#marine

In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches — do the right thing, for the right reason — no exception exists that says: unless there's criticism or risk. Damn the consequences. ↗

— Josh Rushing

#marine-corps #marines #maxim #right-and-wrong #usmc

If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me. ↗

— United States Marine Corps

#courage #inspirational #marines #courage

Courage is endurance for one moment more... ↗

— Unknown Marine Second Lieutenant in Vietnam

#courage

If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#biologist #could #i #if i could #intelligence

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks. ↗

— Ralph Peters

#gulf #gulf war #iraqi #killing #marine

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#lives #made #marines #people #problem

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#computer #interesting #more #question #submarine

Well, I have an undergraduate degree, a couple of bachelor's degrees, from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#bachelor #couple #degree #degrees #graduate degree

Oh diary, I love her, I love her, I love her so much. Jordana is the most amazing person I have ever met. I could eat her. I could drink her blood. She's the only person I would allow to be shrunk to microscopic size and explore me in a tiny submersible machine. She is wonderful and beautiful and sensitive and funny and sexy. She's too good for me, she's too good for anyone! All I could do was let her know. I said: "I love you more than words. And I am a big fan of words. ↗

— Joe Dunthorne

#love #romance #sexy #submarine #teen

Your job is to be the hardest motherfucker in your platoon," he said while pointing at me across the desk. "Do that, and everything else will fall into place." He added that I was assigned to Bravo Company, call sign Hitman, and wished me luck. ↗

— Nathaniel Fick

#marines #officer #inspirational