Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

If you want peace, understand war.

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure.

The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.

The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.

The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own effort is turned into the lever of his overthrow.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.

Endure and preserve yourselves for better things.

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

Apparently one impression we are making... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment.

Get informed. Get outraged. Get inspired. Get active.

Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?

To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.

Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day.

I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts.

Whether I am or am not a Communist is irrelevant. The question is whether American citizens, regardless of their political beliefs or sympathies, may enjoy their constitutional rights.

I know how addictive videogames are - I have friends who cant get up off the couch because theyre so hooked. They provide these different virtual worlds that you can live in.