Artillery Quotes

“A child's cry touches a father's heart, and our King is the Father of his people. If we can do no more than cry it will bring omnipotence to our aid. A cry is the native language of a spiritually needy soul; it has done with fine phrases and long orations, and it takes to sobs and moans; and so, indeed, it grasps the most potent of all weapons, for heaven always yields to such artillery.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David: Spurgeon's Classic Work on the Psalms

“I’m young, strong, healthy meat for the “little conflict” that got out of hand.”
― Michael Zboray, Teenagers War: Vietnam 1969

“Avventurose età e benedette quelle che non seppero la spaventevole furia di queste indemoniate macchine dell'artiglieria, l'inventore delle quali io ritengo che sia nell'inferno a ricevere il guiderdone del suo diabolico ritrovato, per mezzo del quale fece sì che un ignobile e codardo braccio possa toglier la vita a un prode cavaliere.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

“Therm-bombs! Drop ’em right on us! I been roasted before—it’s nothing!”
― Henry V. O'Neil, Live Echoes

“The battle between your current state and your desired state cannot be won without a powerful weapon called CHOICE. Your choice determines you.”
― TemitOpe Ibrahim

“The mountain won’t be destroyed by the artillery.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Warfare has changed, no doubt. The king and queen of battle are no longer the artillery and infantry. Now surprise is king, and speed is queen.”
― George S. Midla "From Love to War"

“It is curious that when you are watching artillery-fire from a distance you always want the gunner to hit his mark, even though the mark contains your dinner and some of your comrades.”
― George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia