11 Marines Quotes & Sayings

Once he was gone, I closed my eyes and pulled in everything from our short time together: the way he stared at me, the playful smiles, the sweet kisses. I thought about them over and over as I got ready for bed, wondering if Maxon was doing the same thing. — Kiera Cass

Not with dreams, but with blood and with iron, Shall a nation be moulded at last. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

She had born a child but two hours ago. She was so weak that she couldn't lift her head an inch from the pillow, yet it was she who comforted him and told him not to worry, that she would take care of him. — Betty Smith

Some archives and record offices are housed in your local museum or library; others have their own stand-alone building. Wherever they are, they are a treasure trove. — Kate Williams

Tolerance is the last virtue of a man without principle. — G.K. Chesterton

I would exchange all that I have written for the next thing. — William Stafford

To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher. — Blaise Pascal

To live in darkness is to surrender to madness, to hide behind light is to ignore the blight, walk the road between and your worries will go unseen. — Ryan J Rousseau

Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone. — Janis Ian

I'll run one day. Run for my life. To be free and think for myself ... I'll run to be emancipated. — Melina Marchetta

Why, i' faith, methinks she's too low for a high
praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little
for a great praise: only this commendation I can
afford her, that were she other than she is, she
were unhandsome; and being no other but as she is, I
do not like her. (Benedick, from Much Ado About Nothing) — William Shakespeare

Those who want to buy wisdom remain with out wisdom, because money buys nothing except commodities. — Meseret Geneti

Unlike the Marines, who are given macho monikers like "jarheads," the Coast Guard had long been denigrated in military circles as fey "puddle jumpers." But just as 9/11 brought a newfound respect to firemen, Katrina did the same for the reputation of the Coast Guard. At the peak of rescue operations they had 62 aircraft, 30 cutters, and 111 small boats stepping up in rescue and recovery operations. They did it all one person at a time. — Douglas Brinkley

I love the game of baseball. — Nomar Garciaparra