“I would say—when the fighting is at its fiercest, it is invariably the Infantry that carries the ball over for the touchdown.”

— George Marshall

Quoted from Katherine Tupper Marshall, Annals, p. 153

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US military leader, Army Chief of Staff 1880–1959

Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

1980

“On the whole, one would say that their strength is in their infantry, which fights along with the cavalry; admirably adapted to the action of the latter is the swiftness of certain foot soldiers, who are picked from the entire youth of their country, and stationed in front of the line.”

Tacitus book Germania

Source: Germania (98), Chapter 6

“The Germans underestimated our artillery. And they underestimated the effectiveness of our infantry against their tanks. This battle showed that tanks forced to operate in narrow quarters are of limited value; they're just guns without mobility. In such conditions nothing can take the place of small groups of infantry, properly armed, and fighting with utmost determination. I don't mean barricade street fighting—there was little of that—but groups converting every building into a fortress and fighting for it floor by floor and even room by room. Such defenders cannot be driven out either by tanks or planes. The Germans dropped over a million bombs on us but they did not dislodge our infantry from its decisive positions. On the other hand, tanks can be destroyed from buildings used as fortresses.”

Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982) Soviet military commander

Quoted in "the story of the second world war" - Page 167 - by henry steele commager

“I foretell the future. I predict the past. I don't need a crystal ball; a football, a tennis ball, a moth ball, any old ball will do. When the power is upon me, there is no holding me back, I just let loose and prophesy all over the place.”

Brother Theodore (1906–2001) German-American monologuist and comedian

“Thegot its name when two Polynesian alcoholics got in a fight over some neckwear.”

George Carlin book Brain Droppings

Source: Brain Droppings

“In my experience of fights and fighting, it is invariably the aggressor who keeps getting everything wrong.”

Martin Amis (1949) Welsh novelist

"Gore Vidal" (1977)
The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America (1986)

“We shall ride the bouncing ball and fight gamely to avoid being on the bottom when it bounces.”

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author

Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Campbell (6 January 1958), p. 96
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)
Context: But fie on these unanswered queries and fie on those who pose them. There are stories to be written, drinks to be drunk, women to be ravished, and … alas, money to be made. We shall ride the bouncing ball and fight gamely to avoid being on the bottom when it bounces. … that is all ye know and all ye need to know. Amen.