I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants.

A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.

The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand.

Today, as chief Of the guardians of the seas Of the land of the dawn, I gaze up with awe At the rising sun!

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.

Never tell anyone outside my staff that the Submarine Force and the First Air Fleet were responsible for the failure at Midway. The failure at Midway was mine.

A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error.

I lacked the knowledge of linear perspective needed to get into the art school, so now I whitewash walls and imagine I’m heaven’s landscape painter.

Wisdom tolerates blustered opinions, the better to dismiss them later with discovery.

It means, Doug Swieteck, that in this class, you are not your brother.

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.

Something doesn't look right," Vee said. "Is the tire supposed to look like that?" I banged my head against the nearest tree trunk. "So we've got a flat," Vee said. "What now?

Even evil and evil-doing can be overcome by suggestion.

When you lack cohesion, it becomes difficult to have a clear marketing strategy.

To play the piano is to consort with nature. Every mollusk, galaxy, vapor or viper as well the sweet incense of love's distraction, is within the hands and grasp of the pianist.