Ernie Pyle

Quotes by Ernie Pyle

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War correspondent and writer · American

American war correspondent and writer

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Popular Quotes

“There are no atheists in the foxhole.”

“There is no sense in the struggle but there is no choice but to struggle.”

“If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.”

“There is no sense in the struggle but there is no choice but to struggle.”

“War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.”

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acceptance atheism clich faith war World Peaceful Night Friends Old Friends Spring Long You Bath Men Strange Earth Life Writing Battle

“There are no atheists in the foxhole.”
— Ernie Pyle
atheism clich faith war

“Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with it...”
— Ernie Pyle
World Peaceful Night

“I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I...”
— Ernie Pyle
Friends Old Friends Spring

“If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.”
— Ernie Pyle
Long You Bath

“There is no sense in the struggle but there is no choice but to struggle.”
— Ernie Pyle
acceptance

“War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.”
— Ernie Pyle
Men Strange Earth

“But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession...”
— Ernie Pyle
Life Writing Battle

“There is no sense in the struggle but there is no choice but to struggle.”
— Ernie Pyle
acceptance