Offense is the essence of air power.

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.

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

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.

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.

Success is getting through defiance, adversity and difficulties, feeling hopeless and defeated but never giving up until you achieve your goal

He waited at her side, staring... hovering. She had the distinct impression this man wasn't used to being disobeyed. My, but he was an irritating sea captain.

Few of us ever live in the present we are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.

It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Van.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur - that I would die peacefully and not make too much of a fuss about it.

It is harder to cut our gains than to cut our losses.

The soul’s deepest thirst is for God Himself, who has made us so that we can never be satisfied without Him.

Companies should always want to delight their customers.

I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I'm perceived. You'll go crazy otherwise.

People live up to your expectations, not their potential.