R. Lee Ermey Quotes & Sayings

43 most famous R. Lee Ermey quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 80 year old American soldier born on Mar 24, 1944.

“I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.”

“There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.”

“It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.”

“Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.”

“Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.”

“Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.”

“Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.”