"I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself."

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"All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army."

Richard Harding Davis, American Journalist

Army, Night, Sleep

"It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you."

John Dos Passos, American Novelist

Army, Freedom, Joy, Worth

"The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season."

Martin Van Buren, American President

Army, Effect, Law, Military

"But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess."

Stuart Symington, American Businessman

Army, Force, Marines, Navy

"We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?"

Dalton Trumbo, American Novelist

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"They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old."

Eddie Slovik, American Soldier

Army, Old, United, Years

"My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more."

Barry Humphries, Australian Entertainer

Army, Fact, Parents

"The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army."

Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish Soldier

Army, May, Nation, Prosperity

"Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once."

Roy Blunt, American Politician

Army, Being, Day

"With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison."

John Spratt, American Politician

Army, Crime, Military, Prison

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"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home."

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"If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life."

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"An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it."

Age

"There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones."

Time

"For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find."

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"The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality."

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"All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army."

"It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you."

"The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season."

"But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess."

"We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?"

"They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old."

"My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more."

"The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army."

"Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once."

"With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison."

Explore more quotes by James A. Michener

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home."

"If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life."

"An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it."

"There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones."

"For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find."

"The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality."

"Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them."

"It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid."

"The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you."

"I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter."