A Blaze of Glory Quotes

“Quick words did not always mean a quick mind.”
― Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory

“Not even generals can stop the rain.”
― Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory

“Sorry, ma’am, but we need a big damn army right now, and there’s no better way to make one than to gather up a bunch of boys and tell them how much fun they’re going to have killing their enemy.”
― Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory

“No matter how many times you give the orders, you don’t show them that you know damn well what’s going to happen next. Doesn’t matter if these boys are illiterate mudkickers or college boys. They’ll still aim that musket and do their best to kill that scoundrel over there who might be trying to do the same thing back. And afterward, whoever took the better shot goes back to the camps, talks to the new recruits, tells them all about it, and so more illiterates and college boys pick up their muskets, and by damned, they get all excited, and can’t wait to do the same thing. That’s how a war gets fought.”
― Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory

“worn-out shoes. Few of the men had anything solid on their feet, and the curses toward the supply officers went mostly unheeded by the officers, who had worries of their own.”
― Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory

“I did not come into this Army to serve one man, to serve a friend.”
― Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory

“anything that might be”
― Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory