The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it takes place, the greater the effect.

The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

If you want peace, understand war.

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure.

The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.

The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.

The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own effort is turned into the lever of his overthrow.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.

I owe my last breath to death but not one breath more.

Alcohol-inspired fights are a reminder of the price we pay for our daily submission at the altars of prudence and order.

It is so much easier sometimes to sit down and be resigned than to rise up and be indignant.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do

Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.

I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it.

Isn't it too bad that the great truths are all such lies.

Most women don't play like guys do: they don't wrestle, fight, get into brawls. They don't know how to express themselves in a physical, active way.

I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like. It was born 15 minutes ago, it looks like a potato

Things don’t have to end. They can begin again.