Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. quotes

Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.”
-- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

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“You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.”
-- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

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“Never wrestle with pigs. You get dirty and they enjoy it.”
-- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

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“When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.”
-- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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“It is never very crowded at the front.”
-- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
“While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it.”
-- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

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“It is soldiers who pay most of the human cost. In war it is extraordinary how it all comes down to the character of one man.”
-- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

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“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”

Source : Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.41, Courier Corporation
“I smoked pot in college and in the Army...”
“Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.”
“I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and because I believe that the women's movement is saying that we have come to an edge of history when men - insofar as they are embodiments of the patriarchal idea - have become dangerous to children and other living things, themselves included”
“Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!”

Source : "The Fall of the Roman Empire". Book by Rita J. Markel, January 10, 2007.
“Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you are going to pretend it's youth, you are going to miss it. You are going to miss the surprises, the possibilities, and the evolution that we are just beginning to know about because there are no role models, no guideposts, and no signs.”
“There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.22, Macmillan
“You can't help the poor by being one of them.”
“No one is so poor that they cannot give, and no one is so rich that they cannot receive.”
“Actors never say they're poor. They're always broke. It's always just temporary. 'Broke' is 'poor with hope'.”

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