Stephen Crane Quotes

For the remote contingency by which a national army must be always judged, namely, the contingency of war with a first class power, the Army is practically unprepared.

The National Defense Act of 1916 left the United States with a General Staff of 19 officers, against Germany's 650.

We don't make announcements until we make announcements.

… you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

I'm armed and ready when my number is called.

You look like a puppy. Like I'm jingling my keys and you're jumping by the door waiting for your walk" "Woof.

There is a hush over all Europe, nay, over all the world. Alas! it is the hush of suspense, and in many lands it is the hush of fear. Listen! No, listen carefully, I think I hear somethingyes, there it was quite clear. Dont you hear it? It is the tramp of armies crunching the gravel of the paradegrounds, splashing through rain-soaked fields, the tramp of two million German soldiers and more than a million Italiansgoing on maneuversyes, only on maneuvers!

I see by your eagerness, and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be in formed of the secret with which I am acquainted. That cannot be.

It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.

He had never before felt so self-consciously young, nor experienced such appetite, such impatience for the story to begin.

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.

Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment itself.

I will not move my army without onions.

But the enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. And pawns are as likely to see as much of it as any. Sharpen your blade!

I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow.

Are you ready? I'm three blocks past ready. Pardon? Skip it.

I'm always trepidatious and excited about what I do. I wouldn't choose to do something, unless I am really excited about it.

As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. Since the Iraq conflict began, the Army has been pressing ahead to produce the armor necessary at a rate that they believe - it's a greatly expanded rate from what existed previously, but a rate that they believe is the rate that is all that can be accomplished at this moment.

It has all happened so quickly, but it's exciting, I just wanna get back to playing football you know.

I couldn't wait to start the day.

If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do?

The first rumors about Zenith came from the Czechoslovakians.

"Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager." "Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow." I rolled my eyes. "I'm serious," he said."You don't even know me," I said. I grabbed the book from the center console. "How about I call you when I finish this?""But you don't even have my phone number," he said."I strongly suspect you wrote it in this book."He broke out into that goofy smile. "And you say we don't know each other."

As a kid, you await holidays with a wide-eyed, passionate, almost maniacal enthusiasm. Heavy breathing is involved.