An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words

War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.

Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in.

No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well.

War is a lot of things and it's useless to pretend that exciting isn't one of them. (pg. 144)

I don't think journalists in World War II were objective about the Nazis, and I don't think they should have been.

The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.

All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.

Firemen don't talk about whether a burning warehouse is worth saving.

I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.

Of all forms of deception self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud.

Your views are as narrow as your tie.

Solid stone is just sand and water...Sand and water and a million years gone by.

Like anything, you've gotta find the humanity in the characters.

Americans appreciate the way our friends around the world are sticking by us, and we all hope for their continued support in what's going to be some very trying times.

If science were communism, was it also not possible that communism could itself become a science?

If you have flown, perhaps you can understand the love a pilot develops for flight. It is much the same emotion a man feels for a woman, or a wife for her husband.

I dont like talking about any projects till they solidify and take off.

Our toaster has two settings: too soon or too late.

God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.