Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive.

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.

Thoughts are wonderful things, that they can bring two people, so far apart, into harmony and understanding for even a little while.

Say what you will, nothing can make a complete soldier except battle experience.

I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece.

For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.

There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle.

About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than roar, and to have an angry pulsation like a bee buzzing in blind fury.

Be your own boss. If you're aiming for true wealth and freedom consider starting your own business.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Passionate leaders driven by passionate beliefs draw passionate followers.

Children don't heal as well.. they change.. they mutate with disaster and make accomodations.

If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.

We may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings. Such violence, such evil is senseless. It's beyond reason.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

[I] try to do both because the writing for me, to be a new artist, the writing is gonna pay the bills.

Once the federal government has control of your health care, that means they can dictate your behavior.