Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Norman Schwarzkopf
Age: 78 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: December 27
General
Military Officer
Trenton
New Jersey
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
Cost
Taken
Dinosaur
Nations
Dinosaurs
United
Pits
Stills
Bearing
Still
Costs
Would
Occupation
Like
Iraq
More quotes by Norman Schwarzkopf
Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.
Norman Schwarzkopf
I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
Norman Schwarzkopf
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
Norman Schwarzkopf
I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.
Norman Schwarzkopf
You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
Norman Schwarzkopf
I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
Norman Schwarzkopf
If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
Norman Schwarzkopf
I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
Norman Schwarzkopf
When placed in command, take charge.
Norman Schwarzkopf
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
Norman Schwarzkopf
I don't consider myself dovish and I certainly don't consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war.
Norman Schwarzkopf
I can't say enough about the two Marine divisions. If I use words like 'brilliant,' it would really be an under description of the absolutely superb job that they did in breaching the so-called 'impenetrable barrier.' It was a classic- absolutely classic- military breaching of a very very tough minefield, barbed wire, fire trenches-type barrier.
Norman Schwarzkopf
I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
Norman Schwarzkopf
To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.
Norman Schwarzkopf
I like to say I'm not a hero. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
Norman Schwarzkopf
From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.
Norman Schwarzkopf
