15 Famous Quotes About War

[Rank amateur]

Generals gathered in their masses,
just like witches at black masses.
Evil minds that plot destruction,
sorcerers of death's construction.
In the fields the bodies burning,
as the war machine keeps turning...

"War Pigs" by Black Sabbath

Dylan is better


A little balance

[Gian P Gentile]

Dylan is better


A little balance

Agree. At a memorial ceremony at Falcon in early 2006 for a soldier from a different battalion than mine a group of his platoon buddies were musicians and played Dylan's "Knockin' on Heavens Door." It struck a middle ground between Dylan's original version and the remake by GnR years later. As they were playing i glanced over at my CSM and tears were gently rolling down his cheeks. I lost it too.

Every time i hear that song on the radio, especially these lines,

"Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door."

I think back to that memorial ceremony and that great fallen infantrymen and his buddies singing a memorial song to him.

gian

[Bodhi]

Dylan is better


A little balance

Gotta go with Gian P. Gentile over Rank Amateur on this one. Dylan is better solely if you're in the dentist's office, riding an elevator, or in the frozen foods section of Publix. Tough to go against Sabbath especially when Dylan's weapon of choice was a simple acoustic guitar while Iommi wielded an axe...

...although after later reading Gentile's tribute to his fallen comrade, I definitely can see why he later agreed with RA...

[slapout9]

The Soul Patrol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD48dJWZ5Zs

[slapout9]

I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwqdB...eature=related

[Rank amateur]

Gotta go with Gian P. Gentile over Rank Amateur on this one. Dylan is better solely if you're in the dentist's office, riding an elevator, or in the frozen foods section of Publix. Tough to go against Sabbath especially when Dylan's weapon of choice was a simple acoustic guitar while Iommi wielded an axe...

...although after later reading Gentile's tribute to his fallen comrade, I definitely can see why he later agreed with RA...

Dylan for lyrics only. Ozzy rules.

[Ender]

"He is best who is trained in the severest school." -Thucydides

"Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore, do not take lightly the perils of war." -Thucydides

Terror can be endured so long as man simply ducks; but, it kills if a man thinks about it. -Erich Maria Remarque

"To whom much is given, much is expected." Luke 12:48

"The price of greatness is responsibility." -Winston Churchill

"There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform." -Xenophon

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." -Xenophon

[TROUFION]

I... I don't know exactly how to put this, sir, but are you aware of what a serious breach of security that would be? I mean...
he'll see everything. He'll see the big board!

[Gian P Gentile]

I... I don't know exactly how to put this, sir, but are you aware of what a serious breach of security that would be? I mean...
he'll see everything. He'll see the big board!

Is this an implicit movie trivia question? Well I will take it as such:

General Buck Turgidson speaking to President Merken Muffley in the War Room

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Is this an implicit movie trivia question? Well I will take it as such:

General Buck Turgidson speaking to President Merken Muffley in the War Room

Gian,
Anyone who knows his Dr. Strangelove can't be all bad. I take back any snide comments I may have made in the past about your posts here and in the MSM.