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  • I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall!" He caught the lieutenant's eye, and added: "But not too hard!

    Wall   Eye   Men  
    Terry Pratchett (2008). “Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31)”, p.136, Random House
  • Tawny," I barked. My voice held the authority of a drill sergeant. She jumped. "I am NOT making out with you until the end of time. You want to do this, then you've got to work for it. Now, TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES." "Oh," said Hugh. "I've waited ten years to hear you say that to another woman.

    Years   Voice   Clothes  
    Richelle Mead (2008). “Succubus Dreams: Urban Fantasy”, p.156, Random House
  • This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest.

    William Shakespeare (1809). “The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators, to which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised and augmented by I. Reed, with a glossarial index”, p.283
  • The behavior of the minority ... warranted the sergeant at arms being called.

    "Police called during House meeting" by Steve Turnham, www.cnn.com. July 21, 2003.
  • My father was a drill sergeant, and I've always had that mentality drilled into me of 'you've got to do better, you've got to do better.' I just try to listen to the characters. That's what works for me.

  • Pansy," Murphy sneered. Thomas leered at her. "You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant.

    Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.292, Penguin
  • My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

    Mother   Father   Police  
  • All summer long we spent dancin' in the sand, and the jukebox kept on playing Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

    Summer   Lonely   Heart  
  • I think it's maybe because Sergeant Pepper's came out when I was about 13 or 14 and that was a pretty impressionable age, and it was such a kind of radical period. But that period of the Beatles really had a big influence on me and I think are directly related to hyperinstruments.

    Thinking   Age   Peppers  
    Source: bigthink.com
  • Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.

    Military   War   Army  
  • Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.

  • Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl.

    Running   Army   Class  
    Terry Pratchett (2009). “The Carpet People”, p.148, Random House
  • My father, who was a sergeant in the RAF during the Second World War, was killed in a hitchhiking accident while returning home on compassionate leave. As a result, my mother had to get work, as a nurse, and at seven the RAF put me into a boarding school and ex-orphanage called the Royal Wolverhampton School.

    Mother   Father   War  
    "Eric Idle: 'The BBC paid us £2,000 a series for Monty Python’". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 10, 2016.
  • Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That's one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, 'Unless there's order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.' And that sounds really scary.

    Order   Scary   Sound  
    "Do Tell: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the Funny Senator". Interview with Mary Ann Akers, voices.washingtonpost.com. June 8, 2007.
  • I went to the surplus store on Santa Monica and Vine (in Los Angeles) and went and got me a Navy outfit, put the black tape under my eyes. I got me a whistle and went in there with a hat looking like a full-on drill sergeant.

    Eye   Black   Navy  
  • In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old detective sergeant came and whispered to me in the press pit. He pointed out a young offender, a teenager who was up for stealing a car or something relatively minor, and said, 'See this kid? He'll kill.'

    Teenager   Kids   Cities  
  • Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state.

  • The trust, confidence, and support given to us by our chain of command, and the tenacity of the great noncommissioned officers of the past, have laid the foundation and developed our quality corporals and sergeants.

    Army   Past   Support  
  • Ready when you are, Sergeant Pempbry.

    "Fictional character: Dr. Hannibal Lecter". "The Silence of the Lambs", www.imdb.com. 1991.
  • I think managing shortened my playing career, but I was a better manager when I was playing, when I could lead like a platoon sergeant in the field rather than as a general sitting back on his duff in a command post.

  • Cats don't bark and act brave when they see something small in fur or feathers, they kill it. Dogs tend to bravado. They're braggarts. In the great evolutionary drama the dog is Sergeant Bilko, the cat is Rambo.

    Dog   Drama   Cat  
  • Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life, I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.

  • I spent six years in the army. That's the reason I am like a drill sergeant sometimes.

    Yoga   Army   Years  
  • I grew up dancing, and my ballet teacher was literally a drill sergeant; she was so strict and so scary. And it made me a better dancer.

    "Kate Hudson Wants You to Wear Gym Clothes On a Date". Interview with Faran Krentcil, www.elle.com. June 8, 2015.
  • If you weren’t there, how do you know someone pushed her?” Sergeant Kenn asked. “Well …,” said Jared. “And what were you doing, running through a strange town at night?” “I was jogging?” Jared offered. “Without your shirt or your shoes?” “Uh,” said Jared.

    Running   Night   Shoes  
    Sarah Rees Brennan (2012). “Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy Book 1)”, p.58, Random House Books for Young Readers
  • I saw my husband in his cell for ten minutes. During the interview the cell was packed with officers and a sergeant, who kept a watch in his hand and closed the interview by saying, 'Your ten minutes is now up.'

    Husband   Women   Cells  
  • My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.

  • The mace prodded Will in the back again. That little habit was starting to annoy him and he was tempted to take the weapon from the sergeant major and do a little prodding of his own.

    John Flanagan (2011). “The Sorcerer in the North (Ranger's Apprentice Book 5)”, p.215, Random House
  • He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word Peace meant that a man could stand up on a hill. For him it meant someone to talk to.

    Men   Hills   Shire  
  • I watched the video [ with my first commercial] when I was 20, and in the video, there are two families. The first family is this smiling blond Partridge family, a Californian/Aryan kind of thing, all playing guitars, all singing together and harmonizing. And then, there's my family - and in my family, it starts with my mom saying that she feels like a drill sergeant sometimes, and she's yelling at one of my brothers to stop hitting another one of my brothers. It's just like, "Great, we're that family." It felt a little Simpsons versus Flanders.

    Mom   Brother   Yelling  
    Source: www.avclub.com
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