Top 113 Artillery Quotes & Sayings

Dad was in the First World War in the Royal Field Artillery from 1914 to 1918, as well as uncle Leonard.

In many situations that seemed desperate, the artillery has been a most vital factor.

Mortars and artillery don't discriminate against gender.

I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery.

We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible. On the other hand, the lightness of the artillery should not degenerate into pop-gunnery - by which term we may designate the character of the greater portion of the newspaper press - their sole legitimate object being the discussion of ephemeral matters in an ephemeral manner.

The World War demonstrated the importance of Field Artillery. The majority of casualties were inflicted by the arm.

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

The tolling of yon dismal bell and the loud but solemn discharge of artillery hath announced to the nation the melancholy tidings - Thomas Jefferson no longer lives!

Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery.

They are still trying to bomb with artillery and rocket-propelled grenades to hit the Republican Guard who are controlling Saddam International Airport.

The worse the troops the greater the need of artillery.

General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place.

Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror.

If I live, I mean to spend the rest of my life working for perpetual peace. I have seen war and faced artillery and know what an outrage it is against simple men.

As it says in Bible, God fights on side of heaviest artillery.

Pyongyang possesses thousands of artillery pieces 30 miles from Seoul. Just one retaliatory salvo could decimate South Korea's capital.

The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.

The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

God is on the side with the best artillery

It is with artillery that war is made.

Artillery conquers and infantry occupies.

I'm very lucky that I can walk on the stage before anyone in the world. And that's the thing: you've got to be pretty confident to go on after me. You've got to have the artillery, as I call it. And the artillery is your songs.

Optimism can be more powerful than a battery of artillery or squadron of tanks. It can be contagious and it's necessary to being a leader.

You are my hand grenade, my artillery fire. You have replaced my heart with yourself.

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have them cut; and there is no knowing that, but by trying, as we do with our artillery in the field, by raising or letting down their breeches, till we hit the mark.

In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.

Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.

We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused -- in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible.

Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

Our artillery... The Germans feared it almost more than anything we had.

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country

The speed, accuracy and devastating power of American Artillery won confidence and admiration from the troops it supported and inspired fear and respect in their enemy.

Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.

Infantry, Artillery, Aviation - all that we have - are yours to dispose of as you will. . . . I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in history.

On my left the shooting had the sharp explosion of the infantry artillery, on my right could be heard the sporadic cannon shots thundering from the front, and up above the sky was clear and the sun bright.

I usually travel with a posse. I roll deep. I travel like a rapper, but without the artillery. We don't carry guns, we carry cookies.

Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.

Heaven's great artillery.

Artillery is the god of war.

Great battles are won with artillery.

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.

The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery.

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.

By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry.

One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table.

The Encyclopedia - the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment.

I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity a deluded population can swallow.

I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in the Second Infantry Division.

I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.

When I get back with band, the lights, and the whole production, that's me with the full artillery. A quick radio performance keeps me sharp for the big show.

I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels.

A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the ground troops here, the tanks there, the artillery and air force over there.