Adam Makos Quotes & Sayings

You fight by rules to keep your humanity — Adam Makos

The idea of faith is that you hope He's real. But faith beyond that is that you know He's real. And I now know that God is real. — Adam Makos

Behind our gun position we dug a depression that a couple of guys could lay in. That depression would fill with water, and at nighttime, when you wanted to take a nap, two guys would crawl in that water and their bodies would keep it warm. There was a drawback to that because your skin would all shrink up. SID — Adam Makos

although quick to smile. — Adam Makos

Harper unlocked a drawer in his desk and removed a bottle of Vat 69 whiskey and two shot glasses. He uncorked the bottle while explaining that policy permitted him to give each crewman a shot to loosen his tongue before reviewing a tough mission. — Adam Makos

Words can have all the power in the world or - none at all. That's up to you. — Adam Makos

When someone calls you a 'nigger', then you feel sorry for him... You have to pity him because his mind has such a sorry way of expressing itself. — Adam Makos

Enemy flak is usually inaccurate...but when you start taking hits you'll have to call it accurate — Adam Makos

Von Faulhaber had authored "With Burning Concern" in 1937, and in 1941, von Galen had spoken out so vehemently against The Party and the Gestapo that the British had copied his sermons and dropped them from planes across Europe.* German soldiers, civilians, and occupied peoples read them, including the future Pope John Paul II, who found a flyer in Krakow, Poland. — Adam Makos

Of the twenty-eight thousand German fighter pilots to see combat in WWII, only twelve hundred survived the war. — Adam Makos

Don't worry," he said. "We fight our best when we're losing. — Adam Makos

Franz's father gave him a lesson. "Always do the right thing, even if no one sees it. — Adam Makos

Vatican's secretly composed message to all of Germany's Catholics. On Palm Sunday, 1937, the letter had been read by every priest, bishop, and cardinal across Germany to their congregations and three hundred thousand copies had been disseminated. Drafted by Munich's Cardinal von Faulhaber and Pope Pius XI, it told German Catholics in carefully veiled terms that National Socialism was an evil religion based on racism that stood contrary to the church's teachings and every man's right to equality. It made reference to "an insane and arrogant prophet" without naming Hitler. — Adam Makos

Its spinner was black and had a swirling white — Adam Makos

Always assume the best of people. But if a guy proves he's no good, then don't hesitate to give him what he deserves. — Adam Makos