It's got to be done and done quickly, so let's get it done.

A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security.

The technical genius which could find answers was not cooped up in military or civilian bureaucracy, but was to be found in universities and in the people at large.

Offense is the essence of air power.

Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust defenses or recuperate.

The Japanese position was hopeless even before the first atomic bomb fell because the Japanese had lost control of their own air.

There is far more happiness in a life that is your own than a life in which you are handed the lines to say and shown the gestures to make. Do not ever be ambitious.

Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?...No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.

Wait and wait. Most people's lives are spent waiting.

The lie detector didn’t react to anything I said, but I wouldn’t dare smile.

Competition can damage self-esteem create anxiety and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love.

We cannot all ARGUE, but we can all PRAY; We cannot all be LEADERS, but we can all be PLEADERS; We cannot all be mighty in RHETORIC, but we can all be prevalent in PRAYER.

Some people are into bondage... and some people are into crossdressing.. . and some people are into Coldplay. It's okay, I don't mind being a fetish.

I can't walk five steps without someone on a walkie talkie going, 'She's wandering over there.' I'm pretty stuck, but hey, it's been great.

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.

The heart should have fed upon the truth, as insects on a leaf, till it be tinged with the color, and show its food in every ... minutest fiber.