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

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.

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

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.

I can never be perfectly certain whether Helen was got with child by Leonard Bast or by his fatal forgotten umbrella. All things considered, I think it must have been the umbrella.

Sometimes rising above is the only way to stop the hate from spreading. It's not what anyone expects, and it does make them stop and think.

Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.

The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.

For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?

The other side of the globe is but the home of our correspondent. Our voyaging is only great-circle sailing.

For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and do the best I can with it.

Ive always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.