I'm an old man at 54, without teeth, and with rheumatism.

The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.

Only ... from personal experience [can a man] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error.

The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.

I read sometime around 1938 of Jewish fines and some street actions against them. But I was too concerned with U-Boats and the naval problems to be concerned about Jews.

With the new weapons like the atom bomb, Russia would have it, too, and use it first. It is a very difficult world. But that trouble is imminent is obvious.

Our losses... have reached and intolerable level.

Our losses have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.

Knowing higher truths ensure that we have a larger perspective where all other things fall in place or start making sense.

I'm used to people with very high IQs knowing how to recognize reality, but there's a huge human tendency where it may be instructive to think that whatever you're doing to succeed is all right.

There's always fear. Always fear. Anyone who says they are not afraid is lying to you. Because this can all change tomorrow.

I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president.

PowerPoint makes us stupid.

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife

My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - dont depend on other people, do it yourself.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

My wife is such a bad cook, if we leave dental floss in the kitchen the roaches hang themselves.

Our national problems usually do not cause nearly as much harm as the solutions.