Boelcke Oswald Quotes & Sayings

When I think of how much this world has suffered; when I think of how long our fathers were slaves, of how they cringed and crawled at the foot of the throne, and in the dust of the altar, of how they abased themselves, of how abjectly they stood in the presence of superstition robed and crowned, I am amazed. — Robert G. Ingersoll

I still want to do a comedy series. — Joan Van Ark

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society. — Robert Carlyle

In any form of attack it is essential to assail your opponent from behind. — Oswald Boelcke

I fly close to my man, aim well and then of course he falls down. — Oswald Boelcke

Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings had not darkened because of her grief, nor sickened because of her pain.
She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly -the thought of the world's concern at her situation- was found on an illusion. She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself. — Thomas Hardy

When over the enemy's lines never forget your own line of retreat. — Oswald Boelcke

Are ya waiting for an invitation? Getchya self in. I ain't gonna scare ya. — Waheed Ibne Musa

Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun behind you. — Oswald Boelcke

Always carry through an attack when you have started it. — Oswald Boelcke

Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses. — Oswald Boelcke

The ride to Alicante had been like something out of a dream, or a cheesy romance novel. The two of them astride white stallions, galloping across the countryside, charging across emerald meadows and through a forest the color of flames. Isabelle's hair streamed behind her like a river of ink, and Simon had even managed not to fall off his horse--never a foregone conclusion. — Cassandra Clare

It's precisely because of the pain, the we can get the feeling, through this process, of really being alive - or at least a partial sense of it. — Haruki Murakami

Emily just knew that the grocery store clerk's cousin had slipped on a bath mat and fallen out a second-story open window only to be saved because the woman landed on a discarded mattress.
But what interested Emily most about the incident was how the cousin had subsequently met a man in physical therapy who introduced her to his half brother who she ended up marrying and then running over with her car a year later after a heated argument. And that man, it was discovered, had been the one to dump the mattress in her yard.
He'd saved her so that she could later cripple him.
Emily found that not ironic but intriguing.
Because everything, she believed, was connected. — Holly Goldberg Sloan

If your opponent dives on you, do not try to evade his onslaught, but fly to meet it. — Oswald Boelcke

Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details. — Arthur Conan Doyle

I have very long, wild hair, a suntan and wear knee high boots and ignore all the rules about what you should or shouldn't wear at whatever age. — Kate O'Mara

Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your sights. — Oswald Boelcke

The world is not ideas, rich kid, the world is things. If you have things, you have time to dream, if you don't ... You'll fight. — Salman Rushdie

The only way one can guarantee one's loyalty is love. Loyalty is beyond logic, really. — Paul Bettany

Love clamors far more incessantly and passionately at a closed gate than an open one! — Marie Corelli

For the Staffel: attack on principle in groups of four or six. When the fight breaks up into a series of single combats, take care that several do not go for one opponent. — Oswald Boelcke

Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. — J. Donald Walters