Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September, and even before then it was quite busy.

I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided.

We came back right over the World Trade Center, and could see, even from that altitude the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible.

They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know.

The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.

I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes and it's a great thrill, and it allows me to share in the dangers that the great men - our great men and women in uniform share in on a regular basis.

I believe that this is a different war than America has ever fought in the past. It is a nonconventional war. It means that you've got to use every tool you've got available to you...

I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.

I, first of all, felt a great sense of loss, a sense of condolence for the friends that I had that were killed in that, for the loved ones.

Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day.

Nothing is more magical than love.Nothing is more real than love.

And yet... you wouldn't want it to stop hurting... you wouldn't want to forget your little mother even if you could.

The spirit of excellence exorcises the demon of mediocrity.

Beauty and inspiration can be found in any natural place of the earth.

Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.

My mother emails me stuff about when she finds a paparazzi photo and theyre like, his hair is out of control.

The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're not issues that reside solely within the film industry.

In every perceived failure or setback is the seed of success.

The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war.

You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you have got to hang though together