Light Artillery Quotes

#1. Author conveys contemporary respect for Methodist preachers who rode the circuit of frontier settlements to put themselves at risk for the Gospel near the Second Great Awakening. They were dubbed 'God's light artillery'.

Nancy Pearcey

#2. We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused
in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible.

Edgar Allan Poe

#3. Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery.

Walter Raleigh

#4. From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle against tyranny.

Steve Buyer

#5. How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions will end up in prison?

Grace Lee Boggs

#6. The devil steps up to the podium, clears his throat and taps out time with his baton: in come the monstrous iron kettle drums of artillery, joined by a woodwind section of whistling bullets and shrieking shells, the ever-crackling light percussion of rifle fire.

Matthew De Abaitua

#7. He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

John Steinbeck

#8. That I would rather be in another business where a bad cold wouldn't put me out of work.

Merv Griffin

#9. My God, I think about way back in the day when we were running around in Mary Janes and Doc Martens, that whole 90210-inspired look. I'm glad that's long gone.

Meghan Markle

#10. Bad men with smiles are the most dangerous kind.

C.M. Hayden

#11. Even a poisoned, desolate childhood can be missed.

Julianna Baggott

#12. I love Brits! They are so full of energy and individuality. I am a fan!

Stacey Bendet

#13. Becka might have been average in L.A., but average in L.A. is Queen of Mars in the visiting room of a federal penitentiary in North Carolina.

Kelly Link

#14. Serve, serve, serve. Because in the end, it will be the servants who save us all.

Sargent Shriver

#15. Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.

R. Buckminster Fuller