(17 quotes found)
“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.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“[The 2-300 Artillery Battalion of northern Wyoming was deployed in February 2004 and returned in April. Part of their mission in Iraq was to protect five senior officials.] I salute you and you are valued, ... It's an honor to be surrounded by the Army National Guard.”
Dave Freudenthal
“The last thing we want is for mortar shells or artillery shells to start dropping in on these refugee camps.”
Ray Wilkinson
“We've seen a continuing build up of artillery in the western part of Kosovo so he can shell into Albania...he's hitting civilians,”
Wesley Clark
“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.”
William Murray
“It is neither chemical, neither biological. It is empty warheads. It is small artillery rockets. It is expired rockets. They were forgotten without any intention to use them, because they were expired since 10 years ago.”
Hossam Amin
“There's no safe place in Iraq. Wherever we went, we were bombarded with artillery, rockets, mortars, you name it.”
Wes Smith
“We're focusing [on this area] because there was an artillery battery near Brawner Farm in the Second Battle of Manassas, ... Visitors look up and see trees, so they can't really picture [what happened.]”
Robert Sutton
“Sure, the North Koreans can do tremendous damage in South Korea through rocket attacks, artillery and missiles but invading the South is totally unrealistic in this stage of the game.”
Robert Einhorn
“Artillery guns of 85 mm and 105 mm are being used seriously used. The main target of the bombardment was the military academy, military barracks.”
Mohamed Daud
