We're at war with Japan. We were attacked by Japan. Do you want to kill Japanese, or would you rather have Americans killed?

If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use too much; you'll save lives, not only your own, but the enemy's too.

There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

I don't have time to distinguish between the unfortunate and the incompetent.

I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.

If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals.

Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars

Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they are fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which side had won at the outset.

You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough they stop fighting.

I don't want to hear of any of you men getting into any fights with the British. But if you do, you'd better not get whipped.

To pursue happiness for its own sake is the surest way to lose it.

It is not just about what you can do that will make you a leader. It is about how well you can do it.

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

I acknowledge that we are all human and are on a journey. We are not born perfect, mistakes are inevitable.

There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.

I never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands. For me, life happened, just as it does for anyone else.

Self fulfilling prophecies do exist in real life

Magic, if that was the right word, often rises and falls on your own belief in your abilities. I've seen very powerful people completely crippled by self-doubt.

I don't have any kind of ideology that precludes me from moving in one direction or another. I just want creative autonomy and I want at least an opportunity that it's going to be seen.

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.