It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

You cannot expect soldiers to change people's minds. That has to be done in other ways.

We told them this morning and I think they (reacted) like you would expect. It was a surprise and the reality of this is very sobering for everybody. I don't take this lightly at all not at all.

Look, we're living in a crazy time right now. There's a lot of craziness going on in the world and in the United States in particular.

The system is broken, and we can fix it. It's not hard. We just have to do the work.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

The Russians are a very sentimental people.

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure.

I love finding your light within the delicate cracks of my soul. There is solace in knowing that every bridge within my brokenness is being restored by your unconditional heart.

I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.

There's nothing New York likes more than a thing. Or a place. Or a place that's a thing. Or a thing that happens to be a place.

[Jimmy] Breslin's [write] really great book on Branch Rickey. And Branch Rickey himself wrote quite a lot. There's some film and kinescope from television.

What is the future of the woman's movement How in the hell do I know I don't run it.

You know, Roland and I were just talking about how we don't have any pyromaniac friends. And everyone knows you need a good pyro to pull off any reform school prank worth the effort.

I steal things from people, characteristics, and I just stock them in my head like a library to use for characters in the future.

Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.

Tell them it was a foul.

I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.