Noncommissioned Officer Quotes

#1. Soldiers expect the noncommissioned officer to be technically proficient, up front, and honest with them. Soldiers must know that NCOs care, that they can approach the NCO for guidance and direction, and that NCOs can make things happen when a difficult situation arises.

Glen E. Morrell

#2. It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.

William A. Connelly

#3. Without self-discipline, a noncommissioned officer can never develop or maintain personal integrity.

Silas L. Copeland

#4. I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.

Eddie Izzard

#5. If people are made to feel uncomfortable in the kitchen, they won't go in there. That's why I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing.

Giada De Laurentiis

#6. Female murderers get sheaves of offers of marriage.

George Bernard Shaw

#7. I'm the kind of guy who can't keep a plant alive for a week, let alone a relationship.

Jerry O'Connell

#8. How do I work? I grope.

Albert Einstein

#9. I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.

John Cena

#10. And he simply would not tolerate any other high-ranking officer, commissioned or noncommissioned, reaming out one of his guys. He

Marcus Luttrell

#11. Becoming a vampire is forever. You don't get to change your mind about it later. For me, I think that's one of the big drawbacks with anything that's permanent. How do you know how you're going to feel in five years or 10 years? Even with a tattoo.

Stephenie Meyer

#12. I love to perform live.

Katey Sagal

#13. Fewer and fewer people are attracted to the church service and more and more people are attracted to the service of the church.

Reggie McNeal

#14. I did no research on 'The Best Man.' That was something that came out from my own head.

Malcolm D. Lee

#15. It was an article of faith with NCOs [noncommissioned officers] that they were better than their officers. And they were usually right. Certainly I had been happy with mine. They had done plenty of good work for me.

Lee Child

#16. Untitled. Unfinished. UNRELEASED

David Foster Wallace

#17. It's hard for them because they want to be proud of me, but I keep reminding them that it's all luck. Luck is what got me here, nothing else.

Robert Pattinson

#18. I don't shave," she interjected, stopping my train of thought again. "You don't shave?" I asked, my eyes traveling to her bare legs. "No." "Ever?" I asked inanely. Her legs had been smooth when I took off her sandal last night. "Yes, ever," Layna answered. "Everywhere?

Libby Austin