Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.


Karl Barth

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I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a mi...
KARL MARLANTES
I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I ...
KARL MARLANTES
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on...
KARL MARLANTES
And I think that it's - the military has actually made improvements, so people are considering p...
KARL MARLANTES
I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well the...
KARL MARLANTES
I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thin...
KARL MARLANTES
The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.
KARL MARLANTES
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about ...
KARL MARLANTES
I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at th...
KARL MARLANTES
Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Sec...
KARL MARLANTES
We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that ever...
KARL MARLANTES
War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.
KARL MARLANTES
It takes people a while to trust you.
KARL MALONE
I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We re...
KARL MALONE
I have many friends and family members who have served (or are currently serving) in our nation'...
KARL MALONE
To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I did...
KARL MALONE