top of page
.png){kind=small}
Exlpore more Mistake quotes
"I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent."
"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."
"You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own."
"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."
"So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge."
"It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved."
"It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next."
Explore more quotes by R. Lee Ermey
"When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war."
"You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did."
"Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control."
"I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running."
"The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after."
"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."
"Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons."
"There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better."
bottom of page