I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own.

War, the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary.

You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.

True believers just don't see things the way they are, because if they did, they wouldn't be true believers anymore.

In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front.

I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.

Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.

The essence of the Marine Corps experience, I decided, was pain.

War - the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary.

If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.

The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

This sunlight shames November where he grieves In dead red leaves, and will not let him shun The day, though bough with bough be overrun. But with a blessing every glade receives High salutation.

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table.

The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.

I think it's cultural racism more than anything, which dovetails with actual racism, but the cultural racism to me is even more shocking.

They weren't pressed together as closely as normal, but his shoulder bumped hers, then remained there. It was very subtle, and possibly even accidental, but it was enough.

Transformations always occur during moments of crisis.

What’d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.