I'd like to see a more aggressive attitude on the part of the United States. That doesn't mean launching an immediate preventive war.

If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use too much; you'll save lives, not only your own, but the enemy's too.

There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

I don't have time to distinguish between the unfortunate and the incompetent.

I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.

If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals.

Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars

We're at war with Japan. We were attacked by Japan. Do you want to kill Japanese, or would you rather have Americans killed?

Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they are fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which side had won at the outset.

You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough they stop fighting.

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

We are kind of one step removed, not really in the center of things.

I've worked with Woody Allen twice and he was like, "Whatever you want to change, it's up to you. If you want to change the words, make them your own."

He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]

It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical.

A common greeting was 'Well, Gillette, how's the razor?' If I had been technically trained, I would have quit.

It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it is all a delusion, a stupid delusion.

Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e'en now, e'en now, we die.

I'm coming to London next week, by the way, in unhappy circumstances. Are we getting on fine as we are? Or would you like a drink?