One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.

If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.

A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.

There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.

Some pains are physical, and some pains are mental, but the one that's both is dental.

Tolerance is not a Christian value. Charity, justice, mercy, prudence, honesty--these are Christian values.

...love's shadow is jealousy.

I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.

I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this cosmos in which we float, like a mote of dust in the morning sky.

On one project I was hanging out with Brad Pitt, and Ryan Gosling, and Steve Carrel, and Christian Bale, and trying to explain economics to them for a movie I'm an advisor on.

A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers

Nothing so breaks the spirit as a load of debt.

You know who a complicated tax code kills? The guy or gal trying to start a business out of the spare bedroom of their home. So we've got to simplify our tax code.

Leaders: Captains of industry.