Peter Steele

There are no atheists in foxholes, they say, and I was a foxhole atheist for a long time. But after going through a midlife crisis and having many things change very quickly, it made me realize my mortality. And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God.

American Musician

Ed Asner

I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.

American Actor

Viola Davis

I tell my daughter every morning, 'Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, 'My head and my heart.' Because that's what I've learned in the foxhole: What gets you through life is strength of character and strength of spirit and love.

American Actress

Allen Iverson

I may not know everything about physical talent or anything like that, but I have a sharp mind when it comes to that look: being able to look into somebody's eyes to tell if they are going to be in the foxhole with you tonight, or if they are not.

American Athlete

Stephen Lang

I've always been curious about why one man jumps out of a foxhole with a grenade and charges a machine gun nest, and his buddy next to him sits there cowering. And my feeling is that the difference is tiny between the two.

Faith Salie

They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and in the foxhole of my divorce, I found solace in walking to St. Patrick's Cathedral and lighting candles.

American Journalist

Barry Trotz

I'd love to go in the foxhole with guys who will stick their neck out and say, 'I'm going to deliver for you.

Canadian Coach

Derek Carr

I know that I've got some guys I want to put in the foxhole with me, and there's a lot of 'em.

Ron Rivera

You wanted to be in the foxhole with Jim Harbaugh. He hates to lose.

American Coach

Louis Zamperini

When you're on a raft, you pray like in a foxhole.

American

Use 'foxhole' to describe a soldier's protective hole during battle, not a structure like a bunker or base.

Military Context

'Foxhole' refers to a small, temporary shelter, unlike permanent military fortifications.

Temporary Shelter

'Foxhole' often implies quick action; soldiers dig them urgently for immediate protection.

Immediacy

'Foxhole' can be used metaphorically to describe any safe space, not just literal holes.

Metaphorical Use

When used idiomatically, a 'foxhole' often refers to a place for solitude and comfort.

Personal Retreat

'Foxhole' sometimes means escaping pressures or responsibilities for a while.

Figurative Escape

 But the taboo against whistling backstage still exists today, long after the stagehands started using radio headsets. Along the same lines, lighting three cigarettes from the same match really could cause bad luck if you were a soldier in a foxhole

Where do superstitions...

 heard the bombers come and he was out in the field so there's no place for there's no foxhole to jump in and so he wrapped his arms around a tree that was closest to him the bomb went off not far from him the tree protected his body

Making the impossible...

 it is a camouflaged one-man foxhole about three feet deep and seven feet long Doug plans to use them to hide in plain sight for three to seven days at a time this is where I would be at the end of the

Foxhole

Military Context

Temporary Shelter

Immediacy

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