Nugent

Famous quotes containing the word nugent:

    Old soldiers, Miss Dandridge. Someday you’ll learn how they hate to give up. Captain of a troop one day, every man’s face turned toward ya. Lieutenants jump when I growl. Now tomorrow, I’ll be glad if the blacksmith asks me to shoe a horse.
    —Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)

    Figure a man’s only good for one oath at a time. I took mine to the Confederate States of America.
    —Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)

    Newspaperman: That was a magnificent work. There were these mass columns of Apaches in their war paint and feather bonnets. And here was Thursday leading his men in that heroic charge.
    Capt. York: Correct in every detail.
    Newspaperman: He’s become almost a legend already. He’s the hero of every schoolboy in America.
    —Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)