Howitzer Quotes

#1. His troops routed the militia and gained possession of the American guns, one of which was a brass howitzer that carried the inscription "taken at the surrender of York town 1781.

Donald R. Hickey

#2. Surely if men are sufficient masters of things to build a howitzer
they ought to know better than to destroy each other with it.
- Stewart Gore-Browne, from Arras, 1916.

Christina Lamb

#3. I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from a motor; a gun from a howitzer; a guerrilla from a gorilla, although a great many resemble the latter.

Sam Manekshaw

#4. We will send an additional 475 service members to Iraq. As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission - we will not get dragged into another ground war in Iraq. But they are needed to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces with training, intelligence and equipment.

Barack Obama

#5. If an asshole weeps in the forest and no one is around to witness, is he still an asshole? Nobody

Usman T. Malik

#6. We will lower the tax burden on middle class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Middle class taxpayers will have a choice between a children's tax credit or a significant reduction in their income tax rate.

William J. Clinton

#7. I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

Diane Arbus

#8. O heavenly Sower, plough me first, and then cast the truth into me, and let me yield Thee a bounteous harvest.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#9. Don't think being 'religious' means becoming harsh or hard. When Allah enters a heart, He softens it
He doesn't harden it.

Yasmin Mogahed

#10. Rose lit up. I'd totally help with that. Sydney's my friend, and I've got experience with -

Richelle Mead

#11. I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.

Abby Wambach

#12. To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.

Jane Goodall

#13. I could hear the hope in her heartbeat: kiss me kiss me kiss me.

Maggie Stiefvater

#14. What would I look like if everything that I am, no secrets, was put on paper? Would I be horrifying?

Jackie Blue

#15. When I was 14, I told my mother I was going to drop out of high school and go do stand-up comedy. All she said was 'Oh maybe it's better if you just die,' because it was killing her that I was doing this.

Margaret Cho

#16. You give me things too," he said in a hushed voice as he bit off the cap.
"Like what?"
"A headache," his smile widened.

Leah Spiegel

#17. If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.

Steve Lacy

#18. Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that stretches back generations and runs along the Nile, from the concrete of Cairo to the coast of Alexandria.

Shereen El Feki