Officers Quotes - Page 14

• The General most earnestly requires, and expects, a due observance of those articles of war, established for the government of the army which forbid profane cursing, swearing and drunkenness; and in like manner requires and expects, of all officers, and soldiers, not engaged on actual duty, a punctual attendance on divine service, to implore the blessings of heaven upon the means used for our safety and defence.

  George Washington

  War, Mean, Army

  George Washington, Thomas Francis Bayard (1775). “Specimen pages of a proposed publication of the papers of Washington, Franklin, etc”, p.14

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• War? The one war I'd be happy to join is the war against officers.

  Edward Abbey

  War

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.20, RosettaBooks

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• Like officer Dave.He's never said much about his life, but I can tell he's scarred. And he knows I'm scarred too. The wounded always recognize the wounded. We can smell each other.

  Sherman Alexie

  Smell, Dave, Said

  Sherman Alexie (2013). “Flight: A Novel”, p.21, Open Road Media

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• [Thinking about his first day if he were the Fuhrer] "On that day, all female officers will be required to wear... tiny miniskirts!" [Strikes pose] Roy Mustang, The Flame Alchemist, Full metal Alchemist

  Hiromu Arakawa

  Thinking, Flames, Alchemist

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• Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed.

  Carolyn Keene

  Girl, Way, Used

  Carolyn Keene (1930). “The Secret of the Old Clock: 80th Anniversary Limited Edition”, p.94, Penguin

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• I'm putting you in Dink Meeker's toon. From now on, as far as you're concerned, Dink Meeker is God." "Then who are you?" "The personnel officer who hired God.

  Orson Scott Card

  Concerned, Personnel

  Orson Scott Card (2010). “Ender's Game”, p.76, Macmillan

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• Men," he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. "You're American officers. The officers of no other army in the world can make that statement. Think about it.

  Joseph Heller

  Army, Men, Thinking

  Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• Hello, Officer? Can you help me? My dad got turned into a zombie. You know, we’ve been travelling around getting rid of things that aren’t real, and this time they hit back. I really need someplace to stay – but can you make sure I have some holy water or something wherever it is? And some silver-jacketed bullets? That’d be sweet. Yeah, that’d be totally cool. Thanks. And while you’re at it, can you tell the guys with the straitjackets that I’m really sane? That would help.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Sweet, Dad, Real

  "Strange Angels". Book by Lili St. Crow, books.google.ru. May 14,2009.

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• I've never struggled with that at all....in the state of Texas, if you come into our state and you kill one of our children, you kill a police officer, you're involved with another crime and you kill one of our citizens, you will face the ultimate justice in the state of Texas, and that is, you will be executed.

  Rick Perry

  Children, Crazy, Texas

  "Here's What You Need To Know About Rick Perry And The Death Penalty" by Grace Wyler, www.businessinsider.com. September 8, 2011.

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• Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example

  George S. Patton

  Suicide, Military, Moving

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• A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Military, Pieces, Paper

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• Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Common, Fame

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 1, l. 37

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• The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

  Thucydides

  Lying, Military, Army

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• It is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere [in the propagation of religious teachings] when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Teaching, Government

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• What police officer would dare ticket Death's minivan?

  Augusten Burroughs

  Police, Tickets, Dare

  Augusten Burroughs (2012). “Magical Thinking”, p.45, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Many White people are not sensitive to the kind of abuse that African Americans, especially younger African Americans, receive at the hands of police officers and police departments. I think for most Whites their experience with the police has been good or neutral because they don't interact with the police as much as those in the Black community.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, White, Hands

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• There is no reason for anyone in the country, for anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use, a handgun. The only way to control handguns use in this country is to prohibit the guns. And the only way to do that is to change the Constitution.

  Michael Gartner

  Change, Country, Military

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• It is a lot harder now to be a police officer than what it used to be.

  Steven Seagal

  Police, Used, Harder

  "Steven Seagal returns to television with 'True Justice,' talks race and border wars". Interview with Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. March 30, 2012.

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• There's rumors in the Twittersphere. If I find out that any of my officer is giving out drug and alcohol I send their ass to prison with a snorkel duct-taped to their mouth and me s***ing down that Snorkel

  Ice Cube

  Giving, Alcohol, Drug

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• And there's a cop over there." "What?" the boy said, glancing at the D.C. police officer that stood at the corner of the street, "You think that guys can do a better job protecting you than I can?" Actually, I thought Liz could have done a better job "protecting" me than he could, but instead I said, "No, I think if you don't leave me alone, I can scream and that cop will arrest you." Somehow the boy seemed to know it was a joke.

  Ally Carter

  Jobs, Boys, Thinking

  Ally Carter (2011). “Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy”, p.53, Hachette UK

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• She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father's voice and her sister Margaret's. She heard the barking of an old dog that was chained to the sycamore tree. The spurs of the cavalry officer clanged as he walked across the porch. There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air. (last lines)

  Kate Chopin

  Dog, Father, Distance

  Kate Chopin (2015). “The Awakening & Other Short Stories”, p.166, Booklassic

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• I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny the calendar. I have lived long enough and served in enough different capacities to have removed from my mind, if such were necessary, any doubt of the divinity of this, the work of God. We respect those of other churches. We desire their friendship and hope to render meaningful service with them. We know they all do good, but we unabashedly state—and this frequently brings criticism upon us—that this is the true and living Church of our Father in Heaven and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Meaningful, Jesus, Father

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• She suddenly began to jump up and down, screaming at the top of her lungs. "The arks are after me! The arks are after me! Help me, the arks are after me!" .... "The arks! You don't understand, I have the ring and the arks are after me!" .... (and so the police officer is puzzled long enough for Miriam and Seth to escape)

  Ted Dekker

  Long, Police, Ark

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• The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime, and because it seemed romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Girl, Want, Way

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2007). “The Great Gatsby”, p.102, Broadview Press

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• The best way to make a sort of peace, a fragile armistice to be sure, but precious all the same, with men, officers or not, is to let them bask and wallow in childish self-glorification. There’s no such thing as intelligent vanity. It’s an instinct. And you’ll never find a man who is not first and formenost vain. The role of admiring doormat is about the only one that one man is glad to tolerate in another. With these soldiers I had no need to tax my imagination.

  Louis-Ferdinand Celine

  Intelligent, Men, Vanity

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