Colleville Quotes & Sayings

Little kids play house; they play war; they play relationships. — John Green

Stop talking. Mark Twain famously said, "If we were meant to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear." Listen — Business Relationship Management Institute

The heart is a weapon - a self-inflicting weapon - that if not trained properly, can destroy a person. — E.K. Blair

This section of Scripture reminds me of the rows of white crosses along the wind-swept hills of Normandy. We're free today because, in June 1944, during the three-month battle of Normandy, nearly fifty-three thousand "nobodies" paid the ultimate price to defeat Nazi tyranny. No fewer than 9, 387 grave markers overlook Omaha Beach, many of them bearing the names of men who died during the first hours of the invasion called D-day. Beneath every white marker lies a person of significance because each one had an impact on the rest of history; each one made a difference. It's a very moving place to be. Visitors to that patch of land near Colleville-sur Mer, France, frequently weep quietly because there the real heroes of the war are silently honored. — Charles R. Swindoll

We are on dangerous terrain when government picks winners and losers in the economy by subsidizing favored products and industries. — Charles Koch

I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul. — Phil Jackson

I looked like an alien, and in front of the most beautiful people on TV. — Christine Taylor

ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF D-Day, I was broadcasting from the American cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach at Colleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, one of the bloodiest battlefields in American history. The cemetery is at once haunting and beautiful, with 9,386 white marble headstones in long, even lines across the manicured fields of dark green, each headstone marking the death of a brave young American. The anniversary was a somber and celebratory — Tom Brokaw