You don't know combat 'til crap runs down your leg.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims true experience of combat only after something unpleasant runs down their leg.
- In plain terms
- They say real combat knowledge comes after a painful incident.
- What can you take from it?
- Painful experiences can be a harsh teacher about conflict.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does the image of “crap down your leg” symbolize?
- How does discomfort shape understanding?
Another view
The metaphor is graphic and may alienate some audiences.
More from Phil Hendrie
Has somebody been working in your backyard?
Permalink to quote #134 (To veteran) Do-do you watch reruns of China Beach?
Permalink to quote #136 Ma'am have you ever taken one off the chin?
Permalink to quote #133
Related quotes
You would not easily guess All the modes of distress Which torture the tenants of earth; And the various evils, Which like so many devils, Attend the poor soul…
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley quote #1 In all the works on pedagogy that ever I read - and they have been many, big, and heavy - I don't remember that any one has advocated a system of teaching by p…
Charles Sanders PeirceCharles Sanders Peirce quote #3 It is in the exceeding rapture of delight in the deepe search of knowledge, none knoweth better than thyselfe, sweet Mathew, that maketh men manfully indure th…
Matthew RoydonMatthew Roydon quote #3