Your favorite quotes

**xena** · 13th March 09, 10:13 AM

Apparently a quote of a General who's just inspected some soldiers (IIRC Canadian or Aussies):

"I have no idea what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they scare me!"

**macwilkin** · 13th March 09, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by xena

Apparently a quote of a General who's just inspected some soldiers (IIRC Canadian or Aussies):

"I have no idea what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they scare me!"

I always thought that was from the Duke of Wellington.

T.

**piperdbh** · 13th March 09, 10:51 AM

From Fred Chappell's I Am One of You Forever:
"Let me tell you something, Jess. They don't nobody like a smart-mouth kid."

Louis Armstrong:
"All music is folk music. I ain't never seen no horse sing no song."

Duke Ellington:
"There's two kinds of music: good music and bad music."

**xena** · 13th March 09, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

I always thought that was from the Duke of Wellington.

T.

It probably is. You know, as I get older the mind gets feebler... either that, or I've been hit on the head too many times!

**Bigkahuna** · 14th March 09, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

I always thought that was from the Duke of Wellington.

T.

It was.

**Bigkahuna** · 14th March 09, 02:39 AM

" They've got us surrounded. The poor b-stards." I believe Chesty Puller said this. Any of Uncle Sams Misguided Children out there feel free to correct me.