Quote #48
My soldiers can eat their waist belts, but my tanks need gas.
More from George S. Patton
- Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
- Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.
- Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!
- May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I sure as hell won't.
- Son, only a pimp in a Louisiana whore house carries pearl handled revolvers, these are ivory.
- March toward the sound of gunfire, an easily recognizable sound that they could usually find in front of them.
- Take calculated risks. This is quite different from being rash. My personal belief is that if you have a 50% chance, take it!