I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Only the spirit nourishes the soul.

I don't go by my caste, creed or religion. My works speak for me.

When you hug someone, you learn something else about them. An important something else.

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary.

I want to tell you that I love you I want to tell you that I love you I want to tell you that I love I love I love I love but you do not.

American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that.

Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted.

It is not vain glory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber.