43 Marine Corps Quotes for You to Enjoy

I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. Leon Uris

Book Writing Marine Corps First Corps Read Readers Still Been Years Marine

I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish. Leon Uris

Struggle Marine Corps Corps Drawn Inspiration Israel Irish Palestine Jewish Marine

I have endless admiration for people like Chrissie Hynde who've been out as the only girl in a band. I'm not sure that, even as a little Marine Corps brat, I would've been able to deal with that. Nancy Wilson

People Marine Corps Girl Band Corps Out Admiration Able Only Like Sure Deal Been Brat Endless Little Even Marine

The United States has been fighting African pirates since the early days of the republic - battles so formative that, among other things, they established a long-standing pattern of dealing with foreign policy problems through armed interventions and also inspired the iconic phrase 'the shores of Tripoli' in the Marine Corps hymn. Nick Turse

Problems Marine Corps Fighting Other Corps States Battles Has-Been Phrase Hymn Inspired Through Long-Standing Since Days Armed Also Policy Dealing Foreign Foreign Policy Been Pirates Shores Established African Formative Republic Pattern Iconic United United States Among Things Early Early Days Marine

I went straight from the Marine Corps to the MFA. The way that you would express things among Marines is somewhat different than the way you're supposed to express things in a creative-writing workshop. Phil Klay

You Marine Corps Marines Way Corps Would Somewhat Supposed Than Different Straight Workshop Express Among Things Marine

For me, leaving the Marine Corps was more disorienting than returning home. Phil Klay

Home Me Marine Corps Corps More Returning Leaving Than Marine

I got a bad conduct discharge, was at home for a few months in late '99, and basically said, 'Dad, I want to give wrestling a shot. I sure as hell don't wanna go to college, and the Marine Corps wasn't for me. And I need to make some money, so let's see if I can do it.' Randy Orton

Home Me Money Marine Corps College Few Hell Late Months Corps Bad See Some Give Wrestling Make Discharge Sure Said Got Go Conduct Wanna Want Shot Dad Basically Need Marine

I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously. Raymond Kelly

Life Leadership You Sometimes Marine Corps Military Corps Say Stay About Know Liked Most Mostly Learned Principles Always Self-Sufficiency Certain Teach Basic Basic Principles Early Marine

In the Marine Corps, I was used to people doing what they said and saying what they mean. There was a higher purpose and calling in the Corps. Everyone works toward accomplishing something together, and there's a common goal. In entertainment, the same isn't always true. You're in it for yourself in Hollywood. Rob Riggle

Saying You Entertainment Together Yourself People Marine Corps Everyone Corps Something Purpose Higher True Toward Calling Said Always Doing Goal Accomplishing Same Common Common Goal Mean Hollywood Used Works Marine

I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. Smedley Butler

I was going to be a Marine before I was going to be an actor. I was really serious about joining the Marine Corps. Steve Zahn

Marine Corps Before Corps About Joining Going Really Serious Actor Marine

My first direct encounter with the military was when I joined ROTC as a graduate student, although my father, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, can trace the military service in our family all the way back to the Revolutionary War. Tammy Duckworth

Service War Family Father Marine Corps First Military Back Our Way Corps Direct Joined Student Trace Although Encounter Revolutionary Revolutionary War Graduate Graduate Student Who Military Service Served Marine

When I was 10, I had a paper route. One year, I delivered my papers through a hurricane. My mother was against the idea, but my dad, who was a sergeant in the Marine Corps, overruled her. I was determined to deliver my papers. Tim Finchem

Intelligence work in the Marine Corps proved to me the strategic value in establishing a Central Command to act as a clearinghouse for disparate bits and floating bytes of information. Todd Young

Work Me Intelligence Marine Corps Value Corps Bits Proved Command Establishing Information Central Act Disparate Strategic Floating Marine

In the Marine Corps, we're taught to put America above ourselves. Todd Young

Marine Corps Corps Ourselves Above Put America Taught Marine

Marine Corps Quotes

No more marine corps quotes