Machine Gunner Quotes & Sayings

One could always imagine that one's life, though smoldering in parts, might be undamaged in the west. — Chris Cleave

It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children. — Kevin Eubanks

Scott Brown is a superstar. Scott Brown won a race that nobody expected Republicans to even be competitive in, and he was able to do it at a time when nothing else going on, so he captured the attention of conservatives across the country. — Carl Forti

It does not do to dwell on dreams and — J.K. Rowling

The ethnic differences among Filipinos are very real. The paucity of arable land, for instance, explains the industry of the Ilokanos and the Cebuanos. — F. Sionil Jose

For forever, and after forever,
Caden. — Jasinda Wilder

The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do, — Stephen R. Covey

Five M4s plus a SAW would be a normal load-out for a standard six-man fire team. But for this job, it was way too light. If I'd had my way, every man on the squad would have been carrying a machine gun. Lacking that, I wanted at least one more heavy weapon. And at the moment, the only other guy in the barracks who had a SAW was Gregory, who was sitting near the west door. "Hey, Greg, we need an assault gunner," said Raz, who'd read my thoughts. "You up for this?" "Honestly? No," replied Gregory, who seemed to be in a state of shock from the ordeals he had already endured. "I don't know if I can do it." Then Jones stepped over to Gregory. — Clinton Romesha

Now I was shocked! The old shibboleth, intelligence! Had not our government been culpable enough in pampering the high-IQ draftees as though they were too intelligent to fight for their country? Could not Doctor Gentle see that I was proud to be a scout, and before that a machine gunner? Intelligence, intelligence, intelligence. Keep it up, America, keep telling your youth that mud and danger are fit only for intellectual pigs. Keep on saying that only the stupid are fit to sacrifice, that America must be defended by the low-brow and enjoyed by the high-brow. Keep vaunting head over heart, and soon the head will arrive at the complete folly of any kind of fight and meekly surrender the treasure to the first bandit with enough heart to demand it. — Robert Leckie

I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest. — David Blunkett

Will none wipe the sneer of the face of the cosmos? — Poul Anderson

My plan is to work on a master's in philosophy. — Charlie Trotter

What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their contemporaries! — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was not the same as charging down a machine-gun nest armed only with a Bowie knife, or strapping in to the tail-gunner seat of a four-engined heavy bomber. And no one else would ever know, since one did not get a medal for letting go of a woman's hand on a gray Saturday morning in the middle of a European war. But to have faith - that a lover would be constant and life clement - this did require courage in a city more disposed to beginnings than safe continuations. As — Chris Cleave

We are broken open, or we willfully shed. — Mark Nepo

He felt changed, but there was no one to tell. — A.S. Byatt

Like strange mechanical grotesques,
Making fantastic arabesques,
The shadows raced across the blind. — Oscar Wilde