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.

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.

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.

Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.

There are zero excuses or delays when oneself is determined to grow.

Now I am shut up with his mother on Bramble farm and she is no better for conversation than prune whip

A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.

Have you tried talking to her?" "No. We've been punching her in the face repeatedly. What? You don't think that will work?

As has been emphasized vigorously by foreign allies and by responsible leaders of former administrations and incumbent officeholders, there is no current danger to the United States from Baghdad.

Winning wasn't natural for me. It had to be fought for, in the echoes and trodden footprints of my mind.

I wondered what I thought I was burying.

New Orleans jazz is a complex and embracing art form that began about the same time as the blues and encompassed many of its excellences.