I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?

You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.

The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.

Offering a hand up is not a hand-out.

This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

While soldiers can stand and fight.I can fight and feed them

The surest test of discipline is its absence.

When confidence is there, conviction is easy.

Consciously or unconsciously, the only person you should compete with is you.

Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?

I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

I was a dreamer when I was at high school and even primary school. I used to dream about doing adventurous things.

If I paid ten dollars for a cigar, first I'd make love to it, then I'd smoke it.

Zero G and I feel fine.

Any manual labor I've done was purely by mistake.

Stalking the Angel [Joe]"I could off anybody in this place five times over." [Elvis]"Could you off someone and get away with you here?" [Joe]Head shake. "I'm too good even for me.

There are cultures that believe having your photograph taken steals your soul. I don't think there is a stolen soul in a picture, but still - why is it so hard to throw them away?