Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must be pruned and the plant kept close to its proper soil- experience.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.

To alter the universe, alter your thoughts, because the only universe you will ever know is in your mind.

I know the police cause you troubleThey cause trouble everywhereBut when you die and go to heavenYou find no policeman there

Hello, Gallagher Girl --Zack

If I'm insulted I will counterattack, or if something is unfair, I will counterattack, but I don't feel like I insult people. I don't want to do that. But if I'm attacked, I will counterattack.

Poetry is the break (or rather the meeting at the breaking point) between the visible and the invisible.

My big thing is people. I just love people in my life.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

The final war will be between Pavlov's dog and Schoedinger's Cat.

We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send children to school and provide health.