Pershing Quotes

#1. Pershing won [WWI] without even looking into an airplane, let alone gong up in one. If they had been of such importance he'd have tried at least a ride ... We'll stick to the army on the ground and the battleships at sea.

John W. Weeks

#2. Pershing's expedition into Mexico after Villa had exploded one of our myths for a little while. We had truly believed that Mexicans can't shoot straight and besides were lazy and stupid.

John Steinbeck

#3. I think General Pershing was the most military figure I've ever seen.

Frank Buckles

#4. Still it made no sense to Pershing that one set of people could be in a cage, and the people outside couldn't see the bars.

Isabel Wilkerson

#5. The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

John J. Pershing

#6. When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500.

Ahmet Ertegun

#7. He nods. "Remember," he says more confidently than before. "This is not our fight. This is not our home. This is not our battle. This is not our war. Not ours alone. This is a battle for freedom, equality, and the right to happiness. This is an Ordinary battle, and we cannot succeed without them.

Douglas Pershing

#8. This generation a Shifter will arise, Hidden amongst the lost and lies. A great many will see The life that could be. The universe will shake; The greatest among us will quake. The towers will fall. The ruled will rule all.

Douglas Pershing

#9. A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

John J. Pershing

#10. I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I'm not a complete idiot at this time.

Emilie Autumn

#11. Well, by all means please let's decentralize policing.

Babatunde Fashola

#12. But if you get chronically, psychosocially stressed, you're going to compromise your health. So, essentially, we've evolved to be smart enough to make ourselves sick.

Robert M. Sapolsky

#13. A man of his type, big, fit, strong, shrugged off niggles and got on with his day.

Salman Rushdie

#14. Time is a keyhole, he thought as he looked up at the stars. Yes, I think so. We sometimes bend and peer through it. And the wind we feel on our cheeks when we do - the wind that blows through the keyhole- is the breath of all the living universe.

Stephen King

#15. Infantry, Artillery, Aviation
all that we have
are yours to dispose of as you will ... I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in history.

John J. Pershing

#16. Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

John Green

#17. In that moment, I don't see the brother that I grew up with. I don't see the geek who can't use an iPod. I don't see the kid who can't throw a football to save his life. I see the man he will become. I see a leader, strong, pure, unconquered.

Douglas Pershing

#18. The World War demonstrated the importance of Field Artillery. The majority of casualties were inflicted by the arm.

John J. Pershing

#19. I don't like talking to people I KNOW, but strangers, I have no problem with.

Larry David

#20. Before I gave birth to Hope, I had a miscarriage. The pain was so enormous, I had to write myself out of it. I kept a diary and did not feel entirely complete until Hope was born.

Rachel Joyce

#21. Life is shitty sometimes, Rachel. But what good does it do to run away from everything because you're afraid of something bad happening?

Susan Bishop Crispell

#22. Love is a Dog from Hell.

Charles Bukowski

#23. I have to admit, Tanner can be a smart kid. You know, when he's not too busy being completely useless.
(Ryland Ascunse)

Douglas Pershing

#24. Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.

Thomas Browne

#25. To get the best out of your men, they must feel that you are their real leader and must know that they can depend upon you.

John J. Pershing

#26. Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.

John J. Pershing

#27. Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent standing with their brothers of the army and their general good conduct.

John J. Pershing

#28. No commander was ever privileged to lead a finer force; no commander ever derived greater inspiration from the performance of his troops.

John J. Pershing