committed to this club. I love what I do here and love the spirit of the team.

Arsene Wenger

#3. Nyx did what she always did after she shot a terrorist or garrotted a deserter. She carried on.

Kameron Hurley

#4. Pardon the deserter; he is weak and will return to the lesson later on.

Chico Xavier

#5. The foetus is the property of the entire society.Anyone having children is a deserter who abandons the laws of national continuity.

Nicolae Ceausescu

#6. He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.

Jose Marti

#7. It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.

Henry David Thoreau

#8. I shall not lie!" Eilonwy cried, "not for this traitor and deserter."
"It is not for him," Taran said quietly, "but for the sake of our quest."
"It isn't right," Eilonwy began, tears starting in her eyes.
"We do not speak of rightness," Taran answered. "We speak of a task to be finished.

Lloyd Alexander

#9. Maybe it's a sick fantasy of mine, but I am really looking forward to a debate between a general and a deserter. Plus, I really want to hear President Bush have to say, 'Yes, General, No, General.'

Michael Moore

#10. Shades of Harry the deserter, I thought furiously. What in God's name is the British army coming to? Glorious traditions, my aunt Fanny.

Diana Gabaldon

#11. I would like to apologize for referring to George W. Bush as a 'deserter.' What I meant to say is that George W. Bush is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar, and a functional illiterate. And he poops his pants

Michael Moore

#12. The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.

Lord Chesterfield

#13. For the artist, fulfillment of self consists not in marching in the ranks of the liberators but in being entered in the roll of the Masters. The artist tends to find himself in the position of a deserter from his social group or, at best, one who collaborates, with secret reservations.

Harold Rosenberg

#14. Why should a deserter take the trouble to light Rutupiae Beacon?" Aquila demanded, and his voice sounded rough in is own ears.
"Maybe in farewell, maybe in defiance. Maybe to hold back the dark for one more night.

Rosemary Sutcliff

#15. Re-imaging the future of business is exciting, but investigating the different path for unleashing business potential needs to take a systematic approach and develop it into a more solid form.

Pearl Zhu

#16. What I need is a lawyer who specializes in the law of the jungle.

Ashleigh Brilliant

#17. You taste like metal & blood,
kiss like a man's last gunshot.
I could find religion in your face.
Build a church in the palms of your hands.

Elisabeth Hewer

#18. The desire for true happiness
is nothing to feel ashamed about.

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

#19. The sting of a fly, the Congolese say, can launch the end of the world. How simply things begin.

Barbara Kingsolver

#20. All this is nothing better than the jargon of a conjuror, who picks up phrases he does not understand to confound the credulous people who come to have their fortune told. Priests and conjurors are of the same trade.

Thomas Paine

#21. Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he's happy, the other half he's right.

Robert Breault