It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities.

Death is never easy when you know the people doing the dying.

I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.

Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story

An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.

We lie by not telling you things...We don't lie by telling you things that aren't true.

The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody

I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.

A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. (17)

When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take them as truth. One of the biggest assumptions we make is that the lies we believe are the truth!

I just don't see the light. Where is the light? What am I in this for?

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House.

I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work.

Chronic disease like a troublesome relative is something you can learn to manage but never quite escape.

Remarrying a husband you've divorced is like having your appendix put back in.

The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.

The experiences of life must be transformed into true comprehension.

I love a good massage, and they gotta go deep.