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Chris Kyle QUOTES

1 " The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pay. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

2 " It was a tragic end to a heroic life. "

― Chris Kyle

3 " I don't worry about what other people think of me. It's one of the things I most admired about my dad growing up. He didn't give a hoot what others thought. He was who he was. It's one of the qualities that has kept me most sane. "

― Chris Kyle

4 " Helping each other out, that's America. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

5 " I'd put him in the spot where he got hit. It was my fault he got shot. A hundred kills? Two hundred? More? What did they mean if my brother was dead? "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

6 " It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job. "

― Chris Kyle

7 " A Spencer—now here is an intricate machine, a clockwork of a gun finely thought out, each piece doing many different parts of the job as the weapon is aimed and gotten ready to fire. This is a gun of a time when imagination sprang forward, when the brain was a storm of ideas, one leading to another, then more, and others beyond that. This is a machine of pieces in a complicated dance, made to work as one; a machine no stronger than its weakest part. It is a sum far more than the simple addition of stamped metal bits and honed edges. "

― Chris Kyle , American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms

8 " There's an urban myth, still popular in some quarters, that the Glock can't be detected by X-ray machines. The myth was spread by a Bruce Willis line in the 1990 movie Die Hard 2: "That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun, made in Germany. Doesn't show up on your airport X-ray machines." Every bit of the line was false: there was no such thing as a "Glock 7"; Glocks are made of polymer, not porcelain; it was made in Austria, not Germany; and they do show up on X-ray machines. But in a strange twist, the firestorm of controversy triggered by the false rumors may have helped goose publicity and aid Glock sales. "

― Chris Kyle , American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms

9 " In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

10 " I don't know how high I went, I don't wanna know. Heights are not my favorite thing. It makes my balls go in my throat just thinking about it. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

11 " Since they were made by hand, no two long rifles were exactly alike. Granted, the majority might appear very similar to anyone except their rightful owner. But look closer, and each weapon's uniqueness became obvious. Small variations in the wood furniture or the fittings were of course to be expected. Much larger innovations were also common—Sergeant Murphy, for instance, was believed to have had a double-barreled rifle. It was an over-under design, with one barrel above the other. The arrangement would have made it quicker for him to get off a second shot, a key asset in battle as well as hunting. "

― Chris Kyle , American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms

12 " I am a strong Christian. Not a perfect one—not close. But I strongly believe in God, Jesus, and the Bible. When I die, God is going to hold me accountable for everything I’ve done on earth. He may hold me back until last and run everybody else through the line, because it will take so long to go over all my sins. “Mr. Kyle, let’s go into the backroom. . . .” Honestly, I don’t know what will really happen on Judgment Day. But what I lean toward is that you know all of your sins, and God knows them all, and shame comes over you at the reality that He knows. I believe the fact that I’ve accepted Jesus as my savior will be my salvation. But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

13 " Great way to fight a war - be prepared to defend yourself for winning. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

14 " MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

15 " The thing we all had in common wasn’t muscle; it was the will to do whatever it takes. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

16 " I’ve lived the literal meaning of the “land of the free” and “home of the brave.” It’s not corny for me. I feel it in my heart. I feel it in my chest. Even at a ball game, when someone talks during the anthem or doesn’t take off his hat, it pisses me off. I’m not one to be quiet about it, either. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

17 " Marines—you beat them down and they come back for more. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

18 " I don’t care how much money you get,” my dad used to tell me. “It’s not worth it if you’re not happy.” That’s the most valuable piece of advice he ever gave me: Do what you want in life. To this day I’ve tried to follow that philosophy. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

19 " But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

20 " Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq. "

― Chris Kyle , American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History