Smedley Butler Quotes

My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.

Smedley Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 30, 1881 - June 21, 1940

Topics

MilitaryEveryoneAnimationMental

I think my dream would be to move into film, purely because there's a definite beginning, middle and end to a project. I struggle a bit with such a big series that's going all the time.

Jessica Raine

TimeStruggleBeginningThinkEnd

I never intended to set out and be a singer-songwriter. I just sort of became one because I put out my own record.

Jenny Lewis

My OwnNeverOutOwnBecauseJust

Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights - hard fought and secured in America.

Andy Dunn

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During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of longer-term challenges in other countries.

Stephen Kinzer

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There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

Stan Musial

GoodBestDayNeverSawVery

Have a vision. It is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible.

Shiv Khera

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The American public should know that the Senate report actually reveals that 82% of detainees subjected to enhanced interrogation did, in fact, produce intelligence that saved American lives.

Trent Franks

IntelligenceAmericanKnowFactDid

Katherine Heigl was a movie star. I thought she was going to be one, and it was fun to watch this young actress getting better every day.

Tom Sizemore

DayFunThoughtBetterEvery Day

If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't be the least bit uncomfortable giving it to them. People want songwriters to tell them how they think and how they feel. That's what a song is. That's what I want to hear in a song.

Jason Isbell

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I really believe God has put me in the entertainment business, and he's taken real good care of me along the way. I want to do all I can to give him all the credit.

Austin O'Brien

GoodBusinessGodMeBelieveCare

The Windows 95 launch was such an incredible experience.

Suzan DelBene

ExperienceWindowsLaunchIncredible

Even if your job is a professional singer, we still dork out at home.

Sheena Easton

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