Swarthout Marine Quotes

If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me. ~ U.S. Marine Corps

If you're not former military, join the Marine Corps. ~ Chet Richards

A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons. ~ David Dixon Porter

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy. ~ Sheldon Whitehouse

The ocean makes up roughly 70% of the planet; living on land, we fail to recognize the importance of our ocean and the marine life that inhabit it. Ocean acidification is making phytoplankton toxic, which is bad news for the organisms that depend on them as a source of food and oxygen. Phytoplankton generates a large portion of the world's O2. If they're out of balance, the rest of life on Earth is going to be out of balance. ~ Joseph P. Kauffman

Immigration is an organized replacement of our population. This threatens our very survival. We don't have the means to integrate those who are already here. The result is endless cultural conflict. ~ Marine Le Pen

In 2007, Michael Grimm, former Marine, former FBI agent, accountant and attorney, was poised for success as a small business owner. Instead, as alleged, Grimm made the choice to go from upholding the law to breaking it. In so doing, he turned his back on every oath he had ever taken. ~ Loretta Lynch

Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals. ~ Georges Cuvier

The Marines don't have any race problems. They treat everybody like they're black. ~ Daniel James, Jr.

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail ... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation. ~ Jeff Cooper

I was a model Marine.. My rifle was always clean, uniform always starched, and the shoes always shined. I guess that's how I became so neat-sort of the Felix Unger of baseball roomates. Blame it on the Marines. ~ Jay Johnstone

As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South America. You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

A person cannot be a Marine without honor. ~ Carl Epting Mundy, Jr.

They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time. ~ Chesty Puller

Outside events can change a presidential campaign, a president, and the history of the nation: the Iranian hostage crisis, the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, the downing of the helicopter in Mogadishu, Somalia, the suicide attack on the USS Cole, and, of course, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. ~ Mark McKinnon

On his next job application there was going to be the question "What did your father do for a living?" and if an applicant filled in "Marine," "Police Officer" or "Commando," he was shredding it. ~ Kristen Ashley

If they didn't want to know, they shouldn't have asked. ~ James Webb

When I was in Vietnam I learned a lot about the promises that soldiers make to each other. The Marines have a promise to never leave behind their dead. In this country, as citizen soldiers, we need to make the commitment to each other that we will never leave our veterans behind. ~ John F. Kerry

The aim of every woman is to be truly integrated into the Corps. She is able and willing to undertake any assignment consonant with Marine Corps needs, and is proudest of all that she has no nickname. She is a "Marine." ~ Katherine Amelia Towle

It was great to play an ex-marine cockney thug. All my roles are as different as the colours of the rainbow. ~ Luke Treadaway

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal. ~ Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Celebrity chefs are the leaders in the field of food, and we are the led. Why should the leaders of chemical businesses be held responsible for polluting the marine environment with a few grams of effluent, which is sublethal to marine species, while celebrity chefs are turning out endangered fish at several dozen tables a night without enduring a syllable of criticism? ~ Charles Clover

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops. ~ John A. Lejeune

Sir: It gives me pleasure to report to you the fine bearing and soldierly conduct of Captain Wilson and his men whilst absent on special duty. Though their duties were more arduous than those of others, they were always prompt and ready for performance of all they were called upon to do. As a body they would be a credit to any organization, and I will be glad to be associated with them on duty at any time. ~ John Taylor Wood

The way I saw the world changed in an instant. My eyes were opened to a need in this country that was just beginning to be recognized. The floodgates were opened, and our battle-injured warriors filled our military hospitals. ~ Diana Mankin Phelps

We will embrace you in uniform today, we will embrace you without uniform tomorrow. ~ Josephus Daniels

Just being in the military, you're so violent. We got into fights about just random things all the time. I don't think as aggressively as I did when I was in the Marine Corps. ~ Adam Driver

You want to be a marine; you need to learn how to fuck like one. ~ Aaron B. Powell

Yep, got it. You do know I'm a decorated ex-marine, firefighter and badass biker. I got this, sweetheart. ~ River Savage

If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war. ~ Douglas MacArthur

We have Trumpist (ph) tendencies in Europe. Look up Marine Le Pen in France. Look at the Five Star Movement headed by a clown by profession, Beppe Grillo, in Italy. ~ Lionel Barber

I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy. ~ Rosamund Pike

Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines garrison is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression. ~ Margaret Thatcher

The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. ~ Thomas Friedman